spend all their time in restaurants. How did they live
when at home?" This is what was
TOLD said to us one day when we were talk-
INA ing about the old days and the old
WHISPER people. Indeed they did not live all
their time in restaurants. Some of
the most enjoyable meals we have eaten have been in
the rooms and apartments of our Bohemian friends,
and these meals were prepared generally by each one
present doing his or her part in making it a success.
One would make the salad, another the main dish, and
others do various forms of scullery work, and in the
end we would have a meal that would often put to blush
the efforts of many of the renowned chefs.
Many people who come to San Francisco will wish
to conserve their finances as much as possible, and they
will wish to enjoy life in their apartments. There are
also many people who live in San Francisco who need a
little advice on how to get the best out of life, and we
are going to whisper a few words to all such as these we
have mentioned.
You can be a Bohemian and have the very best sort
of living in your own room for less than half the money
it will take to live at the hotels and restaurants, and we
are sure many of you would like to know something
about how to do it. It is not necessary to confine your-
self to the few things in your limited experience. If you
are going to be in San Francisco for more than a week,
you will find that a little apartment, furnished ready for
housekeeping, will give j'ou opportunity to be indepen-
dent and free. You will get your own breakfasts, when
and how you want them. Your luncheons and dinners
can be gotten in your rooms or at the restaurants just as
you are inclined.
You will find delight and education in visiting the
markets, and the foreign stores where all the strange
HO
SAN FRANCISCO
and unusual foods of all nations are to be found. You
will discover belter articles at less prices at the little
Italian, French, Mexican or Chinese
stores and stalls than can be had in lOLU
the most aristocratic stores in the city. ^N A
Above all you will find a joy of in- WHISPER
vention and will be surprised at the
delectable dishes you can prepare at a minimum of cost.
When you visit San Francisco you are desirous of
so arranging j'^our finances that you may see the most
for the least outlay of money. After a strenuous day of
sight-seeing j'^ou will scarcely feel like getting up a good
meal, consequently then you will follow the ideas sug-
gested in this book and visit the various restaurants,
thus obtaining a variety both in foods and in informa-
tion of an educational nature. But sometimes you will
not be tired, or you will wish to get up a little late sup-
per after theatre, and it is then that you will be glad of
the opportunity afforded by having your own kitchen
arrangements so that you can carry out your tastes, and
cook some of the strange and new foods that you
have discovered in your rambles through the foreign
quarters.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
spend all their time in restaurants. How did they live
when at home?" This is what was
TOLD said to us one day when we were talk-
INA ing about the old days and the old
WHISPER people. Indeed they did not live all their time in restaurants. Some of the most enjoyable meals we have eaten have been in the rooms and apartments of our Bohemian friends, and these meals were prepared generally by each one present doing his or her part in making it a success. One would make the salad, another the main dish, and others do various forms of scullery work, and in the end we would have a meal that would often put to blush the efforts of many of the renowned chefs.
Many people who come to San Francisco will wish to conserve their finances as much as possible, and they will wish to enjoy life in their apartments. There are also many people who live in San Francisco who need a little advice on how to get the best out of life, and we are going to whisper a few words to all such as these we have mentioned.
You can be a Bohemian and have the very best sort of living in your own room for less than half the money it will take to live at the hotels and restaurants, and we are sure many of you would like to know something about how to do it. It is not necessary to confine yourself to the few things in your limited experience. If you are going to be in San Francisco for more than a week, you will find that a little apartment, furnished ready for housekeeping, will give j'ou opportunity to be independent and free. You will get your own breakfasts, when and how you want them. Your luncheons and dinners can be gotten in your rooms or at the restaurants just as you are inclined.
You will find delight and education in visiting the markets, and the foreign stores where all the strange and unusual foods of all nations are to be found. You will discover better articles at less prices at the little Italian, French, Mexican or Chinese stores and stalls than can be had in the most aristocratic stores in the city. Above all you will find a joy of invention and will be surprised at the delectable dishes you can prepare at a minimum of cost.
When you visit San Francisco you are desirous of so arranging your finances that you may see the most for the least outlay of money. After a strenuous day of sight-seeing you will scarcely feel like getting up a good meal, consequently then you will follow the ideas suggested in this book and visit the various restaurants, thus obtaining a variety both in foods and in information of an educational nature. But sometimes you will not be tired, or you will wish to get up a little late supper after theatre, and it is then that you will be glad of the opportunity afforded by having your own kitchen arrangements so that you can carry out your tastes, and cook some of the strange and new foods that you have discovered in your rambles through the foreign quarters.