Coffee Stalldetails

In closing this paper we must not forget the old woman who serves hot coffee to the coachmen and labourers at in the morning; or the ‘Baked tato’ man, whose steaming apparatus glistens before us; or the ‘Ham-sandwich’ man, who encounters us on leaving a theatre. Respecting the first, it may suffice to say, that there are many labouring men abroad in the morning at an hour too early to find coffee-shops open; and for the supply of such customers with an early breakfast, a table is laid out al fresco, with sundry huge slices of bread and butter, an array of cups and saucers, and a vessel full of hot coffee—all served, we have no doubt, at a very small charge. (p. 319)