The evening world., 1888-07-17
TRY MATRON PIXIES ROLLS.
THEI ARE, FEATURES AT NOVEL SIXTH.
AVENUE RESTAURANT.

A New Branch Of Cooperative Industry for
wemsn aud How IL Has Already Begun
TO Yield Resuits-Ths Energetic Head
Has New Schemes on Hand which sisy
Fellow T~his-euccsss Hoped Fer.
Mrs. Pike has started o cooperative
woman's restaurant on Sixth avenue, near
the corner Of Fifty-ninth street. II is a
scheme inaugurated and conducted for the
benefit of women. II Is intended as O restau-
rant for them to o certain extent, though The
probability is that II the sterner sex should
monopolize tho place their good money would
DO regarded as sufficient compensation for
their ou,numbering the women in patronage
of the restaurant.
Not that the scheme 10 O mercennry one. II
Is simply meant to offer women Q chance to
assist themselves. For 81 O woman can be-
come o member, INT any member can send
proofs Of her skill in the shape of prepared
viands to be disposed Of in the restaurant.
The commission is 8 per cent, small enough
In all conscience.
WHO supports the scheme in case 1t
shouldn't succeed p asked The EVENING
WORLD man Of delicate Mrs. Pike.
But il will succeed" said the r~esolute
little lady, her eyes flashing with a look Of
determination 1T has succeeded already.
The first day we opened we took in 90. 80.
Last Saturday we touched high-water mark
with ESQ. We are patronized we'll. People
come up here from as far down as Fourteenth
street to get our coffee and rolls. We are
getting a reputation, " she added. q pleasant
smile Of satisfaction lighting up her face.
Such courage and such an object ought to
| a~nnal Nn u,nnan NTH nnnfprt ahIa inrnunc
II is o legitimate and wholesome endeavor on
the part OF their own sex towards. mutual
helpfulness. Substantial assistance has been
already rendered by several wealthy ladies.
This 10 generally rendered in q way which
the Women's New York Club and Co-opera-
tive Exchange likes.
For instance, ono wealthy lady, o friend Of
the society. gives q fair at her country sent at
this from Mrs. Pixies society. All the Ex-
change asks is the privilege Of selling its
work.
The floor above the restaurant Ia TO be used
c'es which fall within the sphere Of feminine
handlcraft. When asked which was the main
feature,lnd which the auxiliary, the baznar
or the restaurant, Mrs. Pike answered:
other scheme. People must eat, and the idea
occurred that women could attend to this as
we'll az not, and on the same cooperative
plan which obtains in the other. We sell
good, substantial food at cheap rates"
Mrs. Pike is devoting herself to the work
in the most self-sacriicing way. She even
scrubs the floor of the restaurant herself. in
order TO save the money that it would cost II
she hired come one. "A woman would ask
81 TO do it. AS long as can do it there is
small sum-"
Many gentlemen in the neighborhood,
whose wives and families are out of town,
take their meals at this restaurant. They
nat than Chaan and wall Cookad and hava
the comforting sense that they are doing a
charitable deed while satisfying their hunger
OF Mrs. Pixies establishment. A table d'n6te
dinner and breakfast for 80 cents Is o feature
of the place, and the general tariff is on the
same scale.
The institution has been running now for
seven weeks, and 30 far the managers and
those who are interested in 1t have no reason
to complain Of results. Tho Sixth Avenue
Surface Road leases her the building. through
sympathy with the movement, for $50 q
month, o wonderful reduction in price for O
building for business purposes in that part
Of the city.
One thing in favor of the scheme is that
good restaurants, when cheap rates obtain,
are not 80 common in the neighborhood.
Several contributions have been made, al.
though the spirit of independence which OBJ.
tains among the members of the Exchange
leads them to look askance at what In pure
charity. They do not ask to have things
given to them. All they wish Ia for An OPP.
portunity to support themselves by the o
est work of their hands.
ut is something in the order of o Social
istic idea, perhaps. said Mrs. Pike. " but
surely it Is not one that any person could pos
sibly take the least exception to-"
The good lady has Other schemes of thu
same kind in view. and when she gets thil
one fairly on its feet will direct her energies
to bringing about other outlets for feminin,
energy. which will be conducted on tho sam,
cooperative plan.