The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-26
WOWES iND RESTAURANTS,
A Phase OF Feminine Indie pcndcncc shown
In the Choice OF Where to Ent


In the Choice Of Where to Eat.
Ten years ngo." said the manager Of a big
restaurant on upper broadway. respectable
women were rarely seen in restaurants alone
except in the middle "t tho day. Then they
always went 10 Il few we!l-known places. where
they had light lunches and quickly departed,
Now. they are holder. and may be seen in
places they would ha,o feared TO enter then,
and that ~ all hours II is time that the rule
in tirSt-clasS restaurants not to admit women
without escorts after dark remained un-
broken: but there arc many restau-
rants in quiet streets where such a
rule never obtained. and women are
welcome so long S they behave and pay their
bills. Tho growing independence Of women
and the objections that many have to boarding
houses have made such restaurants neces-
sary. Thus the increase Of French and Italian
restaurants. whore ali corners are served
Mike. have given women the opportunity to
dine comfortably even when alone 1t is true
that very few respectable women care to risk
the chance Of insult that their appearance un-
escorted in such a place would render them
liable to. but | know that some. who are UNI
usually independent and self reliant. do So
pure-m indcd young woman. who is a teacher
in private school for young ladies. who dimes
r s naye she haS to- walk r' hu ms
on broadway in going to and coming from the
restaurant. put she Apparently is never mo-
Tested. and am quite sure she has never been
insulted IN the restaurant although hat is
patronlzed by the. Iueerest combination OF
my lot to see together. About a year ago n
nun: Der OF unmarried women. with ideas sim;
iar to th"se 1i the rhm ar1nzsd
slider them under their special protection. and
extended to thom many courtesies. while tho
inluisitive or impertinr found himself SO
decidedly unpopular that he soon learned to
Women. excepting the on. sp"k" Of first. have
married mon whom they met at this place.
Women who axe their lunchrons sitting
e s.GH rs ne longer s'r""se to NE
any more than the women who do not hesitate
est freak of the girl bachelors. however. is to
breakfast at restaurants: must say that
these are much to be Iiticcd. Lvcn the man
hnv. to wait until he has dressed for the street
and walked or ridden to restaurant before
with her moro difficult. complicated. and
lengthy toilet; her bang to curl. her gloves
ant her shoes to button her bonnet to adjust
she Gun have a sip of chocolate or a bite of bis;
cult Think Of her trnmpin- through tho mud
shivering in the sleet or snow Of an even more
UNPLEASANT winters morning,
have taken to doing this i cannot SEQ any
sense In it, because tho majority could Just AS
well prepare their breakfasts IN their rooms
1t is not u question OF time with them. hut
simply an idea that it increase. their lnde-
pondence to go to a restaurant. There are
two women who come to this restaurant every
morning about = o'clock. They arc studying
art. and have sufficient property to he abIe to
live moderately well. They ALWAYS look rs if
they had been frozen their noses arc red and
their Ips blue and they spend large part Of
one OF them why she didn't have break fnst
n her room on disaSreeabe n morninga: or or
such things. sho said: besides. detcst do
ing any cooking or dish washing. I'd rather
walk ten miles in n blizzard Som" other
women ! have met are more rational They
come here to breakfast on pleasant DAYS only.
and say the walk before eating does them
good
IL have been watching the changes in wo.
mems idcns of restnurants Tor some years. and
j am prepared for almost anything now. !
believe the time il not far distant when tho
independent w"men will ESSAY to enter even
the exclusive chop houses. and will consider
1t q ute the thing to drop around about, mid,
night for Welsh rarobit and a mug Of Bass