The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17
BLooMERs IN RESTAURANTS.
A New York Proprietor Says tho
Girls Must Wear BIOOmers or Quit.

new YORK FrOprtetOr says tho
Girls Must Wear BIOOmers or Quit.
From the New York Tribune.
A battle royal is being waged in Mas
sau street, this week The proprietor OF
restaurant near Park Row has issued
an order that girls employed there must
wear boomers or seek more congenial &C.
cupation. The restaurant employees four
teen walters. and has a reputation for
securing pretty girls for the places. When
the order came out It was looked upon
as a joke. but they are no longer in
doubt about the earnestness Of the man
agement, and as a result, a wall, long
AMI loud, has gone up against the pro-
posed innovation. II looks as II the mans
agement would win.
The management of the house said yes
tefday, in speaking OF the natter Il am
the hrst one In the country to talk OF in
Producing boomers as a suitable costume
for Mattresses. | have seen the costumes
tnat the society women Of Denver adopt
ed, ana they are natty, neat and untran-
melled costumes. and much freer and
better costumes than skirts, which sweep
the hoors and gather dirt. / talked OF
them three months ago, and that west
ern man simply adopted my idea / do
not mean to force anything on the girls
that Is immodest or immoral / have
gone to each one Individually and eg-
plained to her how much better It would
pc 70 adopt the new style Of Dress and
then left Il entirely to her own discretion
as to whether she will accept or decline
| told each one that If she would wear the
new costume that | would buy II and stand
an the outlay required by the change.
or course coming 50 suddenly many were
IN doubt, and some were inclined TO pro-
test. Ihe success that / had in talking
over the matter with some of the girls,
however, has warranted me in going
aheaa, and feel sure that the bloomer
me cashier. who the manager said had
ueclafs9 positively that she would not
Near Near boomers, said bitterly. Il am a
lady, ana this is an insult. / work be-
cause have 70 make a living, but / will
sstarye before am made a holy show OF
like that. If he makes the girls wear
bloomers il will shut up the shop. All
thar win be needed then is a few red
ilghts and an occasional raid by the po-
lice to make IL thoroughly interesting
lie can put his daughter in to take my
pace, ana welcome. There are other
places. Bloomers! Not this year. thank
A petite and demure little blonde who
signed the agreement to wear boomers
said with shrug of her shoulders:
WHAT'S the odds2 Everything is kicked
about at first When / see all those swelIs
up on the Riverside Drive with their
boomers on / don't see where we viii
get much the worst of II. / am ready to
stick to the boomers as long as It doesn't
land me in Jail.
That is the way the battle is going.
Many of the girls are waiting to see what
viii be the outcome. The manager de-
clares that he will have no trouble in fill
ing the places OF any that leave. This
statement seems TO be true, taking an in
cident that happened yesterday as prec-
edent Some one inserted, by way of a
joke, in a morning paper yesterday an
advertisement Cor eight girls to act as
mattresses in John street restaurant
who were willing to wear boomers Be-
fore o'clock in the forenoon the place
was overrun with girls. Some came on
wheels and some walked but all had on
boomers. Many of them had the bloom
ers carefully concealed under skirts but
were demonstrate vii
iiigness to wear them on duty. The man
ager had a hard time to persuade the
girls that IL was all a joke. They final
~ went away, but IL was said by the
manager that almost hundred girls
made application for place under the
boomer conditions.