The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-21
A CHURCH
RESTAURANT
The Squirrel Inn is a
Model.
GOOD FOOD At LOW COST
8Owery Folks Vote the New To-
stitutiOn a Success Temper
anCe Principles Prevail.

BOwery wiseacres have decided in ia
vor of Squirrel Inn. They say it has
come to stay, and they and their friends
eat there because they get their money s
worth. Squirrel Inn is an experiment
If it is a success the Church Temper
ance Society will scatter others of its
kind in many sections of the city. But
they demand a two-fold success. First,
it must pay for itself, and. second, it
must show it's effect on the saloons near
Grand street and the Bowery.
Squirrel Inn will not preach to it's
customers. No notices or texts will be
hung upon it's walls, no tracts will be
gently laid at the dinner plates, and no
missionary meetings will be held in its
comfortable reading rooms. 1t will try
to show by its quiet refinement and alb
solute cleanliness and comfort that the
right way to live is better than the
wrong. Its white tiled shower baths
in the basement viii 10 free TO it's pa
irons, and its books and magazines, its
games and writing tables on the second
floor will be within the reach of all who
will behave themselves while they are
/ there.
! Charity does not enter into it's man
agement, and the idea throughout has
\ been to help those who help them
I selves" But the food is pure and of
excellent quality, and the prices are
those which obtain on the Bowery bill
/ of fare. Bishop Potter expressed the
spirit Of the enterprise at the informal
opening when he said:
Don't be too eager to dragon man
! who comes in for a sandwich and a cur
OF coffee into a missionary meeting. Il
/ a man comes up stairs to enjoy cigar
! and read the papers, let him alone.
hope you are going to let them smoke
Certainly" said Robert Graham, ne
! secretary.
We'll, that's right" went on the
Bishop. There have been times in "a,
life when l wished for a meal o.. FL
recreation, and not at all for a mission.
airy meeting. There's a time and pace
for everything
BETWEEN TWO SALOONS.
The new inn at No. Isl Bowery, mex
door but one to Grand street, is sand
wiched between two saloons, and eaol
Of these thorns-to use the Chur~l
Temperance Societys idea-felt the eff
feet last week of the white rose tina
Is white outside and in, and is furnished
much as the large cheap coffee es,ab
lishments are. A good regular break
fast, dinner or supper may be had a
the tables for 10 cents. 1 tried tn
Squirrel Inn cuisine. and this is wha
was set before me for 10 cents:
Rice tomato soup, large plate, steam
ing hot.
Corned beef and spinach. three slice
Of lean meat and enough spinach 10
two persons.
Bread, three light. fiaky slices.
Butter, Individual plate, fresh an
free from bye taste.
Boiled potato. large and mealy.
Rice pudding, large saucer with ex
cellent sauce.
Mix, large glass, rich and creamy.
The place was well filled Throughout
, the day. and the patrons ranged fror
the homeless and ragged hobo who ha
begged his cents for meal. to tn
: better class Of Bowery or Grand stree
business man, who came in TO see wha
= II was like and then came again.
: Wednesday was the opening day f
1 the restaurant, and the bath and read
: ing room features Will be tried for til
first time tomorrow. Tuesday an in
formal reception was held for the men
: bers Of the Church Temperance Soclet,
4 AT that time Bishop Potter said:
e II believe this thing can be mad
= practical. That is, / believe 1t will b'
come self-supporting. even after it hs
Q to pay its own rent and taxes. I'm m
!. going to tell you all that I know abol
!, coffee wagons. but l do know that the
pay for the food, the outfit. the wag
of driver and waiter, and yield pro-
+ over. SO there is no reason why g
= establishment of this sort should n
Il do at least as well. Now / hope tn.
: this place isn't going to try to do t.
, much.
:, Let the men do as they please with
y reasonable limits. 1t Is better to ha
. a little too much freedom than too II
n tie. Carry on the administration
this sal on with a view to making
- attractive to the patrons. Then q
II place will be successful. and | belle
=. that enough SUGGEST IL places like tt
:, would settle the saloon question
= New York before ten years are up"
70 The society has selecteu as manag
for the inn T. E. Irving. a practic
j. chef. waiter. cashier. dishwasher a.
2 buyer. He says eleven years expel
d ence shows that good coffee at cents
cup will not pay. So he charges cen
a He estimates that he can feed sevent
five persons at one time, and 500 duri
the twenty-four hours the restaura
will be open each day.
Following out the principle til
re Squirrel Inn will be an honest but live
competitor of the other Bowery eau
ot houses, as well as OF the saloons. Ma
l. ager Irving sent out last week a regul
;. Bowery handful
az ORIGIN OF THE PLAN.
e The idea of the Squirrel Inn origint
a ed In the mind of Robert Graham, 81
rotary OF the Church Temperance s
ciety. w. II. Bradford. the owner
the property at No. 131 Bowery. ga
the building. rent and taxes free.
five years. and Mrs. George S. Bowdt
n and others collected $4,000 to at
to and run the place. OF that IS. sos. SO
been expended. as follows:
he To General Contractor McCune "a 81
f. To plumbing ..... SIS
nd To kitchen fixtures ....... 57l
- To heating ..... 73s
To gas fixtures ... 7s
To floor staining ... AZ
To furniture. restaurant and
reading room .... 4ss
To crockery. etc. .. $50
~ To refrigerator . s.