The sun., 1902-10-26
CHICAGO'S MONDAY CLUB,
ONE THING ~ " men THEVyND,
my BEATS NEW lORk.
Restaurant Where Women Can t.e,
no"d Food al Low Prices The, Also
Have C1ub Con, enirnccs- Busi.
ness Enterprise. Not n (bsrn,

.lrlv weeks IN the Windy CITY scci-
don'a.F -'pmbl"d upon the proof Of this
r"ml-Sahl" settlement
Th' lime was noon though mo- or. Ian,
a7. )" thca"oan could have guessed
from 3D." color Of the SKY The pln,"
Randolph street in the shadow of ,L,
= -'.. Temple. That - to say il would
have '."n ~ To-" shadow of the ,ernpl.
''Ho'e wa ever enough sunlight in Chicago
..-' : shadow
TIE VI" YORK women came ont of =,
t'.' % h"d up their skirts and eyed the
pfF''n".', -Ipp"ry with black mud As
'."' stood th"r" gingerv he,itatinc tc
r-> 'h'lr rcck~ and their clothes in an
s''mp' go neTo'iate street crossing.
.l"v "c|lu" aware of swarm Of women
r.-ltr 'Erm.
..t you ever -'' under the apple tre.e
su3 w'' a beehive W. tn it. brown stream
o' .."- roin" ondle.slv in and out? l.
was d '"r"u' 10 stand under ia" dripping,
rom h,,aco sky and watch tho-. swarm
~ women. but not 80 different as one migL,
'hnk
There was ore stream hurrync into the
or"n ioor uf n hallway and side hv side
with 70 another -tre1m m came ont II seemed
'," lG endless chain ~ women
H." New Workers. tier d moment of
puzzled >peru!'t'on, Joined tn. proces-
-''n "ltch was inward bound FIRST they
er'"'rd hail where there was an eleyat or.
bu' ~" women paused not for that
~ ne stairs vent one line and down
D." stair, carrr N" Other. suddenly the
7dveu'UrerS became conscious thar nine
Of" 90 'en Of the departing womoa woe
'ootru"I- lr'"crr their ,reth
u iu~r lunchroom,- they said
Bat they Wcrt on. ln spite of the tootl-
p, Is ih"y went on.
At the top Of the first flight of stairs they
turned into bcdlaia Al least il sounded
uk dian though Il looked like a re>;au.
rant, restaurant Of strange brand. but
s,lII a r, staurant
II as al fenced in except for a narrow
g5'tvfy along by the cashiers de- 4
Through Ills passage emerged the ,ooth-
lIoh,. procession.
AZ the front Of the place. which occupied
~" entire floor over a dc ube store. wa, Il
s'rt Of library and sitting room. But the
.tv irk r. we're swept by too uuit xiv
I" gam mere than ileeting glimpse of this
aIit1m,nt
Tie rgoers went back. along the fence.
utiil tAey f,ach'd auC ther gateway hich
I'D into isIge eUdce incl :. d by hign
ptrti,it ms. Here sat a woman who piled
a tuLth upon tIt hets Which everyb, dy
tot ~ New frk,re -ee m. d TO have ready.
'''u We g,t ,n?- tL,ee visitors ,unidlv
srktd u hen tieir turn cam.
Are yeu m, inbers:'
No"
Do you ish TO Join''
-N-no"
ILtn you pay five cents apiece,
Oh :" and the om,n paid and entered
Within the intlos ure there VAS Z mad
.ciTying abC NJ. Nppareutly there were
counters on all fom sides Of tEc incI sure
hUi d. women we're -tardipg in serr
ranN' h. r. thesc G, unters il was hard TO
IH1 pu' W hat Wa- on tlon
On, it, "A help-yours'lf " place" cried the
New Orkrr-. one to the other
Nuorr do YOU suppose the plates ar"i
hey few TO cne side and Craned their
ue' = 'vcr hr =! ould' l. IN front Of them
7 isn't hrr"' Tii. j. sot ~"
Ihev chassii across the bear pit and
cransd th'ir nacF- srain.
latn't here This is pie and pud-
And 80 they -rsted from one end o, tho
'i'l.ct-fare 20 the other before 'hev finally
I7h' bv IN" onering gateway Of course
found q stack Cf hot plates and an enor-
mo-. bowIful of butter hall-.
,naIl WOO on pi ChforS was passed
IRON hand 20 hand End landed "A hutc
all on each prte Riyh, at hand was
Ha bread SIC ion. vi n rolls, gems" lis |
III = 'nd7 lcrc-, and so on.
" G"d ~ "pi''es ard b cad. and butter
he New Ior, wo rsn cot tho tails of tIoir
gowns un under IA ir e'boW. ard made ~, /,
.i .dly for thc thic est Oft pisss. Lr |
"a ing dis'ss. 'uii o' s'ean inc tot n,ei;s !
ma v"R'tablts, Re -',d in iiis'ening cop /
reT r''"r on top - the counter,
tv"rv him looked rood' So rood that. !
,"iore hey fairly ga ized WHIT tiey we're ,
i"inf the .'ran'or,' p.ples wrr" tespcd
INTO rc'"indt Of an old fas hioned Thanks
giving dinner.
cr"a. and the esp rier,,o Of - " New York
~. Vas ~ i ed. that they found them
olive somewhat long on ~calloped ham
,nI "'rs. and franz rlr'r sausaees. and
y ilI RI llad, and tr lc sh lrt on bread.
Hn' they could do to l.r euot her tire.
Upon all sid, thcv had alluriug gimpses
~ good thin lu- 10 ca ., "Ii-p, brown
1or hnu snow Viii - pots of cottage
-A'o 9, y :. cd apes, tan ID by huge
T. 'h,r Of can. from which the women
br the pa 81 Of the strangers were
lN 20 ovcrlo, iar and they therefore
r"iu". artiv followed the rest of the plate
'"tr"r- thryu y 'hird gateway, which
ed 20 ne nc o q restaurant.
Y this ca'uriv at a woman, who. with
Et"n'v calculating eye, observed the con-
"at- Of each pa,,a AZ the bearer pass, d !
a'! 'alG cyilIlGid chip upon the edge of |
" on" oi -" N"w York women received |
tVcN"-c'nt chrck sh, had bread. |
b1'cr. Two larg' riaukfurters and enough
''a ped ham mFnd, gg- for priHcfighicr.
~" other ,u- r,,'i'.d a scVeutc' II cent
'h"rr she udG th. rauc a. the first one
MI, IN" addition of -alad.
W hat do rou dof' they asked If the
'pnan at N" cato. IL YOU want more than
you can carry dt n rip"
Make second trip, n the laconic
g
Nlt'ln the restaurant rrop'r were Sow
Iii score Of tabI,s, mot ri which werr fun.
'.uallv, The New Yorkers. cautiously b ar
hg their loaded piatc- IN one hnnd and
hanging On 10 III ir trailing skirts with
m oiLar, found two vacant chairs and !
Rat down.
ney drew an oS'lltan' breath. h,r the
next moment they w,I" cyiug their plates
. dl>msy. They hau utither knives, nor !
'"rhH, nor spoons, nor napiin>.
NnfrspttiOuslv, they glanced Ht their |
.''ghbufs. Nobody wa eating with her
Ing'rs. Moreover. cN -rybody seemed 10 he
'irnsl,ed with paper napkin anu glass
Thn grcrnhor lrri,c- further ul1.id |