The sun., 1908-06-28
DININGOUT OpDOORS- ALMOST
NEW YORK RESTAURANTS IN
SUMMER GARB.
Louis XIV. Decorations, Lattice work, Fire.
proof Roses, Biue sIooniigi.t and Palm
JungIes Calculated to Remind the SUM
mer Guest Of Dining In the Forest.


mer Guest Of Dining In tine Forest.
The New Yorker is the spoiled child OF
the world. 1t may be that he is hard to
keep at home and for that reason everything
possible is done for his pleasure during the
summer months; or 1t may be that he has
been 90 spoiled by his trips abroad that ne
has 10 have just "a much done to satisfy
him at home. AT all events his comfort is
thought OF by all who angle for his favor
and ultimately his money.
There are no places Of their kind better
to spend money In than the New York res
taurants. and they are literally turning them
selves inside out this year to let their patrons
take their ease In their inns with greater
comfort than ever. There was time when
the thoughtful hotel proprietor put few
palms on the roof, added few rickety
chairs and tables and announced that his
roof garden was open for business, HOW
much more the managers now do Tor their
guests may be understood from the ex-
pendture Of $780, 900 on one restaurant IN
city hotel. >,
The enterprise Of the proprietor. aided
by the skill Of his architect and the ex-
perienoe OF French decorator, converted
this dining room into q bower OF summer
beauty, 90 delightful to dine in that guests
would journey to New York for the purpose
rather than run to the seashore for the
sake OF cooler temperature without the
accompaniment of such a luxury. What
ever the Thermometer might show no place
could look so cool.
The first effort toward making summer
eating attractive 10 the New Yorker came
when the restaurant proprietors put terraces
outside their main aoor dining rooms and
in the warm months covered them over
with canvas roofs. Then they adorned
the interior thus created with shrubs and
flowers, and there was a revelation OF what
might be done in the way OF Transforming
the dining rooms for summer use.
There are several Of these terraces at
present, and attractive enough they seem
with the gay flowers, the shrubs and the
lights twinkling among the plants. Yet
they are much more beautiful at night
than at any other time. and the MONDAY
sun usually drives the patrons into the cool
Of the dining room.
! Such a device was therefore not salts
factory. for the guests who come In the
middle OF the day have as much right to
the delights Of the terrace as those who
come for dinner. So the elaborate changes
| OF the present summer came gradually
into existence.
One New York hotel has covered with
light green lattice the walls OF the main
| dining room. but without altering the form
Of the apartment. 1t ia a mixture OF the
Sixteenth Louis and the style OF his pre-
decessor. This blend results from the
| fact that the decorator kept in his eye while
planning the room the chateau OF marry
| near Paris, which Louis XIV. built and LOUIS
XVI. adorned and further beautified.
Through the light green trellis one gets
an occasional glimpse OF the sky ana
cloudy heavens These glimpses are few
and far between as the red rambler roses
Chamber thickly over the lattice.
| There are four domes Of lattice formed
by four white pillars supporting the circular
roof over which the roses still continue to
climb luxuriously. About the smaller col
umns at other points in the room are lat
tice holders for growing vines which
swing down to the floor
The doors have been removed and the
breeze can sweep through the room. The
electric lights shine through branches OF
green rose leaves. although this is not one
Of the dark dining rooms now in vogue
Less light is provided on the terrace for
those who do not care for illumination.
| There are rows of tables along the narrow
stone porch. All the light they get comes
from the inside dining rooms and from the
yellow lanterns suspended like incandescent
pumpkins from the roof. The glare of the
yellow lanterns. the vivid red ramblers
and the green leaves against the trellia
| ,,,akh |, charming picture. which is perhaps
more enjoyable from the knowledge that all
this fragile decoration is fireproof.
Even the roses are PROOF against nre
This is no achievement of Luther Burbank;
As the blossoms and leaves are OF red and
green silk it was not difficult to cover them
over with fireproofing preparation The
same treatment OF the lanterns and the
trellises makes them safe.
teristic detail Of the interior summer land
scape In New York. Another hotel makes
elaborate decoration Of it's dining room
depend from the background OF green
trelis showing everywhere through the
green vines and the baskets OF orchids
That hang in every panel of the room.
The entrance to this room is through a
abort wall OF Caen marble cool enough
looking in itself to prepare the visitor
for the sylvan beauties to come: Dark
green is the prevailing tone OF TINS eating
room, which makes no pretence OF being
of any special period and is OF the present
day in Paris. Its name, in fact, Ia taken
from one Of the popular summer restau-
rants in Paris.
The cool darkness Of the place to one
who enters it at midday is as refreshing
as the depth Of forest. At night the
lights that tremble among the lacy climbing
vines and sparkle through the hanging
branches Of mauve orchids illuminate the
room to a pleasant glow. Here and there
lies an old Italian we'll head, half covered
with Australian ferns, or o ruined marble
bench breathing the atmosphere of a renais-
snnoe or near antique Italian landscape.
Looking through this culinary jungle
one sees n terrace adorned with flowers
hanging baskets and colored awnings
in the latest style Of contemporaneous
Paris, Hare the atmosphere OF mystery
produced by the suggestion Of forest and
exquisite dining room fades into the in
tensely practical modern open air dining
room. protected moreover with rooi
that makes it as agreeable for luncheon
Perhaps these two places have gone
| In for their changes on more elaborate
aoale than any Of the others. but there
ia scarcely a large hotel in New York thai
has not made some concession to the season
| Ono OF the largest hotels in town has taken
T, its corner dining room, which has hitherto
been unused during the summer months
| "a ,nada n into the summer room.