Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
Main Dining Room Entrance.

feet square and with a seating capacity
of about 800, is decorated with many nat
ural plants, and artistic lattice work IS
displayed, vanished in colors that will
blend with the rich green Of nature.
Boxes OF palms and other green plants
are suspended from the columns that
support the high ceiling, and the electric
lights cleaning in punches of grapes
carry out the garden and bower effects
A fountain of concrete, made rich by
Moravian tile, decorates the center Of the
room. On the central pedestal of the
fountain is mounted cut glass urn filled
with aquatic plants and gold fish, and
in the lower basin are larger water
growths. Over the entrance is the gallery
for the orchestra.
Unique in design and artistic in its ex-
ecution is the grotto in the basement, It's
inspiration is Flemish, to it's tapestry
brick walls, dark woodwork, red tile floor
ing, mission style tables and chairs and
epen-rafter ceiling. Electric lights on
wrought-iron fixtures furnish the appro-
pirate subdued illumination for the grot-
to. On one side of the grotto are series
of alcoves that invite a coy chat over
a hot bird. Around the room is q high
shelf, upon which are row of Quaint
Sevres ware, stems and other china. AS
a special feature of the grotto the
proprietors of the cafe have promised to
install stock ticker and to keep files of
newspapers of Washington and other
large cities.
Third Important Part.
The extensive kitchen and pantries
make up the third important part Of the
cafe; and one remarks after a visit to 1t
that it is as clean throughout as the
freshly laundered cap and apron which the
master chef has just put on. There one
sees huge range or series of small
ranges Joined together to make one heat
ing surface. and, of course, there is an
iron canopy over the fires which carries
off the fumes of the cooking food and the
excessive heat. row of electric lights
inside enables the culinary experts to OBJ
serve every detail of the cooking process.
Nearby are two smaller stoves-one a
charcoal broiler and the other a gas
broier. These are demanded by the most
eXacting chefs on the claim that certain
foods are best cooked by gas, others by
charcoal and still others by coal There
are also the vegetable washers, oyster
steamers pot washers, oyster bar and
other accouterments Of a modern restau-
rant kitchen, not to mention the elaborate
steam table where vegetables and roasts
are to be kept during the rush hours. OF
course, there are also, in hooks and
closets off the main kitchen, equipment
for keeping foods cold, for preserving
wines and liquors under the most favora-
a
shop and many similar accessories.
Cooled by Air Blasts.
An elaborate cold-storage plant is by
no means the least important feature
of the new cafe 1t will keep whole
compartments cool all the year around,
and during the summer it Is planned
to cool the restaurant by means Of
oil in
electric fans.
management last night inspected all
the various features. and before the
evening was over they took epportu-
to formally give expression to their
feelings Dr.. Harvey W. Wiley of pure
food fame and others were called upon
to make speeches.
Philip G. Aff1eck. Charles J. Bell. Scott
c. Bone, C. X. Berryman. A. H. Baker.
E. Fl. Brawner B. H. Brockway. Frank
G. Biers. J. E. Baines. F. c. Blundon.
W. Brce e. a. grlfe' R L. o. S M;i,,s
Beuchert. Charles W. Botsch. Harry F.
Carroll, w. E. Ceiling, w. r. Comfort,
A. A. Chaplin, A. G. Chaplain. Walter
G. Coates; p. J; Callahan, Eugene
Campbell, Robert Crane, John T. Devine.
Edward H. Droop. Carl A. Droop, J.
Carl Darnan. T. c. Dulin. T. Cushing
Daniel, G. E. Dunkum. Urell Dreye. r.
]. Earnshaw, F. j. Ehlers. G. NJ. EN-
merck, E. II. S. Embrey, Norman T.
Engel. Edwin E. Elicit, Frank E. Fergu-
SON, Thomas Francis, William F. GUIDE.
Thomas Grant, Isaac Cans, William NJ
ley, B. S. Graves. George A. Garner, ".
w Griffith. Fred H. Geyer. w. w.
Georges. Frank E. Gibson, Taylor Grimes.
J. W. Gregg, Bernard r. Green, w. 8.
Hose. Gen. George H. Harries, Robert N.
Harper. Samue!e4art. Harry Hammond.