The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-07

their good fortune. he added i've
made $4,000 in the last FIVE minutes"
Good. good.i' exclaimed the stcno-
grapher.
The mining man joklngly suggested
that she should play tho market, and
tho young woman. in like spirit. said
she would save her pennies and the
next time he had a real sure thing
she would speculate to the extent OF
90 cents. Then. seriously. she added
that she never expected to have 30
much as $4,000 In her life.
What would you do If you had 49,
0o0?n inquired Mckenzie.
Do? She would open restaurant
such n restaurant as New Yirk never
had seen before. she said. Then she
becam eloquent. She told him there
women working In downtown New
York. and the only restaurants open
TO them were those patronize6 by men.
The restaurant people had an idea the
patronage of women did not pay. The,
knew girls remained longer at tablo
than men. Time was money in a. res.
taurant, particularly Il midday restau.
rant. The restaurant keepers also
thought women did not spend much on
their eating. Girls. they believed.
thought more of dress than food. There
were some tables reserved for women,
but they were in the rear. near tho
Kitchen, or in some other undesirable
spot Mis- Lewis told tho Westerner
New York had not risen to the need
of good restaurants for the women who
worked in Offices. In Chicago she had
seen an eating house exclusively for
women. Thcer were rest rooms, recre-
alton parlors, music and 8 variety OF
accessories that were a delight to tho
feminine heart. When she had seen
It she had felt that any one who in
troduced such en- Institution in New
York wouiu BIO public bcnefactor. No
ono but q woman knew woman 8
needs. No ono but a woman knew how
much such an establishment would ap-
peal to women. She believed II would
pay. but whether II would pay or not,
New York ought to have IL. She told
how unpleasant it was for a refined,
delicate minded woman TO go into n
public retaurant and be subjected to
the scrutiny OF all sorts of men.
She explained how woman. no mat
ter how much she needed a few min
utes' rest or relaxation. had-po oppor-
tunity In the lunch hour. II she re-
manned too long at table she was
viewed with disfavor by the proprie-
tor. II she went out too early, she had
10 wander about until II was time to
return to the Office There was no
place Tor her to go. Surely with SO
many thousands of women to draw on
for patronage. an establishment that
catered to woman's needs would be
supported.
Well, why don't you start one %
asked Mr.. Mckenzie.
ny? Because she had no money
nothing but her salary"
),
ouoyant. breezy way. I'll put up the
money"
Miss Lewis thought he was joking, or
was saying this because he felt so good
over the making Of the $4,000 in FIVE
minutes. but the next morning the
Westerner questioned her as to how
soon she would need the money
do you really mean itg, she in.
quired sl
"of course" he replied.
That Day Mr.. Mckenzie deposited S.
600 in the National Park Bank to the
credit of Eva Lewis, and the next day
he was off to the west. The steno-
grapher. VINO knew nothing about
cooking. to whom restaurant Keeping
was theory.s but nothing more, who
had ideas, but no experience then had
to turn her hack on Office work and
embark in new field and prove that
she was not altogether a visionary.
On February Il, 1905 est. valentinc's
Day), she opened the-Queerest restau-
rant New York had seen up to thai
time. 1t was at Fulton and Nassau two
nights up. She called II the Princess
Club. Membership cost % cents a
month. The foodstuffs cost about tho
same, possibly a little less than in
the general run OF downtown eating
places, but they were the best tho
market afforded.
II ever person was proved true
prophet promptly and fully Miss Lewis
was In this Instance. New York wo-
men certainly wanted such a place as
the Princess. It did not matter tina
II way un two flights Il did not mat
ter that 1t was n BIT out of centre of
things. 1t had the convcniences women
sought. Girls hocked to it as they
never had locked to a New York eat
Ing establishment before. The stairs
of the old building creaked under tho
Weight of the multitude that trooped
In and out Within a faw weeks tho
club had 1900 mont ers. In two months
1t had 1000.
or the $4,000 Mr.. Mckenzie had put
In the National Park Bank TO her
credit Miss Lewis had use for only $500.
That was all she drew With the s50)
she bought such furniture as she re-.
auired, She did not spend dollar more
than necessary. B
There were plenty of settees. plenty
of mirrors. plenty OF accessories to the
toilet. but the ables We're, plain, the
dishes servicea BILE. but not expensive,
and there were magazines, and books
and piethres and papers and piano.
For the rent and the food supplies she
got credit. ,S'a r. Il. IS
Evidently there Is money--iots OF
money--in the restaurant business IL
properly conducted. Miss Lewis. no.
Vice though, she was, made money from
he start w In March tho IlrnNt W n q