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

/ things In the financial district. Miss
Lewis supervised it for two weeks. She
had come to be looked upon as an ex-
pert by this time. She had been in the
business several month"; In Scptem-
Der a proposition was made to her TO
open an establishment OF higher grade
uptown in the centre of the shopping
district. The offer was so good she did
not see her way to declining It, She
was getting salary from Mr.. Me-
kenzie and one-third -.ef the profits
She gave up the Princess and went up
town and opened the Glover in> No. 43
West Twenty-first Street. From the
5000 OF his money she used she says
Mr.. Mckenzie got profit of more than
$1,000 up to the time she got out OF
the Princess Club.
The Glover was repetition. after q
fashion. OF the Princess. No one who
did not see It could believe there were
so many feminine workers in that part
OF town It made money from the day
IT opened. 1t probably would be flourish
ing to-day but for a fire that Quilted
the upper part of the building in which
II was located and drowned out the
club. When the building was recon
etructed the Clover expected to get It's
old rooms. but the owner wanted the
space for other purposes, and then Miss
Lewis turned her attention down town
once more. millionaire heard she
was searching for a site. He had a
big building. the ground floor OF which
had been used for years for restau-
rant. Various men had conducted the
establishment, but none OF them seem
ed able to mako It q success. The thing
was getting on the nerves OF the mil
lionaire. He made an offer to her thai
was decidedly tempting. She accepted
She put up n gilt sign Just for Girls"
and now man is barred. p
Within a few days OF her taking
charge the place was packed 1t rare
~ had been half filed before. Now
| the basement is one big creation
,, room for ths patrons. There are
lounges and retiring rooms, desks with
stationery that is inviting to the girl
who has personal correspondence to
attend to, music and all sorts of odds
and ends that women fancy. Each day
at noon there is q concert.
Miss Lewis, keen OF eye. mild of
voice, watchfu1 and untlring, looks ar
ter every detail hy n
'T was fortunate in the first employ
ment I had in New York" she says.
1.-THE druggist for whom I worked
conducted his business on the princlplc
Never buy anything but the host and
charge a good price for what you SELL
I've never forgotten that and never
will. The public has an altogether
wrong Idea about women Girls do not
skimp in their eating They spend
more proportionately than mon. Why.
the restaurants down town that APP
peal TO the ordinary run of Office men
only average 16 cents per person
served The checks in this establish
ment average 80 cents per person
served, And the public has wrong
idcn about the pay of women.
"of course. there are multitudes OF
girls working for 81. $40. sl9. SIS a
week but there are thousands-more
thousands than you would suppose
who earn from $50 to $50 week. 1t
behooves the woman who gets good
salary to eat good foods TO clothc we'll
is Important; to eat well IS more Inn
portant
TITS strange how the idea that wo-
men do not spend freely for eatnbles
prevails. AS a matter of fact. there
which wine or liquors are not sold
where the checks average so high as
here. Have You any idea how many
men rush through luncheon, how many
take n gulp Of coffee and a few bites of
a sandwich? They cannot spare the
time to eat. or think they cannot. Those
who have time to spare linger long
and smoke or drink. The girls want
to use up their full luncheon hour. They
want an adequate meal and they want
an opportunity to relax. NO one knows
the needs of woman but n woman.
Some OF the establishments designed
10 cater exclusively to the girl work
Ars have failed. 1t is true but 1t has
bean from had management. nothing
else. Some tried to sell too cheaply,
Some did not know how to cater to
their patrons.
~ never have conducted my places
on what you might call hard and fast
system. l have no set menu for this
day or another. know the things
that are tempting to me- and those
are the dishes ] have prepared. Moth.
ing ever Is served unless II is garnished
SO as to mako IT. most appetizIns. There
is an olive a pickle, a leaf of lettuce
with all sandwiches or meats It Is
by giving earnest attention to the
simpler things that you win approval.
Now. n hot roast heef sandwich Is a
simple thing. isn't 1t? Usually It Is
| made up of two slices of bread. gen
erous cut OF roast beef and some gravy.
at ma kes n fair midday meal taken
with coffec or ten and dessort But
a far more enjoyable hot roast beer
sandwich is made oftwo slices of toast
the toast toasted toEa Til good.
generous cut OF meat q baked potato.