The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-07

"HE woman who was the most
 famous authority on cookery in
 America, if not in the world, came Ito New York and took charge of a great restaurant In the Wall street district. She had written half dozen books on culinary affairs, had a wide business experience and was an economist of recognized ability The establishment she managed was a failure.
 woman who had no reputation as cook, little experience in that line or in housekeeping. whose ambition was to be a skillful office worker and who knew more about stenographic pothooks than kettles or pans, started a restaurant in the great business district of lower Man hattan, and not only made a remarkable success of it but today 50 establishments patterned to a large degree on the one she introduced are being conducted south of Canal street.
 The man mostly widely known down town is J. r. Morgan.
 The woman mostly widely known is Eva Lewis. Morgan's name is in the papers every day. Miss Lewis's name is mentioned once in a year or two.
 
 Infinitely more important than buns or banquets.
 And one who thinks odd things do not |, ! happen in real life these days or that there is not romantic side to business should know the story of Miss Lewis. l She was born and raised in Cincinnati. is Ia college graduate and was a school teacher for a time. She came to New York to make her way in the world, and, having learned shorthand, became pri- | vate secretary and stenographer to | prominent drug man. The work suited her, her employer paid her well, and she would have been delighted to have retained her position, but her health | failed and the doctors told her she would | have to leave this climate It is bad enough and hard enough for | man to pick up and go to new fields | rIt is more difficult for woman Miss Lewis was told she would have to live ] In Denver or some place where the alti- tude was high. She started from New York sad, but not without courage. In Chicago there were friends whom she had been invited to visit on her journey west, so she stopped at the Lake City ta see them.
 ltrwas summer-the summer of 1904-and Fhe had not been in Chicago long before the bronchial trouble bothered her but little. She could not understand the inn provement in her condition, for she sup posed the conditions in the Illinois city were as bad for her as those in New York, but so long as she improved in Chicago she determined to remain there She improved decidedly that when well again and determined to return to New York.
 She got work in the office of William M. Judd & Co.,, stock brokers. Among the customers of the house was a west terner named Mckenzie who had large mining interests and who had the inlpul- ;slveness and the broad sympathy of the | maR who had lived a good portion of l lifetin the great outdoors One day | Mckenzie wanted to ascertain if an or der he had given had been executed | and all the other instruments being busy he asked permission of Miss to use her telephone She handed the desk instru- mcnt over to him, he called up the per son he sought, spoke with him a few moments then set the telephone down.
 Much obliged, Miss Lewis" he said. And then, with that pride or, possibly vanity with which men like to tell of their good fortune, he added I've made f5000 in the last five minutes ' Good goodn" exclaimed the stenog- rapher. The mining man jokinglv suggested that she should play the market, and the . young woman, in like spirit, said she would save her pennies and the next ]