The evening world., 1912-10-26
R|P!WENT HER COAT
IN THE STERN GRIP
Of MRS. BELMONT
So Declares Nine. Clancy,
Seeking Suffrage Leader to
Hale Her to Court.
TO SEE IF SHE HAS PULL
"Just Put My Hand on Her
Shoulder" Replies Cooper
alive Lunchroom's Founder.
TO SEE IF SHE HAS PULL

Before shs started out to-day to
servo Q "Jane Doe summons on MrS.
o. II. p. Belmont. Nine. Alice Clancy.
mOdists. save 70 an Evening World re-
porter . sob-punotustsd description Of
what happsnsd in the Suffrage Lunoh
Rooms yesterday from me time abe
purchased Is cents worth OF TN checks
Win Nrs. Belmont herself over the
purchasing power Of her last oblong
cheek.
Nina Clancy tsarfuliy contsnded that
the alteration ended with Mrs. Bel
mont seising hsr by the sleeve and es-
corting her to the exit thus humiiiat-
ing her in front Of two hundred sisters
tn ths-cause. To prove II she showed
. blue serge Jacket. ripped at the
she said. by the society
woman's hand.
Tn going to have the sstisfaction
Of serving the summons myself" said
Nms. Clancy. dabbing At her eyes with
. little square q laos. Wen have this
Mrs. B~lmopt explain IN court why she
can take . decent woman BY the arm
and march her 90 the street and not
suffer. It was . public Insult and
won't stand It. I'll spend every cent I
have to see Justice done.
Il had been going to the Lunch
Rooms for several days. but ! hadn't
learned just the value Of the checks.
Now / understand; the round ones arc
worth ten osnts and the oblong five.
There were about two hundred girls In
the place when ! got there yesterday.
standing In une. with Mrs. Belmont
mArshalling than like . general.
II rot Il cent? worth OF checks and
selected my dishss. I stin had an OBJ
to have some cake. I picked up . piece
q cake that looked nice and offered the
girl the obiong check. She said It
wasn't enough and I told her 1t must be
. ten-cent check.
SHELL TEST THE "PuLI" OF A
WOMAN WITH MILLIONS.
I'VE don't cheat In this place." she
saAd. Then some one grabbed me by the
arm and demanded 10 know what the
trouble was about turned around
quick and there was Mrs. Belmont.
Don't make = disturbance In this place.
says she. or I'll have you thrown out
She pushes me to the door. Just look at
that Jacket. there You can guess from
that tear the force Of her pull.
Nov. I've been IN business IN New
York for fifteen years. and I'm not the
woman to be treated lice that I've
sixty giris working for mo and I've
been right 3n this block for the last
eight years. Wen SEQ II Q society
woman with millions Of dollars to fall
back on can maltreat . poor drsss-
maker"
Nine. Ciancy's establishment 10 at No,
6s7 Fifth avenue.
At the Lunch Rooms . matroniy per-
son who would not give her name said
she had heard Mrs. Belmont threaten tC
have Nine. Clancy elected after the
msodiste had become "boisterous," but
she was sure no violence had beer
used. Nine. Clancy. she said. finished
her meal after the harsh words hsc
been spoken.
Mime. Clancy was In q hurry 70 get
back to her shop after the incident, bu
she was 30 angry she took time to Vial
Magistrate Murphy In Jefferson Marke
Court. There she exclaimed. indiE
nAntly:
your Honor. I've been terribly cut
ragged. Mrs. Belmont threw me out Of
her lunch room because I didn't hav,
| the right check. ! want q summons."
GETS A SUMMONS, BUT IT'S FoF
"JANE DOE"
Dear me. madam returned Mag1s
trate Murphy. soothingiy. 1T u dim
cult TO believe that Mrs. Belmont ooul,
have been guilty Of such conduct .
that. Possibly It wasn't Mrs. Belmont.
'Oh. yes. but It was. ! know he
we'll. and have known her for years,
replied Mira. Clancy. please give m
q summons for assaultf'
Magistrate Murphy said he woul
grant q summons, but as the offende
might not after all be Mrs. Belmon
he would make It out for plain Jan
Doe" II was made returnabls MondA
at Q o'clock.
And please let me have q poiicema
to serve It on Mrs. Belmont" urge
Nine. Clancy.
mo. no." said the Magistrate. with
smile. Il would not like TO humina
Mrs. Belmont like that"
Nothing to H." laughed Mrs. Bslmol
whom asked for details Of the thrown
out
',Nrs Belmont did not do It." -
Mrs. Mary A. Morgan. the managers
|, Mrs. Clancy was making . fuss At L
dessert countsr and disturbing ever
BODY, and Mrs. Belmont only just .
; her hand on the wothan's arm and "a
her she would have to 20 out II she We
. not quiet Mrs CLANCY In merely o
o Of those disaEresabls women. thAts al
i When Mrs. Belmont got down TO h
d once n the headquarters OF the +