New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
Elected LunChroom Patron Gets
a Court Summons on
Charge of Assault.
REPARTEE OVER A CHECK
Blue Eyed Dressmaker De-
clares She Was Thrown Out
with Violence for Stand
ing on Her Dignity.

Mrs. o. II. p. Belmonts suffrage
white House" yesterday morning.
yes, there she is" the woman whis-
pered. and the man screwed up his
courage and approached.
rs this Mrs. Belmont" he STAN
mered.
Il am"
"Well-er-here is an invitation from
Judge Murphy for you to appear IN
Jefferson Market court Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. Belmont smiled.
Gan right" she said and the couple
departed.
ITS the first time I ever saw her
SMILE" the woman gasped.
Mrs Belmont remained at the lunch
room and smiled and smiled at the
young girls who came to buy baked
beans and fish cakes, and she smiled
at the reporters who infested the place.
but never a word said she.
mo, 1 have nothing TO say was all
the response she made.
Mum" was the word for all the
bandmaidens, too, except Mrs. Mary h.
Morgan the major dOmo of the estaD-
lishment, to whom was intrusted the
task Of assuaging the reporters.
Question of Pie.
"Tbere is nothing to 1t at all, she
said, 'It is too silly. The woman is
very disagreeable person. She came 10
the lunch room about noon, when the
place was full. 1 was standing near
the dessert counter, when 1 heard the
girl in charge say:
why, madam, this is only a five
cent check. 1t entities you to only one
piece Of pie
Then this woman exclaimed loudly:
''T have been cheated in this place!
paid for a 1O-cent check
Il explained to the woman that she
must be mistaken, and just then Mrs.
Belmont passed through the room ana
heard the woman. She gently laid her
hand on the woman's arm and asked
her what the trouble was.
The woman retorted that she had
been badly treated, and finally Mrs.
Belmont told her she would have to
leave the place. Mrs. Belmont then
vent downstairs and did not see her
again. She certainly has no grounds
or saying Mrs. Belmont pushed her
,ut"
Around the corner at No. 467 Fifth
avenue Mrs. Alice Clancy has dress
making establishment. She is gentle
voiced, blue eyed little woman, and 1t
was with tears in the blue eyes that
she told her version.
she touched me gently did she?"
she sobbed. well, don't call any
thing gentle that tears your clothes off
your back. Do you want to see the
waist she tore? All right. 1 had 1t
on when / went down 70 the court, and
l wasn't afraid to show it to the mag
tstrate See!"
Exhibit A, Torn Sleeve.
There it was, sure enough-a dark
blue waist, and there certainly was a
big tear in the sleeve.
"she grabbed me by both arms-she's
awfully strong-and I was so Mortified
I couldn't resist. She dragged me from
the pie counter clear over to the door.
She had hold of my cuff, you see, and
nearly tore it off.
You want the whole story? Well,
then, it was only the fifth time had
ever been to that suffragette place. 1t
is not the place where a lady would
choose to eat, but sometimes 1 am in
hurry and just want bite, so I slip
my pride In my pocket and drop around
there.
well, went to get my check. You
know you have to get those cheap little
tin checks. Somebody hollered at me:
"Get in line, therel'
We'll, naturally, 1 didn't. I'm not
the kind of person to be ordered about
like that, but 1 stepped aside and
waited until everybody in line had
gone Then 1 bought my check. I saw
that that woman was a disagreeable
person, and she kept her eye on me.
They were just willing you see, to get
something on me-
Isn't it awful the way they treat
You here?' said to my friends.
After our lunches went to get two
pieces Of cake-it wasn't pie. I never
eat pie. thought / had a ten-cent
check. enough for two pieces Of cake,
but the clerk said It wasn't She was
"a pretty, sweet little thing, and said,
laughing, oh, all right, l don't want TO
cheat you, child
Il turned to go back to my table TO
get MY purse and make the change
right, when that little woman who
bosses the lunchroom cried, We don't
cheat people here
Now, don't be so cross answered,
pleasantly. Nobody intended to offend
you
The Plot Thiekens.
Then Mrs Belmont appeared
who IS this person. she demanded,
Her manner angered me.