Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-27
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They Find in New York Restaurant with the Latin
Quarter Atmosphere

published she'll pay for having Il
done
Many NJ then, do" laughed Mr..
stevens But they all pretend the
puDHShers are sitting up nights for
their books"
/ Listen to this hot air" shruxg
warren. for now they could hear the
man telling Of his play"
STAGE DREAMS.
"Frohman said he'd take II II ia
rewrite the third act. but told him
l wanted 1t produced as It was or not
At all Belasco has 1t now. But these
managers don't Know good play.
There's a corklng big scene in the
last act, which"--the voice was lost
in laughter from another table.
who's the guy with the halr?"
asked Warren. He looks the type"
Yes he's an illustrator, he's al
ways here" answered Mr.. Stevens.
Fhat man next to him is an editor
on some trade paper. 4 lot OF near
celebrities sit at that table They put
us there one night. but as we weren't
writing book or play--we couldn't
scintiilate. 1t was good fun, though,
affairs OF nations"
How can these two girls walt on
all this crowd?' demanded Warren,
as the younger sister now took away
thelf soup plates and brought them
large platter OF beef tongue with
plquant sauce
Oh they're workers. Yoxi get bet
Ter service right here than you do in
any OF the big restaurants where you
pay four times as much"
From where Helen sat she could
see the rear of the houses in the
block beyond. They were evidentl Y
boarding houses. and many of the
windows were lit She had been
watching a sirl in a third story room
Tx her hair and then put on her hat.
no" she reached up to turn off the
gas. and the window was dark
Helen wondered where she was go
ing, what her life was, and what
lhat room, of which she could see
only cheap oak dresser and a bit
of the wallpaper. looked like.
What's struck you? as Warren
noticed her absorption. ....
Look, dear-look up there, IT'S
so Interesting to watch those win
dows. See that one where the cur
tatn's drawn? And that woman's
shadow against 1T? What is she do
ing-she's bending over something"
Ironing, isn't she?" Suggested Mrs.
Stevens
Probably some poor little shop girl
ironing her shirtwaist to wear in the
morning unused Helen. Il SHOULD
think the writer's who ceme here
would get lot of stories just from
watching those windows"
Net They'll They'd rather write n
Fifth avenue society novel, where
the heroine steps from her limousine,
trips up the broad marble steps to
the door that's opened by a liveried
footman. That girl ironing her
shirtwaist In back hall Bedroom
wouldn't interest this crowd"
Yes, you keep your knife and
FORK" smiled Mrs. Stevens as the
Frenchwoman who took Helen's plate
laid back on the tablecloth her knife
and fork, 1T makes II easier for
them to serve, If they don't have to
change the silver for every course"
That ought to suit You. Helen.
you only have to scour of one set
for the meal"
GOOD room.
He always scolds me for wiping
Off everything with my napkin
laughed Helen but can't help il
at restaurants"
The next course was hroiled souab
and salad. They were not cold stor-
age squads. for the flavor was fresh
and delicate.
Don't see how they can give this
dinner for the money" declared War
rem. What did you say it was
sixty AVE."
protested Helen. why. these squads
alone would bel
mo. it's only sixty Ave. wine in
oluded"
well. I don't see how they do 1t.
with everything so high"
That's what I say observed Mrs.
Stevens. For two Of us dinner here
costs only 81 S0-si55 with the tin
l couldn't get il at home for that"
We'll, they buy IN quantity. and
do all their own serving; and. OF
| course, the French know how to
save"
where do they eat here in the
winter asked Warren, suddenly.
They have that big front room
beyond the kitchen. But they can't
GET quite the dtnips RntIt INSIDE mat
they have out here"
Isn't this salad dressing good ,
Its the red wine vinegar announced
Mrs, stevens. The kind you buy =
so acid. They make this from the
wine that's left in the bottom of the
kegs | wondersif they would let me
have some?"
MORE PRAISE.
After the salad came fresh pears
cheese and coffee,
This Camemberts tho real thing. g"
Warren shifted at 1t critically.
Yes, and they serve brie her.
that's Al
1t was after nine before Mr.
! Stevens took down his cane from a
nail on the white washed fence and
4 made the move to 70.
Hold on there's" protested Warren.
we haven't paid our bin yet"
We pay IN the kitchen as we go
! out"