Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

IN, miss. your dress Is all un-
hooked" exclaimed the maid,
as Helen took or her coat in
tho Ladies' Dressing Room" OF the
Cafe Rheims.
In dismay Helen felt down the back
Of her gown and found 1t was
fastened only at the neck and waist
line, and that 1t gsped widely in Rs-
tween. What II che should have gone
into the restaurant like that?
The maid hooked It up quickly.
knowing 1t would make her tip as
sured.
Il don't know how forgot 1T
never did such thing before" TAX
! Ing dime from her purse.
"oh. lots OF ladies wait till they
get here for me to hook them up
Were you the maid at the old
placer"
NO, miss, just since they've opened
| here"
Then you don't know If that head
/ walter came with them
| They brought some of their old
Helen had always liked the atmos-
| phere of the Cafe Rheims. but for
the past year Warren had refused to
dine there because OF an "insuffer-
able" head waiter who seemed to de-
| llght In making every one wait for
| table
very reluctantly Warren had con-
scented to come to their new place.
SO when Helen Joined him in the
nall she was relieved that II was
new head waiter who met them at
the door and courteously ushered
them to a table
We'll, he's certainly an improve
ment," murmured Helen
Seems 10 be all right But Wen
walt and see how tho service is"
"Oh. but this ROOM" bewailed
Helen. 1T hasn't HALF the atmos-
phere of their old pace 1t looks
so cold and barren-so institutional
And these dreadful glarins lights"
It's pretty raw" admitted War
rem. But this type of thing is the
architects craze just now Wait till
you see the new Giltmore-youu
think you're in the Grand Central Sta
ton"
"Oh, but the lighting is awful"
persisted Helen. "a hate those high
rejecting lamps" for from the cell
ing were suspended by bronze chains
the inverted alabaster dome shades
80 much in vogue now, and which
give so frosty and cheerless a light.
Here's new one on me-" an
nounced Warren, now intent on the
dinner card. We seem to have
struck bargain night"
1t was the table d'hote card hut
10
out with red ink and under it written
800.
That's curious, I've never seen a
marked down dinner before"
Veil, why shouldn't they have bar
gain sales In food-and advertise EN-.
too? Roast spring lamb with mint
sauce, regular price $125. for to-day
only 9Sc. Our regular SOC hashed
brown potatoes for this day 19c.' How
about it? That a peach of an idea 90
Helen's laughing comment was in
terrupted by the waiter who now
came for the order
A REGULAR DINNER.
"Ail right. well try your regular
dinner. Let's see, two CLANS. two
tomato bisque. You want salmon.
don't your" turning to Helen. "one
salmon and one sea bass. I'll give
the rest of the order later. Hold
on" as the waiter started off, what
about this marked down price,"
"oh. they've Just changed that to-
day, sir You see it's S1Oo every day
except Saturdays and Sundays, but
now they've made it s1O0 on Sun
days. too"
How are you doing here any way?"
,or warren always had a genuine
business interest In any new enter
prise.
We'll OF course. sir. we haven't
the crowd we had at the old place.
but we've only been open three
weeks" hopefully.
why do you suppose they ever
moved?' unused Helen as the waiter
hurried of. They had such won
derful place downtown-full OF atmo-
sphere"
The craze to get UP on Broadway
they've al got 1t. Probably go
broke here in a couple of months
They say there are only three Broad
way restaurants that haven't been in
the hands of a receiver Well, they
ought to go broke-the way they
soak you and give you nothing for
1t"
But this is very reasonable-din-
ner like this for 800" glancing over
the six courses on the card.
Cheap enough II it's good food
Hello. we're to have some tangoing
with It."
In the center Of the room was a
waxed floor space for dancing. and
row a girl with astonishinely yellow
hair and a scanty pink chiffon gown
/ came out with a youth in an evening
coat of extreme cut. Tho music was
lively and they twirled and twisted
In the latest tangoing stunts.
As they had dined out very little of
late, Helen had not seen much OF the
dancing craze. and some OF these con-
tortions seemed to her somewhat
startling.
HELEN SHOCKED.
why, warren, isn't that rather
DREADFUL" as the youth swayed the
Kirl backwards down to the floor,
then UP again. and with his knee
under hers lifted her from her feet.
Warren shrugged his shoulders
That's aot in II with some OF the
| dapcInx at Jardin de Danse wa,,i