The evening world., 1914-01-09
LITTLE TEA SHOP
HOLDS ONLY HOPE
TO GET 100000
Warner M. Van Norden Will
Have to Earn It There
If It's Paid.
CHEAP NEIcHBo oRHoOD.
Bat Then, Of Course, Friends
\. Of Van Norden Heirs
p May Hunt 1t Up.
CHEAP, NEIGHBO ORHOOD.

Ne largest ehanos wAioh ne Rev. |
10ssdors L Van Nordsn aad oGlss Coea
IAnsdou Van Norden. hsizs Of the late
WAmsr Van Nordsu. have Of rsaiisins
- fortune osausstbsd 70 them b Ais
~ rests on . tea and coffee store e
~ 90 Lexington avenue. Il y ths
seere estabiishsd ~ Warner NJ. van
Noedsn. their brother. after his three
years stay In the Orient
3Ae win excuses Warner n. Van Nor
~ from ali Indebtedness to his father.
sSespt . trine Of $4,000 which he = to
~ back into the estate IF he can"
NE tea and coffee store was started last
sprans. long before the teath Of the oder
Ven, Norden or the publication Of his
ssven willis. 90 that there 10 no foundA-
ton for the belief that young Mr.. Van
Nerden founded the business for the
suppose Of paying of that $500. o.ooo But
70 at least furnishes the foundation on
which the 100000 may possibly be
DGed up.
There is nothing exquisite or aristo-
cratic about tho surroundings of the
Lotos Tea Concern. which Is the mask
Of Mr. Van Norden's commercial activ,-
eies. The stors Is bounded on the
nerth by an electrical repair shop, on
y tAs east by q barber shop. on the
south by . livery stable. and on the
west By an antique store. h a sener-
a0y northeasterly direction on the
other side Of East Fifty-seventh street
ere a delcatessen store and an estab-
lbhment bearing signs guaranteeing
~ prompt removal by contract OF rats
ana other verunin. On the for above
10 millinery store. The sidewalks
ere In the orumpled condition which
aHo usually to he found along the
planked-over new subway and are
kuarded by yapping pup from the
livery stable
But inside. oh. dear. oh. dear! How
Beautiful II Is. Right In the corner
between the windows IL ehe Chippen.
dale desk at which Mr.. Van Norden
sits when he Is In. Along a wall is a
eounter back OF which are ranged gold
sttered tin canis.ers containing teas
aad coffees OF all degrees Teakwood
stands resting on glowing silk rug.
support teak and ivory carvings and
silk lined wicker tea cozies. The show
windows to the notrh display n pile OF
small packag ges labelled ''Wcll Seasoned
Soap and battlemented array of
baking powder cans. on the west are
Rlack wood trays piled high with cof-
fee grains. large carved dragons In teak
md a covey OF peasants cut from an
ridescsnt white stone
A'Uu' the left OF the door are artistic
piles OF gaudy tin canisters advertised
~ air tight for the protection OF the
YIpDnts coffee they contain.
erQss the middle of the room stands
!, - screen with embossed Chinese
X 1fes ON its leaves. Behind II a sten-
pher ticks ont letters on paper OF
a, 1arm orange hue. signifying. pre-.
. sufRabiy. Orange Pe!koe. Besides the
stefibgrapher there is a man behind Tho
counter and hoy to run errands The,
| were not rushed much during the morn.
inR. 4 reporter counted Just one be-
tween and II.
This. Mr.. Van Nordens staff said
was an unu IualIS, r;small number. !
there IL a rush. AIR. Van Norlen is oil
ways ready TO help out. He has NJ
regular hours in the shop. He drops II
at ) o'clock usually and looks over hi
mail. Sometimes he stays all day
Sometimes he goes right out and comes
back during the day at intervtls of NJ
hour o. two. Sometimes he does no
come back at all. It other times IL
does not leave the cffice but telephone
from time to time.
The friends OF the Van Nordon heir
arc eagerly urging all their acquaint
ances to pJtronlze the Van Norden tei
shop. they want 10 see 1t grow and grow
until II covers the whole block with
skyscraper. Then maybe that $500. 90
will not seem 10 far away. twinklinI
like o hither star. huge hut dim an,
misty because It Is so far away.