Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-09-30
ONE woMAN,s SUCCESS.
A Granddaughter of Ellsworth Maxi
ing Good in Big job.
[Evaugeline Cole. in the New York maiil

[EvaugeIine Cole. in the New York Maii.l
High up on the top floor of one OF the
down town skyscrapers, surrounded by
blueprints OF refrigerating plants, con-
tracts for groceries and meat, cracker
boxes and new china, / found Mrs. Marion
L. Shsfer, who has just succeeded 10 big
job formerly held by man, and consid-
cred to be mans size job.
A few months ago, II you had told the
employees of the National Bank OF Com
merce, 81 Nassau street, that woman
would be managing their Iunchroom and
feeding all $50 OF them every day, they
would have laughed at you, and told you
that even a man couldn't do 1t; that they
had q good steward now, and yet luncheon
was far from being pleasure to be looked
forward to during the day.
Now those same fellows are bringing
flowers to their woman lunchroom man
ager every morning, which she disposes
gracefully on the tables. And the flrst
thing that happens to man of the 11.s5
relay WuSa uC NokhcS aoWh btahs attcx
luncheon is q bunch of questions from the
others.
'sWhat did she give you to-dsys Cherry
pies And have to wait until o'clock
for mine.-
When l asked Mrs. Shafer what she
thought contributed most to the different
attitude, she said: "Weil, the man gave
them just food. That would probably
have answered the purpose il they had
been digging bitches all the morning, but
men who have inside jobs and cannot get
out at noon to walk up an appetite have to
be coaxed to eat. 1 try to let the food !
serve do part OF the coaxing, and the way
it is served the rest"
admit that it coaxed me, that warm
noon hour-a big room with windows on
three sides looking out over the city and
both rivers, its restful brown walls and
the white-coated walters moving quickly
and silently from table to table, bringing
boiled bluefish and Saratoga chips and
cool green cucumbers sliced delightfully."-
thin.
What is more coaxing to . jaded appe-
tite on hot day, anyway, than cucumbers
sliced thin-even il they don't agree with
yous
The room had a wonderfully homelike
air, too, with the flowers on the tables,
black-eyed Susans and climbing toses.
Everything moved with the smoothness
and quiet of the well-mansged Fifth
avenue household. Every man has his
definite place at the table and his time for
arriving. Mrs. Shsfer keeps full list of
men absent on vacations and for the day,
so that il anyone has to miss his regular
time for any reason he can be seated at
one of the absentees' places. This is only
a tiny detail OF the system that keeps the
machinery oiled.
But the pride OF Mrs. Skaters heart is
the equipment the officers Of the company
had faith enough in her to spend thous-
ands of dollars on. In the compactest
space Imaginable, for rent in skyscrapers
is not low, are the shining new ranges,
metal serving tables and the most modern
devices for keeping things clean - all run
by electricity.
They are putting in arefrigerating plant
now to run the big new ice box which
there will be an ice-cream freezer run by
the machine. This will obviate the
necessity of carrying ice up the nineteen
floors OF the building, and all its attend
ant messiness.
Mrs. Shafer is at her Office every morn
inc at e. 10 O'Clock tn see her suppIies come