The Washington times., 1914-06-22
CoatIess, One May Wonder Into
Many of Capitals Best Eat
ing Places, and No One viii
Be Shocked.
Line Drawn at Some Hotels Be-
tween Grill Rooms and
Places Where More Formal
Dress Prevails.

Welcome to the shirtwaist man.
That is the alluring invitation num-
Der Of hotels and cafes in Washington
are holding forth to beguile the coat
less diner.
Not so long ago 1t was a clear case
Of
Go coated and the world eats with you
Go coatIess and you eat alone
Times have changed. The shirt"aist
man may wander into the Dutch Room
At the Ebbitt House and no officious
waiter will whisper the sorry news
that he must put on his coat or go
hungry. But that eminent and genial
host. W. J. Swift, in charge OF the
Fbbitt dining rooms, also has recog-
nized the sentiment among the "antis
bv decreeing that diners in the Sold
room or the tea room. or the crystal
room upstairs must cling to thelr
coats teven at the risk OF having theIF
coats cling 70 them.
or. ~ the clothes reformer is farther
downtown. he may drop IN at me gen
tlemen's dining room at Harvey y.
There no restriction is placed against
shirtWsist diners.
Must Be Real Thing.
Of course. your shirtwaist must be
the real thing. You can not chng 10
such relics Of the coated stage or your
civilization as suspenders. and then
hope TO get in on this welcome merely
by shedding YOUR coat.
Id at the Dewey, for example. which
is family hotel you may dine in
bona ride shirtwaist. silk preferred. hut
the shirtwaist must be clean and fresh
and attractive.
= the pangs Of hunger assail you
farther west, the Powhatan holds
forth placarded welcome to the coat
less diner in it's grill room. But n you
would go into the main dining rrnra Of
that hotel, or Iutter about it's lobby,
Your coat must yc in ev:den"e-
At the Continental W. Chrffee.
the narager. has wrestIed with the
robl,m and ruled that men may be
coatless !n the Gr1il room 50 long as
isdies are not present. Enter lady.
business Of scurr>InL water. whisper
- requests. ana men diners quickly
gcrtinp INTO 'h~ir CcaLg
The club man will no. have >" easy
q time. An cmplDye of III" MetrOp"l.-
tan Club looksG aEkance q. the Sug-
IestiOn. and era veiy stated that ne had
lever. no never. seen d member of the
club without his coat in any par, OF
the Club quarters. II you are 2 mem
her Of the Century. or the Cnivcrsity.
or tn. Cosmos cluDs. and w.sh To eat.
YOU co il with your coat on. Tho only
relief in sight amVng the principal
clubs OF the city IL at the National
Press Club where the newspaper men,
with characteristic disrcgard o: ham
u-ring conventions, so coatless I'm their
Urrsent quarters. But when the roof
"a rden is opened and tn" feminine con-
tinCent is allowed TO invade that por-
ti0n Of the clubs quarters. members
VIII wear their Coats.
Victory Not Complete.
The shirtwaist man has not achieved
q complete victory, even in the hote's.
The New Willard. the Raleigh. and the
Shorehar: have 10 sympathy for the
rOatless man.
Innate Eentility should require a
gentleman TO wear Ids coat while din
,ug." said Judsnn y. cobb assistant
manager at th- Willard. The QJes-
ti0n has not arisen here. to my knOwI-
edge No one has attempted. even on
The Uarmest DAYS. TO dine Coat,eSS. II
he did hc would be requested promptly
10 wear a coat or leave the dining
room
In our dining rooms q man may eat