Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-16

In the quality of the food than the
design OF the table linen. but Helen
never failed to notice every appoint-
ment.
She had already examined the
niohosfam C. r." in the shining new
| SILVER which had not yet the dull look
tnat restaurant plated ware so soon
and of very good design.
And yet with all this newness the
place looked bare, uninteresting and
! Wnolly without atmosphere,
Dear impulsively. "I'd love ia
decorate restaurant. 1 think
I like" "oiiei
"A hand mirror and an automati,
powder pun attached to every table q
FIRST, I'd take out all the high
lights" began Helen earnestly. "TG
have only table lights with rose sill
Snaues; every woman knows how
becoming they are. Then I'd have all
the walls paneled with mirrors.
woman loves TO sit by mirror. ar
occasional glance to see if her hairs
right is so reassuring. oh, it seems
SO simple-the making of an. attrac.
tive restaurant! Yet, how few ther,
are. Perhaps that's why so man,
fail"
~" opout tne 1000 Z! grunteC
Warren. Don't forget, it's the mar
who pays the check, and he doesn,,
care whoop about your mirrors anG
pink shades"
Helen Is Positive
I'm not speaking about the food
but KNOW" intensely, that il The
Cafe Rheims had let me decorate thi,
room-well, there'd have been more
people in 1t than there are now"
Nothing conceited about that"
ia nave had the whole color
scheme cream and old rose. Cream
walls and cream wood work. with ole
rose silk hangings and a plain ole
rose carpet hate these celIar-likt
cement floors. And I'd have cream
] chairs upholstered in old rose. n
nave the walls and posts paneled ir
mirrors, and rose-shaded light or
every table. Wouldn't that make ar
attractive place? And it wouldn't bt
expensive, not nearly so expensive a:
this"
"Um-m,' was warren's only com.
ment, as ne severed the wing from
the half broiled chicken on toast.
And this music's too loud" ner.
sisted Helen. TITS a wonderful or.
chestra, but we're too near IL. If
had restaurant" enthusiastically
I'D have them play a lot of walt;
music-people love the rhythm. Ft
not have 1t loud or insistent-voI
can't talk with music like this
We'll. you seem to be doing prett,
we'll. Talking blue streak. What,
the matter? That wine going to youl
head?"
Helen flushed. She had drunk onl,
a glass of claret but she had a lurk.
ing suspicion that wine did make
her more talkative.
Perhaps 1t was the claret- that haf
colored so glowingly her minds pic.
| ture OF a restaurant ideally deco
rated and managed. The picture wa,
insistent 1t held vague but aIlurIns
possibilities.
Dear" looking up with shining
eyes, wouldn't it be wonderful Il
some day you'd make a lot of money
and buy up restaurant-just for ar
investment? THINK what we could
do with it-you and I together? Oh
KNOW we'd make 1t a success
You know so much about food. and
could see to the decorations and tht
appointments. Oh, we'd make II ths
most attractive piace!"
well. I guess the public'll have
to worry along without our restau.
rant for while longer. l may be
too modest, but I'm willing to con.
cede that the people already in the
business know little about It. Bet
ter confine your decorating schemes
| to ''The Flat Beautiful and write ,em
up Tor the Ladies Gwan Journal