Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-22
REST ROOMS
CONDUCTED BY Y. ". c. A.
crate Prices for Work
ing Girls.
LoUNGING PLACES
One Is in Wholesale and Business
Section and. Other Is Further
Downtown Where Big Factories
Employ Hundreds of Girls.

ITS all in the point of view" Solo
mon probably made this remark first
several hundreds years ago, and we
have been making it ever since be-
cause 1t is applicable to such wide
diversity of situations. For instance.
those of us who are familiar with the
scope OF the various activities COW
cred by the Young Womens Christian
Association in Richmond. take il as
matter Of course that tho association
has met the cNiGencics of n situation
which demanded that young business
women and women workers in certain
parts OF the city have n place to eat
their, m idday lunch. and have not only
supplied the place, but the lunch as
well.r
A novel experience enjoyed recently
: by 2 representative of the press was
IA progressive luncheon OF an entire
: l% new order. The luncheon began
:, with the general secretary, Miss Mar
aietta Smith. rs hostess, at the rest
room OF the Young Womcns Christian
Association at the corner of Thirteenth
and Main Streets. just at the foot OF
that long hill. you Will recall. Here.
in three rooms, attractive, nicely fur
nished, upstairs, between ninety and
l25 young business women are given
their midday meal every day and a
chance to rest a bit before going back
TO their various occupations Need OF
larger quarters is felt kccnly. but il has
been impossible to rent "A larger place
in this crowded section of the city UP
TO the present time.
Mrs. A. III. Fitzgerald. one of the
seventeen secretaries OF the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association in the city
Is in charge Of the restroom and sees
TO II that the girls arc given good.
wholesome. appetizins lunches at
minimum cost. Volunteer workers
from the association assist in the scrv-
ing each day so that, besides the di-
rector, the only paid workers are the
TWO maids and the cook. The kitchen
from which the meals arc served is un-
believahly small. but the menu was
nevertheless a long one and exceed
ingly satisfactory from an epicurean
standpoint.
APPETIzING MENU
At MODERATE COST
Bread and butter, soup. roast beef,
caooaSc, new potatoes, stcwcd to-
matocs. blackcycd peas. cau,iied vans
tomato salad. cymblins, new peaches
and cream, pineapple pie. tapi ca pud-
ding. hot rolls. milk, coffee and iced
tea. were chalkcd up on the bulletin
board with the price following each
dish. Bread and butter. for instance
costs the price OF postage stamp, and
n big bowl of nourishing soup costs
except that YOU cannot buy the latter
At the res, room. The visitors were
served ut the little window opening
into the kitchcnettc---it is really too
small to be. dtgnted with the name of
Eitchcn-withA rail- glasses of iced tea.
hot rolls and butter. and delicious tapi-
oca pudding. TWO orders OF each for
which the hostess paid exactly a
cents
Away downtown almost across the
street from the vine hung walls of tho
courthouse OF Hcnrico County. At POO
East Main, to lac exact. Is the Come
over Lunch Room of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association. Fresh
white muslin curtains ilutter in the
windows. the long room has the fresh
ness OF newly painted walls and cell
inEs, there are several small tables,
and in The space near the big front
window reading table. rocking
chairs and couch for the comfort
OF weary limbs and tired brains
number OF business men were
eating and volunteer association work
crs were helping the director serve an
attractive menu OF weil-cookcd dishes
There was the appctiZinc odor OF good
cooking and the rich brown smell OF
tobacco. for the Larus Tobacco Com
pany, tobacco manufa cturers. are right
across t&e' street and their workers
had the aided treat OF freshly picked
blackberries in individual baskets
brought TO them by the volunteer
workers who had picked the berries
themselves
Here. at one OF the little tables, the
visitors finished their progressive
luncheon" and wished that they were
hungricr and could cat more of the
good things being served TO the many
patrons OF this model lunch room con-
Quoted in a model way by an orEani-
zation which is in itsrIf n model OF
it's kind.