Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-21
B0ARDERs At A. PROFIT
WOMAN WAITS YEAR
20 FIND ?LacE TO EAT
oTtta c: Lynch. Authority on House,
"oio froblcHis. Discusses Feed
ms Of Human DclnEn.
by LOnl;TTA q. LYNCu.

N.a business woman in the. city OF
ana said: Well. al last-i'vc gotten
i mo Mrs. Benson's boarding. house. You
might come just Jumped with JOY"
,r %aa interested immediately. She
t mas ri not to ,hs FRS. person who had
And J decided that wouid find out
Why Il WAS VA. that Mrs. Bcnson had a
as. w VEIL .capa aly sS
penses. And so accepted my friends
ihritation to dino At Mrs. Bcnson's
sIrs emsan sha, yfry -, eysnn
esq white uniform--therc didn't seem
20 Dc single lock Of her way iron
southerner. a lady indeed. forced by
circumstances TO leave her home in
the South and seek living in the me-
!ropolis She had a large. brown stone
mouse in very desirable location.
eri .en seepn5 s sSo"s He
iitly people at dtiincr each evening.
Ten Sleeping Itoonin.
The ten sleeping rooms sccon,mo-
IrsaSfast as vel, as as dinner. The s num- IN.
each day averaged about ns,y. ': The
boarding -housc was not one OF tho
ehSap ones OF fiction. but par:icu-
fair price and catered TO folks who
appreciated 'perfcct"-yes. mean
.perfect"-cookins. inasmuch rs any
After dinner | asked her 10 tell me
some Of her secrets OF success. You
may Ike 10 know them.
thu. the most so1Ehs.for tables II, q
reStaurant arc the small ones where
,olSs may cat with some degree or
hesinning: and have no long tables
N my establishment. ] realize that
~ doing away with these small tables
wish in this respect"
Tho tabiecloths were snowy white.
on most every table. Each ,ablo had
pretty fern dish. with good. live
fern collection IN it, The woodwork
% inc room was done In white enamel.
Wills Painted Creamy.
The wall were pain;eT creamy
csosen pictures on The wall. And
wilderness Of larse red and pink roses
and cool green foliage printed upon
i huns a; the windows and gavo cheer
were mahogany fin ished birch with
various woods, | was told. were done
ways covered by table cloths.
The first two years ran this board
ns house. AIRS. Benson continued. Il
sunday dinner with e the reene es a ,hs,
hey name ,,, some dishes they'd par,icu-
uture time Sueh me ask sSGk for d IGms
carefully, noted and In planning
'u.ure meals l worked them in.
vas the foods That were returned. /
noted also how much was returned OF
nSruons served So that now am
aoIe 80 gauge exactly how much to
The boarding mistress pointed on,
very nrosperous-!ookins gentleman
nove than the SIS "A wcci; he paid Tor
mis- room sad board.
Remained Five Years.
Thai ii,', gentleman leaving the room
a Business 1@s man. and Sf used sG't 70 have s Is
room at tho. Hotel Nj and eat a la
carts: Bu, he tells nc that, he, par
meals and tine elcmen; OF surprise they
usually possess. He found i, unusu-
ally annoying 20 his busy mind to
order with Il certain meat and an ap-
p.opr!ate sour and desser;. His din.
bother on his part"
Mrs Benson told. rae that some OF
hr! meals cost MUCH more to pro-
hnds the FRIED cheKen ,st eorn tf she
tors and waf,es. with guava Jelly"
dinner much more expensive to pro-
;na, i boardIn H oT iayFS SeepsH "e sh oad
not have this kind OF a dinner on a
partieolac evening each week. because
a practise 10 go from place 10 place
and seek out these rather special din
DcrS.
There ras no profit in their trade,
because they never appeared when the
,css expensive dinners We're served il
they knew tho evenings OF the week
YOU produced these specials. She sug-
gested, therefore. that some weeks you
have your special" on Monday, and
again another week have K on We'd
ucsdry or Thursday
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