Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-12-18
BLUE TRIANGLE
HOUSE NOW OPEN
Hopes of Committee in Charge
Fully Realized in Success
Which Attends First and
Second Days-Pie in Cafe
terra Appeals to Men

Their dream come true was the way
The committee in charge Of the Blue
Triangle Hospitality House described
opening day on Saturday. for the house
was all that anyone could wish and 1t
was filled to overlooking all day with
enthusiastic people exclaiming with de-
light over everything.
The first meal was scheduled to be
served at eleven o'clock and at ten
O'Clock the last workman was cent
scurrying out Of the house and one hour
later the meal was being served as calmly
as though everyone had sat around half
morning waiting for people to come.
The meal was all that had been antic!-
pated and more. There were soups, meat
and fish, salads, desserts and coffee. tea,
cocoa and milk and ali were of the best
The cooking Is excellent. All of 1t is
done on the premises and 20 the food
has that home-cooked taste which Is
sometimes lacking at a restaurant What
seemed 10 create the most comment
however, was the pie, many of the men
especially saying they would be willing
TO come down to the house for the pie
alone, as It certainly was good. About
800 people were served Saturday. and ap-
parently they We're taken care of easily
enough. Miss Barbara Hunt is the direc-
tCr OK the mouse, anu Sne mas the Sltua-
ton woll in hand. She has an able corps
of workers in the kitchen and on Satur-
day and Sunday Miss Bertha Terltll
of the University of Vermont and several
members of the department Of home
economics Of the college were helping.
This insures balanced diet for all who
patronize the cafeteria.
Much credit Is due the House commit
tee for the splendid taste displayed in
furnishings and hangings. This commit
tee is composed of Mrs. Lyman Allen,
Mrs. Harry F. Perkins, Mrs Charles L.
Woodbury. and Mrs. Frederick Topper,
and they certainly have made 1t home
like and most attractive. One has only
to sit down in the big living room. full
of sunshine and overlooking the lake. to
feel the spell Of the house. This room Is
furnished with wicker furniture, with
plenty Of cushions to make folks more
comfortable. Then there Is a plano loan
ed by Byron Clark, and a Victrola and
pretty chintz curtains at the windows.
Across the hall at the front Of the house
is the guest room, with a fireplace and
rich brown furnishings. Behind this Is
Miss Hunts office. also very attractive,
and behind this her own room. Then
there is laundry with set tubs and an
a small price. The hall has an evergreen
tree on either side and Is furnished with
rustic furniture.
Upstairs are the sleeping rooms and
everything has been done to make them
homelike. They have fresh curtains and
comfortable furniture. Directly at the
top of the stairway Is little sitting
room and In the hall, where all the girls
may use It, as a sewing machine All Of
the rooms have been rented to permanent
residents and there are already three
transients enjoying the privileges OF the
house.
It 10 planned from now on to serve
luncheon from 1880 to I 80 on week
days and supper from $50 to seven,
with afternoon tea from four to five.
On Sundays dinner will be served from
"a to two. All of these meals are open
to the public. The Sunday night sup
pers, however, which will be served
for rs cents, will be open to members
only and their gentlemen friends This
will be followed by a social hour, which
will be in charge of the social commit
tee.
This house will be a splendid place
for business men to have lunch and
for shoppers to stop. for. after eating
their lunches, they may go up into the
living rooms and rest
1t Is planned to make the house a
homo and social center. and to limit
ed extent rental will be made of the
large living rooms for meeting and
social purposes Different demands are
already being made upon the house
and these will be met as far as pos
sible
Although very little can be done along
this line this winter. 1t is planned next
spring to make the yard about the
house much more attractive. Tennis
and basketball courts will be laid out
and the rest of the yard given up to
An old fashioned garden. The approach
to the cafeteria, which is through a
gate on the South Champlain street
side. will also be made more attractive
Many people have shown desire to
help and one man even asked permits
sion to send his son and some other
boys down to help clean up the yard
ready for the garden.
Tho house will be supported largely
by the assistance of it's members and
already 535 people have subscribed to
the fund to maintain 1t. Sunday there
were good number of people present
at dinner and in the evening the
first Sunday night supper was served
and 1t was certainly a success. All In
ell, the Blue Triangle Hospitality
house seems to be we'll launched and an
established thing. 1t is proving even
now that such a need existed and tina,
IL can meet that need. Its success Is
due largely to the fact that every
committee has worked as a unit and
carried through it's own individual
work to the finish. and all have work
ed with unfailing enthusiasm.
On Saturday Miss Marion Gary OF
Rutland. who has been dreaming OF
thfs thing for so long was present al
the opening and she certainly was
pleased with the result. saying that l,
exceeded her fondest dreams. The com
mittee Is also pleased with the way
their project has been received. and
as every new demand on the house
comes up they will try to work out
some way to meet II so that the place
may become real community ant