Show LUNCHEON FOR FIVE CENTS A San Fracisco Restaurant Where Were the te Customers Wat Wait on Themselves San Sa Francisco Chronicle Chronicle There is now in San Francisco a alean clean lean c respectable place where any ay woman who chooses can secure a substantial s luncheon for 5 cents cants The restaurant for women is down d own in the heart of the wholesale quarter q of the te city close Iose to the te bi factories f fI and ad canneries and markets market It I I t was wa opened by bythe the Young Christian hristian ChrIstan C association and is never closed c except on Sundays and holi hol days davs d ays It I is under the te supervision of Miss Mis Farrell FareH who began beean her work as asa asa a mere school girl gir but who has met with wih extraordinary success in her man management management gement a running without friction the entire entre e mechanism by means eans of which between b and are daily daiy dined for f or the bill bi of fare simple as a it I is is isa Isa a dinner to most of those who partake of o f ft t The actual daily daly average av rge of n of the restaurant this summer I is I s 27 and on occasions it rises as a high highs I as a a s 0 Five women the cook and her ler assistant a a maid of all al work a tea I and coffee passer and Miss Farrell Farrel I make UD un the entire working force of I entre the t he establishment which is a model o oits of ofis I its is I ts kind in all al the functions which it i undertakes Theres an example of I Is systematized s industry for you The restaurant is a model In an another another another other way wax too It has ha dispensed with all al complexities of service and menu undertaking little but doing that hat t little well wel The dishes are are not cleaner in In New ork In Inno Inno Inno no home is the food more or more honestly prepared yet it wisely limits l its it fare fae to three tre dishes daily daly a thick bread and butter sandwich bra buter a acup CUD cup of tea or coffee each day in the week weel with wih juicy roast rat beef and rich gravy on Monday baked beans and sometimes soup on Tuesday stew or I cold corned beef on Wednesday sou aou SOUI I I and beans on Thursday codfish and andI potatoes on Friday and baked beans I and a d stew on Saturday The bread graham gaham and white is the best beat in the te tech city ch the butter buter always sweet sweet the whole milk mik served sered in the coffee and tea is rich and fresh and nd pure There II are no waiters waiter for tor the tables but each patron must call cal for her own e plate at ata ata t I a window although when she has finished she may leave the te dishes on I the th table where they will be gathered up and ad washed in the kitchen then ranged on the shelves ready for an another another another I other day The restaurant opens for forI business at H 11 1 and closes at 2 I The women come from the glove 21 factories the tobacco factories the paper box factories shirt shir factories s and canneries There are ar clerks cerk and ad label labelers labeler I ers era er stenographers and ard bookkeepers among them but rarely if ever an Idle woman The restaurant conduct conducted I ed on the most economical plan nIna is run rn at a loss of about 23 33 3 13 11 per cent cent At 1130 the large dimly light lighted I ed room is still sti empty hut it i has a awaiting a awaiting waiting aspect Soon the door s I Ion on its It hinges and there tere straggle in 1 singly sin ly in pairs quiet I II I or Dalr ladylike girls and women fairly well wel dressed who E I hold office positions at small smal salaries I I and who plan Dlan to come early to avoid I the rush The most moat of them lay las ly nickels on the table receiving in re return return turn tur the red ticket which entitles them their L to the full ful course coure the plate of meat meal 1 or stew with wih the big bi sandwich lying on it and the te cup of oJ tea or coffee Occasionally one carries carrie carriea crIes crIesI a little paper package e and only places a a cauDle of Dennie on the table or oi I waits walt for change chance from her nickel re receiving re receiving i a blue ticket entitling her to toI the cup of something hot to drink I to accompany the lunch she has hai put up at home |