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“JUS BEAJiB'OKN 3LNISEREJJl2MirShe Pioneered in Tea RoomsBy FRANCKS L. GARSIDKTHKr,ivas aFL'liitfl ireiticd1' iccidcn' tincti* ■i) wen; less. ■ruckcr jiiwer ' iVald**' sere ii ' uch i”wiser v. vas • vhen ’ trooped bf trn-, s»m the pace i»: us crop:NT..• tea room lt;1 in N »• vs lt;jty. whichhrst in the-Mtcs. was not• | It was an I .iily in the■ii t'l'W worn. jj-vd in busi al he M. duct e «l a ppositc the .since flowers• n on sale in urn and theof space imperative, tk overs were 'tically in her sales-r was a large the rear thatticker decided tea nuun in 1 space. It for business ■ there were women at r tin number ited an enter-ated to them• have pai'l; was for the• and convcti e woman who the citv hehituMISS SAM II M It CKI Rtrust w lt;in!'!basis doI In I horses to do a -lav'sshopping.f d sandwiches were served. The women feiit.d ■ (jtiiet of the place restful; there was greaterpriva • ;it in a restaurant. The place received suchpair. ' . that Miss Tucker was compelled to add moretable- ' -in the tea room grew the space for flower' shrank until the teacup had crowded the la-t • i blossom out of the shop.I ueker added a lunch a la carte: later she . slt; rvt regular dinners, ami to add to herwork 1 rvo. It i' something to he proud of. is it:: it. • • die has had the same waitress nineteen years.;• ! • one cook twelve years?‘ • aid. she admitted, that women do not like:■ v. • ir women. My experience disproves it. 1have et had any trouble with my help; I donot know what a strike is. nor a discontented maid. M v business i s conducted on a mutual my girls anything for me, I would do anything for them.Running a tea room is not the easy task women seem to imagine, judging by the number who are ••uteri n g the business. There was a time when there was much profit in it, but today it means every trial of the housewife multiplied ; and there has not been a time in American history when the trials of the housewife were no many.Miss Tucker does all the marketing. Everv recipe used in her kitchen is hers: she makes personal supervision of the business part of her job; she becomes acquainted with her patron'. and ha' learned that one way to keep them i' to turn a smiling lave toward tl ■ public nlt;» matter what cause there niaj be for iretting. There i' money in a tea room, she admitted, hut I would advise no woman to go into the bu.'inv now. Wait; conditions may be more favorable in another year.The character of her clientele has greatly changed in twenty years; tortnerh the woman was a 'hopper who daliied over the teacup while she gossiped with lnr friends; today the visitor is the quick, alert btt'i-tn woman who read' her paper while waiting for her luncheon, eats without making any attempt to know the woman beside her, pays her check and leaves. She i' -pendit g her own money; the woman of twenty years ago was spending her husband s. Time did not figure with the patron of earlier days, but the patron today never becomes so interested in paper or pastry that 'he forgets the clock.
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Dearborn Independent
Dearborn, Michigan, US
Sat, May 08, 1920
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