[Grappling with the Monster by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookGrappling with the Monster CHAPTER XV 10/12
A pint glass of milk with a roll, costs five cents; butter three cents, and extra rolls one cent each; so that for ten or fifteen cents a man gets a full luncheon, as every portion of food is equal to a large saucer heaped. These establishments require, of course, the most methodical, orderly and careful management, with capable matrons at the head of each, and a steward or superintendent to make intelligent purchases.
At the "Model Coffee-House," there are nearly fifty employees, and, excepting three or four men, they are girls and women.
The upper rooms of the building are for the lodgings, offices, laundry and drawing-room, for the use of the employees.
The girls, who are mostly of country birth and training, are thus furnished with a good and safe home, where they have books and music, large and well-furnished chambers, a good table--they dine at one family table in their own dining-room--and have their washing and ironing done in the house.
They are required to be neat and tidy in appearance, respectable and discreet in character and manner. THE GOOD DONE. The good that is done through an instrumentality like this can never be fully known.
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