The Sunday Oregonian., October 05, 1913, SECTION SEVEN, Page 6, Image 74

TTTE SUXDAY OREGO
PORTLAND, OCTOBER 5. 1913.
RAINBOW GRILL OUTDOES NATURE
IN ITS DECORATIVE BEAUTIES
Unique Institution in New Morgan Building Is Not Only Most Attractive of Its Kind on Pacific Coast, but a
Mighty Good Place to Eat Sanitary Methods Prevail.
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INTERIOR VIEW OF" RAINBOW GRILL I.V NEW MORGAN BUILDING.
F Kature had a copyright on any of
I her works the Rainbow Grill in the
new Morgan building: would have
been Impossible.
In building this Rainbow Grill the
builders merely went out into the open
air, took a squint at the beauties of
Nature and then, instead of going in
side and duplicating the beauties, they
went inside and Improved upon the
original. That's a fact.
Yes, sir, or yes, ma'am for this grill
caters to women as well as to men
Nature has been outdone. The familiar
rainbow in the sky looks like a poor
Job when contrasted with the delicate
shades and colors of the rainbow glow
coming from concealed lights in the
Rainbow GrilL
This Rainbow when spelled with a
capital letter is a new idea. The old.
fashioned rainbow spelled with a
"lower case" letter "r" has been do
ing business ever since Noah came out
of the ark.
And the Idea is original right here
in Portland. It's' so original that not
even Theo Kruse, the manager and
part owner, nor A. Mueller, who owns
the other part, wants to take credit
for it This is not due so much to their
natural modesty as it Is to the fact
that they know they couldn't get the
credit if they wanted to take it.
An institution like the Rainbow Grill
Is created only about once In a genera
tion. The man who creates It becomes
famous on the strength of the creation
and no one can deny him his share of
glory.
Just like the Wright Brothers In
vented the airship, and Ed Walsh in
vented the spitball. so Jack Drew, in
terior decorator for Llpman, Wolfe A
Co., will be known hereafter as the
originator and creator of the Rainbow
Grill. He planned all the details.
After Drew "doped out" the Ideas it
remained for R. E. Heine, a decorative I
architect, to apply the Invention in
material form.
The result is the handsomest and the
most unique grill "on the Pacific
Coast," its propretors modestly acclaim,
but 'in' the entire United States," em
phatically declare those critics who
have explored Its manifold Interior and
exterior beauties.
The rainbow Idea predominates in
the "Rainbow." Surrounding each of
the dozen or more ornamental pillars
are panels of ornamental glass per
fectly tinted with the seven delicate
colors of the rainbow. Incandescent
lights shed their soft and soothing rays
through these pillar panels. The same
effect is obtained by a series of false
windows along the sides. What space
is not occupied with these windows is
(Mled with immense plate-glass mir
rors. The result Is a reflection of these
rainbow' lights in every direction.
Rainbow Shown In Palntlnr.
Opposite the main stairway and on
the south side of the main dining-room
is a splendid painting of a rainbow
scene in Oregon, in -which the delicate
shading characteristic of the mural and
pillar lights are maintained. -Twll-
Unger is the artist who painted this
picture.
But all this effort to please the eye
is merely Incidental to the real purpose
of the grill.. It is a side issue, as It
were.
The Rainbow Grill Is a good place In
which to eat That is its real purpose.
Its proprietors propose to feed their
patrons well.
To accomplish this they have spared
no effort or expense. They have In
stalled their own refrigerator plant
their own ventilating system, the lat
est ideas in kitchen equipment, and nu
merous useful details of food prepara
tion and service.
Cleanliness Is the foundation upon
which this grill Is built. Mr. Kruse
and Mr. Mueller have sought to supply
every demand of modern sanitary and
hygienic experts.
Every article of food, as it is re
ceived, will be placed in great refrig
erators and cooling closets in the base
ment. There It will be kept at the
proper temperature until it is needed
in the kitchen. All meats, fruits and
vegetables will be - kept in separate
compartments. A modern wine cellar
and a beer refrigerator capable of hold
ing two carloads of beer are maintained
in the basement.
All cooking is done with gas. An
electric oven will bake the pastry.
The Rainbow Grill Is designed to sat
isfy the wants of Portland people and
Portland visitors.
Balcony Overlook Main Room.
Besides its main dining-room it has
a huge balcony overlooking the main
dining-room. This balcony alone will
seait 150 persons. It can be used as a
banquet-room. An ornamented stairway
connects the main floor with the bal
cony. More than 800 persons can be
seated in the place at one time.
A platform on the north side of the
main room, which extends the full
length of the Morgan building from
Broadway to Park street, will be used
by the orchestra. It Is the purpose of
the managers to provide high-class
musical and dramatics entertainment for
their patrons.
Three entrances are " provided. The
main entrance will be through a mar
ble foyer from Broadway. A flower
stand will be maintained at the en
trance. Check-rooms for both men 'and
women are available.
Another entrance is through the
main lobby of the Morgan building on
Washington street, while the third
opens onto Park street.
Place Already Is Popular.
The grill had its formal opening last
Thursday evening, and immediately be
came one of the popular show-places
of Portland. It is one of the places to
which Portland people will take visit
ors from other cities with justifiable
pride.
Mr. Kruse, the manager, has con
ducted the Louvre Grill, at Fourth and
Alder streets, for several years. He
will continue that place as well as the
Rainbow, but will center his principal
efforts on the Rainbow.
recognition to the contention so fre
quently and faithfully made by expon
ents of this kind of fuel that it is su
perior In many ways to others. Dust
and soot are eliminated at once. It Is
.sanitary, clean, leaves no odor and af
fords an easy method of preparing
food for the table. It is estimated, too,
that gas is far cheaper, even when
used in such large quantities as the
Rainbow will demand, than wood, coal
or electricity, .
GREEXLAXD HAS FIXE SPACK
Popular Tailor Takes 60-Foot Sec
ond Floor on Washington. "
Directly over the entrance to the
Morgan building will be the shop of
Herbert Greenland, tailor, who has been
In business in Portland for; ten years
and who has worked at the trade in the
city for 23 years in all. There is no
finer place for a tailor shop in the city.
the big windows and the north light
contributing to the excellence or tne
location.
Mr Greenland employs' an average
of 20 men. His -workrooms will remain
at Second and Alder streets, the bust
ness office, display and cutting de
partment being removed to the Morgan
building from the Kotnscnild ouiiaing.
Mr. Greenland is a member of the
Commercial Club and is well known in
atnletlc circles, as the first honorary
ember of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club. Eight years go he was
champion lightweight wrestler of the
Coast.
CONCERT GRAND PIAXO. USED
Instrument Installed by AViley "B
Allen Company of Portland.
Good music will be one of the
charms of the Rainbow Grill and in
order to furnish it a good piano will
be used. One of the latest model Ma
son & Hamlin concert grand instru
ments has been installed and it will be
used regularly by the orchestra and in
playing the accompaniments for the
soloists.
The Wiley B. 'Allen Company, of
Portland, sold this instrument and a
powerful organ of the same make,
which will be used in some ol tne Kain
bow entertainments.
Fountain Pen Store to Open.
What will probably be the only ex
elusive fountain-pen store in the
Northwest will be conducted at 854
Washington street, in the Morgan
building, by C. S. Sparks. He will spe
cialize on the Waterman Ideal pen, but
win nanaie uiaer aiga-grau uuea a-a
rwell.
EXPENSE NOT SPARED
IN PREPARING LOBBY
Rich Marble, Circassian Walnut and Bronze Lighting Fixtures Among Its
Numerous Attractive Parts Main Entrance From Washington Street.
pr"XPENSE was a minor consideration
in preparing the lobby of the new
"" Morgan building.
To gain the equipment needed to
make the lobby, one of the most ornate
In the city, the owners of the building
drew upon the resources of many parts
of the earth. But their ambitious ef
forts were not In vain, for they have a
lobby that will be an attraction, not
only in the building itself, but In the
whole city as well.
The lobby is not what descriptive
writers are pleased to call "spacious."
It isn't small either just big enough
to be ample and cozy.
Marble seems to have been wasted in
making the lobby complete. The side
walls are of the finest Italian-Breche
violette, the base walls of Egyptian
black and gold, and the floors of rich
Tennessee marble. Circassian walnut
is used to ornament the walls and ceil
ings.
Cast bronze is used for the lighting
fixtures. The chandelier in the main
lobby contains 54 lights. Other smaller
chandeliers are heavily studded with
lights.
Brilliant illuminations will make the
lobby attractive by night as it is In
viting by day.
Entrance is from Washington street
upon which street the building has a
200-foot frontage. Twenty-six feet In
width and SO feet in depth makes it
compact but comfortable.
The elevators there are three of
them are on the west side of the
lobby. Opposite the elevators is a
cigar stand. Swinging doors provide
an entrance from the lobby Into the
Rainbow Grill, which occupies the
south one-half of the ground floor of
the building.
Reeves Shoe Stcre Goes
to 350 Washington
Flornhrlm Home to Be Resplendent
AVIta Mirrors and Ainmeroua Com
forts for It Patrons.
Hard parlor, which will occupy the
west half of the basement on the Washington-street
side of the Morgan build
ing, believes that he will have the
handsomest and most perfectly ap
pointed institution of the kind on the
Pacific Coast.
"The best that money can buy" Is the
terse phrase In which he describes the
fixtures which have been Installed. The
tables are of solid mahogany, as are
also the cigar stand fixtures. All the
lights are shaded, so that, while there
will be a perfect light over every table,
there will be no glare in any part of the
big room. The room Itself Is finished in
white and green.
Mr. Lewis has moved the Elite from
the Elks' building, where he has been
located for four years. Prior to coming
to Portland he operated the largest bil
liard parlor in the West, which be still
owns, at Boise.
GAS USED IX RAIXBOW STOVE3
Dustless, Sootless and Odorless Cook
ing Thus Is Assured.
Gas Is the fuel that cooks the food
that is 'served to the patrons of the
Rainbow grill. It is supplied by the
Portland Gas & Coke Company, whose '
force of workmen labored long and
diligently In Installing the great steel
ranges in the kitchen.
Many convenient connections are
made for the various stoves and ovens,
any of which can be operated separate
ly or in conjunction with part of or
all the others.
In adopting gas the proprietors of
the Rainbow grill have srlven material
L C. McOintock
189 North Fcurth Street
Painter and
Decorator
has added
The Morgan Building
to his list of large structures
that he has painted. Will be
pleased to furnish estimates on
all large or small work.
Telephone Main 9183
Theosophical
Society
Have removed from 403 Ellers Bldar.
to
726 Morgan Building
MEETINGS
Sunday, Wednesday Evenings
Tuesday Afternoon.
David Jewelry
Store
MORGAN BLIJG.
Will open about October IB with
a complete stock of Diamond!,
Watches. Jewelry and Silverware.
Catering to those who want high
grade merchandise at the lowest
prices.
We have secured a 10-year
lease and will spare no money In
making this an ideal Jewelry
Store. Everything will be fully
guaranteed.
ON-E of the tip-to-date shoe stores In
Portland hereafter will be found
at S50 Washington street. In the new
Morgan building. It is the Reeves
shoe store, which occasionally is called
the Florshelm Shoe Store, merely be
cause it handles the famous Florshelm
shoe.
George D. Williams, manager of the
company, who is very enthusiastic over
the new business home, is responsible
for the interior changes. The wood
work will be oak, finished in silver
gray, which is quite new. There will
be many mirrors, especially at the rear,
which will give the store the appear
ance of being much longer, when real
ly the front is being reflected.
Along the side will be several doors
extending up to the top of the shelves.
They will be of glass. The base walls
will be of marble. A large new rug
will be in the center of the floor. The
chairs for customers face each other,
instead of being back to back. '
The office will be In the balcony.
This Portland store is one of a chain
of approximately 38 store throughout
the United States. They all are fur
nished along the same, general line.
The stock of shoes is to 'be an entirely
new one and the same clerks who fit
the footwear at the old stand will be
on band In the new room.
ELITE BILLIARD PARLOR FIXE
A. T. Lewis Has Spared Xo Expense
to Make It the Best.
A. T. Lewis, owner of the Elite bil-,
Morgan-Fliedner & Boyce
AND
Morgan-Bushong Investment Co.
Announce the Removal of Their Office From the
Abington Building to Their New Building
t Rooms 813 to 821 Morgan Building
Broadway, Washington
and Park Streets
, PORTLAND, OR.
, OCTOBER 1, 1913
The Rainbow Grill Is in
the Center of Portland's
Amusement and Retail District
Plan on having a noonday lunch here or on entertaining a party of crit
ical friends at an evening dinner party for any purpose you'll find this
the most central location as well as the best in s.ervice.
Many have enjoyed and admired the unusual beauty of Portland's new
est grill our friends have been enthusiastic in their praise of our new
undertaking. . -
Xow we enter into the every-day matter of living , up to the promise
we've made by our auspicious beginning.
It shall be our endeavor to make The Rainbow the gath
ering place of the critical and refined.
. Special attention shall be given to serving our women
patrons to make them feel that here we understand
and seek to gratify their desires.
Afternoon Teas will be a Special Feature at The Rainbow
Webber's Juvenile Orchestra will furnish a special musical
programme every afternoon from 3 to 5.
We cordially invite the women of Portland to avail them
selves of the special conveniences provided for their ben
efit. THEO. KRUSE, Mgr.
Morgan Building
Broadway and Washington Streets
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THE ARTISTIC SILVERWARE IN USE BY THE RAINBOW
Was Supplied Through a Local House
and Was Manufactured by the
INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO.
MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT
The largest and most sumptuously furnished hotels in the United States are users of International
Silver. The leading hostelries of the Pacific Coast are proud to place our ware before their guests.
The New McAlpin Hotel, of New York City, the finest hotel in America, recently spent $125,000
in supplying their dining-room with our silver.
Morgan Allen Co., Agents, San Francisco
The Delta Buffet
124 Park Street Morgan Bldg. .
Fred W. Ruhnke, Proprietor
Strictly a First-Class Gentlemen's Resort
Choice Wines Liquors and Cigars
The Famous Hop Go d Deer on Draught