Dora Flood is 50 years old the Madame who owns the Bear Flag Restaurant, she keeps an honest, one price house, sells no hard liquor, and permits no loud or vulgar talk in her house. As for Dora herself: "madam and girl for fifty years, she has through the exercise of special gifts of tact and honesty, charity and a certain realism, made herself respected by the intelligent, the learned, and the kind." |