In the elegant, well-upholstered two-story town-house restaurant, Miss Stein is the subject of the art on the walls.

As soon as she sat down, Miss Stein looked up expectantly and people began pushing toward the desk, carrying books.

Miss Stein doesn't like people to be incoherent about names.

That was straightened out after a while - Miss Stein is always gracious and patient.

That was interspersed with "Miss Stein, your table for four is ready."

It was Miss Stein, shaking him furiously and shouting: "Pablo!

Miss Stein, 23 years old, is a daughter also of the late Diane B. Stein.

I wondered where Miss Stein might be this very evening and how life had treated her.

Miss Stein, 31, is an advertising sales manager at Self magazine in New York.

Miss Stein thinks there may be some interest in it, but requires at least a dozen more maids' contributions before it can become a viable book.