Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-11
THE WATERS STRIKE.
ludiCrOus Scenes in New York Hotels.

! Nicholas, Clarendon, and other. hotelS
| (pending the walters strike were
yesterday scenes of numerous comic
/ incidents. The guests were much
! amused at these blunders, and laugh
ingly remarked that it was all right,
I but tired travellers growled with a
vengeance, and regarded their half
/ furnished plates with looks Of dismay.
AT one of the tables a young gentle
man with a purple neck tie ordered a
plate of salad dressing. The waiter
receiving the order had recently been
| employed as a driver on the Third
/ avenue cars. IIe took the order with
some hesitation, and returned with a
| bowl of water crosses. The young
man with the purple neck tie pro-
| tested, and the waiter departed, re-
turning with a dish of string beans.
The young man smiled, and said:
"1his is not what / ordered, but il
will do. How's your celery?"
| "Thirty dollars a month and found,
sir" was the reply. /" tux the place
of one the strikers, sir. They wanted
/ thirty-fiYe dollars a month";
/ A German tailor, who was desirous
of changing his business, had charge
of long table. He furnished each of
his guests with soup, and then brought
on the custard pie with a grand -four
ish. A tired traveller looked at the pie,
and then roared out:
Here yOu-what's this? / want
some roast beef, rare. Hurry up, for
I've got TO catch the train at half
past six"
Two minutes after the German
tailor, whose head was bursting with
orders, dropped charlotte russo and
plate of pickles in front of the trav-
eler, who turned them over with his
fork, and again shouted Justify for
roast beef.
a keeper of a BOwery fruit stand
was observed among the crowd of
walters. He appeared as awkward in
his white apron as an organ grinders
monkey in a new jacket, A dignifed
old gentleman, accompanied by two
sparkling daughters, raised his finger,
and the Bowery boy slid to his side
with the grace of cart horse.
"a wine card" said the old gentle
man.
The East-sider glanced at him in
evident confusion, stood in reflective
attitude for ten seconds, and then
rushed to the walters dressing room,
where he had left his coat. In a
minute, he reappeared before the as
tonished guest with deck of greasy
playing cards, which he tossed upon
the table, accompanied by the word,
" All right, my old coveyi fill your
hand"
The head waiter here came to the
rescue, ascertaining that the stranger
wished a bottle of Carte dor, and
sent It to the table, to be opened by
the BOWery fruit dealer. Without
waiting for it to cool, he knocked off
the top with the edge of a china plate
In a second the old gentieman,s bald
head was shamp0Oed with the froth,
and many little rivulets of champagne
ran down his back and only stopped
in his boots. WhiSe the venerable
stranger was wiping his neck and
sputtering forth his indignation, an
awkward waiter opposite popped a
champagne cork in his eye, and driz-
zled the bottle over the chignon of as
English blonde. ''''
During the day two Englishmen
who had arrived ON the Java, visited
one of the hotels and sat down to din
Der, The soup was furnished in due
style. The next course was fish; and
the waiter, who had been car con-
ductor, jealous in his duty, dropped
two pieces of cOcOanut pie in front of
the Britons. The Englls9.men stared
at one another, SRli then asked for the
bill Of fare. TE@conductor in a fit of
absence of mind. replied:
Coin through?-Seven cents to
Harlem"
The Epglishmen again looked at
each other in astOnishment, grOWled
at the peculiarity of American Gus
toms, and called for the regular course,
This was served with a vengeance,
" Potted pigeons" were called for, 1
The waiter brought the birds, but said
that he couldn't find any pot to put
them in. Pineapple accompanied
roast turkey, boiled potatoes came
with ice cream, sponage cake hObnob
bed with hash, turnips were brought
in with rice pudding, and chocolate
cake appeared on the same dish with
st. Louis ham. The Englishmen
were evidently surprised at the culi-
nary tastes of the Americans, but they
kept very quiet until the close of their
AAhlACiS NhCAA titV tsnhGtt tOl hlAENi
bowls,
Carconductor-" WHAT f-.
First Englishman--" Bring us two
finger-bOwls,"
Second Englishman-" " And two
Napkins
Car conductor" What's a finger
bowl?"
First Englishman-" Why, stupid,a
bowl to wash out fingers in"
Second Englishman--" Yes and the
towels are to dry our hands,"
The ear conductor disappeared, and
after a long time returned with two
old-fashioned tin wash disheA half
filed with Croton water, in the eenter
of which were floating two bits of
CASTLE soap, He held them while the
confused Britons washed their hands,
when he told them TO dry them on his
apron, as the towels were on rollers,
and could not be brought to the table,