Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-02-03
Cooks and Helpers in New York Hotels
and Restaurants.
From the n. Y. Evening Mail.


There are tour grades OF cooks. The
first, or head cook, receives from 500 u
$3.50 per month and board. He has entire
charge of the kitchen. sees that the meat Is
cut adyantageously in the morning and that
1T Is properly cooked. He takes orders for
dinner from the head waiter, and is respon :
sible for the acts of his subordinates. II
not married he sometimes sleeps on the
premises where he is employed. The sec
ond cook takes charge of the kitchen in the
absence Of the chief. In all large restau-
rants his duties are confined to the making
OF sauces and fancy dishes. He is called
the saucer or thOmme ai four, am is paid
from 500 to SO per month. The third
cook, or premier rotesseur, takeS charge
vi all the roasts, and sees t6al they
are properly done. His wages also
range from $50 to SO. The entremesier.
or vegetable ceok. ranks fourth in grade.
His duties consis. in the preparation of all
kinds of vegetables, the frying of potatoes.
boiling eggs, making omelettes in the morn
ing. he makes apple frittsrs aud buildings
aud is paid from $50 70 SEQ. There is
also a man who is known as the qdrse man
ger, whose duty it is to attend to the cold
m eats. and dress salads. He receives from
$40 to $50. In addition TO the cooks there
are helpers employed who earn from SIS
to S25 per month, accordingto skill. Every
restaurant has a special fireman, who rises
between 3 and O'Clock in the morning.
and makes up the fires, before the q. rival
of the cooks He is paid from $50 TO S25
per month. The dishes and linen a,e
washed by girls. who are paid from $40 to
SIP per month. although they work Just
as hard as the men. The cooks have bene-
fit societies in this city, the most important
one of which is Societe Colinaire Phiiars-
thropique de New York. Ii member is
taken sick he is paid from SIS to $40 per
week out of the fund, and ifhas no en-
ployment the officers will do their utmost
to procure it for him. The widow OF a de-
ceased member is entitled to SO much a
month, or quarter as long as she remains
single.
Head walters in hotels end restaurants
are paid from s75 to $3.50 per month. aud
their subordinates from $25to $50. 1t is
the duty OF the head waiter to see that the
tables are all in good order, have clean
cloths upon them, and are spread with
taste. He has the engaging of his assist
ants, and can discharge them at will. He
sees that the men are in time and have
their work done in proper season. When
not married he occupies a room in the
place where he is employed. So also do
the under walters. The latter commence
work at six o'clock in the morning. They
are generally divided into two watches, or
squads. One watch has an hour to get
shaved and cleaned up. from 9 to 10 o'clock,
end the other from 10 TO H. In restau-
rants where the saloon closes at 81 O'Clock
N the evening, one watch retires every al
ternate evening at "a. The majority OF our
New York walters are natives OF Ireland.
and have benevolent society which pro-
tects them from want during a season OF
sickness and misfortune A few years ago,
the French walters had society also, and
so had the Germans, but both fell to the
ground in consequence of the lack of in
terest shown in maintaining them. a