Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-08-11
A NEW ENGLAND CUSTOM.
FACTS ABOUT CoLEEGE STUDENTS As WAIT
ERs--AS INTERESTING LETTER.

FACTS ABOUT COLLEGE STUDENTS As WAIT.
ERs--AS INTERESTING LETTER.
The Boston Courier has Il letter
from college student" waiter, in
which the writer says; Here | am,
fairly settled for the season as table
waiter in the spacious dining room of
the Dash house. 1t seems quite
change after our college life at Dart
mouth but | think on the whole |
shall like it. The work is quite hard
and some parts of it disagreeable /;
but that | expected. Ny companions
in the dining hall will, / think prove
very pleasant acquaintance. About
seventy in number, they are gathered
together from all parts of New Eng
land. Several of these gentlemen are
from Tufts college, one being mem
ber of the class which graduated this
summer. lam the only representative
of Dartmouth here. Among the young
ladies who are walters are students
from both Vermont and New Hamp.
shire normal schools. One lady is
from Wellesley college and two others
are from well known institute of in.
struction in Central Massachusetts,
! might go on in this way until nearly
every one Of the seventy had been de-
scribed but it is enough to say that
probably half Of the help necessary
for the working of this huge hotel Is
composed OF students and teachers
If you find book tucked out Of
sight underneath sidcboard, and
wonder who is reading on the sly, open
it, and 10 , copy Of Shakespeare or
Milton, perhaps Virgil, or even HON.
cr in the original. Most people nc
cept with n good grace having their
steak and coffee handed them by n
waiter who can demonstrate a propo.
sition in Euclid il necessary. Other,
regard it as something to be ridiculcd.
Among this class is Mi,. +. :, Phelps,
who touches lightly upon the subject
in 4 chapter of her "Fricnd-." CON
cludcd in q recent number of the It
iaHiic. 4 few allow themselves 10 ap-
pear ridiculous. Here is an instance :
| heard a lady at table near mine
ask her waiter in patrouizjug man.
ner, Can YOU rcad, my girl - Con
,iderably astoni,hed, the girl answer.
ed "Ncs.' She might have answered
truthfuIly that she did not read 10,
only English, but also Latin, Greek
and French.
/, may be asked why such q person
can bc induced tp come a. "A servant
in a hotel. where she cannot hut be
obliged to put up with many disagree.
able things. Many come because they
wish to pass their vacation away from
the city, aud still be earning something
instead of spending. Some wish to be,
for at least n few weeks, independent
Of their parents or friends who sup.
port them for the remainder Of the
year. A few come because thcv OK.
pcct to have n jolly good time with
little work These usually 90 away
disappointed. OF this kind were two
nice looking girls who recently came
here from n town in Maine, expecting
to do table work. They expected to
work only six hours a day, to have a
room carpeted and lighted with gas,
and so forth. When told that, among
other things, they would be expected
to help wash the dining room floors,
they exclaimed, in great surprise :;
"Why, we do not know how TO do such
work. Mother always did it at home -
After staying two days they left in
great disgust. To all such persons,
and in fact to every one who Is think
ing of coming here, would say, don't
come unless you expect to work hard,
and are willing to do so.