Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-16

ued, 81 have waited upon a number Of
the most prominent men in the country.
/ Mr.. Gould is not particularly hard
/ to please. and he gives very
/ little trouble, but he never seems to en-
/ JOY a meal, no matter how tempting.
He eats very little, and his order Is for
the plainest of food. The amount he
eats you wouldn't think would be enough
to keep cat alive. At dinner he in
vaEiably takes fish and soup, rarely but
one kind of meat, and two kinds Of
Vegeta bles. never knew Mr.. Gould to
eat pie, and seldom pudding He eats
very rapidly-in fact, bolts his food His
coffee is left to the very last thing, and
then he takes it at one or two swallows
instead ofsIOWly slipping it. No matter
how many gentlemen may have accom-
panied him to the table he never waits
until they finish. He does not Join the
conversation, unless to nod his head.
One thing that probably hurries him
from the dining room is that he is stared
at by nearly every one, and some are so
rude as to point at him. 1t is not always
that Mr.. Gould comes into the dining
room. Very often he has his meals
served In his room"
did you ever wait upon Blaine?"
'No, i have never waited on him, but
/ have been In the dining room of the
Grand Pacific when he took his meals.
be is hearty eater, and goes about it in
a thorough and methodical manner. /
have often waited upon Grover Cleve-
land at the Tiff House, in Buffalo, where
he was a regular bOader. He is not a
very cOmpan1Onable man to we walters
and the less we had to say to him, except
on business, the more fees we were likely
to get out of him. He was very prompt
at meals. The Governor is a heavy eater,
his faVOrlte dish being corn beef and
cabbage He wants meat at every meal,
and at dinner INDUCES in two glasses of
beer. A lot of bachelors sat at the table
with him, and very seldom any of them
were greatly pressed for time while in
the dining room. He is liberal with
walters, and always presented me with a
silver dollar at the end Of each week"
"Have you ever spread a meal before
Ben Butler?"
''TWice; and never want it again. He
is worse than tartar to wait upon.
don't think anything was ever cooked to
suit him. If it was he never acknOWl-
edged it. The first time I served a meal
to him was at breakfast, and he sent his
steak back to the kitchen three times
and then growled the whole while he
was eating 1t. He takes plenty of time
to digest his food well, and with the time
he devOtes to abusing the waiter, he
generally remains in the dining-rOOm an
hour. The General is worse than a baby
to slObber. When he has finished it
takes him about ten minutes to get his
mouth perfectly clean. Although he is
such grumbier I think he relishes
everything, judging from the way he
smacks his lips. Does he like pie? Well, !
he ate four pieces, aud looked as if he
would have liked more, the day 1 served |
him. I don't think he believes in the fee !
system, as L never heard of his having /
encouraged it.
yes, 1 often waited upon David Davis |
in Washington, and 1 tell you be is the /
one who shows his appreciation of a lit !
tie extra attention. He knows just what |
he wants after once glancing over the |
bill of fare. Considering his size, he is /
not large eater. The old Judge takes !
his time and is fond of talking or read /
ing a newspaper at meal time. He makes !
himself popular by saying something /
pleasant to the walters, and they all like |
to take his orders. General Sherman is |
a pleasant gentleman to serve. I fire. |
quently waited upon him last winter at
a club in st. Louis. He prides himself /
upon being an epicure. The General is /
very particular, but always Just. If he |
has something that doesn't suit him he /
rejects it, but does not abuse the !
waiter when he knows the blame is with /
the cook. Inever knew him to eat alone f.
and don't believe he could enjoy meal /
without a companion. Hespendsa great /
deal Of time at a meal and always washes
his dinner down with some choice brand /
of wine. Tom OchiItree is the neanest
man in the country to wait upon. This /
fact is well known by everyone in the |
business, and we all dread him. When |
he enters a dining-room he expects to be |
served Immediately, and if not he abuses
every waiter in the place. This is ex-
cepted when he has lady companions,
and then you would not think hot but
ter would melt in his mouth. I don't (
think ne was ever satisfied with meal
in his life unless he was abusive to the
waiter. If you don't leave whoever you
are attending he will call out to you and 4
say: 4 suppose you want a quarter in
advance so that every body viii be sure !
to hear him. / was discharged once from
the LindelI Hotel in St. Louis resenting \
his insults. About the most vulgar at /
table that I ever waited upon was ex-
very easy to please, though, /
poor fellow. don't think he
would complain if you would give him a
beefsteak as tough as a pine board. He
don't know how to eat ike civilized peO-
pie. He viii use his knife every time in
preference to his fork. He holds his
knife as if he intended to stab some one,
and handles his fork as if wanting to
make away with it up his sleeve. Murat
Halstead is the most liberal man to wait
ers Of my acquaintance. / have heard
it said that he gave away each week to
one waiter more than he paid for weeks
work to any one of his reporters Sup-i
pose that is on the principle that he
prefers filing his stomach to filling
his paper. I used to serve his dinner
to him at the st. Nicholas, in
Cincinnati, and at midnight would
take his supper to his editorial
rooms across the street. There is not a
nm IN Arnariea u-hn aata urnEa than he