Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-12-12
WAYS OF WATERS.
THE SORT or SERVANTS WHO SEEM
TO SERVE THE PUBLIC BEST.
Why One Proprietor Employs Young
Women rs waiters-Another Man Pre-
fers Colored Folks-Tbe Virtues of
Irish waiters-The French.

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Women rs waiters-Another Man Pre-
fers Cslored FoIks-The Virtues of
Irish waiters-The French
Groups OF dapper clerks sat around lit
tie tables in a Broadway restaurant down
town the other day, while they uncovered
their heads To the breeze that blew down
from 4 row Of swiftly moving fans that
swung from the ceiling Trim young
women in cool dresses tripPed about from
table 10 table, took the orders of the
hungry young men, and returned at in
tervals with plates heaped with summer
viands- Every once in the while portly
baldheaded man would come in, and a
trim girl would trip up To him, too, and
smilingly take his order.
Behind the cashiers desk sat gray
haired man with glasses who raked in all
the money that the dapper young clerks
and the baldheaded men paid for their
meals He was the man who first
started a restaurant in town with young
women for walters.
Why 10 you employ girls,'' re-
porter asked.
Because | have found from the start
that the hungry public like their service
best, the gray haired man instantly re-
piled. They are neat and clean, and
they are much more polite and attentive
than any male walters that ever came
across
What wages do they earns'
With board included, from 81 10 s.
week, according To their ability 10 serve
quickly and satisfactorily They work
for this firm from in the morning until
: at night. with recess for dinner and
supper"
coLoRED FOLKS.
The next day after listening to the
grayhlired restaurateur' encomium Of
his fair walters the reporter dropped in
for luncheon at q well known Park row
dining saloon. \ genial old colOred
man. whose face was wreathed IN smiles,
and who wore n long, SnOw-white apron.
spread napkin on the table at which he
sat down, handed a bill Of fare 70 him,
and with a polite ''Yes, sir, all right,
hurried off to the kitchen 10 bring the
eatables ordered. He spread the full
dishes before the reporter when he came
back ten minutes later, and then stood
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and behind the reporter and patiently
waited until the meal was finished. Then
he asked if anything else was wanted,
and receiving a negative reply, handed
the customer q check, bowed and retired.
Behind the desk at which the reporter
paid the check sat a man who had been
over q quarter Of n century in the bust
ness Of catering To the whims and wants
Of hungry business men who are always
in hurry.
Why DO keep colored walters he
said. why, because | wouldn't have
any others. Ny customers like them.
ana want them. | have walters here
who came TO work for ME before the
war Ny experience is that colored
walters are by far the best in the market.
They are more amenable to discipline
than white men, and they certainly are
more civil ami attentive. They don't
make life n burden TO a guest II he
doesn't choose 10 fee them. Who ever
heard OF a strike where cOlOred walters
were employed and treated ~ they ought
to be? Their pay varies according 10
their ability, but as rule it averages =
week and board. Here the walters
treat US well and We treat them likewise.
When they are sick they draw half pay
regularly until they are well again.
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