Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-03-02
A Walters Trials.
NO WONDER THEY CARRY DEEP LINES
OF CARE IN THEIR FACES.
IThe Snpcfafnr

had probably never eaten in a res
taurant in their lives.
Waiter-have you ordered, ladies?
First lady-Well, no. l don't
know what want. Do you, Sally?
Second lady-Let me see!
CA pause.)
First lady (reading)-Vegetable
soup. Is that made out of vegct-
ables
Waiter-Yes; will you take soup?
First lady Continues reading)-
Here's roast beef, roast mutton, roast
pork, roast veal-Oh, yes, and here's
fish-whitefish. Do you want fish,
Sally?
Second lady-Yes, / like it very
well (perusing bill of fare). Well, if
they amt got baked beams. l get all
them want at home.
First LADY, do, too. How much
is ice cream?
Waiter-Fiftecn cents. Will you
have ice cream
First lady (reading) -" COrned
beef, ribs of beef with brown potatoes"
i bet that's good" green peas,
string beans'-Oh, / like string beans,
don't you, Sally?
Second lady-Yes, l do; but there's
sliced tomatoes and new stewed pOta-
toes.
First lady-How much is porter
house steak?
Waiter-Forty-fvc cents.
First lady-Oh, my! Amt that
awful! l couldn't afford to eat in
restaurant very often. Could you,
Sally?
Second lady-My no! (readingS
cracked wheat with milk, oatmeal"
oh, l don't know what want.
First LADY, don't either. Read
ing" Three up" What's that ?
Anything like seven up?
Waiter-Those are butter cakes.
First lads-What's butter-cakes =?
Waiter explains.
Second lady-What are you going
to eat, sister
First lady-Oh, don't know. I'm
awful hungry. Turning to waiter.)
Have you got coffee d?
Waiter-Yes. Will you have some
coffee ?
First LADY, don't know. Do you
want coffee, Sally?
Second lady--No; / guess I'll
drink water.
Waiter (tired waiting)-What are
you going to order, ladiesG
First Lady-Oh, don't know. Let
me look over the bill again.
"a pause.)
First Lady-What's fricasseed chick
en-?
Waiter explains.
First LADY, don't believe l want
that. Have you got any fried potatoes.
Waiter explains that potatoes 90
with all meat orders.
"a pause.)
First Lady-What's ox-tail soup?
Waiter explains.
First Lady-Well, don't want that.
What kind of pie have you?
Waiter names seventeen kinds.
First Lady-Just listen, Sally. Did
you ever! Tell me what they are
again. mister; there's so many I've for
gotten.
Waiter sighs, shifts his weight on to
the other leg, and goes over the list
again.
First Lady-Well, 1 don't believe
want any pie.
Waiter-If you'll excuse me a mo-
ment I'll come back directly when you
hoVc your Oruer lnaue Out.
Certainly" I'm concert.)
Then the two ladies fall to discussing
restaurants in general, criticizing
everybody within range of their optics
in their superficial way, and finally
drift into discussion OF their shop
purchases.
Waiter returns.
Waiter-have you made out your
order, ladies?,
Both of them laugh Historically, and
lady No. l remarks that they had for
gotten all about it. She picks UP the
bill again and ponders over it IL long
time in utter silence. Finally she asks !:
Don't you have u regular dinner?'
Waiter-You can order regular
dinner. What do you want?
First Lady-Well, 1 hardly know
what l want. What do you want,
Sally?
Second Lady-Anything will suit
me.
/ First Lady (hesitatingly)-I guess
you can bring me some-rolls. Yes
and glass of water. Now what dc
you want, Sally?
Second Lady-I'll take the same.
A hurricane of disgust breaks over
the walters classic brow, and he lnovcs
off to fill the order.
PRESIDENT Cleveland Ii as appointed
Rev. ]. C. Price (colored), president
of Livingstone College, Salisbury, n
c., as Minister of Liberia.