New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-09
A CULTURED" WAITER
u1s IDEAS ON JOURNALISM

woro constantly becoming weshcr anu 49,, 49,,
we had better get into place whero VIC .o"'" A''r
house while VIC could. We were ip ia''' veins "
a view There arc several thousand people return
inc 20 N.rv.york every d,y now who have lost ncsh
and fallen nv the wayside generally while trying 10
live on a Vjew Views hath their VIcums u" 10Y
than war sea view for breakfast noii'ap
view for luncheon, and rural vie" WIZ, ,,
and real COW in the background for dinner WI"
never build up tho constitution ,.,,.
Here is another polnt The person "no L.,
he can live on any less good, substantial ioou "n''
he has HIS chair adjusted for him at each h' W
polite waiter than when he doesn't also ih"Ao'
mistake. We boarded at hotel last Wech "n'''
the walter would slide the whole Length Oh 'o"s
dining to adjust my chair for me, Dut II ",''
ease the pangs hunger I felt while waiting an h".
or so for him to return with my order can ah,uS'
my own chair quite satisfactorily to myself "he"
| sit down TO table. II may not suit a head"a ier
who never takes off his swall0w-ta coat even "hen
no goes to bed but am quite wen coniented y
man like head waiter, OF course, on whom nature
bestowed the dignity Of the full bench Of the supreme
Court may detect flaws iD the way / adjust my
chair but my way suits me- II q hotel walter VIII
put the time he spends in adjusting my chair ara
polishing an already spotless plate with naphn
into promoting the rapid transit OF the bread and
mashed potatoes to my neighborhood VIII be better
pleased.
Tho last walter which l encountered said ne was
a student In a leading New England college When IN
private llfe asked him II he was taking Greek
and he said he was and went on to tell mo sohlo-
thing about nouns and verbs in the Greek language
was interested, Of course, and asked several que'-
lions about them. He made the subject qul'e clea,
and when he paused I asked him why we d'dnt
have nouns and verbs in the English language. he
gave me a long piercing look and saw shano" a.
of pain pass over his young face. lie fonpa Ms
voice subsequently, and spoke to me quite earnestly
for some little length of time the subject OF fhg
llsh nouns and verbs / found that We ala nave
them in our language already. He said was USING
them right along and mentioned propositions anu
adjectyes and a whole lot OF other things "hoso
names have escaped rae. / said that II nouns anu
verbs were already large in tho language that that
knocked nv first intention OF introducing them into
our speech and making a big thing out OF It. lie
gave me another panied look and said 1t did heafu
him telling another fellow traveller along the ihoihy
path Of knowledge about me. He got behind a COL
umn and held his hand up to his mouth ana sa'u
there was one of those rich fellows over there who
didn't know anything Probably that feno", Nv
said, could draw his check for million or TWO any
day but his education had been neglected lie didnt
know tho first thing about the Irdcments OF 'he
English grammar And worse than that he had
asked foolish questions about Greek. IL was sur
prislng how man with my defective education
could 60 on and pile up money II be was mlr
ionare he rather thought he would go 10 hsn'
school a while II he didn't do anything else
At another meal this young man happened 10
mention that when he graduated no INTENDED 10 ener
the profession OF journalism. / picked up my ears
at this for though never having been cnsased III
Journalism myself, the nearest ever approached 10
it being to work on a newspaper still have ne
ouentlv lent small sums OF money to journalists
and am acquainted with several So felt Interested.
He said that the press of the country needed eleVa
ing and gathered from his remarks that "heh 10
graduated and got his lever under he wa
going to do what he could for IT, He SAID ne had
some ideas about journalism which he Intended TO
put into practice when he got at the head OF paper
He should eliminate the reporters. Eliminate was
q now word TO me, but | kept still. He sat down
dish OF beef tongue and said his plan was to buih
I'D paper of IDEAS Then he brought some turAry
with cranberry and mentioned that his paper
would be one of opinions When he Drought 'ho
green cover and squash-with- a-French-name ne OK
planned that his paper was to be Teacher he
would surround himself with a staff OF Editors
Pure news matter would not be published, but the
news would be given and intelligenty Dscusseu
IN the same article He said he had h''e p'eco
which he had written up to illustrate his Idea, anu
offered to let me it, So when he brought inc
assorted cake and ice cream he fetched along bis
article IL was not perfect he said, as no put wv"
Jumps in my coffee and hesitated on tho thhd uu.
7 would catch his idea. lie said he had several
copies of it, so 1 kept that one and give it below
"Unclo Abner Barlow. of Crooked creek lo"h-
ship yesterday laid on our tdDlc al 'SS i'D"'''"o
SIX inches in diameter Uncle Abner assures US
that the hen which produced 1t was of The common
light Charter Oak variety and of ordinary SIZE We
do not believe that 1t augurs well fr Tie oohins
generations OF our hens when those which are 10"
I'm our midst persist in producing s0eh ehorniou'
eggs. We must denounce the habit our agrcui.ur-
isis are falling into of encouraging such feais IN lay
ing to the manifest injury Of the general heaih vi
the hen. Hens should be induced to take more eA-
erclse and Law fewer eggs. The naturally seueu'aiy
life of the hen should be taken into consnsra"o"'
Her life is especially continuing %hlio S,l he vu .,,
door knob and a piece OF chalk ana mahhs hcr ven
Known effort TO hatch out thirteen chickens Aiter
n hen has remained seated seven or clsht "eehs -
do ~ her good We must take into Consideration the
future OF race OF hens and other iowls; - \. -
related that the cackng of geese once saved honle
tsee Gilderluke's History vol NV, chapter 80
W"M these geese have been likely 10 nave uon1 p III
con. stealing their nests in the long grass and laying
eggs as big nail kegs
@we are also sorry to see in yesterdays Daily
Howl the news that serious charges are being made
against Mr.. Paddlcford, the Mugwump candidate for
Governor As steady supporter OF The Mn-"ump
latest the day after fully answer these charges
against partys candidate We learn mat , eec
crowds of loud-talking ana uncuiiNated peo?' at
the polls
"our attention has been called to before.
account OF prize fight which happened recently pc
tween two men whose We do not a. mo
moment recall BflIcnsntluS piovaps niS' 80
mated among the Romans ISec Flimhsms shor,sr
History, vol XLIIl Tho Greeks were ardent lovers
of all kinds of manly sports but II IS doubted II they
INDUCED in prlze-fghting as f. IS carried on at
tho present day. though some writer's favor ihiS
view Consult Flunkerfoppers abridged History,
vol LNVI) The claim has also been put forward
that fighting for money was lnduisc,l IN py nho
Egyptians about two thousand years before the build
ing of the first pyramid, though there seems TO he
bu7 slender proof of this (seo slms'an's Outlines
of History condensed for the OF schools bv Flip
flap, vol LNNXV) Our own view of the matter -
that prehistoric man frequently C'tcel the ring and
fought for a prize obviously IL Is subject on
which Il IS somewhat difficult 10 obtain detailed and
accurate informaiiOn but have given a member
OF our staff assignment on IL and within few
DAYS shall devote the first and second pages 10
short article tho subject
Other interesting news tomorrow