Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-17
THE WHITE APPROVED.
A CHAT WITH A RESTAURATEUR ON
 THE SUBJECT OF WATERS.


 What Is Required of Them-White Ser
 vitors Are Paid the Best Wages-The
 Difference Between America and Eu-
 rOpe-Tipping Is a Good Thing.
 Waiting is much harder work than most people think it is" said popular restaura- teur to News reporter. "Some men never become proficient in it; they never can; and hence the market is never overcrowded with good walters. Barring the summer hotel season, walters of a certain stamp are always to be had, but this supply Is never such as to prevent an able man from getting O place It seems easy, suppose, to the public for a man to take an order and bring in the vict- uals, but there are many difficulties and ye- quirements incident to waiting that are com monly overlooked. There are few places in which moro crochets and foibles are exhibited than in an eating room, and a waiter has to learn much of human nature and school him. self accordingly to give satisfaction.
 "The patron of a restaurant is the Great Am. He is the one to please, and if he kicks against anybody, save the cook, it is the waiter. A pleasant address, good memory, promptness and deftness, therefore, are prime requisites for the waiter. Nobody wants an ill natured waiter, yet large ratio of the guests are more or less inconsiderate in their demands In case of dispute or dissatisfaction we always have to side with the guest, though we may know that the waiter was in no wise to blame.
 "On complaint of patrons of my establish ment have actually had at times to change walters to other parts of the room, and even lay them off for a few days-waiters, too, whom knew to be among the best in my employ. A little clumsiness, forgetfulness or confusion in distributing the food to the guests often bring slightly deserved rebukes, and woe betide the waiter who incurs the ill will of the employees behind the screen, for the promptness of his service is sadly inn paired and mischief is sure to follow. In certain sense the walters are the butts of an establishment Many of the proprietors' faults are saddled on their shoulders, and many a malediction is hurled at the cooks | over their heads"
 "How do tho merits of white and colored 1 walters compareT'
 II do not think that colored walters equal white walters, though this may be a mere fancy of mine One thing is certain-colored walters are the more easily managed. They are satisfied with less, and will stand more As rule, good white waiter can command, say, $2 week more than colored man of the same ability and experience. Seven dol | lars or $S a week and board will satisfy col | ored waiter better than $10 will 0 white man, and the colored man will ask fewer privileges Negroes are less ambitious than white men, more subservient, and hence more easily imposed upon. They arc satisfied with poorer fare, and will grumble less at long hours and extra duty. That, think, and not the fact that they have any special qualifications for the work, Is the reason why so many colored walters are employed" | A WAITER WORTH $2O,OOO.
 "Do walters usually stay in the businessa' | "Yes, till about middle life. You will rarely find waiter moro than 40 years of age. At about that ago they drift into other lines of occupation. Many become barten- ders, others porters or janitors, and the like. have been surprised at the number of col ored walters who find their way to the va riety stage. You know they arc 8 hail fell low well met class and full of fun. Few of them save anything; they rather are given to improvidence. Still, I have known walters to work themselves up till they have become hotel or restaurant proprietors. know one man, John Bremen, who served mo as waiter 1 for years, and who Is today worth $2O, ,OOO But, as 0 rule, the waiter who lays by enough for full dress waiting suit is doing we'll
 ''The coveted place most walters aspire to is situation in a club house. There the av- craze pay is about $40 month. The dress suits are either furnished free or paid for by the waiter by small deductions from his monthly pay. The people the waiter serves are not miscellaneous public, but q select company, each member of which he soon knows personally; and when individual pecu- iarit1es, likes and dislikes, are known, he runs less risk of giving offense or dissatisfac- tion. He is sure, further, of good fare and good usage. Tho club house is the walters Igoal."
 "American walters have to content with certain difficulties that European walters know nothing about" said another well known hotel proprietor. Europeans are diff ferent from Americans. They have become leisurely in habit. They have further learned an art comparatively rare in America-the art of eating They are moro given to wine and liquor drinking at meals than we. Hence, as ono might naturally expect, the stamp of the people has been impressed upon the wait ing required. In the Old World one of our counter restaurants, with its toe treading and elbow jostling, would be @ curiosity, visited once as @ freak, but summed after ward. A European waiter, accustomed to easy going habits, would lose his head and fall where one of our walters would be per fectly calm and self possessed.
 ''No class of people is more pushed in its l that fully 50 per cent. of all the people who como into my establishment give special in. junction to the walters to hurry; and yet with all tho rush they expect tho highest de gree not only of skill but of courtesy on the part of those who serve them. Few Ameri cans visit Europe without complaining of the execrably slow service. The fact is, they carry over their American habits and expect of European walters what they are won't tc exact from walters at homo. Hence they are . disappointed and disgusted.
 Clipping has been condemned, but, think altogether too harshly. It is a universal GUS tom that has come to stay. not only counte nance it, but favor it. I think that about 10 per cent of the value of Q check is the right thing to give the waiter, and If it be given it will insure service that no ruling of the proprietor can effect."-Chicago News. ThesDress Sack.
 The dress sack, or Cowes or Tuxeko coat or whatever it may be called, is intended tc be worn only (and is only so worn by gentle men of taste) when a display of shirt sleeves n,ioht be oDer to obiection when @ Snokine