The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-01
SYMPATHETIC WATERS.
Where the Art Of Serving Has Become q
Dramatic Accomplishment

NbbO III Va bSS wi Z
Dramatic Accomplishment.
Ihave always been amused by q trick
which the walters practice to absolute
perfection in Paris. The Gaul is q
natural actor. and he rehearses with
much assiduity. The scheme OF the
walters of the French capital is to pre-.
| tend 20 have a tremendous interest in
the guest. / remember one day walk
ing in the avenue dc rOpera with q
lady who had been shopping in the
Louvre. and who was a bit fatigued.
She did not want to eat luncheon as it
was about five o'clock and it would
spoil her dinner. but she said she felt
rs though she could eat a chicken sand
witch. We went into BignOn's. which
is perhaps the most pretentiOus of the
Partisan restaurants. and found il de-
serted except for the white-aprOned at
tendants. As We entered the head
waiter made "A profound bow. and five
or six other walters rushed ahead OF
us and stood in q picturesque semi
circle around a corner table. One Of
them hauled back a chair for the lady;
another got a hassock for her feet; a
third shook out a napkin; u fourth
fumbled with the window blinds. while
the head waiter himself and another
of his assistants rushed OF after the
menu card. told the man shortly to
bring some chicken sandwiches and he
communicated the order to an assistant
There was q great rushing around
while tho head waiter talked to us
with some excitement-we had both
been there q good deal and knew him
~well-abOut . winning his brother had
just made at Monte Carlo. He could
not understand what the lady meant
by eating at that hour Of the day. as
he knew she dined at $50. and he was
in . state OF almost painful solicitude
for fear she would spoil her appetite
for dinner. He begged to suggest that
only one sandwich should be brought
upon the table. and when a dish OF
them came he hurried the waiter back.
got some lettuce. placed it between the
chicken and the bread. gave it a dash
mustard. brought a small glass Of
iced kummel and put the sandwich be-
fore my companion. 1t was at this point
the walters began TO act. As the
guest reached forward and cut a bit OF
the sandwich the five or six walters
forward with claspcd hands and
indicative OF the utmost anxiety.
watched them amuscdly from the
corner Of the table. where | was smOk-
ing u cigarette. There We're six Of
them. including the head waiter. Anx- |
iety, t%repidation, fear and excitement
depicted upon their mobile feat. |
lres. The pantomime mean that they |
afraid that the guest would not
ike the sandwich. She bit a piece out |
Of it delicately. found it her liking.
nodded her head and said. with an
,miabIe air: Very good" In an in
a mighty change swept ove the
group. There were grunts of satisfac.
lion. a general lighting up Of eyes. an
array OF six broad. extensive and in
Gallo smiles. a general happy
Of shoulders. and the walters
all about the room chattering
whispers and expressing by every
conceivable sort Of tomfoolery their in
delight over the fact that madame
had found the sandwich TO her salts
OF course it was all the rankest
sort OF nonsense. because none OF them
'eally cared q rap whether she liked it
'r not. But it was tremendously fiatter-
ng to madame, and she told me that
although she had lived in Paris for eight
'ears. she had never succeeded i'm re-
from the charm OF it.
ut makes one eat like = pig" she
aid. FOR it seems cruel to disappoint
he VILLAINS after all their mugging and
Louis GlObe-Democrat.