Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-07-25
Etiquette for Walters.

Head Waiter Belts, of Young's hotel,
makes it practice to deliver lecture to
his men at stated periods. One of his re-
cent lectures was in part as follows: 1.-The
first requirement of a waiter is a gentle
manly bearing. No one but gentleman
can be good waiter Iwant to speak now
about this habit of passing around sub
scription papers among the guests in aid
of sick employees. You must stop that.
Never beg for any one but yourself.
"The trouble is that some men can't be
told anything They will never learn to be
walters. If person orders pot of coffee,
don't bring up cold milk unless it is called
for. Bring up hot milk with coffee and
cold milk with tea. Always serve fine
sugar with tomatoes and lettuce, and
cracked ice with cucumbers, tomatoes,
watermelons, canteloupe and muskmelon.
Berries, of course, need milk or cream and
pulverized sugar.
"a dessert knife and fork and powdered
sugar should go with all pastries, while
small piece of American cheese is in order
with all kinds of pies. Many men never
think of putting such thing as mustard
on the table. Some people like it. There
are very few who have yet learned that
boiled potato is not proper with baked
beans. Don't cover the bread plate with
napkin. 1t looks as if there were dirt or
dust around This matter of laughing and
fooling doesn't make waiter. Never
chew tobacco and spit on the doormats,
and don't gatherin groups in the corridors.
Sleeping on watches must also be stopped.
All cold meats ought to be garnished with
parsley, lettuce or celery. Be careful about
leaving your side towels around. Another
man comes along with something to wipe,
and ha donsp3t know yphathar IL has hpap
lying there for twenty seconds or twenty
years. 1t is good plan not to wipe your
face with an apron or towel, nor be too
familiar with the guests. Boston Courier.
A House ON a Canoe.
I have been leading a strange but far
from disagreeable life. have been explor-
ing and surveying large district between
Old Calabar and the Cameron. To do the
water part of the journey l hired at Old
Calabar large native canoe with house
in it, an arrangement family resembling
the houseboat on the Thames.
At one end of it is large box of sand.
On this my cooking fire Is made. A fire,
in fact, is kept burning day and night, SO
that with few minutes notice I can have
cupof tea or cocoa.
In the house, which has two small win
dows and two sliding doors and a matched
roof, there is just room for my bed, dress
ing bag, table, chair and canteen. The
canteen is a wickerbox with knives, forks,
plates, etc. There are also shelves and
hooks in the house, by which lot Of
things are slowed away in a surprisingly
small space.
Outside the house, in the forward part of
the canoe, is clear space with level floor
III H. l11oI l~xrD
tension of the matched roof. Here, in day
time, put my table and sit, either eating
my meals or making my survey, as the
canoe glides along, propelled by eighteen
paddlers This is really most pleasant.
The motion of the canoe is SO smooth that
can write or draw mistaken, and when
my table is laid with white cloth, napkin
and bright silver, it at once provokes an ap
petite.-H. H. Johnstone's Cape Colony
Letter.