The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-22
THE MASONIC TEMPLE.

transmit 1t to the kitchen and then per-
form the other necessary duties while
no time is lost One would think that
experience would lead men to econo-
mize time, but probably the waiter
finds true what many have found be-
fore, namely, that the more work man
does the more is expected of him. And
perhaps he is not to blame, for he gets
very poor wages Six dollars, eight dol
lars and ten dollars is good pay for
him, including board such as it is.
Every occupation develops peculiar
Affections, and so the walters trade, l
am told, has most remarkable
one. They say that if a man has
walked the hard marble floors of
our great eating houses for ten
years or SO, his foot gives way, the arch
of it falls down, and the man steps on
the floor with his whole sole. Of
course, all elasticity is gone and he just
drags along instead of walking as
other men do. Some walters who have
been at the trade for twenty years or
so present truly pitiful spectacle on
that account
The walters in Chicago have had
their usual spring strike, paraded the
streets. had a good time, secured some
concessions after annoying the res
taurants and the public q good deal,
and in few weeks or at most a month
or two will be working again at the
same rate and the same hours, ten or
twelve hours q day and half a
day Sundays, But they have
served some good purpose They
have given certain labor leaders
the opportunity to show the Politicians
what a pull they have. that they can
tie up an entire industry and cause hun
dreds of men to lose their jobs. On such
demonstration these self-made lead
ers can live year at least.
Speaking of restaurants reminds me
of that letter in the New York Sun a
short time ago roasting" Chicago.
Among other things the restaurants
were run down. 1t would be difficult
to reply to good-natured criticism of
our restaurants. there can be little
doubt about that Chicago knows how
to do business and to make money. 1t
has yet to learn how TO spend money.
Not that Chicago people are stingy. BY
DO means But they have not
yet learned how to live. To live
we'll does not mean to spend much
money, nor does the spending OF much
money necessarily secure good living.
Chicagoans remind me of boy just
verging on manhood, who goes out in
the company of men and gets the no
ton that il he treats as often as they
do and spends as much money he is
having a great time l. was out the
other day with friend or two and we
sauntered into little place where one
could get good glass of wine We
drank port wine. My friends tossed off
their glasses at one draught l sat for
awhile and slipped my wine, wholly un-
conscious of doing anything unusual
till, when l sat down the empty
glass, one of the party pulled his watch
On me and said:
1T took you Just seven minutes TO
drink that glass of wine"
paid no more for my wine than they
Gid for theirs, but | venture to say
got ten times as much satisfaction out
of it
In that sense | think it is true that
Chicago people, in fact, all our western
people, have yet to learn how to live,
and in that sense our restaurants are
at fault The food is good, the service
satisfactory, they are well ventilated
and conveniently located. But they
are all business. If one goes there to
feed he will be satisfied. Ifone goes to
enjoy meal he will have some diff
Guilty in making the waiter I'M
derstand it, and he will not be in
a very comfortable. retired place This
is intended more for hint than a criti-
cism. A few good restaurants that are
comfortable, quiet, retired, yet respect
able, would pay well during the worlds
fair and forever after, for il requires
but TO show this thing to make II popu-
lar. Chicagoans are quick to learn and
apt to recognize their own comfort
A new restaurant has been started on
the top floor of the Masonic Temple.
1t is airy enough aud high above the
busy din of the city, about $50 feet
above il, in fact One should be able
to get rest there and be able to enjoy
meal and good company. beautifully
illuminated with electric lights of all
eolors, it forms continuous snG at