The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

is worn a little he makes a note of it. If
the vestibule lamps don't burn clear he
tells US, and we rectify the trouble speed
lily. If he sees a waiter or porter solicit
ing tip he registers the facts and notes
whether or not the servants of the road
are solicitOus or Indifferent about the pas
sengers comfort. If the pOrters are not
prompt in assisting people in taking she
train, placing steps for their convenience,
etc, we learn of the fact, though the
place where it happened may be a thou
sand miles away. Any surliness or negli-
gence on the part of an employee is repri-
manded at once. We demand the best at
tentOn for our patrons. If a porter hands
a passenger check without using a sal
yer we are told of it."
Are any women employed on the cars"
"A few ladies' maids on the special FrOl-
ida trains during the season, and on the
extra smart drawing-room cars which
have a ladies' retiring room, where a mans
service would be out of keeping. At the
terminal stations there are women to look
after the laundry work and the cleaning,
but women don't seem to fit in train ac-
commodatiOns. The space Is too limited,
and the men get along with fewer cOnven-
fences. Space is the great thing 10 be con-
sldered In all departments. In the kitchen,
within twenty inches Of the great coal
heated range, are the refrigerators which
hold all the needfuls and must be opened
every few seconds to take out and re-
place things, for nothing can be left out
in that intense heat. The snug way in
which the fruits, salads, dressings, etc,
are packed in their respective lockers
would be revelation to a cook used to
plenty of room, and the dishes plates, sill
yer and glassware all have to be placed
in individual racks, so that they VIII not
Jostle in going around sharps curves.
There are five walters beside the con-
ductOr in the dining-car and each waiter
has his own particular department to look
after. The silver is polished after each
meal. It is not always that a dining-car
and kitchen goes through to the trains
destination. Say a dining-car goes out
TINS afternoon on through Chicago train;
1t serves dinner and is switched off at
some convenient point 10 be hitched to a
train which goes out at midnight without
se acd furnishing ana and give those passen-
heaviest of the lot. Other trains carry
their dining-cars right through, particu-
larly II the route is a short one. The 9TH
er plan admits of the passengers tasting
the creations Of several cooks before they
reach their journeys end. Where there
are rival dtning-cars under different con-
ductors, II Is easy to find out which one
rs the most economical as well as most
satisfactory caterer, although one car may
serve lot of passengers who order pro-
fusely and waste a great deal Ohree kinds
of meat and two kinds of soup for one in
dlVidual, for instance orders which they
cannot consume), and the other caterer
may have the luck to fall in with a differ
ent lot.
Yes, there are all kinds of people to be
catered TO. A man travelling alone insists
upon sitting at big table which would
as well SIT at small one; a passenger
who declares that he can't ride backward
pumps down into the only desirable va
cant seat at table, though a lady stands
Just behind him, waiting for a place. There
is the traveller who comes in to breakfast
so late that the car is all set In order for
the next meal, and the cook bothered TO
death keeping things hot for him, and who
complains that the fare Is wretched, and
fuses because breakfast is not ready,
There is the man who gets the buffet nor
yer 10 NIX out cocktail for him over
night, because the state they will be 90
ing through in the morning will prohibit
MS before breakfast toddy, and then
storms because the drink is fiat and has
sengers who took their boots in the berth
with them, because they did not want
them cleaned, and of other cratic indi-
Viduals of peculiar tastes In tWentv-ona
years of contact with the travelling nubjic
one comes to know many phases and many
OF the fololes Of human nature. Talk
ABOUT the domestic economy of the special
train system j think il would he more
to term it extravaganza"
Rallroading amt exactly the smooth
pleasant life that people take it TO he -
said the buffet car porter on a Waenar
car, as he settled his mineral water bot
ties into their ice bed and closed and lock-
ed the square tin box containing cigars
II you want to give satisfaction YOU
must be on the jump all the time dav and
Hgnt, and no matter how much out of
temper you might be- owing to one passen-
gers finding fault, you have to be smiling
-,
ana polite with the next one, right along.
Hhen little piece Of lint on the car floor
no digger than a grain of salt, will look
as big as a bale of cotton to the conductor
VINO wants to appear mindful of the com.
pahy reputation, and so reports you In
the matter of tips a porter only gets \
quarter nowadays, where he used to get
dolIar and he has his meals to pay for
ana sleeps only at odd times when he's
on duty. In fact, he's not really supposed
10 sleep at all. He is responsible for ali
the linen that he uses, all the soaD
matches, combs and brushes. cleanini9,
cloths, etc, and If a spittoon is MISSING
make 1t up" ~
Are there no sleeping accommodations
provided for the porter?''
NO. lie can make down q good berth
smoker If he likes, but he must be con-
stantly on the alert in case his bell rings
ana be sure to be out on the platfoTn
ready 10 help any passengers that NAV
be boarding the train at night"
HOW 90 you account for the falling off
in tips?' he was asked
think it's this way" returned the
serving man. knitting his brows, "a while
PACK II was only the rich people who traV-
sIed on these extra comfortable trains
4ney knew they had privileges that the
common people couldn't enjoy and thew
hked the feeling and were generous to the
porters accordingly. Nowadays ANYBODY
lhan can raise IS or so buys a berth and
slts mere in the smoking departnneDt
right alongside of the millionaire The
nnnonalre thinks that the whole business
Is made cheaper somehow, and so he gives
only d quarter or fifty cents in return for
services where he used to give a dollar
OF TWO. Besides that, men require a