The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-03

great many OF these were tranSientS,
and very many more were green and
rnsophisticated young men from the
country who had come in with stock
and were utterly unused to city ways.
"On the day in question ! snt with the
proprietor at his little lookout desk.
from which he kept in eye on the bust
ness. and watched the people eat, which
is not as bad a show as you might think.
Il you never witnessed such a perform
ance. As we sat there I noticed one
waiter, dark-slinned, Svengali-look-
ing chap, who, instead Of hasing a ter
ritory assigned to him. seemed to work
all over the bridegroom. He was o
worker, too, and first attracted me By
the way he handled the people.
II spoke to the proprietor abou: him.
and he told me to watch him, and he
would tell mo ali about him as soon as
he had time. followed his advice, and
saw that the waiter would apparently
spot y man as he came in. and when he
reached chair he would be there with
O. bow and smile to wait on him. The
man would seem to start, as if recog-
nizing him, and would sit down and
begin to look nervous.
1.-THE waiter, in the meantime, kept
his eye On him. and would take his
order. Often the order was extremely
light, covering only a cup Of tea or a
piece of mea. and bread, or possibly
glass Of milk or bowl Of bread and
milk. The waiter would smile and
seem to insist on the guest taking more,
but the guest shook his head and soon
finished his frugal repast. AS physi-
clan, wondered how men who worked
as these did could get along with so lit
tie food
''That afternoon the proprietor
smiled when I asked him about the Pc
euliar waiter. He's o jewell he said,
and he's worth more to me than any
waiter I've got. though I'm always lit
tie afraid Of him, and to keep him in
good humor pay him about so per cent.
more than I do any Of the others. I
don't know what he does, and never
speak of it to anybody. and only to you
because you are my family physician,
but he has a way of picking out the peo-
pie he wants to wait on as they come in,
and when he gets hold OF them he
makes them eat what he wants them to.
Sometimes big, hearty fellow will
gag and apparently get sick when he
sits down to the table, and after bite or
two he pays his bill and goes out. That
doexn'thappen often, though. Hisway is
tomake his people eat just a littlo Of the
cheapest thipgs-it's n 35-cent dinner.
you know-and many times a glass Of
milk and bread or piece Of pie will b0
sll they want. and they will go out per-
fectiy satisfied to pay IS cents for is.
It isn't any Of my business to ask about
their health or their appetite. and I
don't. leave my waiter to do that
and the proprietor smiled innocently
rather than in guile !
II didn't want toespoil good thing,
hut I thought I ought to-" concluded
the physician, ''and I proceeded to tell
my friend that the waiter was Sven
gali-by the way. he had never heard Of
ouch q person-7an was defrauding tho
patrons of the restaurant by hypnotic
ing them and sending them out filled
only with suggestions, and that while
1t might be extremely remunerative. it
was not right at all, and tho waiter.
should be sent away. Then, thinking
my advice would be followed, Of course,
I took my departure. Six months later
I came back, and the first man saw in
tho dining-room was Syengali.
fancy" and the physician sighed, "the
Chicago climate O., somcthing must
have had an effect on my, friends moral
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