Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-26

his breakfast, and he always wanted
griddle cakes. He was very hard to
please. In nine cases out of ten he
would take the griddle cakes, look at
them, punch his fork through them,
-und then throw them across the table,
saying that they We're not fit for hogs
10 eat. The walters would return
them to the kitchen, and sometimes we
were obliged to cook him griddle cakes
several times before he would accept
them. OF course, there was no money
in that for us; but he wns q senator,
and we could only endure and act sub
plissively to him. We got ahead of him
once, though, and the walters still re-
member and talk of it.
Sen. Malone came in one morning
for his griddle cakes and played the
same act. He tossed them across the
table, and the waiter gathered them up
as usual. The proprietor, Mr.. Page,
happened to be here early that morning,
and he Immediately went to the senator
and told him he would personally look
after his griddle cakes. Mr.. Page took
those same cakes, held them over o
steamer again to make them hot, put
them on q plate with golden figures on
it, placed silver cover over the cakes,
and personally took them to Senator
Malone, who was pleased with them,
and said: Now, Mr.. Page, why can't
your walters always bring such mag
nifcent cakes as theseT
"Of course, Mr.. Page and all Of US
laughed heartily over the occurrence"
said Shaw, "but Senator Malone never
knew that those cakes were the very
same griddle cakes which he had tossed
about the table only few minutes be-
fore. Senator Malone supposed that
new order of griddle cakes had been
cooked for him, and when the propri-
etor brought them to him in person he
assumed that they were all right. But
it shows how cranky some of the prom
inent men may be when they are in
restaurant.
81 like to wait on Vice President
Stevenson" continued Shaw. "He Ia
one of the most courteous gentlemen
have ever known in this place. He is as
polite to the colored men who wait upon
him as he is to the white men of distino-
ton about here. He is always modest,
unpretentious and courteous. His
lunch is always of the simplest nature.
He has nothing to say to anybody ex-
cept those who talk to him. He comes
and goes without making pretense or
affectation. He never complains unless
occasionally he has reason to desire
change in the food served him; and that
occasionally happens in the best regu-
lated families, hotels and restaurants.
But Vice President Stevenson is always
gentlemanly and always considerabo 81
those around him.
81 have learned one thing in thii
business" continued the veteran public
servant, "and that is not to talk back.
No matter what may be the condition of
a man; no matter whether he is worried
or angry; no matter if he has been los.
ing sleep over night in his own Pc
culiar way; no matter if he is altogether
unreasonable. Of course, we sometimes
take back the very same food, as we did
with the beef and the griddle cakes,
But we do SO without arguing the case.
When man is cranky and thinks that
the food don't suit him it would be
folly to try to convince him, for that
would be impossible. If a guest has
made up his mind to find fault, he will
continue to find fault until the pro-
prietor or head waiter agrees with him.
AS soon as he finds that somebody
agrees with him he will conclude that
he is being looked after in sympathet-