Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-28
uNpNoTIHnD ArrErIrEs.
story which shows How OccultiSm
IL HitCbCd Ia Industrial Art.

cone Of the oldest things | ever saw" re-
marked a physician to the Washington star
man, 81 saw in kind Of hotel. or rather
feedory, at the Chicago stock yards"
Men or cattle?" Querod listener
Men; and good men. | wasn't boarding
there, but l knew the proprietor of the
place and had been his physician before he
went to Chicago, and after hc got there he
made money enough 90 pay me to come
! down and look over his ra'nIlv about twice
| a year. | lived only 100 miles away AMI
usually made my trips between the daylight
/ and dark. taking my monday meal with
| him, at which time his main dining room
! had from loo to 200 diners in IT, 4 great
! many Of these wore tGansrinrts aad very
many more We're green ANA unsophlgticatcd
young men from the country who had como
in with stock and were utterly unused 10
city ways.
ION the day in question I sat with the
proprietor at his little lookout desk from
which he kept an eye on the business and
watched the people eat. winch is not as bad
a show as YOU might think. if you never
| witnessed such a performance. AS We sat
| there | noticed one walter, dark skinned,
Svengali-lookug chap. vic. instead of nav
ing territory assigned him seemed to work.
all over the dining room. lie was a worker.
too, aud first attracted me by The way he
handled his people.
Il spoke to the proprietor about him
and he told me to watch him, ana he would
tell me about him as soon as he had time. I
followed his advice, ana saw that the
waiter would apparently spot a man as he
came in, and when he reached a chair he
would be there with a bow and a smile
ready TO wait on him. The man would
seem to start, as If recognizing him, ana
would sit down and begin to look nervous
THE waiter in the meantime kent his
eye on him, ana would take his order.
OFTEN the order was extremely light cover
ing only a cup of tea or piece Of meat
and bread. or possibly a glass of milk or "A
bowl OF bread and milk The waiter would
smile ana seem to insist on the guest
taking more, but the guest shook his head
and soon finished his frugal repast. As
physician, | wondered how men who
worked as these did could get along with
50 little food
THAT afternoon the proprietor smiled
when ! asked him about the peculiar waiter.
Hos n jewel" he said, and he's worth
more 20 me than any waiter I've got,
though I'm always a little afraid of him.
and to keep him in good humor / pay him
about 80 per cent more than | do any of
the others. | don't know what he does,
ana | never speak Of it to anybody and
only to you because you are my family
physician. hut he has a way Of picking out
the people 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 n big hearty fellow will gag
SIl apparently yet SICK NhCn lie sits down
to the table, ana after bite or two he paws
his bill and goes ont. That doesn't happen
often, though. His way is to make his poo
pie cat just n little OF the cheapest things
us 35-cont dinner, you know-and many
times n glass Of milk and bread or a piece
OF pie will be all they want and they viii
20 out perfectly satisfied TO pay - cents for
it, II isn't any Of my business to ask about
thoir health or their appetite, and don't.
leave my waiter to do that and the
proprietor smiled innOcontly rather than in
guile.
Il didn't want to spoil a good thing. hut
thought | ought to-" continued the ply
stefan, and ! proceeded to tell my friend
mat the waiter was a Sycngali-by the way
Il" had never heard of such pcrson-and
mas dclraudlng the patrons OF the restaurant
by hypnoti2ing them ana sending them out
filled only with suggestions. and that while
II might be extremely remuncratiyc, 1t was
not right al all, and the waiter should be
SEM away. Then thinking my advice woald
be followed, OF course, | took my departure
81, months later came back and the first
man ! saw in the dining room was Svungali
| fancy and the physician sighed "the
Chicago climate or something must have
naI am effect on my friends moral sonsibll-
tiles"