The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
THE PLACES OF STRIKING
MATTRESSES.
INsURREcTIoN IN A CAFE.
ROOM FORGE IN THE
PARLoR.I
FEAR OF HUNaRY4 HUSBANDS
Probably Animated, Them More Than
Love of thceCnrrsing of
Trays.

Miss Annie wants to see you in the
parlor," said the bell boy to Mrs. Arne
at the Colonnade last evening just be-
fore dinner. 1t was a rather unusual
request for the head waitres to make
of her mistress, but the proprietress
complied. although she rebelled at the
idea of receiving her servants In her
| own parlor.
On arriving at the place designated
by the bell boy, Mrs. Arne, who owns
the cafe, was greatly surprised to see
her entire brigade of dining room girls
seated upon the divans, in luxurious
lassitude. Mrs. Arne gasped for breath,
not at the beauty OF the display, but
at the oddly of the occurrence. Dining
room girls are not as rule supposed
to haunt the parlors at the usually
busy hour of o'clock p. m. So she
asked, with some slight traces of ice
in her tones:
well, Miss Annie. what is it?"
We've struck. We don't none of us
intend to go back into that dining room
again until our pay is raised, so we
don't, and you can't make us. We
knows what we wants, don't we girls .
answered Miss Annie, with her arms
akimbo.
That's what we does" came well
trained chorus.
Mrs. Arne was not prepared for that.
She informed the girls as kindly as she
could that she was unable to pay more,
and begged them not to leave her in the
lurch in such an unkfnd fashion, but
the girls were afflicted with that pecu-
liar malady known to science as the
marble heart, and absolutely refused
to go back into the dining room, SO
there now. Mrs. Arne pleaded in vain,
for she saw that without the services
Of the mattresses the house might as
well close up, and she would lose her
sixty or more boarders. But she might
as we'll have pleaded with lamp posts.
The girls simply chewed 4gum and NUT
tered between chews, f4Aber-rit.'
Then, Mrs. Arne wasIiso completely
undone by the occurrence that, woman
like, she sat down and cried, but even
the sight of her tears failed to soften
the marble hearts. The girls filed out
under the leadership of the chief mar
BILE heart, Miss Annie. Sc
But supper came off according to
programme just the SdIHe.
Now, supper at the, Colonnade is quite
an event, and the ladies all come down
decked with silks and Jewels. Last
evening was no exception. Soon after
O'Clock, when they came down for
their evening meal, land the situation
was reported to them, there was con-
sultation $3.50 ssesffssgs1
Poor Mrs Arne,s said one. Its a
shame"
II should say it. was" replied an
other, sympatheticaly. Yesterday l
heard one Of them call one of the gen
tlemen an old stiff, and know he must
that man..
well, what are we going to do? We
must eat" commented a practical
third 1.-The men will be home In a few
minutes, and then there will be a row.
with emphasis on the will"
Lets walt on table ourselves and
help out Mrs Arne. She is nearly
frantic suggested still another, and
slipping off her rings she took the
Initiative The others followed and a
few moments later half dozen richly
clad ladies were carrying trays full of
dishes from the kitchen to the dining
room When the men came home they
applauded and offered to help too They
agreed to work during breakfast hour
today if necessary. 1t took somewhat
longer to handle the dinner last even
ing than usual, but the men said 1t
tasted first rate. And so Mrs. Arne
was avenged.