The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-06
CUSTAvE ECKSTEIN & co.

cordingly. You see the head waiter can
discharge man at any time and he has
no redress. The walters cannot complain
but must sometimes keep. their own tip
pers waiting until the favorite of the head
waiter is cared for promptly. As a mat
ter of fact there is compulsion in 1t, but
there Is nothing on the surface to show
1t. / have seen some non-tipping guests
kicking hard to the manager, but the man
ager understands the real reason why the
klckers have not been waited on more
promptly. He also knows that he cannot
help it and so he smooths down his irate
guests with all sorts of promises. "
81 would rather be table waiter than
a head walter" says a grizzly gray WOOL
ly-pated negro who has been a waiter for
more than a generation. Il can make
more monew than the head walter, and
run no risks of trouble with the propri-
etor or manager You see, my regular
salary is SIS per month. My wife does
sewing and washing and makes about go
Der month. But that is not enough to
raise a family on and educate the chill
dren. / pick out the guests IN the busy
season. | hook them over and select the
finest looking gentlemen, and find out
what their business is, and what their
( incomes amount to, and / pick out the
cream of the lot. scheme TO get the
good people to my table. IL find one OF
them waiting for fork or spoon or some
little thing when when their own waiter
is out OF the room i run over to their ta-
BILE and serve them. ] keep my eyes open
for the chances of that kind. Pretty soon
they insist on coming to my table. Most
walters try to avoid work. l look for all
the work 1 can do While the dining room
is open.
81 have had guest now for three years
who always hands me a silver dollar on
Saturday night. That makes $50 per year.
/ have gathered Sl56 In addition to my
regular income. Moreover, he has told
others who sit at my tables that he OBJ
jects to daily tipping, and that he sim
ply hands me a dollar week, and others
take to the notion. figure that from the
tips of that one guest and his suggestions
TO others / have gathered in nearly $500 IN
tips. / have also made considerable from
others who areTtraPsient.
II played good trick on a rich man last
winter" said one Of the bell boys. 1--WE
had heard that he was liberal, and that
he gave money away In little drlbs to all
OF the boys. / wanted to be his bright
particular star bell boy. So, for three
days, whenever he rang his bell, II It was
my turn, went very slowly to his room
He was impatient and wanted quick GER
vice told the other boys that 1t was use
less to hurry for him, because he was
never satisfied so they all went slow on
him. too Well, on the third day, as soon
as his bell rang ! rushed to respond TO
it, and was at his door almost as soon as
he took his hand off Of the button. He
was gratlhed, and said: You are the first
bell boy In the house to show any activ-
ity. Tell the manager want you to look
after my bell all the time sent the
manager to him, and was designated to
look after his bell all the time, and II was
so ordered. Whenever he was in the house,
lust waited on him as carefully and
quickly as I could, and he was delighted
with me. He gave me $40 each week. and
when he went away he handed be so
gold piece Have you heard about Tom
my smith? Well, Ill tell you.
Tommy Smith Is a very young mulat-
10 and quite intelligent In appearance. He
was particularly nice TO Coils r. Hunting
ton when he was at the Normandie last
winter and Mr.. Huntingdon asked him
questions about himself. When Mr.. Hun
tington left Washington ne sent Tommy
smith to the school for colored people at
Hampton, Va. and Is paying for his edu-
cation II paid Tommy Smith to be polite.
It don't always, pay q bell boy that well
because there are few men who can af-
ford to spend their money in that liberal
manner. but It always pays for a servant
10 he polite. The bell boys who know how
70 size up their guests and please them