New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-17
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
HOW A CLEVER WOMAN KEEPS HER
WARDROBE NEAT.
THE 'orip LADY WHO DID NOT WANT '" DIE
IN c--Rr. PAprRs-A HEAD WAITER
WHO KNEW HIS BUSINESS.

IN c--Rr. PAPT;Rs-A HEAD wAl7tN
WHO KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
7. gems a pity. before tre species becomes ut
terry extinct that the darkey head-waitcr RI me
great watering place hotels OF should not have
FOUND lasting place in literature. Taken AT the
time % his glory a generation ago no character
that Dickens has made Immortal offers greater
opportunity for n writer's graphic description or
could he MADE more salient feature IN tho Sreat
American novel that positively ought 70 be written
" only m preserve valuable specimens or our ma
+ionality. which under the cosmopolitan fusion OF
the day IL rapidly disappearing
To my surnrise" said old o'ubman. recently
Won going b. 20 Saratoga last summer, after an
absence % twentv years. 7 found one Of those old
time fossils eth ~ his post at the mammoth ----
Hotsl-ror,roIs feeble ard robbed OF half or his
authority and prestige. hut still there; kept a.
valuable niece OF historical hrc-a-hrac by the pro
pr+etors who regarded him IN light % diploma.
s.tostinr The highly respectable antiquity Of their
hovse How well remember him in the plentude
OF HIS rove-. when L. as youngster asked no
better fun than 70 spend my brief holiday AZ me
great carsvansary. in the dining room over which
he re,rncd supreme and dispensed his favors with
q pa-tislity against whose dctum there was no ap-
real for lie was the captain OF as well drilled
force as ever worked under orders and who under
his uhiouitou~ ewes went through their evolutions
With nachine-like regularity. 1t was really an I'M
pressive sight.
"Just before the old-fas hioned dnner-hour o.
O'Clock down tho Of tho great dining-hall
marched the platoon Of darkey walters. clad in
black swallow tails. with expansive white shirt
fronts and spotess pique waistcoats. each win a
napkin over his arm Insignia Of his office. To the
LETT and right they wheeled into the asles between
the long rows Of tables and when the last ones had
taken their places the headWaiter. who had headed
the procession opened the folding doors. and the
great gong was sounded IN the hall. and dinner
was ready The guests filed I'm and took their
Al no 10 =
courses we're served in rotation and with all posi-
BILE unison so that for dessert all the tables could
be cleared once. leaving the lines of glistening
white napery ready for the sweets and fruits
which borne I'm in gorgeous procession. To
accomplish all this required the ability or gen
eraI and TO make Jaw guests feel the responsible
tty Of punctuaity. the tact of diplomat. and tho
.head-waiter equal 10 the occasion. and the
tardv ones unless they his especial favorites.
were given undesirable seats and poor service ne
was sly old fox. too. and knew Just what neigh
borhood voul1 he most Congenial 10 rs young TEL
lows and always ready for the willingly given
rratuity when he would murmur. ! KEEP yo seat.
Mass Smith right over ycndah by Miss Clarinda
Jones Like most mercenary potentates he could
not he relied Upon. and continually changing his
}svorites on one occasion. remember 70 my cost.
gave him hve-dollsr BIN 10 obtain a scat next TO
Miss s a noted Southern beauty. thinking. OF
course 7 would retain il during my visit The next
day however ] found my place usurped ny my
hated rival while the head waiter looked guiltily
conscious. "a J strove TO meet his averted gaze
keeping well away from until seated
was no. flush in those days and could not afford
another tin. so I lost that chance OF intimacy with
my charner Probably the other fellow had given
him 'tenner.'
IT taxed the old fellow with the fraud the other
Hay when 7 saw him. and his offended virtue was
most edifying.
mo sab. | never took advantage OF my place.
re declared loftly. I hab recollection OBJ such
an event and then. with cackle OF enjoyment
AN e, you got Isf' Mass Smith Hee-hee. Well
spec II all for de best
"Hcy com olStoly that old summer life has be-
come part * past history; the elaborate toilets
for the dinner in the broad daylight the after
Moons OF filtration and worsted work in the shady
corners Of the verandas while the chaperons were
taking their before the late afternoon drive.
the many changes OF dress on the part OF the
women and the long mornings which were often
sen. IN dancing the hotel parlors. and which was
yesunoed after supper in the evening. How my
t.ove and girls would scorn such an existence now
sdavs, And how disres pectfully they laugh when
1sl them OF the pleasures OF our youth in the
summer days at Saratoga years ago.
NOVELTIES IN DECORATIONS
Among the novelties in interior decorations arc
the new shades which give room an air OF e,e-
white linen shades considered appropriate for
YEAR there has been attempt 70 make these
Necessary accessories more worthy OF their
Youndines This season il has been done, and moth