The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-20
LIVE topics ABOUT TOWN.

The German waiter who has boon employed
In Second avenue cafe for dozen years or more
bought house several days ago for SIS, 500 and
paid for II entirely out OF his savings lie said
that his salary was only $40 a week and that II
was his tips which permitted him 70 support q
family and save money. IIo combined German
thrift with energy and the result has been his
house The pay OF walters in the best restaurants
in this city represents very small proportion
OF their income, and there are some cafes where
waters would work for nothing and consider
themselves well paid by their tips II has long
been the general comment Of foreigners that New
Norks tipping system is the most eXtravngant
in the world and that the percentage paid TO waters
hcnurely out OF proportion ~ the service rendered.
custom demands and 50 do the walters in man
her not To be misunderstood that the man who
serves dinner shall receive about 10 per cent
OF the amount Of the bill as his tip \ waiter
who had served for many years in a popular
broadway restaurant was invited by the owner
n II five OF six years ago u become his partner.
The waiter replied that he was making more out
on ms ups than the proprietor was making out OF
ms business, and he would rather continue To
be- waiter lie did continue az a waiter until
Is dealt two years ago when his estate was
timatcd at S35 900 The proprietor Of the res
aurant failed not long after his unsuccessful at
tempt to take his waiter into partnership
The manager OF Wallacks Theatre says that
n criticism in this column OF entr'acte music as
performed hy the orchestras Of the various thea
tres in this town is perhaps in line with the view
of the few and not the many. Apparently ho
misunderstood the general objection TO the music
as now performed for he says that the so-callcd
popular airs are the ones that are encored No
ono who has heard popular airs well played can
doubt that statement The trouble with the
orchestras at the theatres is that they play very
little popular music and few Of these orchcstras
seem Ia make any attempt To play well the pieces
,hnt are ON Their progrnmme. They render this
music IN pcrluuctory fashion. They play com
positions by their leaders which are neither popu.
lar nor good. one Of the best comedies produced
at q Broadway theatre last winter was sadly
Handicapped by tho cntr acte music As soon
as the orchestra began TO play after the curtain
few the audience became unhappy. The orches.
ira played the most dismal collection of old music
which II could find Incidental music which
was good had been written for this comedy but
the acts the audience did not need entertainments
One theatre In New York which no longer ranks
as irst class has for years had orchestra which
played popular music well. The comment has
frequently been made by theatre goers that even
Il the play at this theatre should prove to be a
disappointment TO them they knew that they
would find the music entertaining
Richard Croker surprised an old New Yorker
last week who had met him in very casual way
fifteen years ago and who had not seen him since
by recognizing him and calling him by name
The New Yorker has been strong Republican
all his life. II SO happened that years ago he
controlled building where Mr. Croker wanted
10 drill some of his ward lieutcnants MI. Croker
rented the room from him and he had occasion
to see him not more than three or four times about
the lease The old New Yorker was familiar
with Mr.. Croker's face from the many pictures
Of him that have been printed and when he saw
him Unexpectedly in a downtown office he re-
membered the renting OF room TO bin years be
fore Mr. Croker was Just leaving the office and
he recognized his acquaintance OF fifteen years
before at once and called him by name II
little exhibition Of one Of Mr. Cookers charac-
teristics which has helped him TO become the Tam
many leader. good memory for names and
faces will help a man along in politics quite
much as the ability 10 mako popular speeches,
Every newspaper man in New York who had
occasion 10 see Blaine moro than once can bear
evidence 10 his remarkable memory. When he
had once talked with a man he seldom forgot
him. He would remember his face and name
and also the circumstances in which he met him.
So marvellous was Blaincs memory in this re-
spec that IL was occasionally insinuated by his
enemies that he had been coached for his recog-
milton of old acauaintanceS