Hutchinson gazette., 1900-07-12
TRI0ES OF THE DEAD BRAT.
They Are Not Confined 10 tie Ragged
Wcnry willie.

Legal proceedings recently taken Ii
recover from well known dltlzer
who belongs TO thc"fNshionable" class
amount Of n tallor's bin revealed The
fact that the man was poor, had nc
money and no means of support and
owed many bills Besides talIors
shoemakers and hutters, he owed
money 10 florists, jewelers., livery sta.
BILE keepers, dealers I'm thenter tickets
shiHtmOkers, staNioners and restaur,
ants, One OF the largest bills against
the man was contracted in the course
OF several years at u prominent up.
town restaurant,
"You must have been hung up for a
great spread" said patron OF the
place to the'monoger, pointing to the
item,
"N0t at all" he answered. "That
bill represents hundreds of charges,
and hNs grown slowly 10 It's present
magnificent proportions"
"llut how is II done-how do people
run big bills in restnurant?"
"Well, in the first place. hecause we
look upon men who come here as
ger,,lemcn and treat them according
ly don't remember Just how the ac-
count In question was opened, but
usually It Is done in this way; Some
day, after man receives his check,
he scrowls his name across its face
{ tells the waNtcr I'm pay this to-
morrow; IT'S all right and then II the
person in charge at the desk marks II
o. H. the check Is hung up and an
account Is opened with the man.
I'm most instances the man comes
back, as he said he would, the next
Cay and settles his little bill and
Thanks us for accommodating him. If,
however the man intends to work the
house, he does not come bacl, the
next day and settle, hut watts three or
four days Then he drops in and ord
crs a modest luncheon or not clahur-
ate dinner and scrlbbles his name
across the check, gives the waiter
I and the new account receives it's
first addition.
little by little the account grows,
but never by any really large charge,
and when AT last when the man has a
ll'Nle dinner party with big appetite,
the check is hiNble to be %. K.'d be.
cause the account is already so large
THAT 10 would be poor policy to turn II
down.
when the account has grown so
large that we think II should have at
tention, we give the head waiter
Tip, and without telling the man in so
many words, he is given to under
stand that cash would be preferred to
an autograph. Sometimes the man
takes the hint and makes a payment
or asks for more time. and tells us
that he will pay as he goes, and he re-
mains a customer without increasing
his account, but generally he leaves
us aud goes to some other place and
complains about the poor service here
and in other ways tries to iniurc our
bu1Tness because he can't have what
he wants to eat and drink for nothing.
HIS account remains open, and when
III becomes outlNwed we put II on The
list which bears many good names,
but we never dun the man"
To show how anxious some peopIe
are to have II known that they are
well acquainted in the fashionable
restaurants, the following story was
told:
Some months ago man came here
early in the day and said that he
would have little parry of friends to
supper with him after the theater that
evening, and ordered what he wanted. |
HIS order showed that he was unac-
customed to the part, but II is our
business TO FIJI orders. and we said
that his supper would be served all
right. Then he laid down sum of
money, more than enough to pay the
t", and said, I'll will save me the
trouble this evening" and went away.
The supper passed or nicely the mans
fniends from the country or the
country part Of the city seemedto en-.
Joy their spree, and finally the host
asked for his check. looked Mt il and
then said grandly and loud enough
for all to hear, Charge IT, The sup
per was grand affair in the eyes OF
the guests hut the climax the order
TO charge overwhelmed them. and
lsdnre say the man accomplished his
object which was evidently TO make
solid with his guests" New
York 'rTbune