The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-25

in and take seats at your table, keep
 an eye on 'em. By practice you will
 soon be able to tell whether they're
 married people. If they order pot of
 coffee and the woman pouls 1t natural
 like and then waits until you serve the cup to the man, make sure they're mar ried. If the man passes her things or
 suggests things which she won't have,
 saying she don't like em, then they're
 not well acquainted and they're table
 manners is not married manners, But
 don't you be familiar with anybody.
 Never be joker. If you do, they d
 play you for a monkey. Be serious, but be quick Learn to see everybody
 you're waitin on at the same time
 But be careful never to overdo any
 thing. Many waiter spells it all by
 don' too much. Always reclfleck that
 people can and are willin' to do some
 thing. Its custom to ask people when
 servin sugar, how many Jumps? l
 never do. Put de sugar and cream
 near the lady and walk away Don't
 you overdo. Too much attention, I tell
 you, makes you poor not rich.
 Now start in agen. You are ready
 to wait on the young man. When you're listenin' for his order, and he
 don't know much, suggest to him that | this or that on the breakfast list is very | fine this morning. Get the news of 1 each meal in de kitchen, if you can. | Always try and have pointer or two | about what's on the bill of fare.
 Where your guest is green. help him
 out gently. Feel your way. When he's a n p16 la+ him a n Hor of himself. Say nothing. Mouth shut, ears open, both ears. If he jokes, take it, but n back talk. No end man busi-
 ness for waiter. Nothin' 50 chills me
 as laughin' black man waitin' at
 table. Such leller had better wait at
 a clambake and do a song and dance.
 NO, my son, waitin Is a profession.
 You've got to study from sun up until
 late. Don't get too near people. If you
 know you're waitin' on mans wife
 make her comfortable. See that she first has all she needs for her meal. If she's happy she'l make her husband
 happy. If she's displeased, no matter how much her husband is satisfied it's all wrong. The pleased wife will sug
 gest tip, if the man forgetS. Be full of information of the hotel and the place you live in, if you are asked. An swer only the questions put to you. Don't give overly good measure. Don't know too much. Only enough. Always seat the missus first Don't crumple her dress or make her sit too stiff on her chair Let her help herself. Just enough so she sits easy and most be- coming to her.
 During the first meal quietly ask if the seats suit that possibly you might change them to another part of the ta- ble very soon. Be careful of your end seats. The end men ought to cough up better than the sides When you have | a good side man nurse him on to an end seat quick as you can. Don't place much reliance on the man who says he only pays when he leaves the hotel. | Too many forget. They pay their bills | when they leave. A tip ought to come | after the meal. But if you are careful | and diplomatic the tip will frequently | come before you open the mans nap kin Let your rew guest see first of all | that you are serious; that you are not | in hurry to wait on him, that you are very polite and attentive to others near him, but by no means be too indifferent or allow your new guest to think he is being sighted You don't want to ask right out for an advance remembrance, but you must study to let your acshuns speak for you, but don't drive a man too hard, or he'll bounce away to the head waiter and kick hard. It takes a practised hand to land a trout and practised hand to land a tip in ad- vance. Some men can be worked by special attenshun to his children. If his boy looks like him, find way to speak of it some time. Have plenty of | fans for the ladies when the dinin' room is hot If the wife or the children spot the cloth, and if 1t annoys them. cover 1t with cloth, but pretend not to care; that 1t is an every day matter of no When you answer mad am, say !Yes'm and not yes man. When you take a mans order repeat it to him slowly and if there's anything good on the menu card he's missing, you might suggest it carefully as if he had overlooked it accidentally. You dare stoop much nearer to the man than to the lady, but keep as much dis tance as you can.
 WdtcH butter pattleS. NO mattef what the house orders are about serv- ing extras without being asked, if a guests butter platter is empty replen- ssh 1t promptly Some people don't eat bread at luncheon or dinner. Others 1o Keep up good supply. Some guests don't like you to pour their ,ream I serve their sugar First take he cream pitcher and ask something ike this: Shall serve you?' He will 1od and you go ahead. Always do hings with the guests permission. Make him fully understand you are serving him with his permission; that 1ou are doing him a special service by lis special permission or his orders; hat you are his personal servant, and hen you'll have him. The better you an do this, the better you'll succeed in ,our reward from guests. The oldtime finger bowl attention is ridiculous to vell-bred people. Most all guests smile tt it. They look at it as hold-up. Yin your tip before the finger bowl curse is reached. By following my ad- ,ice you'll be rewarded long before the : neal ends. Then if you think your tp ho HpoapI