The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05

kitchen. He takes the heavy part in
the show and keeps his eyes open. He's.
sort of an understudy, you know
His opportunity finally comes to get
out on the floor proper, and then he is
new waiter. Like in any other bust
ness he improves as his years of serv-
ice pile up.
Tip Enrichment Gag Is Old.
But say-let me tell you one thing
straight-that gag that they've been
using in the funny papers for the last
century or two about walters building
houses and lots on the tips they get is
almost worn out If you know any Of
thes guys tell them to chop"
Walter Stevens, of the Cafe Neu-
mann, who is credited with being able
to distinguish between a Southdown
and Shropshire mutton chop twenty
feet off with his eyes shut, said:
There's nothing to it. Women can
never do the work we do. They haven't
the time to spend to learn the business
They all expect to get married some
day, you know, and when it comes to
knuckling down and making a life
study Of such proposition as waiting
on table, they toss their heads and
balk. They'll go to work temporarily in
some cheap place and make goo-goo
eyes at the counter jumpers and would
be sports in the hope of winning a
home, but that's their limit.
Pay for Their Jobs.
WATERS in this country don't de-
pend on tips for their living. If they
did their living would be very meager.
In Europe, however, there are many
places where walters pay the proprie-
tors for the privilege of working. Wait
ing is an art. In some respects it is
science. There's many a man who
has made fortune in the restaurant
business who couldn't serve a meal to
save his life. A waiter must be able to
appreciate the peculiarities Of his pat
rons, to oil a salad, to remember the
likes and dislikes of those he serves, to
meet impatience with tact and to de-
port himself and maintain an appear
ance which will comport with their
ideas of gentility and their social sta
ton.
why 1 know of walters who would
commit suicide If they accidentally
placed before a person plate which
showed a nick or traces of the washers
CLOTH"
What the Girls Think.
II don't think we bother the men
walters any," said demure Anna Schilla
at the Spencer Branch. However, this
is the only place ever worked at and
I've been here two years. really don't
know anything about the business out
side of here. It's awfully nice here,
though.
"No, we women are not supposed to
get tips, I guess. don't know why 1t
is, but men think a pleasant smile is
good enough for us. l had half dollar
given me for Christmas once and
know another girl who got a box Of
candy, but that's all the tipping I ever
heard of around here"
A Woman's Challenge.
Jane Nyhart, who for years has
been popular with patrons of the Wind
sor hotel cafe, where she Is in charge
of the force, is of q more strenuous
nature, however, than Anna.
"They say we're not in it with them,
do they? Well, I'll just tell you one
thing-Ill work alongside of any man
and If there's any silver cups offered
in the way of drinking out of silver for
the rest Of my life. At that" continued
Jane ref1ectively, there may be some
thing in what they say, after all. When
I come to think of 1t there are few
places anywhere that / know Of where
it takes the best part of a cartwheel to
eat that women serve. But there are
a lew OF US VINO Nave iildue d StuuJ VI
the business, and don't let them forget
it. And there are few Of us who get
hold of tip now and them"
Foreign Tips Most Often.
Tipping is on the wane," said James
Tracy, of the Metropolitan hotel. Its
not what 1t used to be when l broke
into the business eighteen years ago.
Foreigners are still the best tippers.
Thev don't give the largest tips, but
they tip all the time.