The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

BILE, picking up again the pieces with
the exception of one silver coin, which
he proceeded to put into the hand of
the amiable Oscar, who, with bows and
smiles salaamed him out between the
hedge of neglected and exhausted wait
ers. Oscar opened his hand when the
German had departed and held up
10-cent piece with an expression OF
amazement, as if his mind had sud
denly departed. Looking it carefully
over as a curiosity, Oscar slung the
coin at the first waiter, who tossed 1t
to his second and he sent it on to the
third, who in turn dropped it careless
ly ON the table among the debris OF the
dinner. Oscar draws $4,000 a year and
has a large revenue besides from the
sale of his sauces and his famous rec
ipes. AS to his tips, l daresay no
American would dare offer him less
than a five, and this in extreme cases
when he produces a table for your
party, when in crowds such a thing
as eating at the Waldorf seems an inn
possibility. And when with his own
fair hands Oscar does some special
dishes for ones august palate $40 bill
does not come in amiss. In this case
Oscar evidently expected no souvenir,
as German officers are VIGOROUSLY i'm
pecunious whatever may have lurked
in the breasts of the hapless walters.
But this story, odd as it is, does not
surpass the record marker made in
London by an American minister plen-
ipotentiary from the continent and very
we'll known in Chicago, by the by. 1t
was in winter and his eXcellency. clad
in a sable-lined overcoat and all the
other trappings of a diplomat out OF
his own bailiwick had small party,
all from Chicago, dining at the st.
James and going after to the play.
The dinner was exquisitely ordered
the host was millionaire-and two
men served it speedily and we'll and
the bill-well, it was monument to
the magniffcence of the ST. James.
AS the waiter slipped monsieur into
his sable overcoat monsieur his eX-
cellency the American. minister slipped
p. sixpence to the table for the two
men.
1--WE pay for the privilege of serving
here" said one of the walters grimly.
This is no good to u.s."
His excellency, believe, looked about
in establishment and admoniShed them
that the proprietor should pay them
and not the guests.
But he doesn't" clamored the wait
ers, land we have wives and children
and a percentage to pay here"
But the American minister turned a
the women of the party succeeded In
finding a piece of shillings about her
person and in giving it unperceived.
Another official of the same rank
was the laughing stock of European
capital because of his Decent tips in
travelling with a family of six large
and conspicuous persons. Another
American official was chased Il long
distance in the Prater in Vienna not
so long ago coming home from the
races one day. In one of the swift
double-horse victorias peculiar to
Eastern Europe, and particularly to
brilliant and dashing Vienna, the
American had driven up to one of the
many popular cafes in the Prater gay
with people and Hungarian bands any
and every afternoon. lie had a party
of women, and when his carriage was
called by the uniformed man in at
tendance neglected to TOSS the man a
coin. The result was this individual
chased shrieking after the 2rancing