The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28

/ NeNANS5 SC0A NOdl anu nat ana DullS out
/ your chair with a certain CLEAN of
recognition in his eye, but, though
| you may choose to pass the time of
! DAY with him he will not presume on
| your pleasantly and enter into con-
Versatlon. He gives you just the right
| sense or Importance, then stops. And
ne never forgets your favorite dish.
your particular brand of liquor, and
| your selection in cigars. He would
| consider it an objectionable display of
ignorance to ask you what sort of
| appetlzer you will have. 1t is his
| province to remember all these things.
was told by a well-dressed wo-
man the other day that when she came
ooWn town she always lunched here
WIN her husband because, as she ex-
| planned 1t quite naively, her husbands
waiter always remembers her fond
ness for branded cherries. She never
| drinks cocktails, but once In the pres
| ence OF this waiter she remarked that
she would like to take them lust for
the sake of the cherries. Now, when
| ever the wife accompanies her hus-
pand, the waiter thoughtfully adds
| couple of extra cherries to the cocktail
| and these the wife carefully fishes out
with a toothpick. When the husband
comes alone, he takes his cocktails
| Dry, and Harry never makes the mis-
take OF giving him cherries There
| Is always twinkle in the mans ewes
when the cherries appear, but Harry
| knows better than to recognize the
| humor of the situation by so much
! as a smile.
| How Objectionable Customers Are
Got Rid OF.
"A diplomatic waiter is useful to us
| In many ways. He can sometimes rid
I us of undesirable customers 1t would
| Ric0
ance We sometimes suffer at the hands
of people that we dare not order from
the place, because of their standing,
| social or financial. Then we try the
| diplomatic or ingenious waiter.
| Last summer a man of consider
| able wealth and eccentric habits came
| here each day for lunch. He sat at
that small table opposite you, and the
| first thing he did, after sitting down,
was to take off his shoes. There he
| sat- day after day, with one shoeless
| foot resting on a stool and stuck out
| in full view of our other customers.
| The matter called forth unpleasant
| comment, but we did not know what
! to do.
Finally one of the walters remarked,
If you agree to stand by me, I'll
get rid of that man. We agreed, and
| the next day Gascon came down the
| aisle with cup of coffee in his hand.
! Just before he reached the man with
shoes off, he stumbled adroitly, and
| the coffee fell upon the protruding
foot. The man gave howl, then SUBJ
| sided into abusing the waiter. Gascon
| had been careful to chill the coffee
| until it was only luke warm, but the
| man swore roundly that his foot was
scalded and he would sue the pro-
| prietor. He showed aside his luncheon,
jerked on his shoes and departed
| without settling his account. We
never saw him again, and we don't
| know to this day whether it was corns
| or cusSedness.
Working the Out-Of-Town Man.
"The out-of- town man who enter
| tains at dinner or lunch is fair game
| for the waiter who is up to all sorts
| of tricks. This type of customer feels
| it incumbent upon him to show the
men who are his guests that he has
| brought a goodly roll into town with
| him. He picks up the bill of fare with
| the air of one to whom money is no
| object, and the observant waiter, who
| spots him on the instant, assists in
| an artful way in making out the or
/ der. He is all attention to the selec-
| lions made by the patron, but he slyly
| suggests certain dishes IN MS own
| interests.
| "For instance, after the oysters and
| the soup, your out-of-town man
selects a heavy roast, and orders a
| beef or portion for each person, at
| perhaps go cents per order. Now,
| the waiter, better versed in the appe-
| tites of city men, knows full well that
! four orders Of turkey will not be con-
/ sumed, so he sends to the kitchen an
| order for two, or three at the most.
| The order for four is charged up on
/ the guests ticket, however, and the
| waiter pockets the difference when he
| settles with the checker for his days
| orders and receipts. This, of course,
| is possible only when the waiter pays
| the bills. Were the customers to pay
| the cashier the trick would be de-
| tected and the firm would make the
| profit. However, most managers wink
/ at the trick and do not begrudge the
| waiter his extra money.
"If a waiter works this scheme on
the roast, the game and the salad,
he cleans UP a neat sum on one Gus
| toner alone, who is none the wiser
| and is entirely satisfied If the service
| is good and the wines cold.
Business Women at Lunch
ut is a mistake to think that elder
! Iy men are the heaviest spenders, par
ticularly in the business district.
| Young men are more extravagant.
| Considerable entertaining is done
| down here at noon. Wholesalers take
| women buyers from out-of-town to
/ lunch, brokers sometimes entertain
the women who handle stocks through
| them, and good-looking young women
| employed in offices are frequently the
| noon-time guests not only of their
| EMPLOYERS, but of other men that they
| meet in business way.
These lunches for two play big
| part in the business world; and they
| have made me realize how important
| A role a discreet woman clerk plays
| in her employers affairs. have heard
| many a big deal discussed across our
| tables, and the women who come
here are as keen and alert as the men
who employ them.
| you can tell what their relations
are the instant they settle down for
lunch. A man makes the presence
/ of his wife an excuse for laying aside
business questions. He really enter
tains her. and they study the menu
carefully with a view to enjoying
| themselves. II man and woman
are interested IN the same business
| the lunch is a secondary matter and
they plunge into business before the
walter has finished writing out their
/ order.
PERSONALLY, ! regard these lunch
conferences as bad for the digestion
and the general health. Business men
and business women should have
lunch clubs and drop business until
they return 20 their Offices. But you
| can't change the leopard's spots, nor
the habits Of the American Ia busi-
ness"
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