Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-18
A HYhENEAL BENEFACT1ON
How One Bridal Couple Cheered An
other in a New York Hotel.

A good story is told by one of the
Hartford brides of last June, who. with
her happy bridegroom, spent few
days at q. leading New York hotel. The
first meal they took together they had
for companions another couple of new
ly married young people, who were very
happy and very green. The green cou-
pie began to be unhappy right here, in
both the hotel and the story. The wait
er was all attention to the Hartford
duo. They had the handsomest OF
dishes. the finest of viands and the
smartest service the waiter could fur
nish.
| Not so the green couple. They had
to wait. which they did with as much
patience as such happy young people
could muster, which was, of course,
considerable. They had their coffee
in cups that were evidently designed
! for a rough house. The viands We're
cold. The waiter spilled soup on the
bride. accidentally, undoubtedly. And,
being young people of natural insight.
although unused to the ways of New
York hotels they noted that none of
the troubles which afflicted them seem
ed to light on the Connecticut family
opposite.
The third morning the Hartford bride
said to her husband. as they sat down
| to their breakfast rather early, and be-
! fore the olive-hued couple came down:
| "Dearie, why is it that other couple
are treated so despicably by this waiter,
when he is so awfully nice to us?'
The sophisticated husband. who had
been to New York before and some
times stayed over till the II o'clock
train, informed his wife that it was be
cause the other family did not fee the
waiter.
"Oh! isn't that a shame." calculated
the happy one. Don't you think you
can help them out, some way?" And
the appealing look in her eyes would
have won a sealshin sack or an auto
mobile
Il can by giving the waiter a half
dollar" responded the husband.
do it. by all means. It will be such
a lark decided the amiable wife, and
Just then the waiter came in with their
breakfast.
The husband asked him if he would
wait on the other couple the very best
he knew how if he would tip him y
cents.
II certainly will" replied the waiter
Then go ahead I'll give you the
money when YOU have done your best.
Mr. and Mrs. Green came in at that
moment. They both looked worried.
The only thing that troubled them. APP
parently was the wretched service Of
| the famous Broadway hosiery. and
| they were made wretchcd by the
thought that. while they We're all the
! time in trouble with the waiter, their
neiglibo seemed to be highly favored
| by that imperious and autocr;i tic OFF,
cal.
But this morning the waiter came
over to them with an agreeable smile on
his face. He twisted his mustachc into
Il pair of extremely fetching parabolic
curves, laid the dishes with the great
est care. and deported himself with d
| fnesse that only the accomplished
i French waiter can exhibit The break
| fast came hot, and nicely cooked. The
| transformation in the waiter was the
difference between a thunderstorm ard
a clear sky. between the force. fight
and fire of Travers jerome and the mel
lifuous manner and speech Of Grand
Union Ford. And the Green family
shared this Transformation. They be-
came genial: they talked to each other;
the bride actually laughed and sprang
a little joke, at which the husband
smiled encouragingly though with ap-
parent doubt as TO whether the new
/ conditions were going to continue. But
the waiter came back with elastic Step.
and even happier smile, and the little
couple from upstate became as cosy
and lively as a pair of spcrtive kittens.
All this time the Hartford gentleman
! and his charming wife were killing time
| at the other side of the table. and en-
joying to their hearts content the
change in the spirit of affairs across the
table. The waiter entered into the
spirit of the joke, and that breakfast
has not ceased to be the object of
pleasant remark in the Hartford man s
family since.
The waiter got his 80 cents. but the
bride who put up the trick thinks she
and her husband had a great deal moro
than a half dollars worth of fun out
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