The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-26

we have at our table," said
girl at a seashore resort TO
her companion. Il wonder, now, If he
could be a college man on vacation
job"
Three years later the young girl went
to Boston and stopped at one of its
apartment hotels. she was surprised to
see man who somehow looked familiar
ordering the clerks about.
''whyr' she exclaimed, half aloud.
why i.'s our old waiter at the"
The young fellow heard her and turned
around
miss Smith. I didn't expect to see
you here. You don't know whether it's
right to recognize your old waiter?'' And
he laughed at the puzzled expression on
her face We'll. was waiter SO as
to be able TO go back TO college again
the next year. Does that help you at
allY"
She blushed. then replied. triumphant
", 'I always told mamma you were a
college man" Then she allowed her
woman's curiosity to get the better OF
her. But what are you doing here?"
The story that her old waiter told her
was one OF opportunity; and many a
college youth who has worked at a sum-
mer resort could tell a similar story
OF his rise IN the world. If ne only would
After she had left the resort he was
assigned to wait upon a table at which
a cranky old man. his wife and his
elderly daughter sat.
You'll have plenty Of trouble" his
predecessors. all of whom had been de-
posed by the caprices OF the cranky old
man, had warned him. but he managed
to please the family from the start.
The family remained the entire sum
mer and the college-bred waiter never
was offered single tip. bogus or other
wise. The old man sat at the table as II
thinking. after the family had gone, and
he finally called the waiter.
you have given me excellent SER
vice" he said You haven't worked for
tips as the average waiter does. I've
been curious enough to make inquiries
about you, and I know why you're a
waiter. When you're through college
next fall come to me and If you've moth
ing better to do. I'll see that you get a
good start in business"
With that the man got up from the Ia
bic and walked away, and the waiter
looked at the card II contained the
mans name and conveyed the additional
information that he was the proprietor
Of the - Hotel in New York city.
"And So" concluded the young man
two years ago. upon my graduation.
came here. and the man started me in
as desk clerk. and took all the pain'
possible 20 instruct me. as a reward
for not working for tips, but for the
work ITSELF as he explained #.
''Six months ago he died; ano after the
funeral the wife sent for me and told
me that 1 was to manage the hotel fol
the estate-that IL was her husband.
wish.
And there you have the story OF VIII,
i am here in a managerial capacity anC
will not be able to serve you at dinner
tonight personally"
This young man Is a type which ha
become familiar in America. One wou.t
be surprised at the number OF coIIeg
men who take to waiting IN arst-clas
hotels during the summer in order % la,
but few dollars for the fall The,
aren't walters in dining rooms, marker
in bowling alleys. clerks in hotel Offices
and ticket sellers merely for the fun G
IL. though that's not saying there is no
fun. and OF the best and most educatfnt
character IN all these places for the maj
who has eyes and sees They work be
sause-in plain language-they have 10
they work hard and with uncommon
sarnestness.
So IL often happens that a bushes
man sees future possibilities in a vaca
tion-working college youth. and the lat
ter has his life's work cut out for hin
then and there Such ono Is vice presi
dent OF bank in PHILADELPHIA
Ten years ago, upon his gradue tiol
from the University OF Pennsylvania. n
followed his usual vacation custom O
working as clerk in al Atlantic CT,
hotel. His idea was TO keep his oye
open while there for place N the fall
The opportunity came in al uuexpecte
way.
1t happened one Monday morning tina
large number Of guests decided rattle
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