Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-11
THRO' VACATION WORK
Fine Starts in Life Made by
Youngsters.
TAUGHT "HER" GOLF
HOW A RAPID CALCULATOR SUR
PASSED A BANKER.
A Smile That Led to Political Activity
as Well as Study Of
TAUGHT "HER" GOLF

Written for The Evening Star By Guy T. viskniskki
What an intelligent and sood-looking
| young waiter we have at our tabls,' said
| girl at tho seashore resort to her COM
! panfon. Il wonder whether he is q college
| man with a vacation job?"
| Three years later the girl went to New
York and stopped at one OF its well known
apartment hotels. A few days after her
| arrival. when she stopped at the desk TO
settle a BILL she was surprised to see a
man who looked very familiar to her order
| ing the clerks about
"Why!" she exclaimed. half aloud in her
establishment. why. it's our old waiter at
| the -"
The young man heard her and turned
| around.
why" he exclaimed on his part as he
saw the girl. you here. Miss Smith?" Ard
| he walked toward her with extended hand.
Then he saw the puzzled look on the
girls face. and laughed.
You don't know whether or not It Is
| proper to greet your old waiter. do your
( he questioned. candidly. He laughed again.
But 1 was waiter that 1 might go back
| to college the next year. Does that help
you any,"
| She blushed furiously, then replied. tri-
umphantly. Il always told mamma you
| were college man." then allowed her wo-
mans 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 COL
| iege youth who has worked at a summer
resort could tell a similar story Of his rise
| in the world If he only would.
! After she had left the resort he was as
signed to wait upon a table at which a
| cranky old man. his wife and elderly
daughter sat
you'll have plenty of trouble" his pred
| the caprices of the cranky old man, had
warned him, but. curicusly, he managed to
please the family from the start.
They remained the rest of the summer
and never so much offered tip in all
| that time. But the day that the resort was
to close the old man remained at the table
after his wife and daughter had left and
motioned to the waiter.
your service has pleased me-" he be-
gan: you haven't worked for tips like the
rest. I've made inquiries about you and
know why you're waiter. Now. when you
are through college, understand It will
| be next fall-consult this card come to me,
| if you have nothing better in prospect, and
I'll start you in business"
| With that the man got up from the table
and walked away. and the waiter looked
| at the card. 1t contained the mans name
and conveyed the additional information
| that he was the proprietor of the - Hotel
III rev fOrR city.
Her Husbands Wish.
"And So" concluded the young man. two
| years ago. upon my graduation. I came
here and the man started me in as desk
clerk and took all the pains possible to in
struct me. as a reward for not working
for tips. but for the work ITSELF as he ex-
planned it. Six months ago he died; and af-
| ter the funeral the wife sent for me and
mo a w IN 30 he hafo for
the estate-that 1t was her husbands wish
And there you have the story of why 1 am
here I'm a managerial capacity and will not
be able to-ah serve you at dinner tonight
personally" s-+
This young mans rise is typical of many
that take place among the hundreds Of
American youths who find employment at
| the summer resorts In order to get through
| the vacation and lay aside a few dollars
for further education in the fall. They are
not walters in the dining rooms. markers
| in the bowling alleys, clerks in the hotel
| offices. barkers for divers amusement en-
| terprises and ticket sellers for the same
because of the fun that's in it. They work
because they have to; they taste the
worlds labor before they are fully pre-
pared for it: and in order that they may
! be better prepared. they work earnestly.
| So it often happens that full-fiedged BUSH
| ness man sees future possibilities in a va
cation-working college youth. and the lat
| ter has his Gfe's work cut out for him
| then and there. Such a is the vice
president of a certain leading banking in
| stitution in Philadelphia.
This influential fnancier ten years ago.
| dpon his graduation from the University of
Pennsylvania, followed his usual vacation
| custom of taking a clerkship in At
lantic City hotel. His idea was to keep his
eyes open while there for position in the
| fall The opportunity came in an unex-
pected way.
! 1t happened one Monday morning that a
| large number of guests decided rather I'M
| tedlV TO return the city and wi h
| out any previous notification to the Office
| to have their bills ready they swooped
down upon 1t, expecting to have every
! thing settled up in time for them to catch
| the train.
he Did It on Time.
! The college clerk was on duty. and al
| though it seemed impossible even to him
| for all the accounts to be balanced before
| train time. which was perilously close at
hand. he went to work with a will. He
had been noted for his powers Of lightning
| calculation at college. and now he brought
| them into full play. Bills were made out
| money taken in and change given in quick
| guests scarcely had time to indulge in
even transitory speculation as to whether
| they'd catch the train all right
| When it was all over and the last man
| had counted the money twice to sec that
| he had not made wrong change in the
| hurry. a guest who was known to the clerk
as Quaker City banker walked up to the
desk.
Pretty lively fifteen minutes, wasn't it?'
| he inquired. pleasantly.
| The clerk replied in the affirmative.
Didn't make any mistake In making
change, did your he went on in the same
! tone-just talking for the sake Of CONVEX
sation.
| The clerk answered this time in the neg
alive.
That's good" was the reply. Il thought
| maybe in the rush you might have made a
mistake, and I wouldn't want to know you
| were out of pocket because of your at
l tempt to please guests"
! Then the banker walked away, but a few
| days later he was again In conversation
| with the clerk.
he inquired in an offhand sort of way
I'm keeping my eyes open for an op-
portunity,'' was the reply.
He Knew His Man