The Washington times., 1904-06-05

mer and taking this way of getting
mountain air. The rest are probably
professional Mattresses" employed in
the North from June 10 September, and
in Southern hotels from September TO
June, for many Of the hotel keepers
run houses in Florida in the winter.
No Tender Damsels These.
Some Of these girls are undeniably
tcugh-not perhaps actually bad, but
tough. They use profane language and
otaer language not suited for ears DO
lite The leader Of the tough set"
had little dispute with the steward the
other day, in which the steward came
OUT second best. She had calmly order
ed plate Of soup out Of the hotel sup
plies for herself. and was carrying it
of 70 eat when he stopped her The
enc Of the alteration that followed
was that the steward was cracked over
tho head with the soup plate and had
20 go and change his clothes.
The keynote of the hotel, as has been
said, is system. SO long as a girl does
her work. her moral character is no
body's business. This girl is too good
a waitress TO be discharged in the
height Of the season for a mere trife
Ike a broken soup plate. She is typi-
cal of her kinda tall, magnificently
built creature who looked Ike a slight
~ damaged Juno. She Is fun Of &C.
centric anecdotes of a long and varied
experience, which she tells with a slight
Hibernian accent and a humorous
twist OF the mouth. She is a Null
vaney in petticoats.
AT wan place where I worked" she
Is saying. they used 70 take all the
- oh -
Of a Saturday night and wax the fure
and use it fer a ballroom. was wait
in on a little old gintleman and his
wife-fine people they were, and that
Gignihedi The mornin' after the ball
the old gintleman started TO leave the
table, cautions like, and of coorse L
drew the chair back-that's the proper
thing. We know-and his heels slipned
and down he whit, clutchin' at the
tablecloth TO save himself. and all the
dishes and knives and forks and cas-
Tors and things came pouring down
on top av himi And the old lady was
no earthly use fer laughin'!
What was / doin'2 Wen, faith. I
crammed a napkin in me mouth wild one
hand 10 keep from laughin', and wild
the other l wiped the sauce off the old
gintleman's bald head
Cream From Under the Spout"
IT is Miss Mulvaney who characterizes
the very thin. blue milk which is all
the Mattresses get for their coffee in
the morning as cream from under
the spout" II is she who, ia a freakish
spirit Of mischief. meows like a cat IN
the lull between breakfast and dinner.
and sets the manager, who hates cats.
hunting in all the corners OF the pantry
for the animal No sooner has he
reached the far end Of the room than
the tantalizing meow" sounds from
the other end until finally he realizes
he has been fooled, and stalks out into
the kitchen with a face like a thunder
cloud. II Is no small job. this OF an
unpopular manager trying 10 keep a
roOmful Of girls In order.
Down at the end Of the pantry nearest
the kitchen stand the four or five stew
ards whose duty IL is 10 carve meats
and serve puddings. There Is one stew
ard for each kind Of roast. and al a
busy time Of day their knives fash like
white lightning through the fowl. OF
the joints Of lamb or beef
A window opens into the stOreroom.
and here the Mattresses go for orders Of