The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-06
TAKES a DlFLomAr.
Posltlon Of Stewart on an ocean Liner
= Trying one.

Trying one.
"Ii takes q diplomat 10 hold that
man's position" remarked the nra
cabin agent for a prominent steamship
line. nodding his head in the direction
OF a port.y chap who was just leaving
the ONCE eHe is the chief steward os
one OF our fastest steamers, end up IN
him and the purser deyolves the task
OF dealing direcsly with exacting pas.
sengers during the voyage. The Cap
tain Is saved this annoyance because ne
can always elead his duties on the
bridge. ana no one may appr6ach his
cabin without making an appointment
through his steward. but the chief
stewards ofTice IS always open to visit.
ors and complaints.
The inexperienced woman traveller
In particular makes il lively for the
chief steward. He is her confident ana
the open page on which sne writes all
her worries For instance, last tr1p.
Just after the boat had passer Sandy
Hook Lighthouse. a nervous. elderly
woman entered the chief stewards
room with her itinerary in hand.
Are you the chief steward? Yesl
Well, can you tell me whether we viii
land at Cherbourg in time for me to
catch the o'clock train into Paris?
Just for a second our man was
knocked out But he pulled himself to
gether. With a grave face he drew
from his desk book printed In Ger
man. which might have been taken for
huge railway guide and time card.
He ran mis- finger down list of figures
which looked like hours and minutes
and then, turning to the caller, he re-
marked politely:
I can hardly answer for our meet
ing the oci" X train. but and there
is another trM 'or Paris at 3. We viii
surely make connections with that
oh, thank you. steward. the wo-
man murmured sweetly. and went back
to her friends on the deck with the
cheering information t,sat the chief
steward WIS just the ,icest man.
Now. as you and both know, thV
purser should answer all such ques-
lions. But II the steward had told the
woman to run along and see the purser
she would have been offended. As z.
vas, he DullsS down the price list OF >
wholesale grocer and exporter in Hanl-
burg and Berlin, and guessed at that .
o'clock train Could they make GER
ain train with 5000 miles OF ocean 4nd
all It's uncertainties rolling ahead OF
thomi Wouldn't that jar your
"A few trips back, when one OF our
big beats was taking its full compile
'pent of passengers on the MediterrAn-
can trip, an Austrian boarded the boat
among Che first passengers and laid .
risp bill on the ekiof stewards dosk
by way Of greeting. After few general
vemarks he led up to the announces
nent that he had come aboard early 10
order to get good seat In the dining
saloon. What won't. steward, Is a sea.
at table whses there are plenty OF
lad1es, good travellers. you understand
The sort who won't be seasick. Good
travellers. pleasant company DO
make myself clearr
THE steward understood. He knew
The man he was dealing with--the sort
who could make himself extremely OBJ
noxious 10 nice American girls. lie
made a mental note and handed back
the cr4sp bill with a politely wordsd
explanation that II was against the
rules for 6im to accept fees.
That night when the Austrian cane
down TO dinner he found himself scat
ed next to the ships. doctor. while jugI
opposite were two maiden ladies who
would never see As again. and On mis-
right q white-haired woman who's,
husbands name is not unknown u
New York's biggest wholesale marts
Good sailors? Well. you can iusi
wager those women we're. They had
crossed with that particular steward
not less than four times. and they wei Z
never known TO miss a meal. Waai
could the man do? Nothingl II 10
said word he'd give away his llttl'
game. and. you see. he had not stipia
lated that the ladies' be young,
Perhaps you imagine that was mel
diplomacy on the stewards part. bal
you must bear in mind that we ca'aI
particularly 10 the American trade
We like women TO feel that they az,
safe in travelling singiy or in parties VI
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