The Washington times., 1906-09-28
BONUS FOR WIVES
AND STORK VISITS
Proprietor of Cafe Martin
Stimulates DomeStcity
Among Employees.
IS TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
His Offer of $500 Per Marriage and $50
Per Birth Costs Him S5,o5o
in Ore Year.

NEW YORK. Sept. S8-However the
French sociologists may weep over the
deterioration Of the stork in France
there is no doubt of the lustlness Of the
big white birds. with a look Of anxiety
fastened TO their long necks. that night
for a perch on the top OF the fagpole
rising above the roof OF the Cafe Mar
tin. New York Once the canvasback
and The trunied pate OF chicken la
gelee were the all important ornitholo-
gicaI studies OF the Martin employe ana
employee. but since n Jean Baptlste
Martin posted notices I'm the pantry that
he would give 500 10 each or MS EN-
ployes that married and an addiuohal
$50 for each subsequent birth, the storA
has handed the sliced lemon TO the
parfaft OF Duckiing Lambertye and all
the other dead ones on the menu.
The harvest began when the walters
came on the Job one day 10 find a big
saster tackled to the pantry wall that
ran.
Ordre de Service Numero Ioa.
A partir de ca jour. tout employe ou
employee du cafe Martin, qui Sc mariera
apres un an de service dams la maison,
recevra une qualification de cent dol
lars GlOOeO
~'-ut employe marie. egalement au
service - "a maison depuis un an. re-
cevra une qualification de cinquante
dollars C5O a la naissance de chaque
Par ordre. J. B. MARTIN.
lie Ter Septembre. 1903,
That was perhaps the most expensive
poster ever designed in little old New
York. At the end OF this month. when
the marriages and births are paid on,
the total cost OF IT will nave touched
the Martin pocket for exactly $500.
or this sum $500 will have been paid
out at marriages. There mas been the
mystic number of tWenty-three births
at $50 per birth and all the returns not
yet In.
NJ Louis Andreys. first saucier cook,
was leading troop OF trained Welsh
rabbits through the pantry on the morn
ing when the Ordre de service numeTo
1l2 was first displayed. The cook
Taused TO investigate when he saw lit
tie Francois Dupin the omnibus, nail
ing the poster 10 the pantry wall with
tack hammer and a blush. Francois
stole away sheepishly and left the first
saucier cook studying the poster
thoughtfuHy
Mamseile Suzanne Appears.
Silently studying. the cook did not
hear "a soft step behind him until the
voice OF Suzanne lacquer the house
keeper. asked anXiously:
''The poster Is II that the reason of to
be. Monsieur Audreys. there is told that
the wages they shall 10 be paid on the
Friday instead of the Saturday,
mo, nam seue." answered NJ. An
dreys Rather fl is that soon there
Will be something doing. In this the
house OF Monsieur Martin hence
There was soft brushing Of wings
against the pantry window and nam 70
selle screamed "OhF IN French as a
great white bird settled suddenly on the
window sill and craned an anxious beak
toward the poster. Nj. Audreys with
drew toward Z he kitchen disCrettly.
Nam 'selle BEGAN 10 count the bundle of
napkins in her hand furiOusly. With
frightened shrieSs the performing Welsh
rabbits scIrried below stairs to their
kennels.
Get $500 Each.
That w5s the beginning Of everything.
on the very next day the first saucier
cook and Mam'sene Suzanne were mar
ried, as the date, September ?, 1905, en-
tered IN the Martin marriage and biFtn
book will show. and each received 500.
A few weeks later the head cashier OF
the TestauTant-WhO admitted yesterday
that the notice had spurred him on. ouJ
refused mis- name-deeided that he
wouldn't let the first saucier cook put
il an over him. Wherefore the cashier
married a pretty French girl whose
name is on champagne bottles Her
fathers brother makes a famous brand.
The first stork that settled on the
pantry window sill a year ago must
have been a lady stork, because il
couldn't keep the glad news 10 itself
For a long time there were only OCca-
siOnal distant Winnings Of gray white
wings 20 teI that the birds had their
eyes on the restaurant and had got the
But time ran on apace The birds
grew bold. Then on a sunny afternoon
In August last a big stOrk was seen
to wheel around and around far up
with strands of the tTicoloT were two
bundles, one 10 each shank
Double Portion for Twins.
Something whispered TO Waiter Gas
ton BOnh0mme that he was wanted at
home. AS he left the restaurant and
hurried over Twenty-siXth street the
bis bird. high above the top of the
Madison Square Garden tower. stopped
It's silly sky wheeling and with slow
flaps Of its great feathered oars pad
died after CASTOR, who was hurrying
were 800 worth OF twins al the Gas
ton Bonhommes. They were cashed al
the desk at the end OF the month as
one double portion, at so per portion
The other twenty-One births have
come IN clusters since the twins ap-
peaTed in the BOnhOmme household
And although the births are bunChinE
q bit. Monsieur Martin smiles 1Oyfully
and says as he signs the checks;
Here Is your gfauhcauoa, Alphonse
congratulations and best wishes. since
your marriage you are better waiter