The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-12
GIFTS HAVE MADE
WATERS WEALTHY
Head Ones In Big Hotels
Mass Up Neat
Sums.
STOCK TIPS CUT FIGURE
EXPLORER TURNS WAITER TO
GET MONEY FOR TRIP.

wives OF walters at taShtOnADle rSsNAh-
rants have been getting into the habit
OF having their husbands arrested for
nOn-suppOrt, and particularly since one
waiter testified that he only got so a
mVnth IN wages. and magistrate tried
10 get him TO tell how much ne re-
ceived In tips, there has been growing
curiosity as to just how much money
waiter in a popular restaurant cOi
lects from the public.
Head walters. OF course, are in class
by themselves. When Mr.. Tschirky.
the manager OF the Waldorf in New
York. was Oscar, the head waiter. he
was credited with the possession OF q
fortune accumulated partly from cash
tips and partly from getting In on the
ground floor In some stock deal by the
aid OF verbal tips given him by crate
full market operators whom he had In
troduced to marvels In dinners.
Then there is Joseph Elsler. the head
waiter of the Holland house cafe. who
once made $4,000 in North Butte. He
has wide acquaintance among men of
means A $40 tip is not uncommon In
his experience, and he is credited by
those knowing him with the possession
OF a fortune. which invested in real es-
tate and bonds, is the equivalent of
something like 100000.
One day not long ago he was seen to
20 up to the office desk at the Holland
house and ask for his strong box from
the safe. He opened IL. took out a hand
full of bonds. went away and busted
himself for a time cutting coupons.
asked.
This Is a bad month. only cut off
next month
II the Identity OF some OF the men
who are working as walters in New
York restaurants could be established
Il would be found that a scion of more
than one old German or Italian OF Hun
gariah house Is earning his living H.
this way Not long ago a man who had
attained some little fame as an explorer
and had been honored by election e.
membership in q distinguished Euro
pean scientific body. was discovered
why. what are you doing hereg'' h.
was asked.
Il am trying to get enough money
together to do some more exploring.
was the reply. Il exhausted my means
on the last trip because exploring costs
a lot OF money, and as waiting Is about
the only other trade OF profession l
know anything about l decided TO fol-
I am too well known In certain cap
| it3ls to attempt Il on the other side.
and as know how much money Ameri-
cans give away 10 tips, ] decided TO
come over here. I am already captain
and you viii find that ] am not above
taking tips.
Yes. I saw that Hawtrey play about
/ the prince who became a waiter. and
I my Job appeals TO my sense Of humor.
] At the same time Il Is profitable You
I are the first man that has recognized
\ Every once in a while a story comes
out about some German baron who. dis
/ guised as a walter. Is earning his Nv
] ing In restaurant here. on the other
hand. Il not infreduently happens that
| some waiter poses as a baron after he
has DOTTED hts apron.
| A music teacher was telling a story
| the other day about a former pupil OF
/ hers. When he came 10 her 60 take
I vocal lessons. she noticed that his card
I bore won upon u. which Is the Ger
] nnfRnf of inability and he 70
\ as his address one of the fashionable
\ New York hotels. He was handsome
I well dressed, carried himself with dis
\ tinction- and after a time began to
\ make an impression upon the music
teacher. who was rs or Whereabouts
/ One day he did not appear for his
\ usual lesson After few days a letter
came from him saying that he was IN
l In her solicitude the teacher decided to
\ call at the hotel. find out how her
/ pupil was getting along and leave a
\ She entered the hotel and asked II
\ she could send a message TO Mr.. Won
4 The clerk looked over his list and
said there was no such person stopping
In the house.
II But there must be-" the teacher In
sisted. and the clerk looked again.
II Then a thought struck him. and he
/ asked the caller to be seated while he
\ made further Inquiry. He called NJ
II the head waiter and was informed that
/ a man Of the name given. but without
1 room as walter. but was away for a
The clerk broke the news to the
II teacher gently. She took a hard. Her
romance was gone. She summoned her
I strength TO write note. which she left
and the vocal lessons we're discon-
\ tinued.
II The head waiter at one of the mos,
\ fash ionable of New York hotels. who
has been in New York long enough to
go through all the stages in a restau-
- frrnr mil
public has an exaggerated Idea as to
the amount OF tips a waiter receives.
III Il have worked In some of the biggest
and most popular restaurants here" he
said. "and I know that. including his
salary. no waiter makes more than from
SIPS to $3.50 a month.
In the first place, in good restau-
| rant. walter seldom has more than
two tables TO take care Of His salary
| Is S2b a month. OF II may be $50. He
has to pay his omnibus usually 81 a
day. sometimes more.
| '~The proportion OF people who give
/ more than a quarter a head for a tip is
smaller than Is generally believed
though In some OF the Broadway res
tips sometimes run pretty high. Then
you have to reckon on the man who
never lever tips, and he SIN exists:
ried and have families to support.
/ There may be some who try to be
sports. but their number is limited
]
creasing cost of living In New York. "a
costs even the average waiter a good
/ deal TO support his family.
| "At the same time the average waiter
II at heart q gambler. He likes to get
/ money easily, and he likes to play the
horses. During the racing season in
I some restaurants you will find that al
most every walter has a dollar or more
/ up on some horse every day.
Some kind patron fancies a horse
/ and mentions its name 20 the waiter
and the latter plays II. OF course he
generally loses Then some walters try
I to get next to men who profess to
know the market
some stock that Is TO go soaring 20 to
some stock that Is to go soaring 40 to
/ so points. and the waiter, who may
have saved up 500 or $500. or even
$1,000. plunges on a margin Occa-
sionally he makes some money. but n
l he gets a second crack at the market
he buys the wrong thing and his last
dollar Is gone.
Even when ne has perhaps saved up
few hundred more and gets another