New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
INCOME OF WAITER
SECRET OF THE Acre
is REVEALED
What "Gorcon Gets IN r;r,
Ho7c He Gets 1t, What
He Docs zcith If.

What DO walters earn in tips? Apos,.-.
IL walters themselves do not know -.
least they will nor admit thar tbsz
Ask one and see Really he cauuo+ ..,,"
one day - good. another bad-usvs- -.
daily account, and 50 On through iur,--.e
able evasions- This Is not satisfacto- =.
uarently their wives DO not know. o5a -.
alleged recently IN her COMPLAIN. n
action for divorce that her husband ,,.s.
500 week This was emphaticzl!v ssrs.s
bv the waiter 'TabUIous-' hs con-.,5.S
Who does know
Much rG-ster-- snshrofI6s t1e rsta-.
earnings Stories grown presumably =, ~
tile ina gination are responsible. Fs- =
stance. ft IS said OF one waiter IN Z u-,-,
inent Broadway restaurant that a. one ~.
hs owned a tenement house ard a -,n.
horse. He admits that MICH but he us,ssIr
z,ppIennents his admission with ~Os -.
was some time ago. But The racehors. A..
m the tenement" Further stories s.-r.r
add to the confusion another waiter o1s-.
ates three taxicabs from z splendid sta-,o-
In 'front.' Of the restaurant where he g On
Moved. But accidents taka all nv o-,s-
rs Is his evasion. Still further. = il s.ss
that any number % waters are vo-.
s. 900. But admit it Never.
The New Yorker. Tho pays the tn.
knows what their total IS. Every day A.
most every step ne takes, he crosses 4.
palm OF an outstrstcled hand with bless
ing Or q mental obfurge-iCn. ASK hin w
he does Il, and he gruuoIes thar ne las %
that its an obligation, that its tad svs
TEN. and all that, huc why 90 into dstais,
Everybody knows about this. who loes rw
play hermit. locked Up IN his Own hous
To fathorn this inscrutable mystery 4.
writer determined 70 grill an experisncss
waiter and. II possible, cosrcs OF ca5oIe tss
information from him. An experiences
waiter was insisted upon. because he alozs
could explain intelIigently what tipvrs
was. how It had grown Up and what cs-s
fits the object OF this bounty received
THE CURTAIN LIFTED.
Burrs's restaurant being the oIde., :
the uptown amusement section. the inqzry
was directed there. Several waters ve-s
discovered who had been employed as g,ct
for The last twenty years. but one. a head
waiter. vho had grown Up from the dtchea
was selected as a. likely and an authorirz-
tive source OF Information His statement
which follows, dissipctes the rlystsrT
which 50 long has surrounded this subject
Twenty years ago waters had 10 troa-
bic in earning SO q DAY, and so-1s sl0as
week. To-Day they raks about IS : "a.
ard sor1e s59 : week ProDortionateis
this IS aocut ons-halS vhat they forr-s-T
made. Many ci-cuns-arCzs, principally r.
gradual evolution % the restaurant. bust
ness. have combined % cause this chaas.
t,- cor S5~4a-71
When. i. 1893. became connected Tf1
Bur1ss- then practically tie only restag
rant II what 1cE may @ tsrTnsd e.
Amusement zone, the restaurant hEs,sss
as - present constituted vas II rs intancg
For instance, service. thai aI-i-n2crtantst
t-r.ic1 WHICH the public Hov- demands, Fs'
unnecessary ;h=-. ! v~zi-s- simply orous1'
the dishes from t-s ki-cEsn and psez
them Leto-e &c 6!2e-- BC- The New 4ofa
- kas si--e t.sccns c,C-e ss]f-indnIgen- II
likes e - rsi-~6 lUoz- Consequently "
vzirr- e. po-= - soup, GU ths nssi
.n1E- J1e c553=e al @,-saS 20 otner h'F
5=+zfi- v-zie5. - = .Ee comfort of y
dire ed ------>s 7-Te size Of ne
his. O. coursz. -----s -lo-e time and l11s
t,e number = pe-sc-= : waiter ca7 SER
Where f5rms--- : water could attend
twelve Ue-so-s q once -oT he cam"
handle -.5re t2en foc- o eTe sac Do 1ns-
ard himself justice
Owing TO 5-zs --Ir-ors-cen II ne =
Of service waters are &c longer sslsete.a
random. Formerly = vas TIE tlat
man could not make q Hvtns at a1!uls
else he could become q waiter aHd w
have no difficulty n securing p0=A
81, ROW q higher standard Is H'a-n'-17.
To become . waiter Ils cand-tate n'1s.s
through 4 course of training n ne So
and 8 At omnibus he must prove 40l-'
| E,-or, t.e i -s-r.f--s.- - at IS q Nsie-