The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18

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over odds and ends. If some Of 1t IS
left over the second time it is treated
with some Drowned flour and red pep
per and christened "Goulash." Be
cause of this many Of the employees
buy their meals outside. except the
more shrewd ones. who obtain their
food in the house by bribing the
cooks and otherwise.
Unlike the clean and safe appear
ance of the upper floors Of a big hotel.
the places where the help of these
hotels assemble to lake their meals
and change their clothes are often IN
sanitary firetraps. These nelps
halls are generally fOund in the
basement of the sub-baSeInent Of the
hotel near the engine room or the
laundry.
Sanitary laws are not closely OBJ
served and no protection is provided
for hotel employees. In case Of fire
the cooks and the employees who hap
pen to be in the helps hall or dress
ing room Of the average hotel GOULD
have to run half a city block and
up a flight of stairs before they would
reach the only exit provided for about
a thousand help. Why cannot the
factory laws be applied in these
kitchens. where there are always a
hundred or more men at work.
ne ut1D : nan really are OIIy
visited by employees. who can find no
other way Of satisfying their hunger,
and by those who bring down the
remnants Of food left by guests in the
dining room. n many Of them feed
on these remnants.
AXE a waiter who has Just COM
pleted serving a party with a con
ventional dinner of from six to ten
courses. He had to run bout a mile
to get together these dishes from
various departments of the house. At
ter about two hours of continuous
running. when he is all through with
this party, he wants something to
satisfy his own hunoa He goes
down to the helps hall, where wait
ing for him is stuff which is not
eatable.
What do YOU think he does? He
takes the first thing in sight that is
eatable, hides in some corner and
eats 1t. And SO one can see in one
corner a bus boy dissecting a couple
OF squads: in another corner a waiter
removing from the inside pocket Of
his coat a cold slice of roast beef:
from the rear stairs some one has
handed a chambermaid a chicken en-
carrerole and a pot of tea. and a little
further one can see the bartender
exchange something with a cook for
d pOTl1Ou Oh lobster SdldU. i0SSe
temptations would not exist if the en-
ployes found something eatab!e wait
ing for them.
Their Wages and Fines.
When a waiter IS hired to wait on
the guests of a big club, or when he
is hired by q hotel run On the Ameri-
q plan. or by another establish
ment where tipping is not n vogue
his wages are from $40 to $50 {
J month pnnd fnn6 G nd y,ricnr-, Who,
a waiter is hired by the oWner Of c
: dining room which Is run a la carte
where every meal is paid for separate.
~ and the waiter is tipped. the owner
' Of such a place cuts the waiter!
. wages in half. supplies him with M
! uniform and gives him food" as de
S scribed above. Besides that, a waite,
who receives tips must share then
. with his assistant. the bus boy. Tn
waiter is subject to fines. must pa.
e for breakaEe. for lost checks. whethe
e such checks have been paid by tn
customer or not; must take one o
two meals outside. and he must pa,
e two or three carfares a day comini
to and going from his work.
9 The tbs which the waiter receive
o take the places Of the wages which
o the owner Withholds owing to sue
o These meagre wages In tn
h form OF tips are still further cut dow
e by some headwaiters.
D Many big hotels have from 100 t
200 banquet parties every year. Fo
these ban0uets extra" walters ar
r hired: that is to say. walters who ar
st out Of steady employment. The
g must appear in full dress and. G
e course, clean shaver and were highl
a polished shoes. Carfare added to tn
brings the incidental expenses Of eac
st waiter for such a banquet UP abo,
N rs cents. All a waiter receives fo
rs serving C a banquet Is 81. Fac
IT waiter must serve from ten to sixtee
y, guests.
TT They DOn't Share on Lump Tips.
And how o the tips? When tn
IN banquet walters have served the co,
fee they must cay the banquet ha
m by order Of the headWaiter. Tho.
that are extra men are paid Off an
m sent home and those that are ''hou:
ne men must return to their station
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