The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-25
Food Bearers on Steamer
Peoria Loose Patience,
With Pencil Showers.
PRESIDENT PRESTON
PREVENTS WALK0UT
Walters, Whipped, Return to
Work, But Serve Liquid Butter
and Ice Cream.


ISOLATION, 200 strong, concluded busy
afternoon and evening here with a
garden party at the Normal school
last night. The visitors returned to
the steamboat Peoria shortly before
II o'clock last night and a short time
later, the steamer backed into the cur
rent and began it's journey back to
st. Louis.
The editors and their families reach
ed Cape Girardeau shortly before
noon, and were met by j. H. McPher-
son, president of the Commercial Club,
and number of. business men, who
Joined the Illineisans at the MONDAY
feast.
While the dinner was in progress,
the story of an incident, which came
near reaching tragic proportions, was
revealed. The editors-that is a ma
jority of them-are opposed to tipping
walters, and the regular income of 4
Peoria steamboat waiter is not suffi-
cient to support him in the style which
he prefers, and that was where the rub
came.
Friday night the walters lavished
attention upon the scribes, expecting
20 be literally rewarded. One by one
the pencil showers removed his lower
extremities from under the table and
strolled away without Seeing" the
walters. Word was sent out that the
walters would refuse to serve dinner
unless they were assured that the ed
itors would "come across" with lit
tie appreciation"
1t was a regular knockout blow 70
the scribes, who sent for President S.
D. Preston, and requested him to see
the captain, which he did. From the
captain he went to the chef and then to
the head waiter. Tho food bearers re-
luctantly submitted, but when dinner
was served upon, reaching this city,
the lack of attention was noticeable.
When the butter came in, some of the
editors commented upon the fact that
it resembled soup.
The editors tabooed the butter kniv-
es and used spoons when they wanted
to spread it upon the bread Those
who eat butter only when it is cold
enough to Stand alone, snubbed the
liquid butter, thinking that the re-
frigerator had sprung a leak.
The next course was ice cream and
cake. The cake was of the usual va
riety, but the cream was suffering
from the oppressive heat. 1t was
served in ice cream dishes, but some
of the editors thought it should have
been served in tumblers. The cream
was not eaten. 1t was drunk.
After dinner the editors were taken
to the Park Theater, where they were
the guests of Freeman and Strain, and
at tn conclusion of the show, went for
an automobile ride, which lasted two
hours. The evening meal was consum-
ed on the boat and from the river the
editors were conveyed to the Normal
school in private street cars, where a
garden party was given by the Com
Club. Several speeches were
made by the Cape Girardeau business
men, to which Major T. Galbraith re-
sponded.
Mr.. Galbraith said:
This week I had letter from J. n.
Moore, a lawyer of Corning, Ark, a
graduate of the State Normal Univer-
sity at Carbonate, ILL.,, in which he
stated he had Just found in an old
family Bible, sent him by relative,
an old badge given US at the time he
and l "orated" at the Southeast Mis-
souri, State Normal School at Cape
Girardeau in 1892, at which time we
replied to the addresses of welcome.
The occasion was a visit of the State
Normal University of Carbonate to
the State Normal School of Cape Cir
ardeau. Twenty-thrce years have
changed Cape Girardeau greatly. 1t
reminds me somewhat of Yon Yonsen's
testimony before the Coroner's Jury.
Yon testified:
"a bane walking railroad with Ole
Oleson. Hear train come, toot! toot !.
A get off one side. Train pass. A get
back on track. No see Ole. A walk
down track, see Ole ARM Walk on
down track, see Ole leg. A walk on
down track, see Ole head; and dan A
tank something mos of happen to
OLE
At my last visit to Cape Girardeau
l found sleepy, little river landing
and now we find beautiful, enter