The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-06
WILKINS THE WAITER
BY MONA cowLEs.

ith Ill right dDOut you IeliOWb De
Ing college chaps" the hotel propri
etors had told William wilkins thu
day he signed the contract but IL
something you will have TO keep tt
yourself. Don't let anyone here at the
hotel hear about 1t. You see another
time l had d bunch Of fellows from
college and the girls In the hotel found
II out and, being little short OF regu-
lar men that summer, why those girls
Just kept my walters 80 busy with ten
nis and boating and dancing that the
rest Of the folks at the hotel next
without getting waited on at ALL"
"That's all right" wilkins assured.
"We won't bother the guests Of the
hotel. OF course, you haven't any OBJ
jections to our leaving when work Is
over and forgetting the dignity OF our
Office occasionally"
William wilkins played his role Of
head waiter to perfection. One day
toward the close of the season d very
pretty, rather out-of-breath young girl
approached him at luncheon time.
"You are the head waiter, aren't
your" the girl asked, and then, as he as
sured her that that was his dignity, she
went on: swell, I've got proposition
to put up to you and some Of your
men. It's for tomorrow night. after
dinner. 1t is work that Is little out
Of your line, but you Will be paid
well. You see, we want fifteen of your
best looking men. You must be one
of them, to play the role Of college
men. The dance begins at nine. I
time"
'Of course, Wen consider 1t, ma am,
though 1t Is asking good deal Of
waiters-to go out and dance that
way" wilkins hesltated, suppresslng
smile. "Of course, IL l do say 1t,
we're pretty good at wearing dress
clothes"
'That's just why I decided to get
you men to do the work. If you prom
Use we are willing to pay five dollars a
man and ten dollars for you"
Bradley's Women's college, In sum-
mer session, was only six miles away
from the Beachvlew hotel, and the
next night wilkins and Is of his wait
ers We're gathered In immaculate eve
ming dress inside the coy rooms of the
Alpha sorority house by the time the
clock pointed to nine. The girl who
had arranged the deal, radiant In
white lace and lawn and pink roses,
was the first Of the Alpha girls to
greet them. She took the headwaiter
aside to explain. II may as well tell
you," she said. "what has happened. |
We Alphas were giving a weekend for |
some of our younger grads and the
Betas learned about 1t. The Betas
ire our deadly rivals" she explained.
AS soon as they found out the date
We had set for our dance they got up
/ dance of their own for the same
light and asked every eligible, pro-
lessor and man In town and got their
before our invitations were
,ut even. They did it just to be
mean. Well, that left us high and dry.
We got our invitations all out before
We knew about the trick the Betas
lad played and for the ten of US and
he fifteen guests we had but ten men,
nd that was counting two hopeless
Id bachelors on the faculty and my
wn small brother that has never been
o party before In his life. We alb
olutely had to have fifteen more men.
low you know what you are supposed
o do. l am sure If all you men are
s good limitations Of the real college
IAN as you look you Will be sue
ess."
1t was toward the close Of the last
ance and the girl wasn't dancing. AS
hartman there were so many details
DR. her to attend to. Then, from the
ancers, her attention was attracted
D a woman not In evening dress who
dvanced from the entrance hall to-
ard her. 1t was the deans secre-
iry.
IT wanted to tell you" she said as
he sat down beside the girl. that
he dean has heard that you girls are
living dance tonight to which you
ouldn't get any other men, so you got 9
troupe Of hotel walters. One of the 7
eta girls found 1t out and, Of course,
he went and told the dean at once.
ont know what action will be taken, II
ut the dean wants you to report at II
err house the first thing In the morn II
g." II
Just then the head waiter whose II
lrtner had excused herself, came III
ward the girl. She turned to him
nd asked the secretary to repeat to
m the alarming news she had
fought.
"Will you take this message back to
le DEAN" he said. Tell her that
lie Alphas have had company Of II
alters here" The girl tried to stop II
m. but he went on-"tell her that the II
Iphas have been dancing with those H
alters all the evening. but that those II
alters, like myself, are students II
hose disgrace-Of course we call IL III