The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-27

Thousands of pieces of silverware in New York hotels and restaurants are stamped Milford" through the work of William T. Hoyt of Laurel Beach, who is the hotel representa- tive of the International Silver Co. of Maiden Lane, New York City, and who last year became the head of the Reward, Inc-," with .headquar- ters in Milford. The word Reward, Inc, Milford. Conn.," stamped on silverware Is protection against the stealing or talk ing of souvenirs of hotel ano res prosecutes to the fullest extent any one found with silver so stamped in | their possession.
 The Horn x Hardart company | have put in this protecting stamp in | all their restaurants, they having al | together Is different restaurants in New York, but the house at 250 West 42nd street is entirely furnished with l this protecting stamp. This place is l in the theatrical district and Suppos- edly has a greater loss than any other restaurant in New York. Hitherto the loss has been 100 pier cent. per year. that is, every spoon, ork and knife | that has been put in has been taken | before the end of the year. Frank | Hardarts has just had exhaustive report made and it develops that the total loss for 1920 has been as fol- lows:
 Knives, only 1-4 doz: forks. only 1 1-2 doz.: teaspoons, none; dessert spoons, none.
 This condition is the most remark able showing, considering the cir cumstances, and worthy of comment because it is known that hotels like the Vanderbilt have lost in one year
 1000 dozen knives and 1,TO0 dozen forks when they did not have this
 protection stamp.
 The same thing proved true with | a 1,a ing 30 restaurants who have used the
 same protecting stamp with the re- . suit that no silver has been taken.
 It would be well to note that the Ex-
 change Buffet. have no walters, the
 people helping themselves to food and silver, and would naturally be more apt to take silver than other , wise.
 The Reward, Inc,,' stamp which protects these people. reads as foi- lows, on the back of the silver: $ Should this silver be found out : side of our service, notify immedi-
 ately the Reward, Inc, Milford, Con.
 necticut.''
 I Great Loss
 . The Caterer. publication for ho.
 tels and restaurants, has the follow. : ing interesting article:
 a Hotels, clubs and restaurants ex : perlnce annually, great losses in sil V verware through the purIoining hab f its of their employees and guests I
 
 I Of even very reputable guests that tn,
 silver service not only belongs to tn, p hotel but is needed by the hotel fcI V the purposes of serving it's guests : This is truer now because of tn, n scarcity of material and of labor fo Il the producing of articles of that kind
 It is estimated by experienced ant Q careful hotel men that no hotel siI h Verware is allowed to wear itslef ou ;. in the service of the house. Tn , very costly ware of this kind bough . for the opening of new house ha l. all been either lost by carelessness O = stolen before it will have run its nat
 ural life out in wear.
 = Hotels find this fact not only an l. moving but very expensive. Tin Y house must pay a. 5 per cent war ta. n on it's silver at the time of purchase
 must pay per cent war tax on al
 replacement silver bought to take tn l. place of tha (which Is stolen | = other words, the hotel has to buy it O silver twice over because of thievin e of silver, flat and hollow, from it 2 ta bleS or rooms or kitchens and ha IS isinal purchase and one on tn Is amount to take it's place when farti = cles disappear
 Added to this. is the embarras ss
 ment experienced in not being able i n these harsh war times and scarcit s. of material and labor to buy silver l. ware to take the place Of that whic l. has been stolen by the guest or tn
 employe. The hotel is, against ii
 will, forced to give an impaired an i- insufficient service.
 a The International Silver Go. is on n of the very largest producers of he 1t tel silverware in the world. Wm. l, Hoyt is the manager of it's Hotel De s. partment in this city. MT. Hoyt ha