Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1882 — The Head Waiter. [ARTICLE]

The Head Waiter.

Oh, no, my son, that dignified gentleman who looks down upon you with such majestic complacency, who possesses the grace of Apollo Belvidere, the proud front of Jove and the equanimity of the mummified remains of Barneses the First —that sublime personage, my son, is not an Emperor, King, Prince or President of some powerful nation, neither is he the owner of countless millions, nor the landlord of this caravansary. He is far above all thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. He is mightiest in the mightiest. Look at him, my son, and tremble. Behold the head waiter, and shrink into nothingness before his transcendent grandeur and—cheek.— Boston Transcript.