Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1915 — Why New York City Has So Many Wealthy Waiters [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Why New York City Has So Many Wealthy Waiters

NEW YORK.—This city is the greatest dining-out place In the world. Every diner has his favorite place to go, and above all, his favorite waiter. To the regular patron this model Bervitor Is the paragons of aU the virtues of

walterdom. He knows what you like and how you like it and recommends some special dish to your jaded palate In such a confidential way that you can almost taste it before it’s served. And while you are eating, this softvoiced, clever-smiling servitor is always sympathetic when you tell him any of your troubles. He laughs at your jokes, pets and pampers you. He is always right at your elbow to attend to the hundred little things

you may need. “The best dinner in the world,” the diner will tell the waiter when through. He has lost his grouch and is ready to look at the world with a smile. The waiter knows the trick of reaching a man through his stomach. That is why you hear of so many rich waiters. All these favorite bill of fare jugglers have salted their little roll and every one of the well-known restaurants have from half a dozen to a dozen thrifty waiters who own choice real estate. Apropos of this an interesting story is told that happened at Delmonico’s. Seven or eight financiers were dining there. During the course of the dinner the host told his friends about the difficulty he had experienced in securing a vacant lot which Joined his house on one of the side streets off Central Park east “I don’t know who owns it,” he went on, “but I’ve offered the real estate broker $55,000 for it.” “Beg pardon,' whispered the old gray-haired waiter who had been serving them; "beg pardon, but I own the lot you refer to. My broker never told me about any such offer, and if I can see you tomorrow I guess we can come to some agreement”