Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1918 — SHE WAS [?] ROUD WAITRESS [ARTICLE]

SHE WAS [?] ROUD WAITRESS

Girl Drafted <. IWet an Emergency b.Jitv'.d to f.ck Up Fork x jJ. f, Dnjptsd try. Guest. The pride of the average, American girt Is quite as noticeable among farmers’ daughters as any other class. This Is illusti-uted by the’ experience of a resident ot a neighboring state who, according to Osteopathic Magazine, with a week-end company of guests on his hands, was left on Saturday without a waitress to serve the elaborate meals that had been planned. After a good deal of persuasion he succeeded In getting the consent of a neighboring farmer’s daughter to help out in the emergency although she had "never done anything of the kind. He assured her she would be well paid and that all she would have to do would be to answer the call of the bell, perform the required service and leave the room. As the company was seating itself at the table one of the men hit 1 a fork with his elbow, knocking it to the floor. The host touched the bell and as the doqr into the kitchen opened and the .gfrl stuck her head Inquiringly into the room, he said: “The gentleman dropped a fork,” indicating the location with a motion of his hand. The girl stepped fully into the room and with mingled astonishment and Indignation said: “You don’t mean ter say you rung that bell Just ter have me come In an’ pick up that fork, do yer? Of all things! If he’s too lazy to pick It up himself, you can let It' lay there. I won’t touch it.” Then she made a hurried exit, banging the door. Hilarious a mild term to apply to the uproar that followed, and the discomfited host joined Id the merriment.