The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 16, 1920, Image 16
A TIP FROM
THE WAITRESS
By HAYDEN J. PRICE
(0, 1920, by McClure Newspaper Syndlcato.)
Jimy Dale and Elsle Thompson
were among the thousands of young
people whose betrothal was hastened
,by the departure of the young man
in the case for France.
They had become engaged in May
f 1918, two weeks before Jimy left
to take out a year's membership In the
A. RD. IA In fact, it was June, 1919,
when Jimmy got out of the army and
rediscovered the function of taste as a
*ienns of enjoying one's meals. It
ws July when he went back to the
lttllit.-b
Elsle also worked in an office in
.New York. But Elsie was essentially
n hoime-builder; hers was the 'domestle
temperament. Of course, she believed
in suffrage, and wias eager for the vote,
but teninueramtentally shp was nt stlit
ed for forum or saphox-ally the
same thing. She looked forward to
building a home. As she commnuted
from Long Islatnd her ride home at
evening was spent in anaticlpating the
day when she'd he able to say to her
self as she rode to work: "The last
day of this."
But Elsie and Jiminy, like thou
ands of other young couples through
out the land, had to face the inev
itable econoinIc readjustment follow
Ing the war. When Jimmy had gone
Into service he had itbeen only a year
out of college, and as he had begun
at the bottom with a large corpora
tion, his salary was such that he was
not rated high in Bradstreet's. The
year and more that he spent In the
army hadn't exactly helped matters
In this rega rd, eliter. Jinu11 ' pay
In France had gone to buy omelets
In order to stuipplement the mess hall
fare.
When he got back to civil life
Jimnmy wvent hack to the corporation.
Ills salary was higher, but It was still
fari froim I iupressive. So Jiminy and
Elsie found themselves in a rather
complex psychologi cal situation. They
had been engaged nearly two ytar-s,
1und Jilumy's salary was no(et enough
for two to live on, even if they bought
their clothes at fire sales and had eggs
but once a week. < -... : ..
There coies, in the psychological de
velopment of love, a tide In the af
fairs of men (and w w) Which must
t.. t: V
7
I v~
"What is It-4Is it for Me?"
he taken~ at usIkoi n t ie.h-r ice avoid
in ra ct in I0 V and tole t e; ~ t~lime,
Such t tiii w~ culienn in th lo I ve oif
I. oI..l of' youtt'h I they doieih'd to
a ni .dl wlmi I m teantt fori Elsie to
I one i it haittt ti i p ted foi -elmtition,
The yuglvrie tno vr
ventilIy i'eo teo their rescti oif
fleeds. 'lTy tookil thle sam ta lei daily
ten-coent tilt. A\oe-Ss fruomt th' at
grumff but proispeirouts manti satt tnhly. lie
could a fford a moet petten tltius res
ttiurant, Ibut patrn ilzedi thi' :\layfIlower
becautse of Its contventient(e to his brioke
erage :fllce. 11 is grull'tess vwas in
of .Jimmy and Eisie~, ad nto onie rer.1
',ied thtis miore tanI the wat itress.
Kniowinrg from the sntatchei (if conver
satin thlat thle younrg lovers were none
too peroeperouts, ande atlsoe that th Ie long
dled (i h marriage wats ait laist to take
pl ace about four mtoth ls henice, the
wal tre'ss, atn i neuranble romntle , ri
aented thoe grufh' old tuan's pr'osperil y.
If she had bail the power she would
have transferred hIs prospeilty to the
young lovers.
Now the waitr'ess knew thant every
penny counted wvith them. 11er symnpa
thetle Interest in thtelr r'omance led
to a curious reaetion agaitnst the gruff
mant who sat opposite. She decided
to save each dany the quarter tip the
gruff Air. Barker left her and also
save the ten-cent til) that .Jlimmfy left .
h 'nty-flye cents from Mir. Barker was
no~ pinich at all. .Jlmmy and EsIRe, by
eomparlson of lncrines, were far mnor'e
generous, Alto figured. Mtary Ilogan
then deelded to sayVe Jimmy's dime
and Mr. Barker's quat eaich day
The mlonths went by, as months in.
variably do. The end of June %Vas
only a week away and Jimmy and
Elsie became more engrossed in each
other every day. Alary Hogan felt jus
titled in catching a phrase of their
conversation now and then, for she
wanted to know just what day the
wedding was going to take place. She
eventually heard tile date. It was to
be June 18--a week away. That night,
In her little room, Mary Hogan count
ed the silver in a little metal box.
Jimny's dimes for 100 days and Mr.
Barker's quarters for 90 days came
to the neat sum of $32.50. Mary
sniled to herself in anticlpation of
the surprise that she would see on
the faces of the young pair.
On June 27, two days before the
big event, Mary took the little metal
box to the restaurant with her. When
Jimmy and Elsie cane in they greet
ed her more pleasantly than ever.
When Mr. Barker came in he was
gruffer than ever. Mary herself was
almost happler than ever. Jimmy and
Elsie finished their lunch sooner than
Mr. Barker.
Just as Jimmy reached for his straw
hat Mary placed the little box in front
of him.
"Open it," she said to Jimmy.
"What is it-is it for ile?" asked
Jinimny, puzzled.
"No," said Mary, with a trace of
brogue, "It's for both of you. Open
lb." .Tlmmy lifted the lid. in the box
I, atn( Elsie slw%- liies anld quarters,
Severalll handfuls of theti.
"What on earth is this?" asked
Jinmiy.
"Read the paper and see," answered
Mary.
There wisi a little folded piece of
paper on top of the coins. Jimmy
oliened the note and read:
")ear Jimmy and Elsie: I knew
hack in February that you were going
to be marriel in June. And It takes
money to be arri'd. So I've saved
all t ld' illmes youl left 1ue as, tips and
all the quarters that old grouch across
the way lef? me. Ie only left tips
so he'd get quicker service, anyway.
"In this box are the dines and quar
ters-$32.50. I want to give them to
you both is a little wedlding gift in
return for- tle nice way you i speak to
me wlen you come in every day. Good
luck to you hoth-and my blessing.
Very sincerely, MARY UOOAN."
Jimmy and Elsle could hardly
speak their gratitude, but each man
aped to mutter something. As the
three of thern stood there the gruff Mr,
Barker looked at them with beetled
brows as thougI rosenting their joy.
With i final handshake Jimmy and
fIste said1 good-by to Mary for a
week. Mary made It very clear that
only thq pres3euge of Qhe other lunch
ers prevented her from kissing them
both. As she looked after the happy
lovers she said, quietly, to herself:
,"For there's nothi half so sweot iW
'.. life,
A91ove's young dream."
"What's that?" said the gruff Mr.
Barker.
"I was asking yoi if yout cared for
any dessert today," replied Mary,
"N'o--none today," harkild Mr,
Barker.
Matry smiled. She was keenly enjoy
ing Mr. Barker's Ignorance of the fact
tit all his quarters slice the middle
of Februatry--$22.50 of them-had jist
br-en carried oit by .immy Diale..
When .Jimimy git idk to lite oflice
he luud a chaniice to count the motney.
I I, isci(overedO an e'rror in Ma)ry's aec
cOuin mi g, fior iiimti'ad of $32.50m he. suml
waIs S15. I1 h( ad ten miinu11ti's left
of his luncht hour,,a znd hr. ihurried over
tor the Mnyfloiwier. Marly was1 wviing
of't tihe marbih- toip of a tabile whea
.Titiimy spiil her.
"Miss lItngan, ther'l-ias W,5S5 ini that
boi x. inst e'ad of $:t2.50."~
"'Sure I k now it.'" saLId Ma r'y, sIlinJg.
"Thei evtra: $2.~,0 Is ai liirio s'inIE'in~g
from ine. It'll buy soniingit--if
oly a it of Iinigiere for your bide
"I-,y Geo~rge, you're ai briek." said
.rnuoy.
''No."' an~we'red Mary llo~m. ''No,
I'mi ily a girl who almlos( .golt mlar
WAYS OF CLEANING MARBLE
Grease Spots May I~e Removed: Com
pletely If the Following Dic-.
tions Are Observed.
Thei' follin~tg moethods of r'eming
grn;sii spol fr'oml marlE~ larE fromn
reEl liis p1ulb .i'ed in P'opulIari Meehun-11
hes Maigaz/ine. If' the spoits are fr'eshi,
trll them with ai eet h tat lhas been
peatIing several t 11is, Ii ll bru'ish with
soa and)1111 wvaierI. If the sp ot s ar- old,
briushi ener0Ige't llly wih Ii ldiilled wa
teor and~ theii finest Frenchi iila stEr), then
bleachl withl Iachlorlble olf limeai on1 a white
(clothl. If the0 piee of mar tbte is smali
Enouimgh, soak it for a fewv boutrs tl re
Anoth1 lerl me't hod is as follows: Sat
urtatE falli'" cart h withi equal parts
of soap linime'nt, ammniaf~il and water;
appliy to thle gr'ense spot and~ press
wvith aiI hot smlooiting Irlonl. RUtew
the soltion l al fHIt evaporates. Whlena
wipied off (try the' stain will n'imost
halve disappeared. A few (lays later,
when more oil wiili have worked its
way to the surface, repeat the treat
ment. A few repetitions will sufilce.
Absent-Mlnded Man.
"Rather absent-minded, Isn't he?"
"IExtremely so I Why, the other
night when he got h ome lie knew there
was something he wanted to do, but
he couldn't remember what It was un
til he had sat up over an h~our trying
to think I"
"And did he finally remember It?"
"Yea-h-le discovered that he want.
ed to no to hed early"-.Londemi it.
Over-Education a Perit?
Have you ever read what Rlenan
said of over-education? Well, hero it
is: "A great danger impends beeause
the accumulation of knowledge and
power Is unlimited, while the human
Intellect does not expand. There is
reason to fear that the human brain
may collapse under its own burden;
that there may come a moment when
its very proVress spells Its ultimate
decadence. It will be like an equa
tion that carries Its limits within its
own statements."-Los Angeles Tia'e.
Early Days of Tobacco.
While tobacco was getting a foot
bold in lEngland marvelous mediclimil
;rojrties were ascribed to It. and un
til Raleigh blew smoke ostentation'Iy
f-om his nostrils because lie liked it
tho nddi'cts of the time usuntly pro
fesssed to be smoking for the good of
their health. By the year 2614 the
number of tobacconists In and About
Lord v)%r, estimnated at 7.000. Just
boore ti , t time began the "great t4
bacco -o- eution."
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