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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-8-1, Page 7I ?ti OUT WAITER SER VES TIlE KING TELLS DP THE 'ID.UTIES HE HAS TO PERFORM. 6,000 Pierce of Gold Plate Used at Coronation Dinner at Bucks Ingham. Palace. "I am one of those waiters who are employed by all the great res- taurants and large caterers who nook after the big zntertaininents given by the very well-to-do in the way of balls, big dinner parties, garden parties and yachting par- ties," said a restaurant free lanee 'waiter to a. London (England) re- porter. "I am out six days a week and sometimes seven, during the Bea- ton, When the King gives an en- tertainment at Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace, from 50 to 100 out `waiters are often requisitioned to ,help the permanent staff of Royal Servants. My duties at the Royal entertainments consisted simply in helping to polish the -gold plate and wash the glass and china. "On the occasion of the ,great Coronation dingier at Buckingham. Palace last year I went to the Pal- ace at 10 in the morning, and I and About 30 *there were employed un- til 0 o'clock in the evening in pol- Iuliiing the massive gold plate dinner service and BIG GOLD TABLE PIECES. There were 0,000 separate pieces to be polished, This was done, of vourse, under the enpervision, of one of ` the Royal servants. Then we were drafted into a sort e! huge scullery, "where there were a dozen big, white -tiled {;inks, with hot and cold water taps, "There was an immense table in. the centra of the room, laden with exit glass tumblers, decanters and glasses. There were about a, oou- ple of thousand of them, which we had to wash and polish, and after dinzler they had to be washed and polished again. ?`One of the most splendid enter- tainments I was ever at 'was given by a great millionaire at his home in Carlton Rouse terrace, where a fountain, which had been put in the supper room specially for the occa- sion, kept throwing up a spray of iced scented water" throughout the evening, and made the air of the room beautifully cool, This, I be- lieve, cost the giver of the enter- tainment £200 for the hire of it for the night. "Often 1 go to a big country house for a ball or dinner party. Sometimes 30 or 40 out waiters will go down by special train, taking all the plate and glass required for the entertainment, for, of course, few even of the very richest people keep enough .plate and glass to do for an entertainment at which SOME 400 OR 500 GUESTS may sit clown to supper. .All the plate sent out on hire is solid silver, and is in charge of the head ivaiter, who is responsible for its safety, and he has to see every piece count- ed into the packing eases when the entertainment is aver. "At all these big entertainments given by the 'very welleto-do there are always some detectives present, whose duty it is to keep a watch on us. This is as much for our pro- tection as anything else, so we don't object, because, if anything is taken the detectives can testify 'that. none of the out waiters, at all events, touched it. "We don't get much in tips, but a smart out waiter gets better paid than an ordinary waiter, and he Eczema'25 Years Cured ,fig�urs�� Mmo. J. 3114, / Montroat Le-iLle Raw Flesh from Knee Dowa "1 have been treated by doctors fon twenty-five' years for a bad case of eczema onmy leg. They did their best, but failed to cure it. My own doctor had advised mo to have my leg cut off, but 'I said I would try the Cuticura Remedies first: He said. 'try them' if'you• like but I do not think they will do any good.' At this time my leg' was peeled from the knee down, my foot was like a piece of raw 'flesh and 1 had to walk on crutches. "I bought a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box., of Cuticura Ointment and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent. After the first two treatments the swelling went down and intwo months' use of the Cuticura Remedied my leg was cured and the new skin grown on: The doctor `could not' believe hk own eyes when he sato' • that Cuticura had cured me and said that he would use Cuticura : for his : own patients. 'But for the Cuticura' Remedies'%'might-have lost' my life. 1 am truly grateful for the wonderful cure that' Cuticura` wrought and I:always recommend it mosthighly' ala sure • end economical cure for skin troubles," 4. (Signed) Mme. J. B. Renaud, 277 ilentana (6t., Montreal. For more than a generation Cuticura Soap ,t;nd Ointment have afforded the speediest nd most economical treatment for skin and tlalp humors. Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, For a,liberal sample of each, r,ith 32-p, book, send to Potter D. & C. AI Up., 49 Columbus Ave., Boston, U. S. A. may rise to the, position of mana- ger of the out staff, when he would get £300 to £400 a year." FIIIMBLES 228 YEARS OLDS They Are. Symbol of Industry All the World Over. There was a time when that use- ful protective covering for indus- trious 'fingers, the thimble—which dates from 1684—was veryclastly. Indeed, only, well-to-do women. could afford to wear . one. After: ward, however, they were made of lead and othercommon instals, and to -day you can get quite a service- able article for a halfpenny, says London Answers. The Dutch linger hat (finger hood) beeame in England the "thumb hell," from its hell like shape. It. was originally worn on the thumb to parry the thrust of a needle pointing through the &stuff, and not, as at present, to impel it. All the world over the thimble is a symbol of industry. The gift of one to a littlegirl is taken as a hint that she should learn to .sew or that her clothing needs mending. Fashion in thimbles is very luxur- ious in the East. Wealthy Chinese women have thimbles carved out of mother of pearl and sometimes the top is a single precious stone. Zd HOT WEATHER AILMENTS A snetlicine that 'will peep chil- dren well is e great boon to every mather. This is just what Baby'e Own Tablets do. An occasional dose keeps the littler a•tomach and bowels right &lad prevents sickness, During the hot semmer menthe stomach troubles speedily turn to fatal diarrhoea or cholera infan- tum and if Baby's Own Tablets are. not m t hand the child may die in a few hours. Wise mothers always keep the Tablets in the house and give their children an occasional close, to clear out the stomach and bowels and keep them well, Don't wait till baby is ill—the delay may cost a, precious life. Get the Tab- lets now and you may feel. reason - ,ably safe. Every mother who uses the Tablets praise. them and that is the best evidence that there is no other medicine for ehildreu so good. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. SOME QUAINT O.LD WORDS. Few of the Old Collective Terns Used in Sport and Vonory. Any spertsman would be highly amused at the ignorance of his questioner if asked to explain what is meant by a "covey" of par- tridges. Most sportsmen, continues the Pall Mall Gazette, would promptly correct a speaker who talked about a "walk" of snipe, in- stead of a "wisp," although they would not be justified in doing so. A very few might be able to say that a "bevy" of quail is the pro- per term to use. But these are only R very few of the old collective terms used in. sport and venery, and, indeed, in every -day life, to denote a number of any particular sort of birds, beasts, fish, or even human beings. It is not generally known, for in- stance, that it is as correct to talk about a"gaggle" of women as it is to talk about a "gaggle" of geese; let :us hope that it was not a like- ness in characteristics that caused the identity in name. All kinds of animals, wild and tame, had "collective" names allot- ted to them. Who ever hears now of a "pride" of lions, a "Iepe" of leopards, or a "sloth" 'of bears, all common words in bygone times for a• collection of these various ani- mals ? ni-mals? A "singular of boars" and a "sounder of swine" are terms still familiar to the pig -sticking- frater- nity of India and elsewhere; but a, "route of wolves," a "harrass of horses" and a "rag of colts" have passed from the mouths of men. A "stud of, mares" is still in common` use, although in a slightly, different sense from its original meaning. A "team of oxen," a "drove of kine" and a "flock of sheep" are familiar ` to all, but a "pace of asses, a "barren of mules" or a "skulk of foxes" are three terms that have quite disappeared: Fur- thermore, you can find in the old books a "down of hares," a "nest of rabbits" and a "clowder of cats," but it more correct to speak of a'"kendal of kittens." A "shrewdness of apes" 'and a '``labor. of moles" are two delightful terms, the aptness of which need not be pointed out. Turning to the birds, especially those formerly hunted with .hawks,; we find that most of them were also'. given collective names. All are familiar with a "covey of par- tridges," a "flight of doves," a "building of rooks" and a "brood of hens," and a few perhaps with a "sprin..g..of teal," a "muster ,of pea- cocks," a "walk of ;-snipe" and a "fall of woodeoek. But what, of a "segeof herons" (or bitterns), a "herd of swans," a clopping of sheldrake" and a "covert of coots"? Who now speaks of. a "Ivo' of pheasants," a "congregation of plover," a ""badelynge of duck" er a "so' i•dsute.of.mallard"?• A "mur- mutation of starling," a "watch of n=<,hbingale s" sand a char°m of On O. Gorden Hewitt, Do- minion > ntomoie Lit, says, referring to the infantile death rate from intestinal diseases and diarrhoea spread, by the house fly, he believes that theso-ealled harmless fly is yearly causing the . death of thousands of infants, as well as spreading the germs of typhoid fever. are the best thing to rid your house of these dangerous pests. goldfinches" are three exquisitely pictorial, expressions, which it is a great pity should ever have become lost to the English tongue; apart from these, a "host of sparrows" is a term that still remains with us, a strange tribute, indeed, to the im- pudent gatherings of theseubiqui- tous feathered pests, JERITAIN'S MERCHANT FLEET. Comprises Practically One-half of of World's Stetun Tonnage. An idea of the rapidity with which the sailing ship is disappearing is conveyed in figures given in the new volumes of "Lloyd's Regis- ter." The world's sailing fleet now to- tals little more than 4,000,000 tons, whereas the merchant steamers of the globe are in excess of 40,000,000 tons. On the assumption that one tan of 'steam is equal to three of sail, steamships now do thirty times as much of the carrying tracl'e of the world as sailing ships. Of this huge total of steamship- ping the British flag boasts practi cally one-half, as much as 17,700,- 000 tons being registered in the United Kingdore, and 1,600,000 tons in British colonies. It may be cons icetured too that the British half comprises the newer and snore eco- nomically worked moiety. While 340,000 tons of shipping has been added to the United Kingdom register since 1911, Germany has in- creased her tonnage by 162,000, Ja- pan by 141,000 and Norway by 133,- 000. STEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING Mngnilleent Structure for Exhibits at Canadian National. The new government building at the Canadian National Exhibition is being rushed to 'completion and will be ready for the year's Fair, It will cost $160,000, of which the "Do- minion Government pays 0100,000, the Ontario Government $25,000 and the City of Toronto the balance. It will be used for Provincial, Do- minion and Educational Exhibits. Iver notice that the most glaring faults are those of others? HE KNOWS T115 ROAD. Few men can ride over 1,500 to 2,000 xniles of railroad and not only know every mile of it, but also have located the route and been finally responsible for its construction. Yet this is the record of M. H'. Mac- Leod, general manager of the C. N. R. Western lines, of 'which he was chief engineer before becoming general manager. Ills knowledge of the road and country led to .Ms appointment. Before his appointment, Mr. Mac- Leod, along with Vice -President Hanna, was making an inspectioe trip over the Western lines. There jollied" the party one of the heads of an American eteed corporation making railway equipment, a shrewd judge of men, who backs his favorable estimates of men with millions of capital He saw what was going on and heard the discus- sion that took place in the observa 31r. 111. H. MacLeod. tion end of the private car. On the second day he leaned over to a fel- low -traveller and said': "They are looking for a general manager, and the papers are talking about some one from the States. There is the man they need," pointing to Mac- Leod. "I'd make him general man- ager right now. Why, he knows everything about the system, and the way he handled the Boards of Trade and Town Councils of . the towns we passed through, shows he knows how to handle men. Yes, sir, that's the `man I'd appoint general manager." A month ;afterwards Sir William Mackenzie appointed the man who 'Eltnows everything about the system".te the position of general manager of the 'Western lines.' HATBAND A SAFE DEPOSIT. Pawnbroker's Wife Made a Strange Discovery. A prolonged litigation . > was cut short at Aberdeen, Scotland, the other day by a discovery in an old silk hat which apawnbroker's wife was endeavoring to sell. In order to make it fit the purchaser she slip- ped her fingers` under the band to remove what seemed to be padding. Taking the wad out she discover- ed that it was a bunch of bank de- posit receipts for the amount of £600. Fortunately the pawnbroker knew that the hat had belonged to a gentleman ,who liad . died three years previously. He restored the receipts to his executors' and was informedthat the money represent- ed had given rise to, a bitterly con- tested lawsuit. The dead man's lawyers were sue- , ally overjoyed'' at the discovery, as they had been under serious sus- picion of us-picionof carelessness in losing the receipts. 1\7"ohedy had been aware of their client's habit of using his hat as a safe- deposit box. ED Mtnard's liniment Cures Colds, Eto. She --`"Would you love me better, dearest, if my hair were a different color?" He --"Well, I don't know, darling. What other colors have you i" As a vermicide there is no pre- paration that equals Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator, It has saved the lives of countless children. SMALL BLAZE. Mr,Duhb—"My brain is on fire." Miss Keen --"I hardly` think we need call out the fire department, Minard's Wninient Cures 'Distemper. NEEDED. The meek -looking man walked up aid the book counter. "I want some- thing to keep me home at night, show me my faults, tell me how to spend my—" "Hold on, old man," said the clerk; "you're in the wrong de- partment. Marriage bureau on the left, three a .isles down," -A Sure Corrective of Flatalency, -When the undigested food lies in the :stomach it throws off gases causing pains and oppression in the stomachic region. The belching or eructation of these gases is offen- sive and the only way to prevent them is to restore the stomach to proper action. P.armelee's Vege- table Pills will do this. Simple di- rections go with each packet and a course of thein taken systematically is certain to effect a cure. Some folks make us dizzy By the way they shirk, Keeping wondrous busy Avoiding honest work! Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. BE CHEERFUL. There -'s nothing sweeter in the land That meets with more resentment From misanthropes on every hand Than simple, sweet contentment. It cheers you like the summer sun That shines when it is raining, Or like the . smile of anyone Whose days are swiftly waning. Be cheerful, and it matters not Which way the winds are blowing; However hard May he your lot, Whichever way you're going— Uphill or down the winding vale, Through sorrow, failure, trial, The best of us will often' fail, And meet with strange denial. It costs you nothing to be gay The. very birds are gladsome. So ;tuck yourworries. well away ; I' ay it, and I've had some. ;f3 7 SSUE.3 CANNOT BEGIN THE WORK. "1 thought she married hila, to. reform " "`So shehim?did,'" "But he's just as wild as ever." "Yes. She can't keep him home at nights long enough to start the reformation." The Foe of Indigestion—Indiges- tion ndi estion —In i s - tion is a comon ailment and mfew are free frees. it. It is a most dis- tressing complaint and often the suffering attending it is most se- vere. The very best remedy is Par - melee's Vegetable Pille taken ac- cording to directions. They rectify the irregular action of the etornaeh and reetore 'healthy action. For many years they have been, a stan- dard remedy for dyspepsia and in- digestion aucl are highly esteemed for their qualities. WHAT TIIEY ESCAPE. Willie-,-1'Paw, what is the middle class?" Paw—"Tho middle class consists of people who are not poor enough to accept charity and not rich enough to donate anything." 1 bought a horse with a supposedly in- curable ringbone for SR). Cured him with 91.00 worth of MINARD'S DLNIl1EINT and seld him for 985.00, Profit on Liniment, 953.00., 'MOIRE DEROSCE. Hot,ol Beeper, fit« Pktilliyne, Quo. HARD BUT TRUE. "Have you any relatives living in the country ?" "No; whenever wo 'take our vaca- tion we have to pay our board," �/ Try 0.MunrinelN Eye Remedy y i ®Li as arcinu ktod Fyellde `I Iustrnjectid nc,olr IIRneach unded b,Fac rucutluta-1 MURINE 'Nates: E�oes T,fediolne"butuseelntaetesafuli'h(Oai• clans"rrnetica for many 5cnrs. nom dedlteteci. to eha Public and sold. by nt.,,;istn at 9n, -rue per bottle. 3lurino are Lye Untie. lu. Aseptle Tubes, 2.5e -60q ........... Murine Eye Remedy Co., ,Chicano OBEYING ORDERS. Employer—"You're late again." New Clerk—"Well, you said you didn't want a man who watched the clock," Pain Flees Before It. There is more virtue in a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil as a subduer of pain than in gallons of other medicine. The publicknow this and there are few Households through- out the country where it cannot be found. Thirty years of use has familiarized the people with it, and made it a household medicine throughout the western world. Owens—":"How do you do, Mr. Shears. What can you show me in the way of a new suit to -day ?" His Tailor—"Your hill, sir—that is de- cidedly in the way of a new suit." Minard's Liniment Cures Carget In Cows. "Jinx's daughter bids fair to be- come a humorist." "That so?" "Yee. I was visiting there last night and I told her she had her mother's voice and her father's fea- tures, and she asked me if I thought suicide asin.'' We have no hesitation in saying that Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial is without doubt the best medicine ever introduced for dys- entery,' diarrhoea, cholera and all summer complaints, ; sea sickness, etc. It promptly gives relief and never fails to effect a positive cure. Mothers should never be 'without a bottle when their children are teething. T WAS ALL WORN OUT.'`. The teacher of a Sunday School class tells of the excuse for being late offered by one of her pupils, a boy of ten years. "I asked him : 'James, why were, you so late to -day ?' • " 'I couldn't help it,' he ex-' planed. " 'And why not?' I asked. Well ' he•said, 'I dreamed that I was running, and running, and running, and when my brothel': woke me up I was so tired that I went back to sleep again, 'cos I'd' been running such a long ways.' " APT TO. GETOUT OF BREATH. "I believe honestyp y a s in the long run." • 1; ""S o do hut I often wish 4 `were . , not - such a mighty long run." FARM FOR SAt,E. H. W. 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Dr© " 'ti orse En n Root Pills are j▪ ust the right medicine for the children. • When they are coatstipated —when their kidneys are out of order -when over -indulgence in some, favorite food gives them indigestion;: —Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills will quickly and surely put then right, Purelyvegetable,_ they neithz:rsicl:eas, weaken or gripe, like harsh purgatives. Guard your children's health slth �b� always keeping a box of Dr. Moue s Indian Rootiilsin the house, 1' oal,e, ..Chcy •' rasoip the ChiZeirera 1 4 A 4 4 4 d 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 w 4 4 v r 4 4 4 4 4 i 4 1 a 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 i 0 e a a 4 1 4 a 4