DEATHS
PHILIP MERSINGE,
Philip Mersinger died at his home
io Joltet, Illinois, Monday noon. He
had been a dealer in musical ipstru-
ments and sewing machines in Jollet
for the past twenty-six years, and pre-
vious to that time was a resident of
Centre Hall, having his home with
the Spanglers at the hotel.
Several years after going to Illinois
he was married to Miss Barah McCor-
mick, daughter of William MecUor-
mick, of Potters Mills, deceased. She
survives him, a8 do also two brothers
—John, of Tusseyville ; and Edward,
of Kansas,
Mr. aud Mrs McCormick were
childless, but upon the death of Mrs.
Vance McCormick two of her children
--Andrew avd Candace, now aged
about sixteen and fourteen years, res-
pectively—were taken into their hoe
and cared for. They are Mrs, Mersiug-
er’s nieces, and grandchildren of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Reesman, of Centre
Hall.
Mr. Mersinger, it is supposed, died
from an affection of the spine, frou
which he suffered before going west.
WILLIAM A. MeCOY,
William McCoy, who was born at
Milesburg, July 15, 1843, died of apo-
plexy, at Curtright He wus reared
and educated iu Centre county, and
from 1857 until 1860 acted as deputy
sheriff. His parents were Mr and
Mrs. Thomas McCoy, who were well
known ip this vicinity. He
notable record both in the Civil
and the United States Navy,
made a
War
DAVID BAIRD,
David Baird, of Pleasant Gap, died
Bunday morning at 8 o’¢lock of pneu
wonia. His sage was seventy-two
years, eight montbs and twenty days
Burviviog him are his wife sand two
sons, W. and Harvev, of Plegsant Gap:
one daughter, Mrs Fike, of Bush
Additio’. Interment was made al
Zion Tuesday morning,
MRS, LULU MARION BELL
Mrs. Lula M, Bell, wife of Earl Bell,
died at Huntingdon Mr Rell
the son of Charles Hell, 1 rmerly
Asaronsburg and Bellefonte
aged years,
about eight months ago ;
Ban Francisen,
WR.
of
Bhe was
fied
nirveiven tinrried
was born in
GRAFFIUS WESTON.
Grafflus Weston died
home nesr Port Matilda, Thursday ol
last week at the advanced of
seventy years. He is survived by his
widow, six sous snd one daughter
at his late
age
JAMES WHITTAKER.
James Whittake of the
Civil war died at the home of his son
Edward Whittaker, in Bellefonte, Fri
day morning, of poetumo: f
i luess of only a few days
lp
Regulars Get Three,
r, A veteran
in, » r an
The ‘ Regulars,” a hunting club,
most of the members of which are
from Potters Mills, killed three deer,
They camped at Pat Garpits’'s The
party consisted of Jas. Reish, Lloyd
Smith, Wm. Workioger, M Mayer,
M. =umith, John Wilkinson, Harry
Wilkinson, D © Bartges, vichas!
oyle, Jones Boal, Thos Decker
Logan Decker, Perry Kris , Jae,
Moyer aud W. Weaver
A ts
Continuous “ervies on Hell Lines
From December Ist the Bell ex.
change will have continuous service
This means just what ** eontirunas
implies Miss Mame Emerick «ill be
the night operator,
ss ps Ap
Birthday Party,
Tuesday night a birthday party was
given in honor of Clyde Bradford, at
the home of Mr wid Mrs James
Bmetzier. A hilarious time was had—
plenty of music, both woes! and in-
strumental, and refreshments of 1 he
finest, prepared by Mra Suoeizler and
Mrs. Clyde Bradford. The following
were present : Mrs. Catharine Brad.
ford, Mr. and Mrs. George Bradford,
Milton Rendford, Mr. snd Mrs. Frank
Bradford, William Bradford, Mr and
Mrs. David Bradford, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ishler, Helen, Larue and Paul
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and Mi». John Puff, Roy Puff, Mrs
J. W. Whiteman, son Beg, Mr. and
Mrs. R. D Foreman, Mr. and Mrs. E.
W. Crawford, son Alfred, Mr. and
Mrs. Milford Luse, daughter Helen,
Mrs, Harry shirk, Mr. and Mrs. P. H.
Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Beuner,
Mrs. Mary Odenkirk, Mra. Sidopey
Poorman, Mr. aud Mrs. C. W Luse,
Mrs. Horner, Mrs. Wm. Colyer, Mrs,
Chas. Black, Tillie Keller, Doras Meyer,
Nellie Bmith, Cora Luse, Blanche
and Jane Meeker, Minnie Brown.
Maude Woodling, Calvin Smith, Joi n
Kuoarr, James Finkle, George Riuck,
Peter Bhires, Robert Meyer, Centre
Hall; Mary Lee, Boal-burg; Mrs,
Philip Bradford, moot ; Dr wand
Mrs. H. 8. Alexander, Potters M
Colyer.
Miss Eva Fleisher is spending some
time with her sister, Mra. Jumes
wi at Mifflinburg.
re. . B. Lee aud son John, of
Milton, are visiting friends and rela.
tives at this 1
Howard w and Leslie Treaster,
of Mifflin county, spent Sunday with
Henry Shadow.
Mise Philips, of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Wm. Philips, of Granville,
318 ising at the home of Peter
. es Lue and wife of Linden Hall,
spent Bunday at J. R. Lee's,
TL pa ol i gi
nts, Mr,
and Mrs. Thomas Fleislier, where she
will spend the winter.
[HE ART OF WAITING
SERVITORS
MAatiy
IN BIG HOTELS NEED
JALIFICATIONS,
They vie heen Students of Ha
nila Natmre Able to Control
Hoth Temper and Sense of
Humor—~ielping a Guest to Eat,
There are about” 15,000 first
class walters In the United States, ac-
to the president of the ad-
ministration of L'Union Genevolse, in
the United States. By the phrase
“first class walter” is meant one who
Is thoroughly versed in all branches
of the trade, being able to
speak several languages.
Eight thousand of these men are
members of L'Union Genevolse and
are mostly French, Germans, Itallans
and Austrians. Many of them have
passed through a regular course of
training, best exemplified by the “aca-
at Friedewaldt, near Dresden,
Saxony, where everything is taught
which is necessary for the equipment
a really waiter, There the
student learns cooking in all its
memorizes the endless
and unusual names
given in order that
he way be able to describe and explain
the to bewildered diners.
Wine lists are also perplexing puzzles
to many, and these must be carefully
studied before a waiter ean venture to
particular wine or
Hust
und
Their
Coraing
besides
demie”
good
Of
branches and
variety of strange
to simple dishes,
contents
recommend
special vintage.
If one ask the hotel waiter about his
work he will find that he looks on it
a profession, which has its
standards and traditions and which, in
keeping with many other present day
occupations, has a worldwide or-
ganization. The average hotel guest
has probably never heard of L'Unk
Genevoise, International Hotel
Employee soclety, as it 1s also known.
The first is the proper title, apd, as it
implies, the soclety was formed in
Geneva, Switzerland. It does many
things for the quiet men in black who
serve the hungry in hotel dining rooms.
After having been thoroughly trained
and made competent to hold a place in
any civilized country the walter is
sure of assistance wherever he may be,
from Bloemfontein, South Africa, to
Boston. On arriving in a strange city
he has only to present himself at the
offices of the and exhibit
his membership which shows
whether he has paid his dues and
whether he was honorably discharged
from his last place
In case of
any
as one
or the
association
book,
after a man has
been a member from six months to five
years, he receives 85 cents a day. If,
on the other hand, his membership has
spread over five the amount he
gets is $1.25 a day; if more than ten
£1.60, and for
ears, $2 for
qualify as a
necessary that
iliness,
years
and up to fifteen years,
anything
each day
member of
a candidate be
shall have
hotel and restaurant tra
two years. Above all, he must be a
thoroughly competent and experienced
walter
“A first cl not
made,” says a former head walter of
the hunting room of the Hotel Astor.
“From the moment that a man enters
on his duties as the most insignificant
‘omnibus,’ can tell
going an efficient
must be attentive with
out fle, must 1} noiseless,
deft ined, all, must be
careful not to break things
“Even if he natural aptitude
for the of care
ful (ne to form Lim is
very t. although his nationality
makes un hi difference in the n
The best men are generally French, Ger.
man or Swiss, and have often
had the advantages of attending acad-
emies or even kindergartens
lished at foreign hotels in the off sea-
sil
verware and generally sustain parts in
| comedy of errors, fo the
above {if
In
the club 1t is
LEI 5
order to
of good character and
been connects the
iss walter is born,
‘piccolo. or we
whether he Is
servant. He
HOT
to be
3 3 - FT]
being WW
handed above
has a
the amount
iredd
iriras
fruction recy
grea
inter,
these
eutabe
son, when they break plates, spoil
a universal
great disgust of the guests upon whom
they practice their trade. The walters’
academy in Vienna Is the foremost in
the world.
“Knowledge of several languages is
a very qualification, and
hardly any scrap of general informa-
tion comes amiss, but tact and discre-
tion are the waiter's chief virtues. His
attitude should be that of a soldier, al.
ways at attention, always ready for
the word of command. Ife should an-
swer politely when addressed, keep at
a respectful distance from the table,
yet always be near enough to be easily
called when wanted. In facet, a really
good waiter should need no calling, but
make n point of watching the guest's
face, so ns instantly to observe what is
wanted almost before the guest him.
self has bad time to form a wish.”
Ig the hierarchy of waiterdom the
head waiter stands first. Next comes
the assistant head waiter, followed by
the “captains” who supervise each his
own part of the dining room, the serv.
Ing waiters and the “piccolo” and
“omnibus” men, who keep the water
carafes filled, remove dishes which
have been used and generally supply
the tables with what small articles
may be required from time to time
According to Auguste of the hunting
room, the head waiter should always
meet the guest as he enters and cour
teously commit him to the care of one
of the captains, who places him at a
table, ‘
“It 1s the duty of the waiter to help
people to eat” said Auguste. “How
enn a man who nearly always ents at
home learn to eat at a hotel without
some assistance? The menn is to himal
most a Chinese puzzle, which he studies
laboriousiy and with little profit. In
despair he orders three steaks when
one would do; then he is angry at hav.
ing to pay for so much that Is not
necessary
ol
eaten, and all this is bad, both for the
walter and for the house, because the
dissatisfied guest will not tip and will
not come again, Such a man does not
know what he wants, and therefore
the waiter must know.”
It Is surprising what an insight into
human nature the walter possesses.
He can instantly read a new guest's
character and discover his social stand-
Ing, yet he prefers old customers,
knowing how to treat them, as well
as how he himself will be treated and
tipped,
“Regarding this question of treat-
went,” says Auguste, “we walters, like
everybody else, have often to meet
many who are not gentlemen, When
&¢ man snaps his fingers at his at-
tendant and speaks as if he were call-
ing a dog, we naturally know where
to place him, and that person does not
get better service than others, to say
the least. But the walter must exer-
cise judgment. Sometimes a man has
stayed late the unlght before
and taken more than is
good for him. His nerves are on edge;
he has two headaches-—one over each
eye—and the world is jet black to him.
The good waiter understands all this
at a glance,
“Or perhaps the man has been a
good fellow ten times, but the eleventh
time he is a brute. Well, we compre-
hend. Bomething has gone wrong—he
has lost money or there has been
trouble of some kind. He is handled
with kid gloves by his walter and Is
stroked, ns it were, with a hand of
velvet, gently, soothingly, sympathet-
As like as not the guest be-
hamed of his lll temper, and
gets conscience money in
f a ilar Instead of a
up 100
have
many
fo03 11x
ically,
0 d
iter himself is under too strict
er to show {rritation or bad
wr. In a great hotel like the Astor,
i » the stall employed in the four
fining rooms numbers 270 regulars, ex-
clusive of the host of subsidiary attend-
ants who assist behind the scenes,
everything is organized with the utmost
precision
In each
watches
Hine ¢
dining room there are three
consisting of twelve men and
! Two of these
are called steady and the third
The reserve is always on
nd helps the steady watchers al-
tely. At the end of the week the
rve siaff becomes a steady for that
and one of the steadles relleves
The first watch comes on
opens up the place and
12 o'clock. Then it returns
at § in evening and stays till closing
time about 1:30 a. m. The next
ning the watch which has closed up
I on until 12 and stays
il & and thus alternately, so that
very day there are different men on
watches. The opening up
ire the really hard work of
hina boys,
* reserve
s FOSOrYe
o'clock
HT nt
the
say
at o
EOCE «
108 Come a
+ (different
No man has the same table or even
side of the room twice con
in order that there may be
and that he may get
I experienced In every part of
the room. The stations of the captains
are also changeable. Another item of
interest is that each plece of work has
three men to look after it,
Some people are fond of asserting
that these imperturbable purveyors, in-
stead of being pald by the hotel pro-
prietor, not infrequently have to pay
for the privilege of working in the es
tablishment. As a matter of fact, the
best New York walters get $25 a week
and their Their tips, it has
been calculated, run from $100 to $125
a month, a generous salary, but one
which certainly well earned New
York Tribune
the same
Ba iy,
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handy am
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svaritiam
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An Ancient Story of a Dream,
Cicero furnishes us with a tale of
two Arcadians, who, traveling togeth-
er, arrived at Magara, a city of Greece,
between Athens and Corinth, where
one of them lodged in a friend's house
and the other at an inn. After supper
the person who lodged at the private
bouse went to bed and, falling asleep,
dreamed that his friend at the inn ap-
peared to him and begged his assist
ance, because the innkeeper was going
to kill him. The man .mmediately got
out of bed, much frightened at the
dream; but, recovering himself and fall-
Ing asleep again, his friend appeared
to him a second time and desired that,
as he would not assist him in time, he
would care at least not to let his death
go unpunished--that the Innkeeper hav-
ing murdered him had thrown his
body in a cart and covered it with rub-
bish: he therefore begged that he
would be at the city gate In the morn-
Ing before the cart was out. Struck
with this new dream, he went early to
the gate, saw the cart and asked the
driver what was in it. The driver im-
mediately fled; the dead body was
taken out of the cart and the Innkeeper
apprehended and executed.
When Wheels Were Searece.
Before the Revolution there was not
a four wheeled vehicle in Maine. In
1762 two wheeled vehicles were first
seen in Portland, but they were used
only on gala days. They excited about
as much wonder as flying machines
would now, Augusta had its first
four wheeled vehicle In 1800. People
traveled on foot or on horseback in
summer and used rude sleds in winter.
Women had sidesaddies or pillions for
seats, belng the men's saddles, and no
considerable journey was made by
them except In that way. ¥lorse blocks
for mounting and dismounting were a
necessity and were found at nearly
every man's door. Grain was carried
to mill on the farmer's back or the
horse's back, and it was a common
thing to see a small boy perched atop
of several bags of grain on the back
of the family horse “going to mill” Al
not crippled were great pedestrians,
and womon thought as ttle of walk.
ing miles then as they do of furlongs
now.—Lewlston Journal.
sad) enof,
Marringd Licenses,
Harry G, Musser, Unionville,
Ethel M. Weaver, Julian,
James M, Cor), Btate College.
Mary Alice Hoy, State College,
R. H. Bergstresser, Pine Grove Mill's
Nellie Esther Rupley, Millersburg,
John W, Whippo, Wilk insburg.
Alpua B, Robb, Romcla,
John Donahue, Keystone
Marion Voyzey, Philipsburg,
James H. Kelley, Bellefonte,
Liela C. Housel, Bellefonte.
Edward W. Kane, Axe Manon,
Mary J. Hendershot, Bellefonte,
Ellis E, Ardrey, Martha Furnace,
Belle Gray Rider, Stormstown,
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The Markets.
Pitteburg—No. 1 timothy hay, $18 2
a 1850; No.2 $1750 to 1800; clover,
No. 1, $17.50 to 18.00.
Buftale—Veal from $7 to 8,
heavy mixed grades, $6 30 a 6.85
$6.40 a 6 50,
Kansas City—Hogs, bulk sales at
$6.00 a 6.10; heavy, $6.05 a 6,12,
Chicago—Hogs, choice to prime,
$6 20 a 6 25; medium, $6 05 a 6.10,
New York—Hogs, $6 50 a 6 75,
Tuese markets are per hundred, live
weight, Monday, 26th inst,
Hogs,
; pigs,
Services this Morning,
Thankegiving services will be held
this ( Thursday) morning In the
United Evangelical Church, sermon
by Bev. J. M. Rearick. Dr. Boal was
sppoluted to fill this engagement, but
owing to later developments will be
upable to do so,
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