Waiter Etiquette Drawn From Fog and Gong Noise
A fragment notes that a well trained waiter ignores shouting through fog or a gong during meals. It mentions a fifty vent Dicee on a china plate and that the waiter will arrive to cover it in a minute.
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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
2
A fragment notes that a well trained waiter ignores shouting through fog or a gong during meals. It mentions a fifty vent Dicee on a china plate and that the waiter will arrive to cover it in a minute.
An Oct 1914 column urges readers to buy in hometown stores to support local merchants and reduce mail order costs. It also reflects on wartime news from Europe, praising home industry and cautioning writers on war poetry, while noting British and Canadian perspectives and regional purchasing in British Columbia.
Editorial urges more industry and population in British Columbia to create regional economic centers and prosperous farming communities. Also includes a wartime poem warning a figure branded as a traitor for pursuing the Day, promising divine vengeance.
An agricultural note urges careful hill selection for seed potatoes to avoid spreading weak stock. It recommends marking vigorous hills for next year's seed and discarding marked hills that fail to meet set standards. This method improves disease resistance and overall yield by using only strong seed stock from productive hills.
British Columbia holds 60 billion feet of mature timber awaiting manufacture while cutting remains under two billion feet per year. The province, with Ottawa’s Trade and Commerce Dept, pursues markets inland and via Panama Canal access. The timber industry supports vast mills, with 1918 outputs valued at $80 million and crown timber revenue near $4 million.
Py OConner discusses the bull at a New York dinner. The bull is not confined to Ireland but attributed to an English judge who joked about marriage. An American politician sleeping on a stone jar answers about its hardness, while Ed, another American politician in New York, shouts from a dray tailboard about silent crowds.
The bedside report from the patient’s party suggests gradual recovery after illness. Officials acknowledge progress but warn that more challenging days may lie ahead and relatives must be informed carefully.
A remark on how easily a person can fall back asleep after the time to rise, highlighting the ease of slipping into rest during the morning.
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