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...August, Mr. Fred Balch, the head waiter, engaged a sufficient number of good waiters, whom he knew, to fill the hall as it had heretofore been filled. But two causes conspired to make him short of waiters when October came, and so forced him to engage new men whom he knew nothing about, and who therefore, some of them, naturally turned out to be incompetent. In the first place, the proprietors of Young's Hotel, which has this summer been enlarged, hired some forty men waiters; and as they pay much higher wages than Memorial can afford to pay, they...
...said before, the wages paid to waiters by the association are necessarily low. And for this reason it is impossible for Mr. Fred Balch to hire a large number of good waiters whenever he wants them. But he can pick them up, one or two at a time, and so can replace, one or two at a time, the new waiters whom he was obliged to hire, but who have proved inefficient. This winnowing process takes time, and as one's comfort at Memorial depends entirely on one's waiter, a few of us must suffer for the time being...
...Balch of Memorial is still seriously...
...Fred. Balch appointed special policeman for Memorial...
...Fred Balch has been appointed special policeman at Memorial Hall by the Cambridge city government...