Word: waiter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Israel Baline came to fame, however, by refusing a tip. He worked in the saloon of Nigger Mike, famed Bowery bravo of 20 years ago, was known as the Singing Waiter because he warbled as he doled out lager to the Nigger's clients. Prince Louis of Battenberg, on a slumming party, went to hear him. Warmed by the lager, or pleased with the song, the Teuton princeling profered ten cents. Baline, unaccustomed to the ways of royalty, staggered back. The riff-raff stared; up stepped a ruddy reporter, overawed both Prince and waiter with a cataclysm of questions. Next...
...Waiter Wins Place...
...lacks today? There are thousands, who would like to slip back the years, and go walking with the rest across the yard, and into Memorial. They would like to hear the clatter of the dishes, like to sniff the faint, elusive fragrance of cooking, like to see the dusky waiter come shuffling down the long aisle, miraculously balancing seven plates of food on his arm and only occasionally dropping...
Miss Greenwood is a friendly sort of person who takes the audience along with her--even into the bath room scene which is the star performance of the evening, being a riotous combination of two telephones, a dumb waiter, a dumber delivery man, hot water, cold ice and a burglar. Among other good sketches must be classed "Crossed Wires" in which the operator gets off at least six good ones in a row, and "Crystal Wedding Day". This has in it some brand new mirror effects...
...Bailey, a clever card manipulator, will substitute for the wounded waiter tonight, Mr. Bailey will perform several card tricks and then explain them to his audience...