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...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...
Happy Billy Emery, the juggling waiter, who was scheduled to juggle everything from plates to cannonballs at the Union's annual Christmas dinner tonight, will not be able to appear. This was announced last night when it was learned that he was injured when he let a cannonball drop on his toe during practice for tonight's performance...
...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...
Happy Billy Emery, the juggling waiter, is also on the list of entertainers. He is said to be able to juggle anything from plates to cannonballs...
During the dinner an episode which seems prophetic of these post-Prohibition days occurred. As reported in the "Transcript" of October 27, 1860, "The Prince beckoned to a waiter and requested him to get a glass of wine. The waiter promptly replied that he hadn't any. President Felton here remarked to the Prince in his bland manner that it was not in accordance with usage on such occasions to provide wine. 'Then', said the Prince, turning to the waiter, 'Get me a glass of beer'. For the second time the waiter was obliged to reply that he had none...