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...these suggestions, however, fail to receive the approval of the board, we trust this last one will be carefully considered before final action is taken. We propose, that on the first of every month the Stewart, the chief cook and the head waiter, assemble in the transept, place a cauldron of boiling soup in their midst, and then, joining hands, turn slowly and majestically around it, shouting the chorus in "Macbeth" beginning...
...directors of Memorial Hall de cided yesterday to put the check system for umbrellas into operation on the first rainy day. To insure the success of the scheme the head waiter will be directed to remove any wet umbrellas found in the hall. As the umbrellas will be checked in the auditors room, free of expense, it is hoped that the frequent complaints in regard to lost umbrellas will soon cease...
Resolved, that the board cannot too strongly condemn the demonstrations by certain members at the wearing of hats by visitors in the gallery. These demonstrations are unnecessary, as it is the duty of the head waiter to notify at once all visitors not removing their hats. The board earnestly requests, therefore, that nothing of the kind take place in the future...
...change of steward. I have talked with several of the members who are confessedly eager for a change and as far as I can learn, the only serious complaint is that the service in the dining room is not as good as it should be, that some of the waiters are careless and others incompetent. I must say that it seems to me very heroic treatment to decapitate the steward when a change of head waiter may cure the trouble, when indeed it looks very much as if such a change had already very considerably lessened the evil. The hall...
...system is an evil one and should be destroyed at once; if the members of the association will not do it themselves, we hope to see the matter brought before the directors, and a rule to discharge any waiter who is known to have been seeking fees would be in no wise out of place or detrimental to the interests of all concerned...