HANDS ACROSS SOUP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1936, Page 10

HANDS ACROSS SOUP.

A WAITRESS' NAILS. I CUSTOMER COMPLAINS. LONDON, May 8. Are women more observant than men wlien it comes to personal cleanliness? This was discussed at Clerkenwell County Court when Miss Gertrude Legal, of Marchmont Street, Russell Square, sued Emile Gros, proprietor of the Chez Emile Restaurant, Southampton Row, for £1 0/7. The point at issue was whether she was entitled to 24 hours' notice or a week's notice. Mr. Gros said that 24 hours' notice was the rule of his restaurant cafe. Miss Legal was dismissed because a woman customer complained of the condition of her finger nails. She was also slow in her service. Naughty 'Nineties. Mr. Registrar Friend: I did not know that a person having a meal paid attention to the waitress' hands. 1 have heard of a waiter being asked to take his thumb out of the soup, and I can understand un impressionable young man noticing that the waitress lias a' pretty face, or, in the naughty 'nineties, a neat ankle. *

Mrs. Mary Evelyn Gros said that a woman who was lecturing at a neighbouring school came in for a cup of tea and complained that Miss Legal's linger nails were dirty. The Registrar: The best of & cannot help getting dirty sometimes. I never notice the waitress' hands. Mrs. Gros: Perhaps not, but ladies are more susceptible to these things than gentlemen. They rather enjoy making complaints. The registrar examined the fingers of Miss Legal, of Mrs. Gros and a girl cashier who was called for the defence. Nail "Mourning." He observed that Miss Legal had hardly any linger nails and said that" she must bite them off. He also pointed out that the cashier's nails had "a little bit of mourning." The cashier replied that her work was diplomacy, not serving tables. She dealt with customers who made complaints. Giving judgment for the defendant with costs, the registrar said that everyone's hands got dirty at times, and the degree of cleanliness expected depended upon the work they were doing.