STRIKE TO WEAR MOUSTACHES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 135, 10 June 1907, Page 6

STRIKE TO WEAR MOUSTACHES.

CHAOS IN THE EiVRIB-;GAKES,. CASH-GIRLS~AS>WtArEE£tS i . PARIS}, April 1&>. The strike of Paris waiters lias spread! until every cafe in tKe.'city is affected^, and extraordinary scenes-w«re witness--ed at many of the establishments today. The strikers demand [a weekly day-off rest and the right-to wear moustaches. They also object. to>th"eoejniployers; taking the lion's share of their " tips." At the fashionaWerj Gafe Riche-tibe entire staff of waiters: went on strike, and the manager;-had1 bo press intohik service all the messe«gers, cellarmen, scullery-maids, and! other misceil&ne^ .ous workers to seriv^ the hundred, of waiting customers. | The Grande Gaysrne in the^ Wzn;bourg Montmarte:w#s crowded as,usnal at the luncheon: hour, when a ffibtEe knot of strikers suddenly appeared! in the main hall; Tltey r gave the signal, and all the waiters in the estttD-tEsh-ment at once laid -down their serviettes, settled" uj>s with the gifi? afr fcho cash desk, turned' deaf ears to the protests of the lialf^served customers,, and deserted in-ai body. It was a- comical sight to- see the manager and! ftis assistants Banning about disti-scttadly, each trying- to do the work-Qf Hwlf a dozen waiters, while the many business men who^wejre anxious to get b*aek to their offices earnestly pleaded! to be attended 1 to first. With the heljy of the cloak rooi» attendants, the cash, girls, the bottfe-washe'rs, and all the otfcer attendants who could be spared 7,, ishe managemeitt succeeded in gettiiig^broiigh tho--busiest part of the day afl^d! avoiding the. Meeessity of closing tfee ofe. PICKETS A!f WORK. Th*> strikers are carrying on an ener-. gete propaganda, a»d to-night crowd:*-of-clean-shaven waiters were- to be seenowtmde many of ijlte eafes awaiting auwportumty to speak to the men wh^ L Ud not yet obeyed the summons W ■aesert their employers. About half a dozen of them tried? to enter the Cafe- de la Paix by a ru«& lhey walked m and ordered drinks ia the hope th%b they would be mistaken tor ordinary customers, and thu^. Ij^v^ an opportunity of a quiet talk with the waiters. Bufc the fact that they- were all clean-sftaven betrayed thorn-, and the policy were promptly scu-tr for to eject them. _ Cleaii^haven men are somewhat at s ■aisadvjititage in Paris since, the waiterv struck-. The police are constantly on the Stok-out to prevent the strikers iron* loitering about, and in their zea{ have drdered many American and EnqJisfe visitors who happened to wear no mustaches to " Mot«. on," in spit© oF Vtt^_ victims' vigorous protests. Violent tactics have been indulged v* *c some of the cafes. A band ofstwkers suddenly appeared at the Cafe Yer- | non, and upset the tables before thel I police could be called in. They theK pr^eeded to the Ooq dOr and «f» +1 CV xhnal m the same way ?4or\ 1 >F- P + iCg a^GA Ted anc^ «'W»ted !iwfi - h iem; ltsid6 tli& Cafe ! tv °?^ tit Vi°r ent SC\ Tffl, e tGok P!«°e he-