WAITERS AND DRESS SUITS
The time-honoured joke of telling a friend in evening clothes that he is likely to be mistaken for a waiter passed out of existence in Germany on October Ist, and in the rest of the world later, if Franz Wenzel, Berlin, head waiter, has his way, observes the “New York Herald. ’’ Prompted In the high cost of stiff shirt fronts and other accoutrements, the waiters in all cafes have decided to abandon dress clothes, and Wenzel has been awarded a prize in a competition for a substitute uniform which is to be adopted. The so-called Wenzel jacket will be adopted in October, and is a single breasted blue serge street coat out from a uniform pattern. The garment, which is .almost like a smoking jacket, will permit the wearing of an ordinary white shirt, and the result will be an enormous saving at the end of the year.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 9
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