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Show A WAITER'S RECEPTIVE BRAIN Used to Quick Orders, He Becomes an Automaton. "I bellevo thnt there Is no work In tho world thnt ma'-os such machines of men as docs the business of waiting In somo of theso 'quick lunch eating places,' " Bald tho business mnn. "Tho brains of tho waiters seem to work like phonographs. What they hear In tho way of orders given them Is seemingly seem-ingly registered and reproduced without with-out any apparent mental activity or realization of exactly what the order means. The other morning, tor Instance, In-stance, 1 ovci heard this dlaloguo and monologue In ono of theso restaurants. Two men stinted at the samo tablo gave their orders to the samo waiter. "'Bring me a couple of soft-boiled eggs and a cup of coffee,' said tho first man. " 'Samo thing for mo, waller,' said the second, adding in a Jocular way, 'but be suro the eggs are fresh.' " 'All right,' was the reply "And a moment later his vnlco came from tho back of tho restaurant: 'Soft-boiled 'Soft-boiled for two an' havo two of 'em frch!"' |