To a Waiter. American wit and humor. Cleanliness -- Caricatures and cartoons. Waiters -- Caricatures and cartoons. A waiter carries a large stack of plates. He has a cloth falling out of his pocket. A small dog is in his path. Text: With slomickey shoes upon your feet, / And greasy rag upon your arm, / You slop the hairy hash about, / And spill the gravy to a charm. / And when at noon you sometimes try, / To carry twenty plates or more; / With what a clatter then you drop, / The knives and forks upon the floor. Provenance: Helfand, William H.. [S.l. : s.n.] [between 1840 and 1880?] Caricatures and cartoons. Comic valentines. digitool:113580 Comic Valentines, 16.39