The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-23

First don't call il a tavern, or an III H.
hotel even. e. <,roo
e,raat canitalist big Indian or Salnt-'M'or-
-, pr Uouse or 'WhOOp-de. Doodle
IIou.o ,, or st Bobo-Link House.; that
soupd. well and will take the traveller ear
Notbino is so vulgar as to court baGmens
and traders costume, as yon VIII seem 10 90
by naming your establishment hei 0l1ho'
or CITY" or Commercial
These suggest IL second class anaf aI
Re sure and establish an immense BARRIERS
shop on the ground floor
n causes the greateful odOr of the balm OF a
thousand flowers and night blooming cereus
10 pervade the atmosphere, and efectuaiiy
overcome other and less agreeable smells,
os for instance Cockroaches and cookery
If vou can hire an Irishman cheap enough
let one man do nothing but swab the mar
bic hall with greasy water all day long IL
conveys an idea of cleanliness TO the guests
at night, when few are about, 1t Is OF httle
consequence. -. ~
7 said quests" and here is point you
should by no means neglect. 49,,
Re careful in speaking of your dodgers,
IN printed notices and the like, to use that
term.
It is refined, and puts them on their good
behavior at once.
black hair, if possible, to stand at the desk
and by all means insist on his wearing dla-
monds. -
Seedv visitors will take no liberties with
such man
When a traveller comes in he is not 10 no
ticc him for the space of hVe minutes az
least: it puts the obligation at once where IL
belongs.
You take him in, not he you.
II il An excellent device to have the mum
bers of YOUR chambers reversed from the old
plan, i e., let them begin to count from the
roof
Tins when guest sees the clerk put NO.
10" for instance, opposite his name on the
register he departs satisfied, ana Is 100
mich exhausted and cowed by the time he
discovers its whereabouts to make any com
plant.
ness TO know anything about departing
trains aud steamboats,.
Also if your house happens to be III a
country town, to add 81 a day invariably 10
all New Workers. bills.
They will not think much of Your house
otherwise,
When a guest has paid his bill anu Is
about To depart, let the clerk ask cheeL1ly
which way do you go, Mr.. RobinsonE"
Some persons are so easily imposed upon,
that the extraordinary fact of highly De-
dizened clerks knowing their names two
minutes after reading them on the register
In regard to the dinlug-rOom, you cannot
have too impudent an Irishman as head
waiter
II should be his duty when a guest enters
the room no matter how empty IT may be-
TO take him in convoy and make him walk
the entire length of 1t before assigning MIN
10 seat.
II not only serves to impress the grandeur
of the apartment upon him, but invariably
disconcerts bashful men, so that they de-
your their meals meekly and make no trou-
blesome requests.
Ladies' should be served in the same way,
for exactly contrary reasons.
1t affords them a fine opportunity to dis
play their clothes, and puts them IN good
humor.
Let the sexes be kept vigorously apart
while feeding unless Ill the case OF husband
and wife.
Married men travelling alone will suffer
so much from the hearth of female society,
that next time they will probably bring
their wives.
1t will scarcely be necessary to make any
suggestions in regard to extra charges IN the
bills, az they will naturally occur to the
feeblest of landlords.
You should always, however, charge for a
fire in winter in every room that has conve-
niences for it, and if demonstrated with, re-
ply that it is a rule of the House, and the
guest might have had 1t
This phrase you will find OF immense ser
vice on all sorts of occasions.
Let all your employees be particular to
style the hotel omnibus a coach" and a
gents wife, his lady"
These little elegancies cost nothing, and
Gid the surface of life immensely.
Procure the largest chinese gong you can
find, to awaken your guests in the morning,
and call them to meals
They will conclude that your house is a
stunning affair.
a negro will probably beat it more thor
oughly than a white man.
Also, on the counter in the Office, keep an
immense hammer-bell.
\ iudicious clerk will produce a very hum
bling effect upon a modest guest by striking
it rapidly four or five times when he Is ask
ing absurd questions.