, 1877-10-28
FRENCH NEWSPAPER WIT.

E4tENcA NEW o10tAIIle ~ 1A'
isep 1nrk Hnr3d
Naiyete OF little miss OF s: Ma, ma, come
| and make Eugene stop. He isn't kissing me-
| Servant to 1cr mistress, who is rccctvfng--one
visitor: sTlie doctor, miss. Hc wants to- see
you.'' lie can't just now. I'm enga@eu'
| Tell him Pm SICK"
Bal dc L Opera: First Of those young women
--'s Going aiready?" Second ditto" Yes. l
| can't stand this mixed society: There's baron-
esscs aud couutesses IN there"
Dramatic author to female friend-t'H Here,
Fiiine, is 4 box for the first night Of my new
piay'' Shc--"Ta-ta. But what sort Of p,ece
is it. Is it something girl can safely take her
mother to sees'
4 regular Hercules is brought up for aggrn-
yated assault. The Court Have You any one
to defend youl'' Prisoner (picking up chair}
II eau defend myself. Come on, all OF YOU"
(Clcans out court-room.}
At midnight on Il lonely road. fou don't
recognize ncs Why, you defended me and got
me of ut the lust assizcs. Thanks to you
have been enabled to resume my avocatlon.
Your money or your life!''
".M. Daudolot, the Minister Of the H.
terior,'" says 1 statesman who is reading the
morning paper, has Just bought pair Of
horses for $G,0O0.'" Then he adds: "Lucly
horses. Men 60 much cheaper"
Recipe for e1pcditing winc-making (mcn
trampljng the grapes while reading the papersl
Visitor: ;'lou give them ncwspapcrsE'
Proprictor-"l les, but opposed to each mans
with i vengeance"
One OF the social stars Of Paris is rebuked by
friend, who says, sternly: 'Cora il were
you should be afraid OF having bad luck. The
way YOU neglect your poor Old 9li1a fatner h;n
he begging at Il street corner not half mile
from ,cren' 'sWcI, and every time / pass
don't give him pcnny:'
Police Inspector, being informed that a
rcstauratcur in his baiiiw1ck was serving gu1nc
out of season, visits the restaurant III multi
give me I. sa!,ni Of partridge:" g scttingy,
sir" replies the waiter promptly, and yc}ls to
the cook, "partridgc for one" The Inspector
finishes Ills dinner lcisurely and then says to
the the ~aer n;n,s sk 4 tle ,i 1q$s }a5, to STEP s this d.
notify him to appear III court tomorrow aud
answer for scllin. partridge out Of season.
- o / guess it amt worth while botherjng him
about that" "Do as tell yon l a1n the Po-
evidence against him. o / spotted you and
guessed What you were after 1t wasn't par
fridge you had.'' Police Inspector {uncasily)-
What was it, thent" Waiter {chcerfuuy}-
':Crow''
EOTEL-RENTS IN NEW YORK CITY.
Lrtferto 8.6ato Carrier.
Fully score of ftotel-tai!ures have occurred
in New York since the panic. Among the prin-
cipal hotels which have changed hands IRON this
cause are the st. james, the Astor House, the
New Yofk, the Grand Union, the Winchester,
and the Coleman, The Rossmore may be added,
with the explanation that the lessee, Mr. Le-
land, surrendered it to tlIc owner because lie
could not make it pay. not III consequence Of
actual failure, for hc hus not failed. The transfcr
&A- 4r..t%
place on the same day--Saturday last. In al
most every instance OF hotel-failure within the
time named, the chief cause has becn eyorbItant
rrllt. Managers have tried to push on under
leases made ut war~l@urcs, and many have final
~ had to suecusno. The rents still paid by the
principal hotels are decidedly steep. The Filth
Avenue Hotel property, including the six
stores fronting on broadway, brings an annual
rental Of S2oD, ,ooo The rent oi tho hotel proper
is about Sl50O30 Tile rent Of the stately Wind
sor, which had just been brought I'D to paying
point when the owner. Mr. DAILY, wandered of
to u dcsoatc spot near Calvary Cemetery, and
committed suicide, is S125,o00. Next to this IN
stcepnces WAS the rent OF the Metropolitan before
the late reduction, namely, S110.00u. The pro-
prictors OF the St. Nicholas have been paving.
$4,000, hut understand the figure has lately
been cut down somewhat. Mr.. Breslin pays
$4,000 for the Giscy. The Lc1ands pay the
same for the sturtcvant, which, though not 50
stylish in its structure, is considerably larger
than the GiIscy; and the Hoffman. about the
same slze as tue Giscy, also rents for $4,000.
Tile New York and tue St. Denis are each
$4,000; and hnlf dozen others, including the
Coleman. Albctnarle, st. Cloud, Grand Central,
and Continental, range from sc, 100 to ,00o.
It is no easy matter TO ply such rentsas these,
and it is no wontcr that hote1-kcepcrs |ai] when
such enormous sums have to be provided lor.
One Of The most experienced hotel managers
tells me that the decline In the cost Of running
good hotel has not been more than from Is TO,
20 per ccntun in the past three years. The
chief itcm on the list Of proyisions-bcef-,
KEEPS up very near the old figure, and no mat
ter how. close the management NAV be it is
found that tho running expenses foot up 50 per
centuin Of rlIat they were in flush times. Help
is about Is uer centun, less, but this Is partly
offset by tho important item Of wear and tear
OF furniture. etc, which is the same in bad
times as in good, and which averages about Is
per centun all along. Several New York hotcls
hare seduccd rates from 25 to so per ccntunl,
and now give room and board at $3.50 to $3.50
per day.
a CURIOUS EPITApu.
To The Editor IT The alton {IN) Telegram.
Rambling in the cemetery recently, looked
f3r q hanf1sta,1a srfi{h rernmhcrnf1 seejnr sey-