Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-09-19

corridors, the billiard rooms and ten pin
ALLEYS. 1.-THE tiger is asleep, from the prom
enades and the siestas under the trees.
The whole place is alive with hungry hu-
manity, all moving in one direction, some
with indecent railroad haste as if it were
s'only twenty minutes for dinner" others
moving with careless ease and measured
step would produce the impression that
anything else was nearer their thoughts
than SO common thing as eating, while
the very depths of their stomachs are cry
ing out against such unnatural hypocrisy.
Hats and canes and parasols lnnumefable
decorate the outer walls for 200 yards and
by every door the throng pours in to the
| temple of Epicurus. Cards with the name
| of each person laid upon his plate desig-
nates.his seat and if one misses his table,
watchful attendant comes to his aid and
he is quickly directed to his proper place.
Then and only then you see them altogeth-
er, and certainly hear them all together.
| Thirteen hundred chairs are shuffied, thir-
teen hundred tongues call over every dish
upon the bill of fare and many that are not
and were never intended to be there, twen-
! ty-six hundred knives and forks rattle
in thirteen hundred plates, the alarm has
sounded and the attack begins. But while
we pity we will not expose to the public
eye the weakness of human nature. They
eat-let the curtain be drawn.
| THE LAUr cry AND ITS APPROPRIATENESS
If the reader can withdraw his attention
from the chaos Of the preceding subject
let him visit with me the linen room,
where Mr.. S. E. Miller and wife, of Staun
ton, preside. At the Maston House, neal
the depot. they have their headquarters
Their stock consists of about 1880 towels
$500 napkins, 1900 sheets, 1900 slips
1900 blankets, 900 spreads, 200 table
cloths, &C., SC. Here is one days wash
Ing, 18th August-2.S24 napkins, 1,57I
towels, 228 sheets. 1O3 tablecloths, ant
other things in proportion. This is onl!
the Springs washing. In order to get al
idea Of all that is done in that line vol
must go with me to the laundry at thu
other end of the premises, where Mrs. Z
E. Fisher, of Richmond, presides over g.
women washers and ironers, and severa
men who run the engine, cut wood, ant
do the heavy work. Mrs. Fisher is won
derful woman. She has been in charge O.
this department for many years. and there
is none connected with the establishment
managed with more system and success
When you consider that in addition to thu
four or five thousand pieces a day. put in
the wash by the Springs Co. the innu
merable articles sent in by the visitors
every morning to be finished up and re
turned, often by night, some OF the famil.
washings amounting, she says, to 500 an(
$50 a week, some idea may be had of TIN
magnitude Of the undertaking.. And it il
really almost past belief that with al
this, there has been during the whole sea
son only one pair of stockings missing
But Mrs. Fisher says that is all, and sh'
thinks there was a mistake about thes'
coming to her, and the hotel clerk zorro
borates her statement, so it must be &C
cepted as fact and recorded among tn
miracles of housekeeping.
THE LIVERY.
With this we will close this inside view
of the White. There are some elegant turn
outs here, many of them owned by visitors
as well as by the Springs Company. In
Guiding both these were some 20 hor SCI
and 40 carriages, hacks, wagons, buggies
ph@tons, coupes, SC. A visitor to thu
stables would see some of the finest speci
mems of horse flesh and handsomest equip
ages, and the drives in the afternoon are
gay with parties in carriages and on horse
back quietly taking an airing or passing
rapidly from point to point of interest
drinking in enjoyment to the full. Aftel
taking it all in, as few take the time o.
trouble to do, the visitor leaves the White
with the impression that it is a big thing
with masterhead to direct and master
head to guide. o.f r. &C. M.
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