The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-03
suggestions for MOdus vivendi
philadelphia Times.


American hotel people are reviving the
extraordinary crusade against Hebrew guests
that excited such tempest two years ago
In the watering place advertisements of the
sea bathing watering places some Of the land.
lords feel emboldened to add: mo Jews need
apply" These discriminating hosts being
questioned declare that they have two classes
of the prescribed gues.s-Jewish families,
who conduct themselves with decorum and
against whom not syllable can be uttered /;
with these, however, there are hordes OF
vulgar, loud talking, obstreperous, self
seeking, ill.bred vulgarians," who make the
lives Of their fellow guests intolerable. They
exact moro for q dollar than other guests
expect for twice the money. But the land
lord who makes the sweeping charges does
not take into the count that there are
dentiles whose manners do not partake
OF the repose that marks the cast of
the We're de We're. Why then discriminate
between the races? No hotel-keeper feels
authorized to proclaim that his house is
closed to Ohioans, Illinoisns or Californians
Yet there are different type, Of morals and
manners separating these people Just as
dlstlnctively as any that can be detected
among the Hebrews. Foreigners declare
that all Americans are ilbred, and MANY of
the higher class London hotels refuse to
receive American families unless provided
with letters of reference from some of their
English clients. In Cannes, an English
watering place in the south of France, there
are dozen high-clsss caravansera where no
American can get accommodation. The
landlords mako the same plea-thst we ara
domineering, loud talking and exactipp:
that our table manners are unconpenis
70 their English guests, and That
II choice with them and they
prefer the Britons, as they are their
regular customers and the best pay. There
is iavorite hotel in London where a lis. of
prescribed things that may not be done are
handed the American who applies for rooms.
ne may not, for example, appear in the din.
ing room, reading room or smoking room in
slippers. lie may not appear at tho general
dinner in slovenly attire, unwashed or I'm.
kempl; ne may not make the table bolster.
Gus in his wine-drinking; he may not chew
TOBACCO out OF his own room; he NAV mot
damn" the domestics. All complaints must
DO written out and sent to the manager A
great hotel WAS built in London not lonr
since expressly - crafty American humor'
and an Enelishman never dreams of ENTERING
II. Possibly If the super.sensitive summer
landlords fnd that some Hebrews do not
come up to the conventional REQUIRE
ments this system would be- found
less invidious than to insult a
whole race, and that race the most brilliant
tne most enterprislng and the most potent
isc!ors II ma, srt, letters and industry in every
state In Ohristendon. Mine host, who has
bis nerves Jared by loud voices, dirty finger
nails, unkempt linen. loose morals and ,nde.
cent exhibitions in the surf, might post up in
each room an index e1purgatorius aimed Al
thefe eccentricities. 1t will be difficult.
however, for the best intentioned Isrslite
TO- change the color Of his eyes. His hair.
which the landlord objects TO as black and
shining, can DO bleached to golden blonde
to assusge the vision of the Gentiles, and Ma
for the finger nails possibly u brush insin-
uated into each bed-chamber might remove
that objection. But why put these exactions
on tho lsraelite alone? Dirty hands
vulgar display and eguivocai antics
and costumes on the beach arc not conaned
70 one race alone. How would it do to estsb.
lish casino Of manners, through which tho
guests should pass before receiving welcome
AS regulars? This would add variety TO tho
joys of the seaside and the mountain. Mine
host could preside as the Admirable Crichtop
drilling the awkward squad into the amen
tiles essential to pass muster as real water
iingIplace gentleman or lady. Obvious.
Y this is the only plan possible in country
like ours. We have no Bismarck 10 foment
an anti.Jewish crusade, nor have we a.
yet the feudsl appliances to establish Gbet-
tos, 10 which 10 confne the Isrseiites whom
the landlords do not love. Two hundred
years ago the landlord would have had
erything his own way. The laws gave him
the right to shut the obnoxious race IN certain
limits Of the town and close the gates al nina
10 the evening The pleasure he may enjoy
still If he will open his establishment in
Turkey or any of the Moslem dominious. for
TO this day they are limited to certain quar-.
tors and the gates closed at shutdown, Lat
the anti Jewish landlord emigrate to those
favored lands.