The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-03-30
The Hotel H. Clerk ID

tIoins pnan there We're, EmperOrS and
Dukes, he was temporarily forced to take
% position behind a hotel register His
/ chief characteristics are dignity of bear
ing, radiant gorgeousness of apparel,
haaghtiness Of manner afid iewelrv. His
principal duties consistin hammering ON
the call bell, in handing guests the wrong
keysto their ifooms, and irit keeping d
supply Of toothpicks on the, end of > the
lbdesk. When all his time is not taken up
in the performance Of these arauous idu-
I ties, he will copdescend TO explain to. 8
/ guest that he does not know whether the
nortlHbound train leaves atthfeep! fn..iof
not, and if the guest insists ON enticine
Jfurtherr information out of him, he viii
probably hand HIM a last years official
railroad time ile table, table,as naoaas ,,4s,i7.,,
kl When a stranger comes in on. a late
traiH, Jams his vaIise down onsthe Gcooirifrlt-
ter, and appfeaehas the register, the hotel
tclerk, in preoccupied and austere man
,ner. farms the register and lhaiids the
stranger = penTFa pen that has On JIM
pediment in its legs, catches in the paper,
and splttters fragfneits feF the GUESTS
name Lover Yesterday . s.sarrivals,f e I, The
clerk, after turning around the Register
and s6xa1hinihgI the sigiiAsure tofsee if Il
Is geraipe, m n expresses, ,s,mes doubt. as .ta
fTthere being a vacant room in, the house.
Tha,stfan9e ter saw, he isabouhd to- Ehave9a
roomst Tbs lYb9s; elepk retires behind the desk,
kand after consulting some pigeon-holes,
eonelufies Shatsthe gentlenaH siiiay have
No,al, l92r He, writes some, ,hieregiyphies
Ion the register, aud then he talks for
halflHnS hour hwith the porter and the
baggage man about the, trunk of the gen
tlenlan in No. 46, having got mixed m1iisd
Iom1h iItlen baggagee ibel0ngines Ito iTthe
i gentleman in Hp, 6t..iaWAen he. gets
polish and dad1nire fthe longsnaiiGthatdhe
|. IL cultiYsting, on his little finger, and
forgets The gentleman that has rented
Mo dsla2. undlEhe is made aware oof
his eXiStencey by an impatient tap on. the
counter With the air 4 MAJ mnartyvirs.' ttvis' and
& hthatexpressessthefaetth the CON-
ghernies. he saysi alisT w5alf @ ySa Ike ttls
10 go otoyoursdoonT. estrhereo sabotitI
81 much ugh Hospitality in bis tone As, there
Is in the vdice Of b bun dog, wshehs some
bedyltfhadssnnI hisItaii. 7dt isinDtimi
,tep tended to be hospitable, It, is i'm
tended To impress on the mind Of the
sstrangw o Ltiea factoG1 that "a although
sis. f'sskls Mlak paiIpg aa bolaG R2gF yal 81
Dhe is proud land O. Isl tmereiyc fll-,
ing the. ignoble position he now oc-
cuipies unta he can ico1i Come itnt,ooshfs adRe-
dom q which inuludegamoagdts perauiss
lities Q yacht on the coast. and shoot
ing lodge IN the Highlands 81 Scotiaiid.. ]
Then John shows the genteman ido
'No; i illlf ssg won "a ,gsdj aiuEyIzsn
Hu3No matter how crowded a hotel IS.
the hotel eleia always ofiAds bne tfujom
left for the late ;arriYals. When gthe,
slatter Kicks about It, when he is leaving
nextsday 3 because si61wass on the fiftk
Hoor, and EWas furnished with. nothing
but a bed, Bar Of soap, and a CT crack IN IN
ceiling, itheI clerkG tells 0him9 that IF hsl
had only been staying another. day, he;
seould have had an excellent room, in
fact the best Toofn i'm Thea hdnsel iewlich
would be- vacated after breakfast, .by a.
gentlefnan who was leaving 81 81 Tie ha1 noon q &
train.o no our certain knowledge, she
gentleman has been leaving that excel
lent THAT e"best room In the house, 81
everystosmorfowfor1ths laztutMenty
years. j; a.1.,-,.,s ..of., ..a;. s,,,,,
Hotel clerk Is 81 said to Be distantiyl tamil re-. re-
htedto therairoad ticketclerk, but this
must be q mistake having. its origin in
the fact that there are certain traits and
atrocities of character common to both.
The hotel clerk has siio relations S Not
one man in a thousand can remember5
ever having seen hotel clerk S father or
gncleasfwlTB Zd Is9bfs ,TR9I tFGi 10 .
The hightelerapisanot so gorgeouspri
tifielement as the day clerk. He wears O.
smaller afnger ring and 4 larger Boot =
His dntiess are not 20 onerons as are those.
ofthe day clerk He sleeps in chair
near thest0ve III reads novels iii night,
and his most npertant duty is to wakes
up and speed the parting guest who goes
off onitAe morning train. = y !. 9 .ssiS's
hotel clerk has much to try hirngle
end perhaps, ~ we would find many exr
euses for what we Consider his exasper-
latihg peculiafities, ,sif ax6 sstood ongI his
side of the; register. and had; the expert
'ence ofhow it Feels to be target for tHe.
'gnimblipg, thedault- finding, IandItha in-
terrogatOr1eS OF the average traveller
who lives Oh sc6rn bread and bacon n at
homes but howls loud and long, because
he does not get tprtle-soup and four kinds.
Of pie three times a day when he stops at
athotel elce-a sus glfangs.bssd 1sI se'Fs
!, .ze tUH T.Fsrsr .ussf hi Decd
The mail rider between Warren,
town, Va, and Washington; in the same
State, is an oldman named James Hary
'ren, who ghas been in the service for
thirty years. He has ridden over his
present route three tines 4 week each
way since 1864 NEST !, of the time, uponI
the raw-boned horse MANDY" which,
still serves the Government in the same
humble capacity. Tie number and
variety ylsofl packages which this toll
ing nag will transports Without the faint {
est sign Of rebellion surpasses belief. he
once carried over a. considerable partof
his route a. cooking stoye and sixteen
feet of pipe, besides the mailbag and
several smaller packages. For the sake Of
humanity and his own piece Of mind i,