Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-25
DAILY POST IEfgLLlGEICEB,
People who Give the Clerks Irsssse
-Peeuiiasfties ofThesfricai People.
philadelphia Times

P~~ule who Give the CLERKS 1reoDse
-ree.i,asfties orTheafricai People.
Philadelphia Times
.Oh ves.- said the chief clerk at the
continental Yesterday, ooh, yes, We have
c,anks' here once in while, II not Of
,sns, I don't suppose We fare any worse
than other big hotels all over the coon-
~. huf. then, re oct our full share.
Whv. there are men on the road who
cone here once in a while that would
sLick, ~ they we're ushered into the best
BEDROOM in Heaven, and find fault with
the cooking Of Blot himself. Only the
other day a man wrote his name on the
register and Was shown TO neat room
on the second floor above. In nve min-
utsa he came rushing down the stairs
The was In too great hurry 70 wal. 10!
tbs elevator and. painting for breath at
the desk, yelled out:
al cawn't keep that room, you Know
vhy the carpets got snakes IN 1t.
0The man aad red face and q red
der noae. and saw at once that his Pc
cuIiar condition had caused him TO ms
take the figures on the carpet for snakes
90. without asking any questions, OF
irving 70 exlain away his deiusien'
sent him 70 a room whore the carpet Is
in big squares like chessboard- Some
times men are assigned 70 rooms, ana
come back to be changed on the pies
that they don't like the outlook. Inc
outlook, indeed. What is the outlook
from a city hotel except the blank walls
OF the opposite street The women
Who travel much, as actresses and lectur-
ara. are also very particular In theif
vavs once iu awhile. They always want
suecial terms, and insist upon the best
~ everything. In fact, they want more
care and attention than our best paying
customers.
THE rEEISo OF wArTKRs.
.sDo YOU find any difficulty in getting
GOOD ssrvantsr' was asked at the desk
OF the Girard House.
"There are always plenty TO be had;
but then they are never worth mucn TOT
oar business until they have been drilled
for a while. Then, Just about when
thew have learned enough TO be OF some
nae they get ambitious TO 90 To the sea.
shore, where wages are higher ana
work not 30 particularly done, and We
lose then. Of course, We hold ON TO the
hest of COR servants, some OF wnom
have been with rs for many years, but
then the changes are frequent. There
is one thing that ruins hotel walters and
that Ia the almost universal habit Of
feeling them. Almost every day We have
complaints from transient guests OF IN
suficient service, and We know ct once
that the system Of feeling IL TO blame
Yesterday, for instance, guest from
New jersey said to me: AT dinner TO-
day my neighbor at my right hand go
beautiful plate of asparagus, while
niue was mainly butts That might
have been the fault of the people in thu
pantry, but the probability is that II ths
waiter had resolved or had expected
Zee he would have called attention II
the dish and served the Jerseyman more
LITERALLY. It is rule of the house tina
servants shall not receive gratuities, bu
we cannot fully enforce It,"
GETTING RICH WITHOUT PAT.
"How about baggageY" clerk Of tn
Colounade Hotel was asked. do poo
ple travel nowadays with whole Wagon
loads OF trunks AZ they used TO dor"
"No; az a rule the amount of baggag'
In light. There IL q tendency amonl
English travellers, however, 10 carr,
vast numbers of packages and reticule
and astchels about with them, but thi
Ia because the English system Of check
inc baggage Ia different from ours
Here Il costs Just al much to express ,
CARPET bag as trunk, and when Eng
lishmen find this out In their travels
they get trunks and carry fewer small
parcels. French and German traveller,
get along with comparatively light bag
gage, and the average American makes
nd an npAtnaru n
serve his turn for voyage around tn,
world When fashionabIe ladies eet on
for the watering places, though, TIL
number of trunks Ii sometimes enor
nous. have seen one summer outh
that filed thirty mine big Saratogas
The head porter of largo hotel lik'
this has place that compares very IA
vorably with most political positions
lie gets no salary, but he and the moi
he employs 10 assist him board ant
lodge in the hotel. One old porter il
said to be worth $4,000, much o.
which he accumulated here. He hai
the monopoly Of the bootblaoking and
trunk moving, and the Rratnity for tn.
latter service, although never demanded
70 seldom forgotten, even by the closes
listed guests.
THEATRICAL PEOPLE m HOTELS.
Theatrical people are not, a. q rule
desirable guests. They generally com,
In numbers, and want reductions Of tn,
rate ON that account. Il Ia not uncosn
mon for hotel whose usual charge Il
e4a day 10 take q dramatic company q
e2.5O day. That ia not the worst Of
IL, for they expect the best Of accommo
datiOns and the closest attendance, and
give perhaps more trouble than any
other GLASS Of guests. We don't have
many theatrical people, because W
make no reductions. One Of our guests
for many years, and one that was al
ways welcomed heartily, was Madame
JanausChek, who always stopped viii
US. She wanted the very best Of every
thing, and was willing TO pay we'll FOL
u. Ono Of the drawbacks to our enjoy
mont Of her custom Vas the RESPONSE
bilitv she cntailsd upon IA by deposit
ing over $4,000 worth OF diamonds II
our aafeson every visit. Our safe VA
opened every tsn minutes, perhaps, dur
ing the day, and wc always felt q terri
BILE dread OF the disappearance Of soma
Of Madame Janauschek's jewels. For
euuAtely, they were never stolen. ShS
70 more desircas Of privacy nov, fol
abe stops when In the city at zeiss' on
Walnut street.
Fanny Davenport Is another actresl
Who II always welcome, bat somehow
or other whenever abe stops here che
has new pet dog that il undesirable
and Ia generally In training for some
thing. Lolita used 10 stop with a. very
frequently and was az little troublesome
~ any guest could be. She vante thu
best Of everything, Of course. and paid
for it; but ahe was much unlike many
OF her sisters In art, who never could
find anything 10 suit them and 81
themselves mp ~ universal critics
Lucoa and Di Murska we're also oul
quests ct times and gave no trouble
and one Of the easiest men , please VA
Edwin Booth. the tragedian. Abou,
police arfangcmsnts2 Well, We have Z
watchman that patrols the house al
night, his rounds being marked By Ar
indicator, and Ne keep, a. most lAras
hotels do, special detective. The sys-
tam OF protection ID now 80 perfect thai
robberies very seldom occar. When
they do the fault II generally traoeabls
20 The careleasneas Of gucsts."
Was chatting with bright youna
girl the other evening. al small GER
man. when our attention was directed