The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-07
GUESTS OF THE HOTEL.
THE COUNTRY COUSIN AND THE
FOUNDER ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
The Usual Programme of q visitor-DiE
ference In City Guests-what Country
men Are Learning-TroubIe
with the Kickera
New York SUM-

the town, said the clerk Of an uptown hotel
rs he leaned over the desk and twisted a lot
Of toothpicks into little frames and odd de-
signs Il notice there IL q great improve
ment in the manners and appearance of the
countryman since went into the hotel bust
ness, thirty-two years ago. We no longer
End that there Is any necessity for putting
up signs in all the rooms warning the guests
not to blow out the gas and the hat boy at
the entrance Of the dining room does not
call me over to see q queer collection OF
head gear since 1871 This hat boy
Of ours, by the way, Is verging
on his 50th year, and he Is as
shrewd as they make them. He Is dried
up little specimen, and thinks OF nothing
else but hats. He will take 1000 guests,
and return each hat to its proper owner
three times day for twenty years without
making q mistake. Prior to 1872, hs would
rush out to the desk mysteriously and call
me in to look at the collection of suburban
hats In those days countrymen, particu-
larry southerners, felt that they would be
sacrificing their self-respsct IL they adopted
the custom Of the town and wore garments
that accorded with the prevailing mode
They were afraid Of being considered popu-
lar swells, and preferred to be regarded as
guys.
All suns ID Cuuukou, uoWoN0F 1nS tfaV-
cling salesman, who is really responsible for
the advance in civilization In America has
disseminated fashionable hats, well-cut gar
ment'. and many OF the lighter knickknacks,
and the fashions that go to make up the
dress Of New York men until a change has
been wrought everywhere. There are no
end Of good clothing houses in New York
and Philadelphia who have adopted the
system Of establishing branch houses in
small towns These big clothing houses
make TO- 600 suits Of clothes and ship them
all over the country to their agenta The
clothes may be good, bad or Indifferent but
the one unquestionable result Is that the
countrymen learn to dress They used to
come here in the middle Of summer with
black broadcloth frock coats, doeskin trous.
ers, heavy waistcoats and boots. Now they
dress more seasonably. It is very rare that
man comes to our house who Is not pre-
sentably attired Even in ths streets one
seldom sess the guys who formerly camo In
such vast numbers simultaneously with the
hot weather." .-..
"What is the usual programme Of
visitori"
swell, X there Is q burlssque show, pro-
fusely advertised and holding forth
promise OF innumerable pink tights, rouged
cheeks, high-heeled Slipper low. neckei
dresses, and the like, IL will gather in the
countrymen with force that no power on
earth can resist. II does not make the
slightest difference what the other attrac-
tions in town may be, who the visitor Is,
whether parson or plowman, he Is sure to
60 to the burlesque shows. At IL O'Clock he
comes in tired out and ready for bed At
he Is out in the corridor or in the smoking
room, picking his teeth and staring into the
stv IL. ..xh~u -
theatre is over, and eats his biggest meal in
the middle Of the day He makes the best
guest that the hotel can entertain, for he is
quiet ami unobtrusive and content with
decent treatment He has . morbid horror
Of running In debt and Is punctuality itself
In the matter Of payment Take him all In
all, our country cousin Is pretty square
and solid sort Of man. and he always finds
q welcome at the best hotels. a@saE
There Is good deal Of difference in city
guests" the clerk continued, rolling over on
his other elbow and balancing the penholdsr
deity on his first finger. aOur city guest,
consist Of two distinct classes, kickers and
FOUNDERS. The FOUNDERS are dear TO our
hearts. II Is rather difficult to make them
pay up at the end Of the week, but they are
liberal patrons Of our house. keep the serv-
ants in good humor by feeling them often
this. by the way, 10 thing the c untryman
never does-and incrsa the custom of the |
bar. Two or three well-ksown FOUNDERS
will do more TO pull up the business of the
bar~room. IL they resile in the house. thaa |
you would imagine. We have Wall-street |
operator In this house who Is known |
from one end Of the house to the other. He |
tells good stories, H. lily and has grown
rather tat We put big armchair In the |
cafe for his special benefit After biz |
dinner every night no lights monstrous |
cigar, waddles through here In order to |
crack some joke with the clerk, goes TO the |
cafe, settles him ELF comfortably In the chair |
and remains there usually until 1t l. time to |
90 10 bed. His bedtime Is a IN. Il Il not |
. very good habit for his health. but IL is |
rattling good thing for the house. His |
friends drop in to see him during the whole |
evening, and sometimes he has eight or ten
men around the table He stands the house |
in on an average about so night ~
@As rule, the young men 60 outside for |
their fun, while che old FOUNDERS stay in
doors They wander from the billiard |
room 10 the cafe, thence to the rea Ting |
room. make . call on some OF the guests In |
the hotel, and finally drift of 70 bed. As |
Say, the rounder, are our best Gu toners. |
The kickers the more numerous They are
Of every age, siss, and sax, but most Of |
them are OF the femintne gender and about /
90 years Of age. Some OF the women growl l
because the halls are scrubbed too early In |
tho morning. others because they are mot
scrubbed enough. There Is . continued
complaint about the heat In winter and the 1
drafts In summer, and tbs table Is subject /
OF merciIsss and endless criticism. Every |
body knows that u b impossible to suit
everybody IN . hotel. but no ons can have
any idea Of the extraordinary pretaxts for /