New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-06
PUBLIC THOUGHT AND TALK.
THE CARE OF BIG BOTELs-CHATs WITH
MANY MEN.

ono can begin TO understand what Job II is to clean up
big hotel evory year. We 60 at IL in sections, cor
ridor OF o floor at time The first movement
of preparation is to that incoming
guests located there and to remove
| any that may be in tho rooms. Then the
chambermads under direction of the housekeepor strip
the bcds The upholsterer along with gang OF
men and takes away the furniture 1t is all looked
over repaired and vanished before II is brought back
The curtain in and take down the ambrequins
| and shades. Then tho carpet men and take the
carpets. With the stripped the Doxt move. TO
paint it, The scrubwomon clean tho paint and soon
as IL Is dry gang of painters set to work Meanwhile
| the plumbers como in to examine and
the wallis when they are done the scraSblns women
' bronsh f' bacb put and uRo e esanbormaids
remake the beds. Imagine q great army of men and
women to be kept ut work in sort OF routine, with
little things constantly arising check tho even car:
rent Of the work. and you get some idea OF one OF
our our nou:eeieanngs We keep 10 up Tor two months:
carpenter to help tho plumber. n springfield man to
FIX mp set OF springs, hardware man to put in
Bastercr to repair ceiling. Thore is end OF such
| little things to be done"
Colonel Truman II. Norman, Congressman elect, is
ono of those good-naturod who like to please
body and especially all their friends His Office. I am
told. has already become burden To him. He was no
sooner elected than the boys Of his district began to
1
service II was also developed soon aor the reorgan
zaton of the Custom House that the Colonel was likely
to control city patronage than any other city Con-
gresham. Then hts constituents did rally Thoy rang
his front door bell and they knocked Mt his back door.
The Colonel had soft for every Instead of
| saying that tho applicants must flo their
| papers and pass Civil Service examination. he
almost invariably replied Meet me down town and
men began to V follow S bis footsteps about Town The
| number was swelling to q hundred. They met the
met a constituent II he started for his dinner
no ran against one OF " the boys" lie couldn't mud time
old dosk until Congress meets But the pressure was
too great and II said yesterday that no had given
meots when he comes back It is to DO hoped that his
ofoesceking constituents will give the little Congress-
man chance for his life.
General John 8. Marmadukc, who won distinction on
the Confederate sdo at Shiloh and other battle folds
| and is now Governor of Missouri. went up to West
| Point lately, TO renew his acquaintance with
tho Military Academy. ut which he was graduated in
1857 unchanged to the general eye" he said to
mo the other day tho old West Point as whom
a cadet There buildings but felt as
II stepping holy ground among comrades and friends
as paced up 10 my Alma Mater had friends with me,
and Lieutenant Brown. tho officer OF the day, showed
every courtesy saw the cadets form for dinner and
went In TO SOC them at the meal There was magnificent
order. Everything Leaf and clean There Is great
mproV emen In this respect since my Time and the eI
variety and better prepared yet saw nothing cxrava-
Looking the boys over don't think the discipline is
quite rugged In the nes. but II may bo more ex
feared that discovered tendency In the other dircc
| tion. saw the early parade and then walked
| at the Academy In my day were Judge Newland.
| who IL in tho quartermasers department, aud Mt.
Fries tho librarian ofaii the rest civilians and ON
| mo foel both sentimental and old"
One of tho Generals companions on tho trip said;
" The Governor f. tender Of the boys feelings But
tho fact there lot OF oonounded tops aud dudes
among them only they all dress alike. But they need
u 10 shaken up little this point. and don't mind
speaking about Il because it Will do them good to sec
| themselves ~ others see thcin.'
Judge Hoadly. iwho came East for health. before
punxing his for reelection as Governor OF
| Ohio. Is In some respects a wonderful man. He Is
restless piece Of humanity glunt "a such men
usually are. with a piercing eye and curious way Of
speaking that has In II the captivating quality OF APP
parent frankncss. IIo Is inclined to DO frank Two
years ago. In tho Ohio campaign, he talked freely
| 70 newspaper mon. who promptly reported every
word Gao OF them, OnennGtl Enquirer correspondent,
known AS "Jayhawker," reported him saying that
his nomination cost him $4,000. It shortly after
this that Joseph Pulitzer travelling across tho state
said TO a companion In u palace-car that he would
rather 20 around State han stop in It to be Hoad
lie went on 10 t So so we're Of caught and REPORTED
| hy newspaper man who happened TO DO IN tso car
Ever Since the verb which MI Pulitzer Invented TO
Hoady has been common slang In the West indicate
the reporting OF mems uttorances Without ther consent
In party ofNow.York Ropus cans who were discus-
ing the adyisaby OF making Mr.. Eyarts tho nominee
for Governor Reuben Fox in banter tkat came up
about holding all tho offices at ono time,
remarked: dWell we could hardly make any record
In the present day that would equal that OF George
Clinton. Although no only lived oightythrce years, the
terms OF the public offices he hold aggregated nineyhyo
years He was Governor OF NswYOrk at tho
ha (lerk wi no
Vice President Surrogate OF his county and Chan
coor OF the University There was scarcely an inter
val In his oioeholdng from the time OF his entrance
into public lifo to his death" had some curiosity TO
look up this ancient oiceholdng citizen He was an
Ulster County man. the youngest son Oh Charles Cntoa,
from whom tho Cllntons OF Sew-York sprang and tho
unoe OF Dewitt Clinton tho most famous OF all the Gin
tons TIE Cntons came from Ireland, where an ahees-
had He'd from England the defeat or the royasts
OF the time OF Charles l. George clinton wa,
part OF the Of pryatoer In the French war; and
aerward lieutenant OF military company In the erpe
don against Fort Frcntcn9c. Canada; ne psGans
somOy. He was in tho Continental Congress IN l77?,
OF the United states In l777 and the
year elected both Governor and Lieutenant-GoV-
stltution. Ho held tho Goyernorship eighteen years
In sol no again made Governor. aud In SO4 was
elected ToeevcG for Sc In sos he
was candidate for President, receiving few votes In
lux continued Vice President by handsome majority
Hc died while Vice President HIS casting vote In ISL
defeated the re-cha rter or the National Bank the vote
on which had been IA ito In tho Senate.
was looking ut NUN Der OF English tourists In
broadway the other day, whilo standing alongside Of
Ex-Governor Osborn OF Kansas, who has just returned
from position Minister to Brazil and had observed
the apparent strength aud FREQ OF the
OF the party, when he said Engshmon rs rule arc
magnificent types OF physical strength They develop
In that direction by oulyatng the habit aud fashion of
exercise. Their women walk great deal. whore ours
sit clsso parlors and take little exercise Tho English
women travel a great deal. Scarcely q steamer
comes TO Rio Janciro that IL does not land
great parties OF travellers both and
women. they start OF over the mountains
on long pedestrian Journeys to get views OF the beaut-