The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28
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Inetreit Frpe Press.l

fs @How do you manage when assigning rooms to your guests to locate one on the fourth or fifth door and the other on the second, when each pays the same rate per diem" was ask the landlord oi one of the hotels by reporter sfew days since.
 "Yoa had better ask azs of the clerks, replied the boUitace with smile. They know all about such things and will. doubtless communicate the secret Go you"
 The reporter sought out the clark and repeated the question. His reply was la conic and to the point:
 We size 'em up."
 " Bat do you never make mistakes fs asked the reporter.
 Seldom,S answered the clerk, and perceiving that the reporter would not Dc choked of he continued "Oae reason why we seldom make mistakes is that we can judge, in measure, by the way man registers of what he has been accus- toned to at home. II a man will be con- tented with a small room in his own house, he is not likely to make any very decided objection to the sarae accommo- 0AttO0 6b uOtCA. AhtS t1 utOtC C9RNn<~ ialIy true in the case of those who, like merchants from the interior, come 10 the ci.y but once or twice year to buy goods. They are too full of business to think much about the kind of room they are occupying, and so long as they have place to sleep, they don't care whether it is os the first floor or next the roof, be- sides, they don't like to have any trouble They would rather put up with few in- conveniences than raise a row. This is all the better for us, for we can save the best rooms for guests who will be willing to pay a higher 6gxre. The successful hotel clerk Is not only able to do this, but he can almost invariably tell al a glance just how much q man will stand, and he is very careful not to over-step the line Again, look at the way some people register. The man who is unaccustomed to travelling and stopping at hotels picks up the pen as if he vas afraid of 1t. and is singularly precise in the formation of the letters composing his name. He writes plain John Blank, Blanktown,' as nicely as he is able. and Is perfectly sat. isfied if the clerk takes him by the hand and says, as clerks always do i: Mir DA 4uAt HI ktG0 " SGC yOus
 The full-fedged drummer or tourist Is easily identified. He will waltz up to the desk, dash of his name In a careless fashion, toss his overcoat and grip to the bell-boy, and try to talk with four or five people at once. He must have a fair room, or there will be trouble at the of- fee. A young man on his first trip will demonstrate his Spencerian education a country. lawyer will write his name 90 that neither he nor anybody else can de- cipher the hieroglyphics, while the rural I Legislator will be anxious to let every body know he has the right to prefix honorable to his name. These characters are uni versal, and almost invariably we can get at 6 mans character and position in the world by an inspection of bis chiro- sraphy.
 In small towns hotel clerks have q practice of giving the most desirable rooms to parties who claim to come from some large city, for the reason that they should have better knowledge of hotel life than their rural breshcrn. Travellers are beginning to realize this. and will register as from New York or Boston, in order that they may get a good room, and they win the trick. The most esses.- tial thing in the makeup of a hotel clerk is to be able to fill the house from the top down, and at the same time make everyone believe they are getting the best rooms"