Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-09

dress more scasonably. II is very rare that
a man comes to our house who is not pre-.
sentably attired Even in ths streets ono
seldom sees the guys who formerly came in
such vast numbers simultaneously with the
hot weather.
"what is the usual programme Of a
visitori"
"Well. II there is n burlesque show. pro-
fusely advertised and holding forth a
promise Of innumerable pink tights, rouged
cheeks, highheelcd slippers low neckei
dresses, and the like, It will gather in the
countrymcn with force that no power on
earth can resist. II docs not make the
slightest difference what the other attrac.
tions in town may be, who the visitor l.,
whether parson or plowman, he Is sure TO
go TO the burlcsque shows. AT II o'clock he
comes in tired out and ready for bod. Ats
he Is out in the corridor or In the smoking
room, picking his teeth and staring into the
street. He never thinks Of eating after the
theatre is over, and eats his biggest meal in
the middle Of tho day He makes the best
guest that the hotel can entertain, for he is
quiet AMI unobtrusive and con ent with
decent treatment He has morbid horror
Of running In debt and Is pnnctuality itself
In the matter Of payment Take him all 10
all. our country cousin is pretty square
and soil sort Of man, ard he always finds
q welcome at the best hotels.
"There is good deal of difference In city
guests" the clcrk continued rolling over op
his other elbow and balancing the penholder
deftly on his first finger sour city guests
consist OF two distinct classes, kickers and
FOUNDERS. The FOUNDERS are dear - our
hearts IL is rather difficult to make them
pay up at the end Of the week, but they ara
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ants in good humor by feeling thcm often
this, by the way, is a thing the country man
never does--and increa.e the custom Of the
bar. Two or three well-known FOUNDERS
will do more to pull up the business Of the
bar-room, II they reside in the house. than
you would imagine. We have a Wall-street
operator in this house who is known
from one end OF the house to tho other. Hs
tells good stories, Is jolly and has grown
rather fat We put n big armchair in tho
cafe for his special benefit. After big
dinner every night he lights monstrous
cigar, waddlss through here In order to
crack some joke with the clerk, goes to the
cafe, settles himself comfortably in the chair
and remains there usually until IL is time to
20 to bed. His bedtime is l a. M 1t is not
q very gooi habit for his health. but it is
rattling good thing for the house. His
ATlsHus uTOp III W Sts uIui uuIlHP tHe WuDie
evening, and sometimes he has eight or ten
men around the table. He stands the house
in on an average about SEQ night.
"As rule, the young men go outside 70,
their fun, while the old FOUNDERS stay in.
doors They wander from the billiard.
room to the cafe, thence to the reading.
room make a call on some OF the guests in
the hotel, and finally drift Off to bed. As
say, the FOUNDERS are our best Gu toners
The kickers the more numerous They are
Of every age, size, and sex, but most Of
them are OF the feminine gender and about
40 years of ag,. Some of the women growl
becau the halls are scrubbed too early in
the morning, Others because they are not
scrubbed enough. There is continued
complaint about tho heat in winter and the
drafts in summer, and the table is subject
OF merciless and endless criticism. Every
body knows that it is impossible to suit
everybody in hotel, but no one can have
any idea of the extraordinary pretexts for
complaints which exist, except . hotel
clerk