Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-24
One Ring for Bell Boy.
Two Rings for Porter.
Three Rings for Ice water:
-Four Rings for Rough on Rats.
Five Rings for Borrowed Money.
Six Rings for Fire.
Seven Rings for Hook and Ladder

In fact man could have rings on.
his fingers and bell boys on his toes ALL
the time if he wanted to do so.
And yet there will be travelling men
who will receive this kind circular, and
still hang back. Constant contact with
q cold, cruel world has made them
cynical, and they will hesitate even /.
after Mr.. Towel has said that he will,
improve his house with the money, and
even after he has assured us that We
advance the money. This shows that j.
he is not altogether heartless man. !
Mr.. Towel may be poor, but he is not
without consideration for the feelings,
of people who loan him money.
For my own part, I fully believe that
Mr.. Towel would be willing to fit up
his house and put matches in each
room if travelling men throughout the
country would respond to this cali fer
assistance.
But the trouble is, that the travelling
public expect q landlord to take al the
risks and advance oil the money This
makes the matter OF hotel keeping .
hazardous one. Mr.. Towel asks the.
guest to become an interested party.
Not that he in so many words agrees TO-
divide the profits proportionatefy At
the end of the year with the stock
holders, but he is willing to make his
hotel larger, and if food does not csme
up as fast as it goes down-in price, r
mean-he will try to make all his quests
feel perfectly comfortable while In llis.
house.
Under favorable circumstances the
Roller Towel House would, no doubt
be thoroughly refitted and refurnished
throughout. The little writing table
in each room would have its legs re-
glued, new wicks would be inserted In.
the kerosene lamps, the stairs ve,.td
be dazzled over with soft soap. anA the.
teeth in the comb down in the wasts
room would be reset and fled. Nukser-
GUS changes would be made In She
corps de ballet also. The large-hantle,f
chambermaid, with the cow-catcher
teeth and the red Brazil nut of hair Gun.
the back of her head, would be sent.
down into the dining-room 10 resite,
that little rhetorical burst SO often ron--
dered by the elocutionist of the dining
room-the smart Aleckutionist In the
language of the poet; beginning,
Observation-Disclosures, with q fall
ing infection that sticks it's head into
the bosom of the earth and gives as
tail tremolo movement in the air.
On receipt OF IS from each ono OF,
the travelling men Of the Union, new
hinges would be put into the slippery
elm towels. The pink soap would Ne
revarnished, the different kinds of meat
on the table will have tags on them,
stating in plain words what kindu Of
meat they are, so that guests will not
be forced to take the word of servants,
or rely on their own Judgment; fresh
vinegar with sour taste to it, and
without microbes, will be, put in The
cruets, and old and useless cockroaehe,,
will be discharged, and the latest ard
most improved adjuncts of hotel life.
will be adopted.
Why, then, should the travelling n,sn
hesitate? Why should he doubb ans2
draw back, and falter, and shrink
Why should he allow pessimisn, ami
other foreign substances to get into 1,hs
system and change his whole life? ),
| Let him remit IS to the Roller Towef
House, and if this should prove sue
cess he may assist othel hotels in the
same manner. He would thus feel ar
interest in their growth and prosperity.
| Then as he became more and more fore
handed he could assist the railways.
the bus lines and the bootblacAs, bar
bers, laundries, etc., etc., in the s,,,Gs
manner.-Bill Nve. 49,.