New-York tribune., 1890-03-30
THE LINEN-ROOM GIRL.
WHAT TRAVELLERS DEMAND.

ayes said the presiding genius Of the Linen
Room. a. she glanced up complaccntly at the pre-
clpltous white mountains all sides Of her. no
body ever catches things out Of order in THIS room
while | am around. which Is from : In the morn
ing til I'm the evening OF course. | can't answer
for II before ! come down and after | leave 1t. II
Is unlocked at q O'Clock In the morning, and moi,
locked again till IL o'clock at night The watch
girl take, charge of It from TO :. and again IN the
evening Ny girls mean wc-thcrc are five Of
them that bo-s-bu they amt always 50 particular
as they might be- and sometimes lind towels and
napkins clean and socd thrown around every
which way when | come in
yow was brought up In the country. where
folk, do try TO keep thing, sort o clean. and 50 I
can't sit down long there Is any dirt or confusion
in the For that matter. though there Is p"'iou,
little sitting down for me anyway. for Just A. soon
a. one waiter gets out with his tablecloth, and
napkins, here viii come a chambcrmald for sheets
and towels. Keep EN- IN hundreds Thousand>.
You had better say. have five thousand napkins
old and new. down on my books and, as for towels
amt never yet had patience 10 add 'cm all up
There Is a continual stream Of 'cm, or, H0u NAV
say. two streams running IN opposite directions
between here and the laundry. and | count. count
count TIL sometime, my head is all In whirl. 1t
wouldn't be 80 confusing II ! didn't have ~ look
every way at once. but. II am not on the watch.
some of them sassy waiter, viii and help them
selves what they want for the dining room without
saving with Your leave or By your leave to me- ana
then II the hou,chccper finds II out. She comes tear
Ing I'm here and take, nv head OF. Looks good
naturct. vou say Oh. shes good naiuicd cn"uSh.
outside Of business. amt got nothing against her
that t. nothing more than ia have against any
woman that tried to boss me. but having biz hotel
on her shoulders will make most any woman more
or less cranky I'm dealing with them that has to take
their orders from her
Does she scold when articles come MP mi isln-
from the wash Not me. | only report 'cm TO her.
and then get ont Of the way, and let her htTo 1t
out with the laundrc>ses. The more blowing mp
them women get the better for in spite of every
thing can say they Will persist In saving themselves
work by using washing fluid. or other things that rot
out the linen in Just half the time 1T ought To last Non
may think them sheets yondcr look nice and white.
but YOU ought to see country sheets that's been
washed with nothing but good soap and soft wafer
after being blcachcd on the grass and that smell "t
lavender instead of washing fluid do try 10 nave
my sheet, dry. for don't want to murder none Of
the guests but can't have 'cm a snowy white a. ioAs
wOnd find 'cm In my own home
Did YOU ask was they linen or cottoni We keep
both kinds, 80 If the guests want linen sheet, tand
most Of cm do In summer tincl they can have EN-
There are some that wants them all the year round
There was a man from down south here last wccA he
was A corporal or general Or something Of the KIND
and as the weather wa, cold. naturally there was
housckccpcr the next morning. i felt last night ~
in the loft of Il gin house lie wa, difcrcn; from
Western man who stopped here last summer. by an
accident he got linen sheets on his bed ana he com
pliucd the next day that he had come near slipping
ont on the nOof half dozen times during Tile night
However, | don't hear much talk oi sheets. IL =,
towels that there /, the grumhling ana growing
about among the guests. There are folk, who.
know from the looks OF cm makes one towel tand
that one crasm last 'cm week at home that Will
make fus, II they don't find at least two clean one,
ON their wash stand every time they happen 10 10
In their rooms during the day. II beats everything
he air, they put when they fnd themselves paving
their four dollar, day at hotel much afraid they
won't get the worth Of their money In every thing
THAT'S going Thcm's the sort that accuse the walters
OF giving Them napkins that has already been used
and that come pushing into here To see (as they say
n we an, really bad Off for such things
10 be- And my the towels that are called for In
them bath rooms It's silly, that's what It Is, TO
order 80 many Just because they be had for the
asking ,,.,,
: " / am quite a prisoner. You say Well. am too
busy ali day long to think whether am in prison or
ont Of prison but don't eat no prisoners farc-l
tcll yon that. No. don't eat with the housekceper
though did at the last hotel was at. But, bless
your heart It's nothing Ia me whether eat IN the
rst officers dining the second, lust ~ eau
ret what want eat three square meals Il day, and
earn 'cm a. we'll a. my $2O month. Yes. I've
cot into a pretty comfortable berth at last. and 1t
he suppose. long as can work. | aln't near
voung as | used Ia be. and though they had said
nothing about discharging me from the store where
had been for fifteen years. | knew they'd rather
have them behind the counter that didn't have no
gray hairs showing"