The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-17
A BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
The Elevator Man Tires of the Work and
Becomes NOn-COmmittal.

Becomes NOn-COmmittal.
There it goes again." remarked the eleva-
tor man, as a matronly looking woman of
about 40 and girl of Is got out of the car
anl the reporter stepped in. II am supposed
to be a regular business directory of the
whole city and to know the capabilities of
every doctor, Dentist milliner, music teach
sr. and every one else that has an office in
this building. People every day ask my ad
vice as to which teacher or which doctor to
Ir,trOniZe, and seem to think ! am simple
nin'!ed if don't give them just the infor
ulation they want.
Il did use to at one time-when | was
Younger" he added. IAN old woman got
III and wanted to know the best dentist in the
,uiI,;;ng A friend of mine had just taken
an office on the third floor, and sent her up
to him. She had a mighty funny kind of a
rronged tooth, it seemed, and he hurt her
more than she expected pulling it out She
vent to the janitor and wanted me dis
charged for pointing out the office Since
then don't know anything about the ten
arts except where their offices are although.
as said, people are continually asking me to
tell them Of the best person to do what they
want done"
lcnt asked dapper young man who had
just entered the car.
The elevator man smiled in his tired way
but answered not.
wv hen first came here | tried to keep
count of the number of times that style of
JOKE was sprung on me, he said, after the
young man had got off, but | found | was
catching it about seven times day, and
got discouraged | wish, as a favor to me,
vou would tell the public that that is very
funny, of course; but sometimes feel as if
it is being verworked-overdone a little
yoa know. Will youg'
The reporter promised he would, and the
man said he felt better Then he began
again:
And while you are about it, why won't
fou ask people mot to be in such an ALFRED
hurry to get on an elevator until the people
that have ridden down have got out Wo
men are the worst at that, but the men are
pretty close second. They pile right in as
soon as toe door is opened and buck up
against people that are trying to get out, as
f they thought the car had been chartered
or the day and they were being cheated out
II their rights. am pretty good natured, as
rule, but sometimes | want to hit a few
people with baseball bat"
You grow cynical" remarked the report
II.
We'll, guess you would Some women
affect my nerves very seriously. Every day
or two have party of women come in to
sether Half of them get right into the ele-
vator and the rest stay outside and declare
chat they don't dare to ride in the old thing
that 1t makes them seasick, or they're afraid
1t Will break or something Finally all but
enc will be coaxed in, and she will walk I'D
stairs. When they get ready to go down, the
one who walked almost invariably ride.
down. Queer critters, amt theyY'
The reporter had been riding up and dow,
during this conversation, and the elevate
was now at the top of the building.
What would happen to US if this thiAg
should give ways" asked a passenger.
The elevator man looked puzzled. He
seemed to be thinking hard Then he en-
ightensd his questioner
1--WE would DROP" he said-Roston GlnhA
poliit between the fingers. The cigar
is then allowed either to dry naturally
or the process is hurried by artificial
heat.
The finest brand of Havana cigars i;
the ''veguera." after which come the
''regalias." The former are made of the
leaf when half dried, and no water is
used, but the latter, or regalias, made
from the dampened, dried leaf, are in
no way superior to the Key West
cigar made from the same leaf.
While the word '.legitima" brands
Havana cigar as made in that CITY
and of Cuban tobacco, the brand key
West cigar" does not mean that the
cigar was manufactured in Key West
because Tampa and Jacksonville, being
in the same internal revenue district.
are taking advantage of that fact by
turning out Key Vest cigars, and it
is for this reason that Key West wishes
to have its own separate district for the
better protection of its brands of cigars.
Tampa and Jacksonville have not the
same climate as Key West and Cuba.
and putting the cigars of those two
cities on the market as of key West"
make Injuries that brand Just as much as
the California wines made in Chicago
injure the reputation of the genuine
brands from the Pacific slope.
While it is all hustle and work at Kew
West during the day. after working