New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-09

Ia time we pulled up in front Of the hotel. had
brought with Ho rather heavy hand har containing
washing things ana books, 40 when ~" hI. driver
climbed down ana opened The door handed d. . him
expecting him % mh' II INTO ne h'lgL n',
lr 4uy received II, deposited my bag or the pavement
and drOyc OIL mcchN picked mp my ha- ani walled
INTO the hotel where wa, erected with scpwiul lo.'
from la!f dozen coIored s.ryaht- who were I1lInf
10 assist me or my bag asked tle nrnr".t one wint
to, with a J.is Of his head u the dissection Of the
lower end - the hall. where two or three men "ere
,ty, of American hotel ne and oi Ar ali importance
a. know wDq. 20 do MIN my bag 40 answer 80
trailcd or - the bar 'opllpg place. passing between
two rows ol American citizen extended 1u SOFA aOur
the wall, a,d chgiy ,ns'.ed 3D. taking ,noi1 At
what / wanted. Doc showed biz open book in front
q me aud pointed To- pens and mis-. 'rc.ns
name and aalr-,, a., and then ycocg.rca (,
nv bag. 90 ] didn't want room IN tho hotel. Reckon
yoad best leave II 10 The Trunks bureau said he, and
hnHly c.nd">c"9dcd 70 point oni ~ direction
Anrloc clo,l room and there handed Boo my bag. The
clerk yavnci MOSTLY in ny face a- ] ave Il In. and
good deal to charge for looping b1c half day, nut.
&c. might have cNrcrtcd the clcrh took not The
BACK 10 the oli,c again, where ! cnquircd Of my
bath in the hotel
Are you stopping in the hoteli'
Two dollar, aud half
Two dollar and a half
I'm not going 10 pay two and a half dollars for a
bath SAID ]. "it.. picpo,t"rou,.
Wal. Won n'cd not take % bath here II y0u don't
want and with that he turucd hi. back and began q
convcr-1ton with somebody else.
Iut can't get . bath somewhere without having
10 pas hail sovereign for itf7 p".- .cI. At tho
thd rcp,uhoa Of IN" question. b" iounrch round
ana said might perhaps ma one mp the street and
with that ! had 10 bee content
went bact to ,hc trunk, bureau" TOR ny ,ponec
and SOAP damned them rattle" -ar"-cly INTO my
pocLct for va, not In IA amabl. fame of mind.
and .ct ont to parade the streets of NcN York the
Tnc first thing ! came across was q big figure clad
In gray. with an extraordinary ioohiHg hat on s
mcnt of new shape 100 hat. bat gradually % dl"nri
on me that II was policeman. and Tim thu strange
hat for it NOR, Ike glue hc'tlc up~id. down
than 70 helmet However, on she pr.n'ipi, of " N,N
wav to u bath but Il appear, bee wasn't given that
way. for he didn't know Of ore.
ton wa the pavcmcnt~it was. and in
all probability, IS stln, perfectly awful; -.
a icly at the end. Most Of my toe, seemed ont Of
ioint through knocking against the tipped up paving
capcs Of being sprancd II you want {, WALL In New
York. you must keep your eyes on the pavement, and
* matter Of fact, nobody walk, who can help It
everybody goes by tram. There are dozens and doz
ems o. tamcars down every street, and all of them
choke full went good deal 10y tram that day, but
never once sat dOwnhad to stand outside every time
and oven then there was seldom room 10 pat down
both feet at once. -
After acco,ting every policeman met. without sue
cc,e about "a bath. and having entered half dozen
hotels for the same purpose where ! wa, met by
charges varying from two 10 FIVE dollars, eventually
came across fat, clean, rosy checked German, who
looked as IL he must have had bath that morning.
lie gave me a tip: Ask In the BARRIERS shops" 80
ala and Wn- at last rewarded hy finding over "a dizzy
ttie barbcr's shop with Spanish name. the sacred
legend Hot and Cold Baths, - cents"
The inside Of tIe shop was bettcr tan the on out
nsssed "A comfortable half hour performing my ablu
lions i'm a big hot bath. and another twenty minutes
in bclng barbedn the only objection 20 which was