Smyrna times., 1891-01-21
WHOLE NO. 1868.
REMEMBERS FAMOUS MEN.
A HOTEL KEEPER WHO HAS ENTER.
TANNED CELEBRATES.

, mouse Is always full OF intereatin1
stories touching his hotel career at
| nave been 10 the hotel business. said he
the other day, about forty years. and
during that time have had the nleas.
anU duJy TO act the part of host to manv
vi Cne ieallng men of tho times. When I
Kept the Girard House in PHILADELPHIA
became acquainted with Daniel Web
sJef, Gen. Winfield Scott. Thomas A
Scott and many other prominent man ~
thaI period. Webster always stopned in
Philadelphia on his trips between Bos-
ton ana Washington, and usually re-
! NAMED from two to three days nj tba
| Glrard. But a short time before his
death he stopped at the Girard on biq
way home from Washington, and spent
! part of an afternoon in his room. This
was In July, 1862. He had arrived late
Oh Saturday night and slept late on
sunday. Early in the afternoon the bell
! OF MS room rang. | felt pretty sure that
| knew what was wanted, and l told the
! clerk that l would answer the call NV
self. got a bottle OF Marten brandy
and took it up with me 1 set it down
| at the door and knocked. Mr.. Webster's
/ BlehJorlan voice responded. Come in
! opened the door and fourd him walk
ing up and down his room in his trousers
! and shirt. His lead seemed larger than
! ever. Well, my friend, how are you?'
ne SAID. told him l had come up to
see what was wanted. He told me he
had rung for bottle Of brandy.
| Wei, said !, have it here at the
! door l knew that was what Won
wanted and at Mr.. Webster's invita-
ton | sat down and spent some time.
hufus ChOate also patronized the
Grard. He was very fond of walking uD
ana down the hotel corridor with his
| hands folded behind him. He wrote
such terrible hand that few people un-
| familiar with it were able to make II
| out. He came to me Dne Sunday and
! told me that he Lad just written his res
lgnatlon as one of the regents Of the
6mlthsonlan Institution and he wanted a
| copy ma te of 1t. He was afraid he could
nnd no one who would be able to read il.
! told him there was a young man in nv
Office who could decipher it. and the dis
lnGdl-hed BOstOnian was presented to
the aforesaid young man. The work was
performed so we'll that Mr.. Choate Dre-
sent"d him with $50 gold piece and said
1ls private secretary could not have
done it better
Gen. Winfield Scott also stopped with
me on his way to and from WASHINGTON.
de was seven feet in height and always
teleEraphed US before his arrival SO that
we could prepare special bed for him.
mad bed manufactured for him.
Ny acquaintance with Tom Scott be-
gan in rather curious manner. A GEN
tleman named Anderson, and his family
who were living in the Grard, were
about to return to their home in Savan-
nah and had their tickets secured bv yav
OF Washington. At this time the Penn
sylvanta Railroad had just been opened
betwCe en- Philadelphia and Pittsburg. I
advised Mr.. Anderson to 90 over the
Pennsylvania and take boat down the
OHIO to Louisville and then home bv
way OF Nashville. The PENNSYLVANIA
road has done a great deal towards i'm
proving tho hotel business in Philadel-
phia and I wanted to give the road all
the business l could. Mr.. Anderson took
my advice and had his ticket changed
A gentleman who had heard me advising
NJ. Anderson asked me if l was not
afraid that it would hurt my business.
said l thought not, that the PennsvI-
vania road sent me great deal Of bust
ness and that l intended to send them
all the business 1 could. The gentleman
said that hotel proprietor had a great
influence In sending business to a rail-
road and that he should be careful about
exercising it, as it might result in his
own injury, as the other lines wouId
other
line OF road then, and l had nothing to
fear. He then asked me my initials and
l gave them to him. The next dav he
called at my Office and asked me If had
not thought over my conversation with
him. l told him that had, and that
had no cause to change my opinion. He
then handed me his card and an annual
pass over the Pennsylvania road. You
may imagine my surprise when discov-
cred that l was in the presence Of
Thomas A. Scott, President of the road.
We became great friends, and he used to
say that was the best friend his road
mad. For ten years the same pass was
renewed, and 1t was so well used that a
part Of the printing was worn off. After
Mr. Scott became Assistant Secretary of
War he asked me for the old pass, as he
wished to keep it as a souvenir.
While was proprietor Of Willard's
In Washington, had an experience with
the elder Garrett somewhat similar to
the one had with Mr.. Scott. One dav
l received telegram from Mr.. Garret
asking me to come to Baltimore and see
him. l went over and found Mr.. Garret
In anything but an amiable frame of
mind. He said he was positive that some
one connected with my hotel was work
Ing against his road; that he could not
believe it was with my authority. I told
him that 1 was entirely in the dark and
that thought h0 must be mistaken. II
was one Of my rules not to recommend
any particular road where there were
opposition lines. Mr.. Garrett said he was
positive that l was mistaken. prom-
ised to make thorough Investigation.
and II found that any of my employees
mad done as he said 1 would discharge
him. When I returned home and began
hal Inv nrNfr -, a.
not in my employ but in that of the pro-
pTietOr of the cigar stand was the cul-
prit. He was an exceedingly bright boy.
and his home was in Baltimore. learned
that he was In the habit Of going over to
baltimore every two weeks to see his
parents. One time he was coming back
to Washington and discovered he had
only few cents. He was very well ac-
quainted with the conductors. However.
the conductor insisted on his paying his
fare, and not being willing to wait until
he reached Washington he put him of
the train. The lad had to walk to Wash
ington, and he vowed he would do ell he
piping CompotAll55si, CompottA5s he. road: Persons stop
sly vent to the
mattsr-before going Eway, ana -tne lad
took advantage Of the fact to advise
them about the best road to take. He
usually told them the story Of his treat
ment by the conductor which naturally
worked upon their sympathles and had
the effect Of doing the work against the
road.
I wrote to Mr.. Garrett telling whatI
had learned. He admired the boys
pluck, and after that when he went 10
baltimore he went on a pass furnished
by Mr.. Garrett.
Funerals for Dogs.
A mild-mannered old lady who has
nothing else in life to do except clip
coupons Is seeking for a philanthropist
who will help organize the National
DOg-Burial Company"
This lover of the canine race Is Mrs.
Isabella Dean Brack, who is temporarily
staying with friends in Brooklyn. She
has been exploiting her pet hobby for
years in her native city of Philadelphia,
and meeting but discouragement there
has determined to enlist sympathy In the
''Why should't we bury our pets de-
,ently and mark their gravesP' she
lsked a reporter. "I have never had
any children, and all the affection in my
nature goes out to the lower animals.
logs especially, How I love the dear lit
lie things Why, my little Andrew Is GU
'er.than any baby that ever lived. he Is
pug and knows every word say. You
can see the tears gather in his big brown
eyes when he is scolded. Now, haven't
l the right te put tombstone over that