New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-27
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dl1ncut 1r " NOnlli cNpctidliS oN""sN''
some hotels in York City If she be uha''ehueu
by n man. The writer knows Of a case where woman
arrived in New-iork City after dark She haa CA
pected to be driven to the house OK irenu' pu' '
train was late and she too timed to trust 10
hickman to drive her long distance at nlSht' 30 sue
had him take her to tls nearest hotel lntchuhs W
send message from there TO her friends The ho'ei
clerk refused TO give her room. She expiaiheu her
Might TO him, and told him that her friends Woulu
como for her a: lie was deaf TO her eAplin;a,
ton and the terribly frightened. 10 aul
to her embarras smen the hackman became suSPoi th
and insOlcnt in his behavior: lhs thIt. tno
poor woman into condition bordering upon Mstiics
She climbed into the hack again ana was rescun ny
her friend, when she reached their Mouse III "ars
For nervous woman who mas no oei' hti lad
she not had friends to whom she coud go, she wouid
have been absolutely helpless.
1t is true that who 90 into some restaurants
will be elected from the places IL they nave 10 n'oh
with Them The defence of proprietor OF a
restaurant was that he could not afford TO run any
risks While he felt that he himself could AVOID
mistakes in the selection Of his patrons he was not
certain that some Of his employees could be relied upon
nc,des' he said If discrimnates there IS MS! nse
ground for complaint but where tnere Is an Az b.iI he
admitted they cannot feel that refusal to ahm mn
them is insult 1t is simply good policy ana am am
though | regret that such action Is necessary an
convinced that helps rather than hur's my
Hotel proprlctors are forced to guard their inter
ests very carefully it may be presumed from another
case An actor arrived in town on late tram anu
he and his wife went at once to hotel win Only
their handbags. The clerk refused to give them
room unless they had trunks. The man offered 70
To accent him as a guest. The man then Tc,peSleu
the clerk to send upstairs to irend MIC n"a e
nj that hour Of night. and the husband ana vic
forced to 20 10 another hotel
"It tool, me five years. said a married man. "to
become convinced that the cheapest way for me TO
run my house 10 give my vito so much money
every month to spend as she saw IT. thhk that
have saved at least % per cent by THIS plan never
have any large bills coming in now at inopportune
times for my wife pays as size buys. Ny house Is
better equipped and better managed than II was under
my old system and furthermore my wife has private
bank account to which she adas NIUE evety hont ;g
to try the same scheme. It's an immense relef, not
10 speak Of the saving"
A theatrical company. the story was told tho
other evening. playing in the south. There was
an old coOred woman at the hotel where the company
stayed she fell to talking to some members of the
company, and finally asked about the play. " l neva'
yhearl o. You acto men, she said. "Why,' said
some one, did yOu never hear Of x lie is one Of
the best known comedians In this country" "No,
ncye' yheard tell o. him. answered the woman. smil.
Ing "D yon eyer hear Of S Miss APSer
him, neither Finally the queetioner asked in de,
SPAR: Did You ever hear of Adam and Eve ~
LESS Sec chile answered Aunty,n Adam and
Eyc-Adam and Eve. What troupe does day play
I'M"
There j, a story told abOnt man who is well known
in political circles IN his part Of the country. lie
may be called IL for this time. He is supposed to
have all the politics OF his state locked up securely In
his Office desk. 1t has also been intimated that he
elected Governor once. who only Governor in
name the real Executive OF that being no other
Iffna 4 MAJ t-a. tiry In, hi-
rage one day waiting for his coachman to return
from lis Office, where he had sent him. a man
from the rural districts up and looked in tho
carriage do you happen to know HI no asked.
"oh, yes" was the quiet answer. WELL said the
stranger. 81 came into town TO him. They say in
his Office that he amt In. lie kept me out Of
Government job. he I'D and | to tell him that
he l. scouudr Next time you see him. will you
tell him for me that Pm going TO lick him on sight
Tell him he's sneakine scoundrlS The other
answered him that he would deliver the message.
', MMt Shan tell nm your name is - he asked;
MN gGod ana harh gay. you seem to be an accom-;
The man I'm the carriage leaned and said. conf
dcnually on I'm that scoundrel. II. I'm very
tlrd'ihng was postponed.
Here IS a story which well known in the Far
West twenty wears ago. In the old DAYS. when the
journey from the Missouri River 10 Francisco was
Iltlc ~ rlitSc fp'NtN tue NldEeNllNeFS were I'M
portant people They tremendously hard drivers
and rolled OF the miles in race-trac1 fashion There
famous drive down the divide the sierra
Ncyada-. where the road like thread tho
ite of the mountains; Uniting rocks and spurs lyns
hundreds OF feet below the narrow road. one
driver. while bowling down the divide one day.
haraS,ei by the many questions put to him by
coach went rocking down the divide the brake on
tightly that il Kissed like escaping steam, the pas
Ncngrr, looking far down became nervous. "supposo
ANYTHING CHDuld laDUer asked.
Where should we roi" ITO hl in three seconds;
was the laconlc reply Of the driver
a. have Just awakened from q nap said an actress
the other afternoon and now must get ready at
for our opening this evening. Do you know that did
not q to bed al all last evening"" she added. 1--WE
rchearsed over and over again all night long Tho
the theatre cold had nothing To eat. aud when
ever got through with one scene it was that IN
tcrminablc NOW. more NOW. another
II the stage struck young women knew how much
hard work thcrs Is IN our profession and how little
on the stag. There Is nothing IN the world to eGual
the strain Of long rchearsas when one Is tired and
again before producing new play"
The writer fell in with a hackdriver the other day
who had picked mp smattcrlng Of knowledge about
nearly everything lie had been all Europe. had
travelled In Central and south America and had lived
for over a year on the sandwich Islands. He seemed
10 be q capable man, but he said that he was lazy
and drove hack because it was easy way Of
making living. sometimes have run Of Turk" he
said, and save enough money In SIX months to give
up work and do n little travelling. | like 10 travel
and As am never settled wait til get some money
ahead and then | off and spend IT, I've had good
winter and IL my luck keeps up shall get up int
Greenland tbs summer lm lazy and l can't sucA
to thing"
You would be surprised says photographer to
learn how people buy photographs of men and. women
who are In one way another before the public
There IS no way in which account for this salts.
factorily. Why should people want photographs Of
people whom they do not know. II there were auto
graphs on the pictures could explain the matter but
We sell the pictures just they taken. Now. hero
Is photograph of young woman whose picture