The Meeker herald., 1891-01-31
GUARDIAN ANGELS.
Professional Protectors of Blbulous
Gentlemen.
a U.sful Institution Not Altogether
Confined to the Gay French
CspitIi-An Expensive
Luxury.

Luxury.
i correspondent in Paris recently dis
covered Ia tho cafes class OF attend
ants which no described aS a bizarre
novelty In Parlslan business methods.
IIo said that thoso attendant, were
known professionally as Guardian
Angels" They have become, he wrote,
quite numerous In tho moro thiekly
populated quarter OF thc French cap
ital. fhn attendants got their tito
because they arc called upon to keep
watch and ward over and Insure saio
conduct home to working people who
frequent tho smaller cafes, and without
tho protection OF the angol might fall a
gru, 20 thc pctty criminals who iurk IN
tho streot5 at night 20 EJb inobrlaici
worklng-mcn and other moro or less
helpless wayfarcTi,
New York, says the sun of that city.
has for long timo hal IT, counterpart
II the Parislan guardian angels. lie Is
a curious, entertaining and b"neilcent
servant Of the public that was brought
into oxistoner by tho amazing growth
Of hotel i!fo In this town during tho
last few years, and hY tho Increase In
the number Of tho fashionable rcsiau-
rants. iicrr. however. II u ouly these
fashionable hotels and Gaze, which ean
support thr iuSury of angels. They arc
too ckpcns Vc feature apparently %
Justify the praprici1rs % the saloons
In tho tenement districts Ia cm-
pioy!ns thom. Tho guardian angel
Of GOTHAM /, an afabIe and
wTllslufpgmrl special polio" officer
detailed hy III" ppilr0 commissioners,
aul rrpprtins regularly - Acting sg'
prriug1uiunt oi ruiir" Iiyru"s. lln
Wlrks laHuuuiBusiY With tho "tbrr
srfylrraLIu attendant - the AErll cat"
who il called the buanrUr, The bugurUr
l. q professional hIEyF whose duiy u ~
~ maintain order aud 10 got olair"prs'
ogs visitors out "f the establishment
without any iabs nr feathers and With
out a,trsatlnF to- sua"sai attention,
Tho ausri. ga the other hand. makes Il
his huaiusss tn $50 that rn harm lcislls
the rafr ~ hotel patron Who has become
iigiir ta1 rlusiyal for his "Nu good,
and needs itr as1lsiaHrr II lusi such a
rllIr. rhI'ua,phrr, and friend ~ th"
angel Is "a Er~P him from parting viii
his yaiuah.rs,
''Iha idea 81 having a guardian an
Fri.~ said ,hr angel u the Hoffman
iiuusr. ''uay Eifih" mrn about i"Hn a.
something - . rslfiirsi joke, aEi they
MAJ teiiryu ihzt ihu angel j. = myth,
Hos ihry arr mistaken, i"f ain't h"su
10 provo ths, guardian angels arr r"fu'
lar insututiuna9 Many men In this
,ssn Afu thankful tug ,Au h~lp II the
,s..i.--..--. --,---s ~ $50 .'-- -,
are srn, safniy hofH1 " 'hey set ioo
much sb14ri. aF ~ g., ibvin arrcmfuD
dsiiIns A. .ke hotel n they aren't abl'
g. Eui home. We take i,4rm {" "a Turkish
hath aHi sifalsAinH them out b-fpfr
putting ,hUui iu l..si, ani In numerous
other uays rrFfpFra = srrti,n that a
stAaru msa isu't ttry apt e. fDEE"'i
aLirh l happ-n - knots nui On" In /,
huui-Tsi f-iis g. rruriniaf in a egleian'
ilai i4shl1b on piargd day h-s.iTa Christ
mzs"
4 striking iIiustHAl.1H ~ ihr opraF'
guuH FsIrHahiruras u she guardian
angel aas furnished rrrrntiY a. ih"
Hoffman liFasa jess latsar a plhlia 70
rFriinn. = band sfIH Fian. ifr-assi In
black. rsHs fFHu fbr private diuitE'
rooms sri 4fz fsugsl along she ilirl cur
siinr. ilis '8rr Hss f3E-hri wi'h 3iH".
"tIravT1arr rfini she angel. uiih a
start a. b. rsashi sight - she .I"si.
''vr m8s' ErIi4a' u1n 'p a nom IuicE,'
Tho man aas hustled into tbu elevator
ani taken 81 a rus1Hl iH a burry.
whats thu rsriiriH.uf atnai9 asked
= hys;4n irr. uitru tlu angel rr'grs~i.
~ FpIt ir1i moro iiian yuu think,
rvlurari ihr i'.iH guardian. That
man upaij b. ~ .sfasrri iu bis profession
urru be- t1 BE- srrH iB th4i condition a.
:hr reception urslairss H. j. "a- ~ ih"
hrss luluu professional mra iu ibls
city Tbr nA'gH1 ~ his calling make
ii imperative tho, Dc should n"sur h.
arHn IN puhl.s under che Influence ~
ViHr. II vas narrow Cs-sH". though.
tiai hos All right now. Nobody viii
know any thing - H. lie Will D.
straight a. a string again whoa he lrayca
for Lamr. dEr0ni upon ii"
Thr existence ~ she professional
guardian angel ia "a ho5n 60 many mynpi
inraas Uhp have habit u getting pg.
casinuaiiy t1p runyiviai i1 iatn caro- ui
ihcmsulyra Thry drpCHi upon ihn
friendly surveillance 81 ihu angel. and
giy- themselves up fFcvly for tbU limo
being Ia She delights II the flowing bowl.
''Na; uurr in a ihpus and times" said
professional angel. 'dJes friend who
does this scryi~p Tor fellow ciiizcu fail
90 got the cab hirr as som as b." reaches
his charges homo. \ man uuan enough
to back out uf paying iaru back under
such eiruums'a1era I4 tpr mean a. spend
enough - got ~ full. Sometimes
wr dpn't collect a. ihH mans house at
all. wr Just r-epr. him 90 a1i say In
an explanatory way. 'Nr. r,llynlrp atr
something al dinner thatdi-srro"i with
him and rouiiu't rrt home before,
ma'am. but he's aii right nov: or be will
b. all right on iBr morning. Th" nczs
timc wp meet Ibv roui follow a word is
enough o. bring the incident back 10
his mcmrry. and he pays th0 cab hir"
promptly. often a man will be
cxuterautiv generous. liuU want tp
crack "a bottle oi vino with ua, and he
hands a nvp ur tcu dollar nutu over,
with thc remark! 'SD lot that on the
horse you think will win. with my com
pIimru's and ltust wishes Men like
that dont forget such favor. They
talk about it - ibrir friends, and u
their friends chance 60 feel like having
a littie r,r.8u1i jubilee on their Own
hook they como and got the professional
angel 10 lUud bis good services ma pro.
tcct,r and friend during tho hilarious
experiences Of the iabiioc. ics, stree
the anarl is an iH-f.sliion thlt b. would
BE- imp0a ibiH tBJi. 0u-7 with in these
ciyiiisrI d4r. whether we Hru IN the
Paris yf France or right hero in the