The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-26
GUARDIAN ANGELS.
Professional Protectors Of Bibulous
Gentloll II.
A Useful Institution Not Altogether
Confined to tho G French
Capjtal-An Exp nsive
Luxury.

novelty in Parisian business neiho.5'
He said that these attendants WhH2
known professionally as ''ua2rIiin
Angels" They have become, Ec wrote
ouite numerous in the moro thiokly
populated quarter of the French cap
ital. The attendants get thcir tue
because they are called upon TO keep
watch and ward over aid ifiss'is r.s.c
conduct home to working people VINO
frequent the smaller cafes, and without
the protection OF the angel might fall 4
prey to the petty criminals who lark in
the streets at night to rob in2l3rl2tel
worlking-men and other more or less
helpless wayfarers
New York, says the Sun Of that city,
has for a long time hal it. counterpart
of the Partisan guardian angels. lla %
a curious, entertaining an3 b2ae.iaent
servant of the public that was brought
into existence by the amazing growth
of hotel life in this town during the
last few years, and by the increase in
the number of the fashionable rcstau-
rants. Here, however, it Is only these
fashionable hotels and cafes which can
support the luxury Of angels They are
too expensive q feature apparently to
Justify the proprietors Of the saloons
in the tenement districts in en-
ploying them. Tnc guardian angel
of Gotham is an aifablc and
well-informed special police officer
detailed by the police commissioners,
and reporting regularly to Acting Su-
perintendent of Police Byrlcs He
works harmoniously with the other
serviceablo attendant CT tho 8%cll cafe
who is called the bouncer. Tho bouaccr
is a professional boxer whose duty it is
to maintain order and to get obatrcpcr-
ous visitors out of the establishment
without any fuss or feathers and with
out attracting too general attention.
The anacl, on the other hand, makes 1t
his business to SEQ that no harCi bcfalls
the cafe or hotel patron who has become
little too convival for his own good,
and needs the assistance of jast such
guide, philosopher, and friend as the
angel is to keep him from parting with
his valuablcs.
''Thc idea Of having guardian an
GEL" said the angel Of the Hoffman
House, ''may strike mcn about town as
something of II practical alic- and shey
may believe that the angel is myth.
But they are mistaken. for ain't | here
to prove that guardian angels arc regu-
lar institutions? Many mcn in this
town arc thankful for the help Of the
professional angel. We SEQ that they
are sent safely home if they get too
much aboard or we get them accommo-
dations at tho hotel if they aren't able
to get home. We take them to a Turkish
bath ana straighton thcm out before
putting them TO bed, and in numerous
other ways perform q service that a
square man isn't very apt to forget
which | happen to know not one in q
hundred fails to remember in substan-
tial fashion on other days besides Christ
mas"
A striking illustration Of the oppor
tune serviccablcncss of the guardian
angel was furnished recently at the
Hoffman House. just before q public re
ception. A handsome man, dressed in
black, camc from the private dining
rooms and staggered along the tiled cor
ridor. Ills face was flushed with wine.
"IIeavons!' cried tho angel, with {
start as lie caught sight of tho guest
''we must get thatman to aroQm quick
The man was hustled into the elevator
and taken to q room, in hurry.
''What's the eXcitcm. about?' asked
bystandcr, whom the angel returncd.
"a good deal mo.c than you think,
returned the lt9lo guardian. 'Tha
man would be disgraced in his profession
were he TO be SEGA in that condition a
the reception Upstairs. lIc is one of tn
best known professional men in thi
city. The nature of his calling make
it imperative that he should never b
seen in public unler the influence o
wine. 1t was narrow escape, though
But he's ;ll right now. Nobody vii
straight as q string again when he leave
for homo, dtf pond upon it,"
Tho existence CT the professions
guardian angel is . boon TO many men
means who have habit Of getting OF
casionally to conyivial to tako care {
themselves. They depend upon tn
friendly surveillance of tho angel, an
give themselves up freely FOR the tim
being to the delights of the flowing bow
''Not once il q thousand times" sal
professional angel docs friend VIII
does this service for follow citizen ia
to get the cab hire as soon as he rcachC
his charFc'H honc. A man mean enoug
to back out Of paging !. fare back undo
such circumstances Is To moan to'spen
enough to Ct 90 fail. Sometime
wo don't collect ~ tan mans house
all. We jast cacor5 him in and say /