The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-30
Too Much Ice Water.

ssThe funniest experience | ever
had" said Colonel L. A. Leonard, of
Cincinnati, recently to Morning
Jomna! man, "was during visit l
recently made to New York in COM
papy with my sister. We went to
the Grand Union hotel, and request
ed the clerk to give US couple OF
adjoining rooms. I understood the
clerk to say that we were assigned to
rooms Nos. 9S and 1O1. We were
conducted to the rooms, and [ was
shown to No. 80. Shortly afterward
my sister informed me that she could
not succeed in getting any one to an
swer the bell, and requested me to
ring mine and order a pitcher OF ice
water for her. I rang and requested
the boy who responded to take a
pitcher of ice water to room No. lol.
Before going down stairs, a few min
utes later, asked my sister If she
had received the ice water, and was
informed that she had not. l rang
again and told the second boy to take
a pitcher of ice water water to room
No. lO1. I went below and soon re-
turned, and was surprised to learn
that no ice water had been delivered
in my sisters room.
s'By that time J was interested and
told my sister that I would see that
she got some ice water if had to go
after it myself. So I rang once more
and told the bell boy that pitcher
of ice water must be taken to room
No. 1O1 right away. and be said that
be would surely attend to it. After
waiting some time I made inquiry OF
my sister again, and she said no ice
water had come, and begged me not
to bother myself about it, as it seemed
to be hopeless task. But I replied
that water was cheap, and she should
have some sure. I went to the per
son in charge of our corridor and
preferred a request that e pitcher
of ice wafer be sent to room No. 1Ol.
I received promise that it should be
attended to instantly. But it wasn't.
My next attempt was to prevail upon
the elevator boy to take pitcher OF
ice water to room No. 101. He de-
clared that he would do so on the
next trip. He failed. In despair I
went to the Office of the hotel and
asked the clerk if it were possible to
hove a pitcher of ice water sent to
room No. 1Ol. Certainly was the
answer; that can be done without
any trouble 4 have been trying to
have it done ever since came here,
and I haven't made the rifle yet |
said, and if it is g possible thing l
would like to have it done
"Later I stepped into the elevator,
and the boy there asked me if | were
going up to the l0l floor.
Yes, responded. 'Why?'
"sA hundred and one will throw
you out of the window if he catches
you, said the boy.
"sWhat are you talking about? ? /
asked.
"tWhy, there is bride in room
in 101, and you have been firing ice
water into their room all the evening
and the man is wild. He swears he
will murder YOU
upon investigation I found that
my sisters room was not 1Ol at all
bnt was Sc. My room was SO, and,
as my sisters room was next to 1t, |
thought it was 101. There | had
sent about ten pitchers Of ice water to
10a 1 tad 45dn 4lsit dalf AHfpH " It the once ror
and 1O1 for o'clock the next morn
ing when was down stairs last, and
never thought to have it changed.
So at 4 o'clock the bride and groom
were awakened by laundering
knock at their door, which made
shem furious, and they were firmly
persuaded that the early call was a
part of the ice water fend's scheme
to annoy them.
81 escaped with my life, and was
glad of it,