The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04
FEMININE GUESTS At HOTELS.
Their Troublesome Caprices and Ind e.ir-
able Things They Don't Do

able Ihin2s They Don't DO.
A woman at a hotel Is like live
wire on a frohc or a runaway horse
al a funeral She can give and coun-
tel1nand more orders in Is minutes
after her trunks come up than a
man could think Of in week. She
writes half a dozen letters a day
using three or four sheets Of the hotel
paper in each one, and calls up bell
boy to mail each one separately. She
puts all sorts Of things in the safe.
and no one minds that SO much as
the things she doesn' put there, but
is perfectly sure she did. OF course
she finds them up stairs under the
pillow and apologies so prettily one
can't help but be glad she made the
mistake
She never makes out wash list, but
she knows" exactly what she had.
and one pair hasn't been returned
She keeps the ponderous bell boy
promenadlng up and down stairs all
day with roses and cards, parcels
and messages and never remembers
to tip him, but it is good for his di-
gestion, makes him earn his wages
and teaches him the philosophy OF
life. She sends down word 10 know
just when the 5 o'clock train goes
out and what time the o'clock linn
tied gets in, but she doesn't come
home Keeling in after the play to find
out who she is or where she is at
any way She will tack up photo
graphs on the wall, but she doesn't
20 to bed with her boots on.
She expects the chambermaid to
clean her gowns and pack her trunks,
smoking in bed or break the mirrors
with her umbrella and play football
with the furniture, even in her fun
NEST moods. She wants no end of
extra towels, but she doesn't polish
her boots with them OF course she
doesn't eat as much on drink as
much or spend as much money as a
man, but she can mako things more
lively with her cards and callers, the
people she is in" to and the people
she is out to, than house full of
men.
She wants to live all over the house,
and why notl A pretty woman read
ing in a parlOr, or waiting on a hall
seat or sc1ibbling letters in her queer
angular hand at the writing table is
ever SO much more interesting an
attraction than a barrel of "bricO
break, a potted palm or jardiniere
full of flowers Ever since the days
Of the garden eviction men have fol
lowed where women have led, and
the hotel where women most do con
gregate is sure to have a generous
following of men. Indeed it is a
question if a pretty woman that will
sit around in stained glass attitude
and handsome gown ought not to
have special rates if she isn't paid
salary
There is one thing a woman will do
every time. and that is insist that
there is something wrong about her
bill. She "knows" just what she has
had and is sure there is mistake
and you have charged her too much
but, bless her heart, she always pays
Sunshine isn't surer in June than a
womans honesty. She never is so
dead broke" at the end of the trip
that she has to pawn her things or
give security on her trunks. And if
you do succeed in pleasing her she
will tell every one from here to the
Golden Gate that your hotel is the
only decent place in town. A drum
mer working on commission and Civ
ing his whole time to it can't work
up half the custom that one well
suited woman will send you if you
humor her little caprices, serve her
dainty little dishes of nothing sweet
ened and tied up with bows and fix
up her bill SO that you can afford to
discount it bit when she leaves
New York Sun.