Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-21

ready to receive him when he arrives Many
have exceedingly pretty faces, and their APP
pealing eyes are often disastrous to the hrmest
resolutions These little chaps are every
viii ever hear plaintive little voice at your
elbow and see dirty little hand stretched out
In appeal. From travellers standpoint the
most disastrous thing he can do is to
answer one Of these requests. By some
mysterious method of telegraphy the news
city and in two minutes be is beses By a Wild
and clamorous horde His only chance then 10
hight. No petty flank movement or ordinary
retreat will answer. He has got to run for it,
or he has got to get a cab. The latter method
Is commonly pursued, and the spectacle Of dig
mined ladies or gentlemen running wildly down
the street. with ten or fifteen urchins in rapid
pursuit. is not an edifying one. The cab drivers
realize this and whenever they see a stranger
give ANYTHING to beggar they follow along,
with the calm assurance that in Q few moments
they VIII get fare. The cab drivers, however,
donot makea fortune on single fare. For one
horse cab with three persons the fare for single
trip is 16 cents. By the hour for three persons
the rate is 40 cents. The low fare, however,
with us.
CAN'T GET AHEAD OF THESE ROMANS.
In spite of their low cab fares the Romans
in the world, and this il, especially true at the
hotels. This reputation has been gained by q
persistent attention to the charging business.
Nothing for nothing and mighty little for a
quarter is the hotel rule, and the bills consist
OF long rows of little items. In the matter of
eating the only safety 10 the regular table hote.
The restaurants have charging down to perfec-
uon. You go in the restaurant and sit down,
and you are Immediately charged so confines
for cover, whatever that is. Then you are
charged for bread, butter, salt, wear on the
utensils. ice, &c. The other day man came in
the restaurant to get his breakfast He
wanted a cup Of coffee and roll. Before he
had hardly seated himself bell boy came rush
ing in to tell him his mother-in-law had fallen
In ut In the Office. Had 1t been his third
cousin or his wife he might have finished his
coffee. Being his mother-in-aw he go. right
up and went out. 1t was all true. His mother
in-law was having fit. He told the
porters the number of her room and went
back to his coffee and roll. He had, however,
only seated himself when another bell boy told
him his wife wanted to see him D. d. a., or
words to that effect. He knew that when his
wife wanted to see him in''words to that effect
her yearning was not to be denied. He went
therefore, to his wife. She informed him that
he was brute. There was certain lack of
novelty about this remark, so he went back
and finished his coffee. The bill was brought
80 confines for coffee, so confines for bread.
100 centimes for covers. He demonstrated.
"Ah. monsieur" said the waiter, .'you sat
down three times. Three covers $50 confines"
The logic irresistible.
Once man came in the restaurant with a
camp stool, knife and fork and a tin plate
and cup. Said he to the waiter: 81 want no
nonsense Get me coffee in that cup and u
mutton chop on that plate. l want neither
bread: butter, salt, pepper, mustard nor water"
They beat him, though. They charged him 2
francs for wear and tear on the walters feelings
and he died of broken heart. 1t is hard to
get ahead of these Romans. T. c. n