Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-06

timidi, into The ofhcs Of Sweets hotel
They asked an accommodating bell boy
where thu parior vas located. and the
accommodating bell boy escorted them
up. nobody else seemed 70 have noticed
them. aud their existence Was forgotten.
At the end cf an hour one II the porters
came dnwa stairs aud informed Will
Stow that man and woman we're In
the psrior and the woman y a. sitting
on the mans Lap. Stow 10 . connois-
seur u this sort Il thing. and
doe~n't intend 10 LET any IL il 90 on
around the hotel unless he has hand
in Il He sprinted upstairs and found
his wort fears yealixcd. There in =
coxy corner Of the bag parlor was the
rural lover half buried in stuffed chair
and beneath lao pounds Of feminine
lesellness. His arms were gripped
around her waist like the steel tire on .
locomotive drive wheel. and her arms
were wound twice and half around his
sun. burned neck Their lips were glued
ike two chunks IL warm taffy. and the
scene would have been an Inspiration
even 10 Amelic Rives. Stow IL q kind
hearted man. and he couldn't bring
himseh 70 tear ruthlesEly two such low
ing hearts asunder. So he stole back 10
the Often. and pushed his thumb against
the button which manipulates the cleo
trio call bell In tho parlor. At the end
of five minutes Of continuous ringing. q
plump girl in = slightly mussed white
gown. and an angular young man. whose
threc-dsliar trousers bagged sadly at
the knees. walked softly down the stair
case and disappeared in the crowd on
the street.
Col. s. j. Albright Of New York. one
Of the oldest and best p<sted furniture
men IN the country. arrived IN The Nor
ton yesterday "fm afraid the furni-
ture trade will he very light with us in
the ast.' said the colonel last night.
Everything else is dull and there is a
bond of sympathy between all kinds OF
business. The buyers will be cautious
In making their purchases and the sell
ers will be even more cautious in max
/ ing sales. Nobody cares 70 take miscel-
laneous paper AT the present stage OF
the game. know / don't, and have
| called in my men off the road. I'd
sooner have my goods in the ware house
than to hold paper that can't be realized
! on. When | have my goods know
they are worth so much. When | hold
paper I don't know that it is worth
I cent I've had little experience al
ready this year. The Rockford. Illinois.
! failures cut into me painfully deep
and was slas he little by the Pfi,a-
( delphia men. However, We must expect
such things in times like theee. think
the outlook is going TO be brighterei
froAn now on. Mr.. Cleveland's action In
calling an extra cessation OF co.. yress has
/ had wonderfully soothing effect in the
east. Public confidence has been re-
stored TO marked degree. The pane
was only scare anyway, and that wac
LIE .essliy to subdue il was something
TO restore tie peoples trust and conf
dence'
The furniture men are beginning 10
make things merryj in the Morton house
lobby. That's about all they have to do
at present. The buyers will not begin
to come in any appreciable numbers be-
fore tho beginningof next week. although
there are hall q dozen or so in the city
now Nearly all the sellers are on deck.
aud every man Of them is as optimistic
as l0-year old boy at Sunday school
picnic. That is the dominating charac-
teristic Of the furniture seller, anyway.
Other men may become discouraged and
peculiarly cheerfuh II things dom
come his way at thsend OF the month.
he Il sell his samples at sacrifice. pay
up his debts and leave the city. only 10
bob up again smiling at the beginning
OF the next season. He's distinct type
in himself. the furniture seller il. There
are other human beings in the world
who are better than he. but a whole
slew Of them are worse. About thirty
sellers and buyers arrived In The Nor.
ton yesterday. Among them were the
following: George Is. Stoddard. Chicago;
w. II. Wills. Philadelphia; ID. c. Ora
ham. Chicago; w. ii. Wagner. Camden
n. j.; Julian Coutwell. kenoeha. Wis;
W. T. Bond. Chicago; J. p. Matter. Chi.
cago. c. Is. knoblauoh, Button. Ind;
f. =. HEMINGWAY. Boston; John A.
F'leck, Cleveland: II. &. Seaman. w. A.
Summons. FA. Moore. Chicago; Charles
Hall. Springfield. Mass; c. +. Robinson
Buffalo; j. a. Lake. Worcester.
Charlie lIgalsbee. for several year.
night clerk in The Morton. will go on
day duty today. He will go on watch
with sgd Steele. Arthur Grant. with
Joe Bagiey's assistance. will look after
the other day watch
G. y. Bush of jackson. sup<rintend
ent Of the western division d the Mich
gan Central railway. was guest Ia Thu
Morton for din ncr yesterday.
Ralph c. Ely. superintendent Of IN,
Alma public schools. dlned in The New
Livingston yesterday. Mrs Ely accom-
panied him.
+. ;. Abbott. Lansing genefsl incur
ance agent. took few risks on . New
Livingston dinner yesterday.
Representative Phil y. Wachtel O
Petoskey. was a guest in The MortoI
fcr dinner yesterday.
Judge NJ. Brown OF Big Rapids vas II
the city yesterday. lie eined in Th'
Morton.
Mosros-C. D. Bush. jackson; z
Haviand. Kalamazoo. !. G. Haxter. De
troll: Willis NJ. Sloss,n. Reed City,
h wschiel. retoskey. II. H. Cornell
Kalamazoo
Swysrs J. Bert Lucr. William
penel. Bedding. r W Cock. Nuskegon
J \. j Franklin. Detroit: " u, Golffe,
bancroft, Arthur Gibbs hcs Ole.
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smayco. iAn~a " Foster. SAGINAW. +
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ffeuloat. y VI Douglass. ipnia. Nj
aud Mrs Ralph 9 fis. Alma.
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disgiliei Burt cahlil Kalamazoo; h. G
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