The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-24
FEMININE GUESTS AT HOTELS.
Their Troublesome Csprfces, and Also the
Undesirable Things They Don't Do.
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Their Troublesome Csprices, and Also the
Undesirable Things They Don't Do.
New York Sun.
A woman In q hotel Is like live wire on
q frolic or runaway horse at q funeral.
She oan give and countermand more orders
in fifteen minutes after her trunks come mp
than q man could think of In a week. She
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't put there.
but Is perfectly sure she did. Or course
she finds them upstairs under the pillow,
and apologies SO prettIly one can't help
but he glad she made the mistake.
She never makes out wash list, but she
"knowp exactly what she had. and one
pair hasn't been returned. She keeps the
ponderous bell boy promenadlng up and
down the stairs ali day with roses and
cards. parcels and messages, and mover re-
members to tip him; but IL Is good for his
digestion, makes him earn his wages, and
teaches him the philosophy of life She
sends down stairs TO know just when the
o'clock train goes out. and what time the
7O'clock limited gets in, but she doesn't
come reellng in after the play to find out
who she is and where she is at. any way.
She will tack MP photographs on the wall,
but she doesn't go to bed with her
boots on. She expects the chamber
mAlQ 10 Cle6Q ucT GOWNS anu pack
her trunks. but she doesn't set the
sheets on fire smoking in bed or break the
mirrors with her umbrella aud play foot
ball with the furniture. even in her fun
niest moods. She wants 10 end of extra
towels but she doesn't polish her boots
with them. Of course. she doesn't eat as
much, or drink as much, or spend as much
money as q man, but she can make things
moro lively with her cards and callers. the
people she Is in" to and the people she 10
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She wants TO live all over the house. and
why notg A pretty woman reading In O
parior. or waiting on hall seat, or scrib-
bling letters In her queer angular hand at
Interesting an attraction than q barrel of
'bricO break. potted palm. or q jardiniere
full OF flowers. Ever since the days of the
garden eviction men have followed where
women have led, and the hotel where
women most do cOugregate Is sure to have
generous following of men. Indeed it
IS question If pretty woman that will
sit around in stained-glsss attitudes and O
handsome gown oughr not TO have special
rates IL she isn't paid O oalary.
time. and that Is insist that there is some
thing wrong sbont her bill. She "knowsv
just what abe has had and is sure there is q
mistake and you have charged her too
much; bur, bless her heart. she ALWAYS DAYS
Sunshine isn't surer in June th an a woman
honesty. Shc mover 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 70 the Golden
Gate that your hotel is the only decent
place in town. A drummer working on
commission and giving his whole time to il
can't work uD half the custom that one
well-suitcd woman Will send you if you
humOr her little caprices. serve her dainty
little dishes of nothing sweetened and tied
up with bows. and fix up her bill so that
yon can afford TO discount 1t bit when she
leaves.