Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-11-17
PoRTERs' NEW TRICK.
convey Information by Marks on a.
baggage of Travellers 'n'


Inc hotel porters of Europe b,r.
new trick, which may explain m a. d
tain travellers why they We're not
ceived as cordially and treated ,,.,',
as much attention at some of tho IN
tells as other guests. The nortars ~ ~
your baggage with certain hierogl,.a,N
les, as tramps are said to chaI, =,
gateposts along the village road To -
form other gentlemen of misfor4,,.
where fierce dogs are kept whera tt'
cook Is sympathetic and hosnifoI,e
ana where they can find comfortobl'
lodgings In the barn. The hlerogl,,ai
les which the porters place nnon Pu'
trunk are intended to indicate 10 -,
members of their profession at OH.
hotels the disposition of the travalon 81
to fees. II you are stingy they laarn
the fact before they have eynenda,
any energy In making you comfortoh,l
and happy. If you are generous thos
know that their services will he IN
ally rewarded and pay YOU sneo,o, :.
tention. The fee system Is becom,na
serious to American travellers beconss
our fellow-cltizens have been so lov,as
In distributing their favors tbot .S Sl
! employees of hotels and railway -.
lions expect more from Ameriooa.
than from Europeans.
1t Is always an advantage TO stor,
well with the porter of a hotel. 10 !.
not the man who handles the BAGGAGE
but Is usually fine-looking gentIemon
In a uniform as gorgeous as that o.
French major general. HIS is alwora
at the front door and carries around -
his head an encyclopedia of informo
ton concerning every point on which
a traveller can possibly question him
He speaks several languages ana
knows the nationality of guest befora
he crosses the threshold. The most ~
markable porter | ever knew Is ON
ployed at the Slavinski Bazaar hotel a,
MOSCOW, and although people from all
the corners of the earth go there and
stop at that place it is said that no Il
able to address every man In his own
language. He can speak all the dl,.
lects of Europe, Asia and Africa and
knows everything that any person can
possibly want to know.
AS rule the servants In Euronaan
hotels receive no wages. They are fu
nished their food and often their lode
lngs, but depend entirely upon ths
gratuities from the guests for comnon
hA ral@
Gently attempted to secure the aboH
ton of fees, not for the benefit of tray
elers, however but for their own nd
vantage, because they want to comno
their employers to pay them fixed
wages; but their plan will not succeed
and the patrons of hotels and res
taurants will be required In the future
as In the past to pay the wages of the
servants who wait upon them. nh
though attendance" Is usually charn
ed In the bill. European travellers
calculate the fees as accurately as tba
Interest upon a loan, but it Is a system
which an American can never ACQUIRE
He first puts his hand into his pocket
NiAef t"nSo N"t INC hlSl tulu lie llQS,
without regard to the value of the ser,
vice he is paying for,
If European spends a week In no.
tel he gives the porter francs-S1. II
he stays month he usually pays al
the same rate. If he stays only day
at the same rate. If he STAYS only
q day he pays l franc. The head
waiter receives the same amount. The
waiter who brings up coffee and roll,
In the morning is entitled to 3 francs
week, the chambermaid francs and
the porter who cleans the boots |
franc, with few centimes extra ID
case you have heavy baggage to han
die. None of these fees is paid until
you leave the house unless you are q
regular boarder, when you are expect
ed to distribute this amount of money
every week when you pay your bill at
the desk,
This Is very much better than the
lack of system which prevails In the
United States, where hotel guests have
the same person to walt upon them
twice, and are expected to pay fee to
somebody every time a service Is rem
dered.-Chicago Record,