The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10
SUMNER HOTEL CHARNERS.
XoUN9 WOMEN BEING USED ROW As
"ENTERTAIHERS."

GhAou-NN mat the mnl0 "EnfoFtntnHrnN
Have toDo-Thoir Successes and Failures
One MINIS Catch Of n %, 600, 900 Bride.
One Of the Western papers has discovered q
new field for woman In the employment Of at
trootive young women rs entertainers at lash
ionablo summer resorts. The innovation In
probably q good one. and getting Up whist ,mr.
ties for the old ladies and fancy dress balls sor
the children, introducing newcomers 10 cliaues
into which they will ft, and in Gonern. making
guests feel at home" arc oil good and ptont.
able undertakings. But women have limita-
lions In entertaining. as In all things. and the
young men who organized the industry are still
Indispensable.
girl, charm she mover 30 wisely. cannot cut
such q swath at a summer resort ms q man
can. Her ministrations may fell like tho gem
tie rain from heaven and make all women and
children twice blessed; but the old ladies and
children always get along fairly well anyway.
They are satisfied easily. The girls who have
no partners. the chaperons with unnttracttvO
charges. tho young married couples who have
passed the stage where each found tho others
society sufficient entertainment, and who have
not yet reached the stage whore thoy will be
resigned to stagnation-those IRE tho elements
that ferment, and 1t is upon them that the pro-
fessional entertainer tests his skill.
What can a girl do to sweeten the temper Of
another girl who is too unattractive to win any
attention from the few stray mon at a summer
hotelP Nothing. But a man. who is we'll paid
for 1t, can make that homely girl think that the
hotel is an anteroom to elysium. Naturally.
when the lonely girls are many. and the hotel
provides only one self-sacrifclnR man. that
maj has his hands full and must develop O
power OF diplomacy and o knowledge OF tactica
that would fit him for Ambassador or General.
Even under the most favorable circumstances
his position is no sinecure. and the man who
can career successfully through 4 season OF
such work is fitted for better things.
One OF the most popular OF the great lake
resorts asserts that it was the first to add an
entertainment committee OF one to it's staff OF
employees. The manager knew a young fell.
low OF good social standing who was handsome.
Jolly, likable and overwhelmingly hard up. For
his expenses and n tempting consideration this
luminary consented to shine upon the hotel
premises during a summer season. At flrstthe
manager had to wrestle with q tendency on the
part Of the new employee to combine duty and
pleasure by devoting himself to the pretty girls
In the house; but he was brought to o
realization that he couldn't earn his sal-
airy in that blissful way. and. after
that. he did his duty manfully. His real po-
sition was kept a secret. The guests Of the no.
tel looked upon him as q fascinating fellow.
who. from philanthropy or perverted taste,
showed marked preference for wallfowers.
The manager chuckled and patted himself
upon the head. but in the height OF the season
the philanthropist, In his round Of the needy.
ran up against o spinster with $2,000,000 in
her own name. Three weeks later the WALL
flowers were dropping their heads dolefully and
the philanthropist was travelling in Europe
with his bride.
It sounds like q Sunday school story. but 1t 10
o matter Of history. and they do say that the
hotel manager now gets his entertainment
committee cheaper by telling each aspirnnt
the encouraging story OF the man who married
the millions. No one else has drawn q reward
Of merit at that particular hotel. and the mys.
terry about the entertainers has faded away.
Every one knows their real position now. or. at
least. every one does after being In the hotel
for a few days, but the manager still shows
discretion In his selection Of men. and a charm-
ing man Is q comfort at O summer resort, even
If he is paid for with the other extras.
1t isn't easy to find the right man for such o
hotel place. He should be good looking. well
bred. well dressed. laxative. gay. He must
dance. bowl. drive. ride. swim. play golf. bill
lizards and tennis. He must be equal to getting
upsome sort Of q lark at any hour OF any day. He
must be able to deal out q convincing devotion
to any woman under three score and ten. and
to MISREPRESENTATION women at one and the
same time. He must sing and play the baEI@
He must have the endurance of a Hercules ana
the cheerful self-sacricing fervor OF an carly
Christian martyr.
Such incarnations OF all social virtues are not
to be had for the asking, or even for $500 and
expenses for the season but some hotel man.
ayers are able to secure the services OF men
who Approximate to that ideal. Several sum-
mers ago a delightful fellow was employed by
the owner Of q Wisconsin hotel to I'll this r6lO
OF ministering angel to the dull and bored. H0
plunged into the work with youthful cnthu-
fHIS ia mas and 6d mHdG thIng nD6 hun Ipra sG0qf the hE2 ESI
the old ladies, adored him. and Ito c9n-
WINGED each girl that he looked upon his
RhiS s GTaetip Ei Wor ReF as 0 81 sSns II tn thS ae 5Tfsh 4l
ened the dark hours WHICH he was Obliged to
spend with others not, like her. 6%c9utifnlH AID
E9nS to The resort II search 81 cool air and
sSorb NJ interest the career Of, the irreprcssibie
young man; He tried to do his duty BY her at
fRa1 re ira witt; diidic1uiltty 4 from falling upon
beside her eh%iitrt, occasionally. ana pouring forth
E%aSt'S a9hs he eoaIdnFt shaker hlS4 Oh 4 the RS% R"bit q z, be- &c;
t tnG ePt9r tas az 5 o me @ s%5a hsT to oG pIay ne fon ma
with the a}ev Bry " o MHwr girl, who h@,h had sb been wot the 1S
best form in tho early morning, Not that .she
has any form nId to tbs sPSs anbe Of at a, a any oyI ho sm I,o ne
for even n professional entertainer must have
moments when he isn't good natured..
When the tennis champion let him Oh he
went rowing with another girl who always felt
30 vigorous In. the morning. Then. he bowlcd
with the crowd and, as the one boy In the place
couldn't take cnre Of tho three alleys that were
going. he threw himself into the breach and
two new girls and their mothers to consult the
Indian fortune teller. If that old ,sauaw
should die I'd have to give up my Job" he said
apprchensivcly, " and she certainly doesn't look
as II she could last through the, season.,
In the afternoon he organized IA picnic and
carried it out with eclat. and after dinner he
sang love songs, which each girl In the house
he danced. danced. danced. with all the girls
who had no other partners. and he sw2re 70
never known the poetry Of motion before. He
made epgagements by the dozen, for the next
day. and he said a score Of SOULFUL good nightsj
the, veranda., where the baGhelor, girl was