The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-03-16


clerk. ss be leaned over the counter 10 q
weary wsy, l should be buried like o,hel
common mortsls, snd never . line would
be craven on my tombstone 10 tell the pat
lie iha, vss deserving Of monument 5(
feet high. The ssme cen be said OF hur
dreds OF others tillips the ssme position.
l, m.y be so rs loo years hence. bul
sone dsy man will write book devoted
TO hotel CLERKS and do them the justice
they are siahius for
TIE populsr idea oil . hotel CLERK, con
tit ued the man ~ be mo,ioned to ''irout"
10 answer call from room S52, Is per
son wesrios . three.csrst diamond pin
sud play log the sutocrsl bsbind the count
er The uexspspers either write Of him
ssicssiicslly or sbusively. He 10 much
m,s pderstood. Even the drammer, who
IT,, p,rhsps. the most observing OF sil
tr vsierf, bssh't got straight Iine on the
hotel clerk Jet.
There is sort OF nndetined idea thst he
10 the prot rietoi's brother-ir.lsw or cousin
90 thst be vas sisen job for family
ressoos. aud thsttis e,ie duties ere as
tisniog quests TO rooms sni bossiog bell
boys. Never Was there sgre ter Injustice.
From the day hotel clerk tskes the desk
un.il be Is gathered TO bis itbers he Is
misunderstood msn.
somehow felt IS though be Il tended
10 80 into particulars, and therefore asked
for ON explanation. He struggled With
his ieeliogs for couple OF minutes ss he
jibbed bis pen in,o = blotting pad, snd
then contiL Lusd;
They talk Of the philosophy OF Diosenes
the patience OF Job sud the tact OF Plato.
but those old chaps never held candle to
the average hotel clerk, An hour ego
seven guests arrived by the train from the
West. Six OF those guests kicked to me
because the train was late, and the
seventh kicked because our swinging
doors pull ont instead OF 10. had to
have q bland emile aud pleasant word
for oil. though feel like sassipg back in
every case. The day came here | was
told to prepare for and expect At leas. 20
kicks y dsy, and pse bad 'em right along
and never LOST my temper. Oar guests
kick about the weather, the state OF bust
ness. their bodily ailments aud every
thing. All tais you understand is iu I'd
di ion to kicking about what goes on 10
the house. A chap from Indiana took on
st great r.ts the other day because some
one bad stolen bis umbrelli on street
oar. II . cane back here to cuss the town
the po ZOE, the ,bisi and the the weather,
and csled for lis bill and went elsewhere
becsuse | didn't seem to exhibit proper
sympathy. Evtr5 night We have guests
come down ttsirs and demand that we
stop the street cars running, and very Of
ten they refu.s 10 be pscl6ed.
Aud the kicks about inside matters
Why, doubt II there is Q skiut 10 the calen
der who wouldn't have lost his patience
snd gone in TO slus. They kick about
the rooms, the beds. the service, the
ble and what not. No; sn hour sgo
woman was doSn here complaining that
her room was oppos tss church. and that
II heavy gale came on the steeple might
fall and crush the hotel. just after her
came q man who objected to being waited
on by . coIorsd boy who is blind Of one
eye. Job wouldn't have listened to hsli
the complaints filed here every "a hoars.
but hotel clerk must not only listen, but
smile and promise. Ifyou are merchant
spd . person does not like your quality of
cotton you osn bow him out II is
diff srsnt 10 hotel. II person likes not
the room assign, d to him you must move
him you mus. move him about until he
is pleased. II you don't consult bis
whims be is your ou'.spoken enemy. No
one thinks Of going out to talk against q
merchant because be happens t) be ont OF
hooks and eyes when You call for them.
bu. II You don't have Q front room 10 your
hotel for certain guests they will do their
best to reduce your patronage. Public
off cisls, clerks, conductors aud ell such
men csn talk back, but the ho,el CLERK
mu,t take what comes and smile over 1t.
In the gss oiiice the other da1 / heard
clerk threaten TO step Out snj punch =
customers bead because Of inpu ieLt Ian
gusge. Old z,oks, but should l utter
such threst | should exp,c, the roof OF
the hotel TO come down with crssh.
They tell Of Bismsrck's diplomacy. He
has lots Of il, OF course, but though be
changed the msp Of Earope ! doub. II be
could have filed the place OF . hotel clerk
Tor week He brought sbout the unity
Of Germsny. bat what would be have done
with IA opera singers, each demanding the
best room snd the entire services OF the
stsfii A Judge snd bis wife arrives.
They discovtr that senator aod bis vile
are before them. End occupying psflor "A
Psrlo . b sDd 'C' sre tIsotly "a good,
but they iosis, on driving the others out.
A railroad president arrives. He IS pnt
into room next TO . steamboat captain.
He ieels tbs. be will lose bis prestige snd
be woL's hsve IT, Al oper. singer arrives
sn diecov 70 three actresses on t1e same
Hoor. Two minutes later there IL arrow.
The advance ssspt OF u circus IL paying
me S. psr DAY for pAfln. A birker
from Poilsdelpbia, vto Is paying the
ssur, t,kes me 10 tex iof receiviog CON
10 on tolks. These tbioss may sound %