The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-22
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.


umes of poetry or prose but the man
who can remember names and faces is
a rarity. Politicians cultivate 1t to a
certain extent. and we frequently here
it said that such a congressman Is ac-
quainted with the name and face OF all
his constituents, but it is always an I'M
truth. He makes a bluff by shaking
hands and being glad to meet every one,
but excepting the people of his own
town and the politicians of the other
towns, he really could not tell the name
of one man in fifty Tt is seen oftener
in hotel men who develop it to a sur
priSing degree, and they are the men
to whom it is q straight business prepo-
sitiOn- If you stop at a hotel on one
trip and return to it again several
months later you will feel a great deal
better If the clerk or landlord calls you
by name, remembers your previous visit
and acts as though he knew something
of you. You will return to this place
when you are in the town, provided or
course that the accommodations We're
good. I have seen cases where the
mind was naturally developed along
that line without special training, and
one such case came to my personal no
tice while I was in Colorado this sum-
rner. ! went to a small town up in the
mountains where / had not been since
the summer of 1896 Then I had spent
a week there visiting a FRIEND ana
during the week / had called for malt
at the postoffice two or three times
This summer / had left orders for my
mail to be sent there after me, and the
evening of the day I arrived went
to the postoffice to see if it had arrived
The girl at the delivery window handed
me letter before eclild mention my
narne, and when I asked how she knew
who / was replied: 'IhS3efter came
this afternoon and noticed it at once
and remembered you had been mere
several years ago. 1 afterward learned
that it y5sss seldom she ever forgot
name oIs face and no matter how in-
frequent the visit after once hearing the
name she would retain it in connection
with the face. had another experiences
in Colorado that was still more Won
derful to me. I went into barber snop
in Pueblo and took a seat in the nrst
chair vacant. The barber called me
by name, and I found he was man
1 had known in Illinois seventeen years
before. The strange part of it to me
was that when he had finished shaving
and got his brush and comb he asked
DO you still brush your hair dry2 How
in the world that man could remeInpea
for seventeen years how 1 dressed my
hair strikes me as wonderful.
st think there are some strong points
in favor of the shirt waist for men ana
some strong points that are not favor
able" remarked a man who will measure
As inches amidshipS. In the nrst place
there is the natural objection that has
been bred with habit to seeing man
running around in his shirt sleeves, and
then there is something repugnant IN the
idea of sitting at table with a man with
out a coat. 1t goes against the gram
and makes one think of lunch counters
and cheap hotels where the chamber
maids from the livery stables board IN
fact, a shirt Sleeved man at table may
be ever so clean but he carries with MIN
the idea of the aroma of the stable. RMS
might and probably would change after
the custom was esta bliShed, but the get
ting accustomed to it will be hard. An
other objection is that a fieshy man ar
rayed in a shirt waist would not look
we'll Take a man built as / am, As
inch waist and 40 inch chest, and the
shirt waist costume is calculated to
make him present anything but pre-
possessing appearance. 1t emphasizes
the size of his bay window entirely too
much and the comfort of the thing Will
be overcome by the discomfort of the
attention he would attract 1t might be
all right for slender young men but for
elderly stout men the shirt waist will be
of no benefit. 1t Is not a new idea any
how. The Cinnamon have been going
about in shirt waists for long time, on
ly they wear the lower end of the shirt
on the outside of their trousers, which.
from a view to comfort, is a much more
sensible idea than the proposed Ameri-
can mode. Young men who are con-
structed with wasp waists will hail with
delight the shirt waist, but what can
man do who has OutgTown his waist and
has nothing to fasten a belt to No shirt
waist movement can be a success unless
it benefits the fieshy man for he is the
something can be found which will not
only be cool but which will look well on
a f1eshy man the desired object of the
movement will have failed"
s'This is a Mexican cigar which
smuggled across the line at FL Paso,
Texas remarked a travelling man at
the National as he puffed the smoke of a
by no means fragrant cigar. Il SNUG
gled several boxes of these and I have
formed a taste for them although most
people who are used to American goods
object to them. have been making Ell
Paso for several years and / have learn
ed that there is a great deal of SNUG
Cling done there in a small way. People
will take the street cars, ride over the
Rio Grande river to Juarez and purchase
several boxes of cigars or few opals
and return without fear of being stopped
by the revenue men. The officer at the
bridge will step in the car and ask if
YOU have any dutiable goods, but unless
YOU carry a suspicious looking bundle
Fou viii not be bothered. have fire.
Quently given a greaSer an order for
several boxes of cigars while on the
American side and that night he would
always have them in my room. There
are any number of greasers who will
fetch cigars by swimming or Wading the
river and will charge but quarter for
their services. Cigars cost about one
half less in Mexico than in the United
States / knew of a --oung man who had
a job on the railroad as newsboy and
VINO Hdue Qulte sum OF money by
smuggling. His run was between Ell
Paso and San Antonio and he never
made a trip out of FL Paso without car
r'ying at least 500 worth of cigars and
opals. He had an interest in a cigar
stand in San Antonio which disposed of
a great quantity of his goods but he
supplied several other stands besides. BY
smuggling the goods and carrying them
free to San Antonio he made a hand
some profit but as is usual in such cases.
he was at last found out and was
obliged to leave the country to escape
arrest. I have never smuggled with a
view to profit, but do it as almost every
one else does, just for the sake of smug-
CLING Tt is a temptation that few peo-
pie can resist no more than small boy
can resist the termination TO steal annIes