Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03
Hotel Gossip


in a Strange Land" company, has a
mascot button with a history. A num-
Der of guests at the McDermott, where
the theatrical man is registered, received
a sight of the mascot and a bit of it's his
tory at the same time this morning, n
there were many SO curious that they
spent some time in examining the "hoo-
doo' eXterminator.
The button is a silver quarter, with
it's face engraved around the edge, and
marked in the center with the monogram
IS. IT, in blue enamel. 1t is fashioned
to fasten in the lapel of a Goa
THE button was presented to me be-
fore l went to Australia in 49," said
Thall. II believe the initials mean sure
thing Jim Corbett wore the button
when he defeated Sullivan and when he
knocked out Charley Mitchell. I tried
to reach him when he fought Fitzsim-
mons at Carson City, but failed to do 1t.
l believe that if he had worn that but
ton he would have won the fight.
Jim Jeffries wore it when he o
quered Fitzsimmons, Corbet and Shar-
key. Fitzsimmons had the button when
he sent Gus Rubin into dreamland. If
you knew all the fighters that have tried
to get possession of that button before
entering the ring on the eve of a battle,
you would be surprised.
II am a firm believer in mascots, and
think this button is the best of all. Will
liam A. Brady has as strong a belief in
its power as l have, and for that reason
has had it's mate made and wears it all
the time.
When I am playing cards and get to
losing heavily, l always take the button
out of my pocket and place it in the
lapel of my coat. I never fail to win
after that
Mr.. Thall has been conducting the
tours of theatrical companies throughout
the northwest for 80 years. The first
company he ever took on this circuit
was Grismer's. At hat time he was an
associate of John Mcguire. "A Stranger
in a Strange Land" will open at the
Grand o next Sunday evening and con-
tinue for three evenings. In a recent let
ter Thall received from his brother Mark
in San Francisco, the information was
conveyed that affairs in the dramatic
world are very lively in that cosmopol-
itan metropolis Of the west.
Yes, the jokes on me-" said q we'll
known local groceryman to a number of
his friends in the lobby of the Butte
this morning. Il guess it's good enough
to tell for all that.
You see, a lady patron Of mine called
me up last Saturday afternoon and or
dered a list of things sent up to her
house right away. There were a sack of
flour, a bag of potatoes, a few pounds of
beans, some dried apples, coffee, tea and
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and I was told to send them up right.
away. Just before hanging up the
phone I asked if there was anything
else. She said to give her a m to
think, and then went ahead and named
about as many different things as she
had already ordered. ! was a little sur
at her oversight, but supposed she
had been thinking of something else
she made the first order.
well, that evening we sent the whole
order up to the house. The delivery
wagon was pretty we'll filled, I a tell
you. The driver was d~umfounded when
the woman raised a fearful racket. She
all she had ordered before I
her if there was anything else
and emphatically declared that she had
nom of the rest. When she
asked the driver if he thought she was
drunk and didn't know what she or
he got a bit nettled and told her it
looked mighty like it. She turned on
him and after giving him a terrific
tongue lashing said she would never
trade with my house again.
We'll, there was nothing to do, and we
to let things rest that way.
Imagine my surprise when a friend
sauntered into the store this morning
and inquired what was the trouble about
the order sent in by the lady. I ex-
to him, thinking she had told
him about it and he went INTO a fit of
laughter and almost had commissions.
Then he told me about the thing. The
lady sent in her order on a party line.
came on the line just as she finished
list, and when I asked if there was
anything more-the patron a already
hung up her phonetic initiated her
voice and gave the second list. I was
pretty mad at first, but finally saw the
of the situation and admitted that
the drinks were on me. I nave explained
to my former patron but she's
angry to listen to anything"
George E. Pfunder, of Rossland, B. c.,
is registered at the Butte. He says that
the mining industry is Furnishing :,