The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-12

gossip Canghf IN
The Hote! Robbies.
That blatant gentleman who saunters
leisurely up to a hotel desk in Richmond
right DOW and langudly inquiries for Il
suite Of three rooms. with Il bath, please,
and be sure that they are good ones,'' is
liable to find himself sleeping under a bill
lard table before he finishes. And he will
have to hold u coupon fer that. So great
are the crowds in the hotels here just
now that the guests are about to push
one another out the window to get room.
1t has been several months since such a
condition prevailed here before.
IF the crowd keeps coming said one
Oh the clerks III Mug.plly's yesterday, I'VE
will stretch a rope down the hall with
hooks and hang the visitors on it, He
turned aside long enough to answer
eighteen bells which rang simultaneously.
You know Colonel Murphy built an an
mex over the way there, and I'll be darned
if people viii give him a. chance to get his
carpets down. They come in and swoop
down on a room and take it away from
Us. All they Iwart is a bed
1 have been in the hotel business here
for some time, but have never seen such
crowds, that is except at some especially
big occasion. OF course it is largely due
to the fact that the Jefferson is not open,
but even when that opens believe Rich
mond hotels will have all they can attend
to for some time to come I'll tell you.
we're getting to be a big city. Well be
having wireless telegraph next
What is true of Murphy's in regard to
crowds is also true of the Lexington and
the New iFord's. While each of the hotels
have u few rooms, they are constantly
kept OH the jump, and the room with :.
bath, please fellow is distinctly up
tree.
All Of which is gratifying.
billiard Wood ]. S. Cain and G. C. Saw
age. of Nashville. Tenn, are at Murphy's.
They will remain here probably until to-
morrow.
DR.. A. L. Oberdorfer. OF Charlottesville,
and DR.. r. r. Granger, of New York, are
at the New Fords.
Superstition among stage folks ls pro-
.elbial Strangely enough an actcT con-
siders IT bad lucl, 20 fall in a hole and
break his l"S, willie an actress firmly be-
li,.ves :.!lat rI:a is against her l: a person
rocks or her pei corn. CT course all this
is strange to the outsider, but to those
Initiated '.baIlind the footiishtsf the tri-
fiEg happenings are law and gospel.
One Of the Quo Nadis" actors was talk
ing yesterday.
II was playing out West. several years |
ago. he said. Everybody in the COM
pany was superstitious, amazingly SO. |
Every time strange man appeared back
os the footlights he was greeted with:
Hello, sheriff; there's my trunk If it
1idn't happen to be the sheriff and that was
rare, every member of the company tried
to make u touc:, light quick.
We'll / was talking about superstition
Our leading woman had i badly. IL she !
broke 4 mirror she tainted; if a black
dog came or the stage she tainted; il Il
person wllistled III a dressing room, and |
f:nntei: If any enc rocked d chair She
tainted; believe at one time if any one
lad shown her a ham sandwich she d have
faintedt Oltogether, She was pretty much
IN a raliit all season. But don't believe
in surersriEca; that curei me CT it.
Suddenly Tic actor STOPPED. crossed the |
fingers of both hands and whistlcd- a
wagon loaG Of empty barrels was pass
ing
Never reached mo" he said.
II. +. CoSgeshall. r. J. Murphy and ".
S Post. al OF Summit. N. j., are in
Richmond for 4 shoSt stay. They are
stepping: at Nurrhy's.
In speaking Of the general condition of i
Richmond and Ter prosperity. T. j. Nc
lul!ian. a travelling salesman, Of New i
York. Who was at the Lexington yester-
day. said:
-RichTand mss lie booming. ] have
sold n.or"s goes nero in one day than | |.
have sold S:or t;ic isast Week, and that is t
q .crcai atai. ] never did any business
ike 1t before. True, Richmond charges /
*ou TWO dollars every, time You expector-
lite on the sidewalk. but l guess its
worth ii to live here"
Mr. NcQuiliian thought e. moment.
After all. it isn't SO BAD ! guess, he |,
continued. Really. l have been surprised
N the city. particularly my sales. / pre-
sumo other statesmen have Ind the same
success here that ! have. and if5they have
had. Richmond will be jam full of goods
II little WHILE
Mr.. ard Mrs. c. j. Campbell, of AM
lerst. accompanied by Mrs. John II. Parr
md Mr.. o. Y. Hanger, are stopping at
The New Ford's.
zone Of what John Ilendrick Bangs
erlflS lie seven 1ullu31leUIal Jokes,
seals with the many adventures of the
man who STAYS out late at night and of
his many explanations to his wife, " said
,ne OF the clerks at Murphy's yesterday.
We'll, here's 4 new one along that line.
A drummer from. Chicago told it, SO, Of
course, it must be true. One never doubts
What a drummer from Chicago says.
We'll. the drummer, so he said. had
,een out very late one night with the
.wo thirty in the morning, plainly show
ng the effects OF his 1nissuidSi efforts to
dispose of the available s.lilni{- of thu
and wondering 1ss,", he would
.Nplain it to his wife. Finally he; had
IN idea. He let himself In carefully, took
,r his shoes. hung than on the hat rack.
hen sneaked upstairs, sat down and be-
;an rocking the baby cradle vigorously.