The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-13

bed even ir there was danger that |
might freeze before morning. I had
lust got into my first nice sleep when
there came another knock. This time
it was :, chambelmaid all right. and
She had blankets. took them in and
vas thankful. Then | went to sleep
again. Pretty soon there was another
maid at the door with more blankets.
by that time the blanket combination
was in good working order aud they
kept coming up TO midnight. Was
there IL cold wave in the morning, did
lou ask? Well, I should say not. 1t
had rained and was close and warm,
and as Tor inc--l almost SulIocated uh-
der those blankets
''1'hat reminds me- said listener.
OF q hotel where the system of bell
calls is not at all primitive. 1t was one
Of those indca;ol things that will
bring IN everything from ice water To
g. face specialist who Will make you
beautiful in fifteen minutes. We want
"a ice water and | pushed lii" appro-
printe button, but The indicator slipped
around, and in Il jitfy there was bell
boy with n ham sandwich and smile
of expectancy. The primitive system
has its advantages,
Ii may be Il bright ana beautiful
thing to be II commissioner appointed
by the president Of the United states
TO sit in Judgment on one OF the great
est problems that has agitatsd the
world in modern times. but ii must also
he a little tiresome. surely every one
Of those distinguished gentlemen Is
worth more than fifteen dollars II day.
1t seems rather Il narrow mind or amy
statesman that could suggest pairing
down the wage scale for such SER
vices as these TO great country. why,
dear me. q congressman gets SS,OVo Il
year. and he certainly does not have
to sit ana hear any more Wtar!some
repetition than does that blessed COM
mission, nor decide more important is
sues. Why, mere governor gets $4,000
n year, and he cannot do what he likes,
Imagine such Il man as Judge Gray
sitting down anywhere ana listening to
such lot of immaterial information
for fifteen dollars Il day. Imagine Mr.,
Watkins doing that. when hitherto tho
days have not been long enough for his
busy brain to plan vast business en-
terprises which have required his
General Wilson having to sit in such
Il court, which must OF necessity be
go-aS-yOu- please affair, when he is
disciDlinarian, Il man accustomed To
the keenest ANALYSIS OF question
which must have been placed before
him in the most concise fashion. Fiji
teen dollars q day for General Wilson.
Then there is Mr.. Clark. a man OF
the hurryng, restless world, accus-
toned to doing things, not dreaming
them all day long. lie is worth whole
lot more than fifteen dollars day Ol
course Bishop SpaldIng is. he Is worth
more than that on amy question TO
which his splendid brain is applied.
Imagine beating down the bishop. As
for Colonel Wright, The scholar the
thinker. the man whom no specious
statements can deceive, the Years are
all too short to allow him to accom-
plish that which he can do for this
country as no other man can do II,
Fifteen dollars a day is cheap, indeed,
for delaying the literary work which
Carroll ID. Wright can do for America,
Colosel Parkei's time surely is worth
u great deal more than fifteen dollars
Il day. Such an intellect as his. such
n grasp of details, could command al
most amy price In the market where
such gifts are appreciated. We are
pretty mean and stingy in this Amer
lea of ours Tor people who do so much
boastlng .ad staggering about Our
wealth and resources. Yes, We ars