The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-10-17
gHR coAsT PATRoE
Eeung Women who Ksep lIaIds nua
W'aiters nt SUMMER Hotels
Wntchful and Attentive.

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The two friends met accidentally IN
the studio Of a girl who draws. relates
the New York sun,
"vhB how 40 you do. Heien!" ex-
Stained che who sings sWeetly ia
light opera to the one who IS blessed
with versatility. Where have you
been all SUMMER / heard you'd come
into money and we're doing al the
swell resorts. Tell me about t."
Il only wish I had come into mon-
ey," responded Helen. 'sBut as q matt
ter Of fact I have been doing the re-
sorts, and living ia a way I'D like al-
ways to live. But I'm being paid for
It. Can you keep q secret? win You
promise not to breathe one word Of
It? Wen, then. I'm a member Of the
coast patrol"
The light opera girl looked bewil-
dered.
eyes, that's what they call us" said
Helen. Were not life savers, or any
thing Of that kind, but Just a number
of comparatively plain and unassum-
ing young women who 60 from one big
hotel to another. usually spending a
week in each, apparently IS guests,
but in reality IS spies.
Nov, don't look at me like that.
I know it sounds horrid, but it's all
right. We don't send anybody to
prison, or report hirtatons, Our busl-
ness is merely to see that the dining
room and upstairs service is satlsfac-
tory to the average guest
st may seem strange to you, but n
Is not easy for the manager to get
trustworthy information about various
little matters that will commend OF
condemn a hotel to fastidious people.
Where he is everything is as perfect
as the staff and help can make it, and
the star ~boarders, who are generous
with their tips, have things done foI
them in the proper way.
"It is the timid little souls like me
who look as If they had come from the
interior and didn't care to complain
at the desk that are apt to be neglect.
ed. The walters and maids know thai
there Is a procession Of us OF the coast
patrol going through the hotel all sea,
son, and they don't dare to talk,
chances with m lone woman, which
Of course, rebounds to the good OF tn,
whole service.
I'VE look to little matters that no
body would think sufficiently impor
tant to justify a complaint, but which
in the aggregate, mean a good deal Il
the reputation Of a hotel where til.
rates are high, For instance, there ar
the comparatively minor points o
drawing back the chair promptly Whel
one is about to sit down in the din
ing-roOm, Of keeping the glass Rlle.
with water, Of the immaculate fresh
ness Of the linen. Of the turning dow
: Of the bedclothing by the chamber
maid before you enter your room I
retire for the night, of the general ton
and manner of the servants. Coul
: mention a hundred little things that
. woman viii notice If she knows wha
Is proper in these matters and has he
. eyes open.
q We are all engaged In New Yor
city by the same man, but we MAX
frequent and detailed reports to I'd
manager Of the hotel we happen to h
r IN. After a week or so at one houa
each Of us goes on to another, actin
e under directions from New YorI
d We're under no expense except "a
clothes, and the pay is pretty goot
e It's a life Of ease and luxury. II
afraid it's spelling me for real work