Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-26
BELL BOYS HAVE
BANK ACCOUNTS
LOS ANGELES HOTELS ARE
SMALL MlNTS
NET AVERAGE $1O0 MONTHLY
LiberaIity of Guests at Five Leading
HosteIries Enables "Hops" to Lay
up Small Fortunes In
Savings
NET AVERAGE $1O0 MONTHLY Y

Bell boys of the large Los Angeles
hotels are "noneyed" men," Half of
them, if they so desired, could go on
little vacations of two or three weeks
and put on the airs Of those whom they
have been serving during the past tour
ist season. 1t is a business that re-
ouires constant attention and they do
not like to leave it.
Their salaries pay their laundry bills,
with enough left over for cigarette
fund. The tips make their bank ac-
counts.
One Of the bell "hops" at the Lanker-
SHIN figures that if business is good
for the remainder of the month he will
bank SITS for June. This includes his
wages Of So a week. The balance has
come from tips and he yesterday pro-
duced an account book containing the
figures to prove it. Saturday his gains
netted him SO. Part Of this came
through the generosity of death Val
ley" Scott, the miner philanthropist;
but, after all, Scott is only a gentle
ripple in the high fnanciering of the
bell boys life. 1t is the small but con-
slant dribble of smaller sums which
he counts upon to run up his bank
account
Average $500 Monthly
Bell boys in the five large hotels ex-
pect to make $100 a month clear OF
all expense. 1t is dull month when
their hopes are not realized. They are
far from being their own masters dur
ing the time they are on duty, but the
position pays better than that of some
of the desk clerks and the returns for
a month have no limit.
The Hollenbeck, month in and month
out, is the best bell boy paying PROPOSE
ton. 1t is filled with guests from the
opening day of the new year until the
day of it's close, and, although the tips
are not as large as those received at
the hotels which the richer patronize,
they come more frequently and there is
no dull season.
Following the Holenbeck the Van
Nuys proba bly, comes as a close sec
ond Now that the dull season is on
there George Cook, the head bell boy
for a number of years, will leave to-
morrow with his wife for a short out
ing to New York city, Cape May and
other points of interest. He was for
merly bell hopper" at the Waldorf
west, the Jingle of the cattleman's sill
yer and the rattle of the miners gold
pieces, so he came forthwith, and he
has never regretted Ii.
He knows his business from first TO
last. What his earnings are no one but
himself knows, but he has way of
being attentive and anticipating the
wants of the hotels guests in a way
which frequently brings a silver
shower from fat pocketbooks.
Guests Liberal and Otherwise
Jacob Schiff of the great banking
firm OF Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and hacker
of Hartman, failed to come up to bell
boy expectations when he was here re-
Gently. He tipped, of course, but when
the boys deposited their money in one
bank 1t did not affect its capitalization.
The duke of Sutherland, when he was
here a month ago. did not prove him
self spendthrift nor make any bell
boy rich. 1t was different with the earl
of Tichborne. He was liberal with his
money and everybody prohted by his
stay at the Van Nuys.
When the Baron Alfonso de Roths-
child left the Lankershim after a