The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-01-06
THE MANAGERS WIFE

her husband manages lltAlAl "a
claimed the wife " the manager OF
Washington apartment hotel TO
party u women friends the other day
The women guests carry all Of thei
erieyances 10 her, and take Il out %
her My apartment has become sOr
u Kick bureau. 10 which all OF n
women in tho house instantly repai
when things around the hotel don
40 70 suit than.
You remember how muddy th'
Potomac water was while ago
Well. the altering plant al the hote
my husband manages. and at which
live with him. because he doesn't IKE
housekeeping. vas temporarily out o.
order during that spell of muddy
Potomac water, and 10 seemed as Il
every blessed woman in the hotel C
whom l had been introduced rushed
10 my apartment 70 hold me personal
iy responsible for It.
Why. l wouldn't even battle my
dog In such looking waterl' half q
dozen Of them told me. with the sour
est imaginable faces.
Il told them that ! knew the water
was muddy. but that myself had 70
battle in It or 90 unbathed. but that
didn't appease them In the least
didn't want 70 be rude, and I couldn't
come Out plainly and tell them that
the muddiness Of the Potomac river
was a circumstance over which / had
no control. and that the breakdown
Of the hotels altering plant was q
matter that was none Of my business.
anyhow, and so Just had to sit and
listen 70 their walls and DO the best
could 10 comfort them.
The bluedsh at dinner the other
day wasn't exactly up TO the mark.
Five OF the women guests hustled
right straight TO ny room immediate
~ after the meal.
Where did the house get such
dreadful fish," they asked IL chorus.
Il told them that the fish had prob
ably got BY the chef accidentally.
But II hadn't ought 10 get by
himi' they all but shrieked There
ought TO be somebody 70 see that such
fish doesn't get by him!' and from the
hard glances they bestowed upon me
1t was perfectly obvious that they
thought that ought to be that some
body. / couldn't tell them that had
absolutely nothing to do with the
management Of the hotel: that / had
never even set foot IN the kitchen,
and that had no more TO do with
the fish at dinner than they had.
The hall outside my door hasn't
been swept this week. an exceedingly
testy old lady hurried into my room
10 tell me right after I had had my
breakfast In my room the other morn
ing.
Have you seen the housekeeper
about III" couldn't help but inquire
Of her. and she fared up instantly.
No. I haven't seen the house
kee7er!' she Tetorted. I'm not &C
eustomed 70 making complaints to
servants.
But the housekeeper has the reg
ulation Of the chambermaids in
charge l told her. as gently as
could.
Well the housekeeper doesn't at
tend TO her duties. then, she came
back at me. and there ought to be
somebody around hsre'-Axing me
with her penetrating eye-'to see that
she does attend to her work.
Perhaps. then suggested. Z:
might be well for you TO make CON-
plant ct the once desk
What should DO that for?' she |
asked me, with every evidence Of |
IN her expression. AMI
not making my complaint here TO
your
But, madam I simply couldn't
help but say 10 her, I am not Official
ly connected with the management Of
this hotel. have no more TO do with
It's supervision than you have. | live
here because my husband is the man
agsr Of the house. But he considers
ny health too fragile TO allow ne 10
work around here in any capacity
Even II were a robust woman DOM
believe he would permit me to serve
ls an attache Of the house
she went out muttering something
Art about the women Of these davs
lever helping their husbands. but
lifting around holding their hands ald
eading novels. and she has been most
'istrsssingly austers toward me ever
ince.
i was al dinner In the dining room
he other evening when one of The
Iew tAehy guests. woman whom I
ad only met once left her table and
anne over 70 mine.
" Do you know she asked me. most
esentfuly, that the girl hasn't put J
ny towels in my room yet to-day.
nd here It is six o'clock in the even
agf wish you would bring some
Dwels up to my room OF have some :
ody bring them. and then she iaunt- :
back 70 her own table. giving me
o opportunity to tell her-as I Ger
ainly should have told her-that any
me she ever found me running
round a hotel hall with a pile OF !,
Jwels on my arm distributing them :
lat time would be oontemporaneous .
ith the falling Of two feet Of purple
low In mid-July. :
And the worst Of II is that every =
me tell my husband how all the :,
omen in the house hold me person. =
ly accountable for everything that
oes wrong In the hotel he only puck !,
g up his lips and grins and then J,
histles the first few bars Of that !.
aintive air. Somebody Has Got to =
e the Patsy o
Il am at length ceasing to extract !,
nusement from being the kick de- =
lrtmsnt Of large family hotel. and :,
know Of one Washington hotel :,
anager who Is going 10 install his
lie in some kind Of a little estab-
'hment Of her own next fall. even II
g only a little cottage. or have no D
ace OF his life with the spouse OF p