The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-12-27

On Tuesday, Dec. 10 at l2;zo'
the writer left town, going direct
to Pikeville arriving at 9:l5, hav-
ing stopped in Ashland for 4-hr'
En- route the time was largely
devoted to reading and meditating
upon the various phases of mission
airy work-the evangelizatlon OF
the world, the successes and him
ORANGES and present condition OF
missionary activity, individual re-
sponsibility of every christian to
have a part In the worldwide
plan of the Christ, and kindred
topics.
"Pleasant company make the
wav short" A rare privilege was
this to turn away from the hustle
and bustl and routine of CONNER
cial life, and from The recital OF
such stuff as too frequently fills
the columns of the daily press, and
thus to hold silent converse with
men whose lives are illustrations,
because they are spent in loving
service for the Christ and in the
betterme7t of the social, moral
and spiritual condition of the race.
We were not looking for snakes,
and other venomous beasts, yult-
ures and their carnage, or noun
STEERS in human form. We are re-
minded that a man or woman can
in this world find what he or she
prefers.
We noticed that from Catletts=
burg the two cars were packed with
passengers-many of whom were
evidently Christmas shoppers.
HOTELS.
Last summer we stopped at the
Victoria, This time we tried the
Williamson. If we had not Incl
dentally heard that a white man
was manager we would have been
justified in the belief that the col.
ored porter John was sit" "ohn
was at the depot for baggage (;
John assigned rooms to guests; at
our request John supplied water
and coal in our room John alone
took ORDERS for meals and is also in
the habit Of collecting some bills,
for we heard a commercial man
from Cincinnati say that he missed
the noon train because he had to
look for John before he could pay
his bill. So he had to stay till
next day and requested that he be
called in time for the train which
leaves soon after 5 o'clock in the
morning. At the breakfast table
we heard some "damnjng" because
John had forgotten or failed TO
call the gentleman. From guests
we learned that John had been as
sociating with "poor white trash"
gamblers, would not be bluffed,
had pulled his gun and gotten into
trouble at police headquarters
We really think that John has too
much to do-with the hotel, and
the proprietor has too little.
We were neither surprised nor
sorry to hear the proprietor say
that he expects to give up the
hotel on March /. If he expects
to make success as pool player
and druggist he should not tax
himself with a hotel. We inter.
rupted him at a game of some kind
at the puplic resort for sports long
enough to get desired information.
The dining room was attractive,
neat and clean in decorations and
linen and the service was accept.
able Will, however, make one
suggestion or criticism PERTAINING
especially to the guests and indi-
rectly to the proprietor. We do
not regard dining room--even OF
a hotel-a proper place for swear
ing, pre- miscuous damning. The
cussers are to blame for this, if
the proprietor is not in the room.
He or the proprietor of any place
of public resort or of a business
house could and should in gen.
tie way, without giving offense, re-
strain thoughtless or vicious men
from swearing.
HOSPITALITY.
Good intent has, no doubt, some
times resulted disastrously.
AS the writer and a stranger
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