Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-18
and permitted the suit cases to stand II
the middle of the pavement.
Deep in the System.

Deep in the System.
But a beleboy came running down the no.
tel steps and picked them up. He carried
them into the hotel and waited for me to
register and get assigned to a room. Then,
with the key to my room. he hustled 10 the
stairs while I went up In the elevator. He
was opening my room door when 4 got
there. and he carried the suit casex ,p
opened the windows. produced a hoy n,
matches and placed 1t on the little tah,s
and asked me. in the sprightly way OF the
yellow bellboy at the summer resort AZ ia
round the ride down warm
Pretty warm I said, and It's hot 4,
washington '
ington. and shifted to the other leg 7
started TO remove my coat and collar with
OUT digging. and he told me where he.a
WORKED In Washington. When | began TO
WASH my face and hands he left. He 6Idn',
have any of my silver / have no 5onht
ne tipped the rest of the bellboys or as 70
me when be got down below to the he'll.
boys bench. go
The ehambermaid. a black girl. brought
toweis to the room before / went down
stairs to dinner. va
"'Dey's salt an fresh water In yo, arrs
pae-tup. she told me. and 1 told her that /
t nnew that-that I'd engaged the room with
De lady an her daughter whuts was
mean Dero yo all ief dis room lookin' ye'y
untidy. she went on. an we all had bout
TWO nouahs wuk on 1t dis mohnin'.'
had no comment to make on that
statement. though l was surprised TO see a
chamoermaid so frank in her ATTEMPTED
grating 1t was rather a new one on me-
TOT I've never found chambermaids actual
nlnters, though receptive enough when tba
change appears. The black CIR. fiounced
out OF my room when she wasn't replied to
and when she plainly perceived that no sill
yer was going to cross her palm here NV
ioolh' oy tne way wasn't made up till very
Iate the next day, and 1 saw that the
chambermaid was going to make Il I'M
comfortable for me. So decided to use
a low strategy. 1 entered my room while
she was making 1t up
oh, You here I said to her ebaarfuIlv
"A bit late, eh? Now, / want Won 10 take
GOOD care OF this room while I'm here. and
you won't regret it.
Aroused False Hope.
THAT chirked her I'D wonderfully. you.u
observe that 1 didn't make any actual
promise. l simply said that IL she did the
work that the hotel proprietor paid her to
do she wouldn't regret it. But I deliber-
ately gave her a false hope and expectation.
all the same. 1t was low and common and
siinky and unworthy. I know But when
you start out on a summer vacation with
the settled determination not to do any
tipping you've got to employ every scheme
and dodge you can think OF to get the sery-
ice that you're entitled to without tipping
ihat chambermaid was on hand bright
ana early every morning during my entire
stay at the hotel. made UP my room beau
tifully. gave me more towels than need
ed, and was the real thing as IL we're in
the way OF a chambermaid from the time
that l gave her to understand that she'd
oe properly rewarded when left the house
hnr irnf hA-A 4
mouse without Skipping her the pilce of a
Dag OF peanuts. | won't say that / felt
good with myself about it. but [ have no
apologies whatever to make. did it, and
that's all there Is to it.
But. in disposng finally of the chamber
maid I've got ahead of my story. When
l went down stairs to dinner that first even
ing was assigned to a table 10 four I
was the first to appear at the table The
yellow waiter probably picked me instantly
Tor a sentient and breathing one for he
did things on the run for me and lowered
around me like a humming bird He too
l quickly found, was from Washington.
When he brought me the finger bowl I
worked the low dodge on him, too. l knew
that II 1 didn't fix things some way with
him I'd get mighty little to eat. and cold
stun at that. during my stay at the hotel.
and so l simply had to do 1t or succomb
In my multiplying intention. and had not
the least Idea of doing that
George I said to him-he'd told me
his name was George-I want you to take
good care of me during the two weeks that
I'm going to be here, and believe you
won't be sorry for IT.
You'll observe that didn't go on record
with any lying promise there. either. I
carefully chose my words so as not to do
that. OF course. however what I said went
with that walter. 1t probably seemed just
as good to him as IS note in his pocket at
the end OF my two weeks stay. 1 won't
say anything about any computations I
NIB ot ta IS
weeks. I calmly left the house without
slipping that waiter so much as the price
Of white string necktie. 1 am stating
facts. not analyzing sentiments.
Refused to Backslide.
Il had an hours roller chair ride an hour
or SO after dinner. When the ride was
over I paid the chair pusher the exact
amount Of the charge for the ride and
walked of humming softly, though in pre-
vious years I'd always given the chair
pushers at least two bits for their own
tip. took roller chair rides frequently dur
Ing my stay and never tipped one of 'em.
Pushing roller chair is hard work and
felt sorry for EN- but not sorry to craw-
fish on my anti-tipping scheme. / said to
myself that II the work was too hard for
them they could hustle and find something
easier, and 1 kept my change in my pocket.
1t was hard. and / often felt a craven
bunch to tip them willy-niay, but 1 didn't
do it. and I'm glad now that stuck it out.
THAT night. when / rang for ice water
and the same bellboy who had brought up
my suit cases answered the call with the
water. I said to him In an easy, opulent
sort Of way, Just look after me right while
I'm here. will you. and you'll be looked
after when 1 go away? That was enough
for him, Of course, though you'll notice
again that 1t didn't commit me In acutal
fact to hand him a silver He tipped off a
boy on the day watch-he himself was on
the night shift-to look after me during the
day, and I gave this day bellhop the same
kind of a mean and onnery basis of hope.
Doggy, on my part wasn't 1t? Ye-eh. Uh-
huh. But / couldn't help 1t. got the
finest kind Of bellhop service while was
there. and came away without having dis
bursed a nickel to either one of the bell
boys who fairly painted to do my bidding
during the fortnight. Oh. 1t wasn't easy to
play it that low down, OF course. but I'm
not here to palliate my meanness. but TO
veraciously relate the incidents of a cru
SADIE.
Same Line Of Talk to All.
when went to one Of the beach front
bath houses the next day l told the man
who dished out the suits to fix me out with
a good one and check It for me every day.
and that he'd be taken care Of. He broke
out a bra nd new suit for me that itted per-