The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-06
ED. C. BERRY.

| ica for the first time he had at least
one experience that supplied him lit
crazy thrill. This was when the land.
lord Of the Louisville Hotel kicked his
lokshlp into the street and threw his
| Gioomin' luggage after him. YOU know.
1t seems the landlord proud of his
distinguished guest. called. with a few
OF thc first citizens, TO welcome the
great men OF the city. The landlord
ha' not gotten the first mouthful of
his mcmolized speech in motion when
the son Of N:cawber. dam Mrs. Nickle-
J by. changed the program by cutting in
with, Say, Mr.. Landlord. you know,
Wen | want YOU III ring. YOU know, y
Tnc;e was moment OF embarrasS-
mcil. and then the landlord. being a
tue child OF the sunny south. had the
VERSATILE novelist by the scruff and was
working him toward the precipituous]
stairway, in pizzicato allegretto
movement that led to the outer out
warilress. 1t was no uSe--the COM
niittee of first citizens were there to
lend a hand NJ needed land his quill.
ship. he was it. Their work done the
first citizens. adjourned TO the bar big
Oh Sab, to talk it over. And Dickens.
a wiser, Sadder and sorer man. hunted
logging for the night, and germina-
ted Martin Chuzzlcwit," that peach
of roast on the crude and vulgar
was Of America, you know.
At Athens. Ohio, is a hotel kept by
landlord who does not call, in a So
cial way, on his guests. This landlord
il q co:ored man. HIS name is Berry |
and the travelling boys call his place
The Blackberry" And they make it |
point to go there and stay as long
as business will allow. The Berry !
Hau>e is enc Of the best hotels l ever
saw. 1t is the only hotel in the town.
lex Berry has set pace which no com.
petition is able to follow. The service
l.. ;aultleSS: the room; Immaculate |
III: cooking a work Of art Berry is |
Eis own chef: he loves his work ana
~ gives to it an individuality. Mrs |
Ec;,y is the housckeeper. and he at !
,en.icn TO details proves that genius
l. .cmetiEles. fen. mine.
Fl instance, in every loom is writ |
ihg paper, a calendar, a pin cushion,
needles and thread a whisk broom, a |
comb and brush, and a bottle of violet |
water in the bath rooms. You might |
expect the souvenir hunter to steal
Berry to a standstill, Tut she doesn't |
A hotel is known by the soap it sup i
plies.
Mis-. Berry sees hat fresh caketof
soap is IN your room when .you egter
and every requisite there that adds to
you Icomfort, and yet she is never in |
evidence.
A white man is at the desk, but all |
th3 ether help are colored. Knowing
thai an Afro-American manages the
place you anticipate coons loafing i'll
TIE Office, but not a lazy, sassy niger
do you find, nor a lousy. greasy, tobac-
CO chewing white loafer, either. The
cO!ored boys in the Office are in uni
form, and the: do, their work with I
a.er!Less. nimbleness and precision.
AL of the linen is made to order and
the dishes too. and marked Berry"
IL de writing room is dictionary, an
atlas and an encyclopedia. !
No tips are allowed in the Berry
Eouse on penalty. They tell of one
mail who gave the landlord a quarter.
installing him for a porter. The
amount was duly credited on the |
mans I'LL. The Iule is now well I'M
uerstoOd.
Berry started with a hole-in-the
wall. Now he OWLS the block. He is
worth easily 100000. and is regarded
10y his tOwns-people as highly hon
o,a6ie, competent and intelligent man
The travelling public swear b. him,
not at him.
Congress. man GiosvenoT is the peri
clcs Of Athens. Ohio. When you see
Gyosvenor once you know him after.
CrOaVenor is man Of worth, man of
power. but | noticed he did not object
10 sitting next to Berry. and that they
met as friends and equals.
Berry has run his hotel. 70" twenty
years and has never had a bar. He
pats forever the kibosh on that an
cicTt superstition that success in the
motel business turns on the sale Of
OLOZC.
Also reckon Booker T. right when
nc says. The world valves the color.
line when the colored man has some.
th,n6 it wants"