Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-03
&c In Hotel Corridors &c

T HE Greeters of America will soon
be on the map.
Il Their first annual convention
will be held in Denver June 2, and d.
1910 and from all reports the meeting
win be a riproaring success from the
word go.
The Greeters are to be composed OF
hotel clerks from all over the United
states and no one else. 1t will be, to
a certain extent, similar to the different
organizations of national character
among the hotel proprietors, such as
the Hotel Mems Mutual Beneht asSo-
citation, but will be composed ehtlrGly
of the men who stand behind the desks.
At the present time there are various
organizations among the clerks in dli-
ferent parts of the country, and the
idea of those organizing the "Greeters
is to combine these locals into one great
national association, to which any clerk
in the Union can belong.
The ideals and objects of the new or
ganization are few but straight to the
point They are to provide telloWSniP'
give protection to members. elevate the
profession, increase sociablllty ana en-.
courage lOftier ideals. That's all Dut
the members of the new organization
say they intend to live up to them TO
the letter and MAKE the GreetefS as
strong and respected an order as thefe
is in existence today.
That the attendance at the conVen-
ton will be large has been assured py
the promise of local organizations
throughout the country to send repre-
senatives to Denver, and personal let
ters from individuals everywhere aSeuI .
ing the committee in charge of their
attendance.
Locally. that is in Los Angeles, the
occasion has not created much COM
ment and it is not thought that many
Of the local clerks will attend. The rea-
son for this is not hard to find, as
everyone connected with hotels mere
has Just passed through a great con-
vention, and another coming so soon IN
its wake seems slightly out Of place
just now.
Mine Host Tommy Law is on the JOB
at the King Edward.
He took charge of things Sunday
morning early and is now to be seen
most any time of day behind the desk
at the King Edward, his right mana
continually outstretched to welcome the
incoming or Godspeed the outgoing
guest. And it's that very stunt, the
glad hand stunt, that has made the
King Edwards new manager the popu-
lar hotel man he is.
Still there is another thing which is
one of Tommy's greatest assets. That
his memory. It's a peach. He began 10
remember names and faces from the
first time he saw the light of day, ana
he has been steadily on the job ever
since. He knows them all. Yesterday
a man strolled up to the desk at the
King Edward Tommy's hand shot out
and the stranger grasped 1T.
81 used to know you ten years ago.
said Tommy
Not me-" replied the man.
Eyes 1 did" returned Tommy pleas
antly but positively.
"Where?" asked the man.
"In Douglas"
"Sure and your right" said the pros
nectiye guest. smiling. Il remember
you myself now"
And that's the way it goes. A re-
porter asked Tommy when he began TO
remember names and faces.
Don't know; always have he re-
piled laconically.
Fred Presbrey is again doing busi-
ness at the old stand in the Hayward
office. having returned to work yester-
day morning. Mr.. Presbrey has been
off on sick leave for the past SIX weeks
and many were the congratulations OF
fered him yesterday at his recovery ana
return to the Hayward. =.
Eyes, I'm feeling pretty good now,
he said yesterday. "Still, If you'll notice
| am using that old chair over there a
good deal No use OVERRIDING good
thing. you know. I'm going to take 1t
easy until l am entirely myself once
more.
Mr.. r. w. Larritt, wife of chief clerk
of the Westminster hotel, accompanied
by Miss Jean Molloy who has charSe
of the dining room at the same hotel,
viii mass the next few days in River
side, guests at the Glenwood. They will
return to Los Angeles Saturday.
OF course this happened:
A well known Los Angeles actor
couldn't possibly mention his name as
he is a pretty good sized guy-WaS
staying at a local apartment house.
which happened to be managed by a
woman. Also, it happened that the
woman manager was in possession OF
one small kid-a boy years old. The
actor accidentally heard from friend
that this little boy had been knocking
him professionally.
The comedian went to his hotel and
called the landlady.
Madame" he began impressively;
Madame, would you like to have me
NdCate my TOOluS, 30 " opiiiO
hotel and advise all my friends in the
profession not to patronize your
house? Would you like to have me do
that? Well, your little boy has made
statement that ! am rank as a
comedian, and I will do Just what l
threatened to do if you don't take him
to task for his foolish remark.
Understand. L do not wish you to hit
him; Just speak to him sternly and
severely about the error OF his ways.
The manager waited until her hus-
band came home, and then repeated the
actors conversation to him. Father
didn't hesitate a minute. lie llckeu
that kid good and sent him to bed.
THAT night father went to the theater
where the actor was playing, saw the
show, returned home late at nlshI'
awoke his son and apologized to hlm.
The actor moved next day.
Bellboys are extremely human. II
you don't believe it, just listen to thls:
The line of depositors waiting 10 uraW
their money from the All Night ana
Dav bank extended during yesterday
q afternoon almost up to Fifth street.
The line itself was composed or an
kinds and conditions of people, bu'
among others was an old Woman-Well'
not such a very old woman, but hard
worl<ing time-scarred WOman-Who
carried little baby in her arms.
She was standing in the line, tears
streaming down her face, hope almost
gone. Thousands of people must nave
passed her during the afternoon ana
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