The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-20
TOLD IN HOTEL CORRIDORS
~ THE NORTHWEST ONLY THE
n uBER nj SINEss rs DILL.
pr.d Porter In Oae Hetei Giadi, PAYS
st0O o Nsnsh for Hss Dob Ritx-Cari-
ton R~>-r>rs Tshies Past the Hour
Uur Honest Dosrman's mtg Rev ard.

ton Receives Tahfra Fasa the Hour
One Honest Doerman's mtg Reward.
Tho lumber business In duh ON the
Pacific cast. according 20 &. ID. Stimson
II Seattle who arrived yesterday at the
Nplcn,t Mr.. Stimson. who has large
l.,ub.r interests out there. said he had no
r.>son to- offer for the condition that
-Nists
Other business in good ont there.
sad Mr. Stlmson. but lumber il dull and
has tsen for some time. l don't know
Why
seattle 10 growing. however. though
v@ were not at all satisfed with the re-
suits Of tho last census. There is one
IhlnG that il noticeable out there. and
that il that the people have begun To
appreciate President Taft l think the
liking for him has grown general
Nothing in ia WAS Mr. Scimson's
Comment when asked IL the people of
Washington shared the approximations Of
,allfornians with regard 10 a foreign
INVASION. We are not losing any sleep
over IL. and believe II the so called scare
we're sift~d down IL would be- found To be-
dine to the idea thas IL would be a good
thing to give certain shiPbuilding con-
,arns out on the Coast some warship
contracts.
soon after the explosion at the New
York Central power house yesterday
morning q man entered the Manhattan
Carrying a suit case and hatbox. he
rad been on Lexington avenue car near
ne one that WAS destroyed. All the
windows OF his car were shattered. \
nan who had been sitting near the travel
o. grabbed the latter's luggage and
started 20 run with them. The traveller
collsrsd him.
oh. I beg your pardon said the sal
vASer. Il was so excited that | thought
Tor N moment they were mine.
secretary Of War Dickinson concluded
. hurried trip Tor New York YESTERDAY
HA reached the Belmont night before last
and left again yesterday afternoon.
man of modest income who lives
= one of the hotels near Fifth avenue
..onnsd a new suit yesterday and men
'fonad to the clerk that he though, Of
vlng one he was discarding TO the head
To-ter.
1 suppose he doesn't get very much
= a salary he observed
He gets no salary at all replied the
clerk
Then IN &c, that suit downstairs
s. once. Poor chap. he must have
ard struggle
He not only gets no salary. but he
avs 500 month for his job and the wages
e the several men under him. CON
'nued the clerk. He can AFFORD TO do
= n'ir OF his tips and the express bust
nars
on second thoughts remarked the
IAN with two suits, L believe it would /
INSULT the head porter to offer him a
Hcond hand suit of clothes | believe |
ian still get lot of wear ont Of that
Nd ONE
The old question Of women smoking
N restaurants has come up again The |
ewest rest aurant in New York has no !
le on the jeci and n number of women |
-'noksd there Sunday night Others. !
uchding Miss Marie Tempest. took /
igs-ettes with their coffee Yesterday |
~ luncheon. The manager Of the res
.aurant said yesterday thar IL ladies' were !
n"c,istomed 20 smoke in their own homes
vas not up 20 him TO try to restrict .
helr liberty in this respect when they /
med out
The little Office that has been under the /
.~c,Ilar stairway At the east end of Pea /
,0ok alley at the Waldorf ever since the (
tstoria part OF the hotel was opened |
and where Oscar Tsohirky. now the man
iger Of the hotel. presided for several
vaars and which has been the Office of .
assistant Manager Barse since. dis
lppeared Yesterday a. an Office. The |
vornen who were in the habit Of stepping .
n here TO arrange entertainments or /
ask questions were unable mostly 20 find
vHat had become OF IL. II had been |
loved to the mezranine floor. AT III" head
- the broad stairway near by. james |
Brennan. for many years secretary 10
Nr Tsrhirky. will succeed Mr.. Barse
prk h. lat tar
goes 20 Baltimore on January TO take
barge of the new Hotel Emerson.
I. Hood. an insurance man OF Mime
Spolis who travels about q great deal.
aid Yesterday AZ the Holland House that
ousiness in the Northwest just now is in
sNrellent condition
". have sold our crops and money
.A~rls 90 bs abundant said Mr.. Hood.
In our part Of the country we have not !
s~n affected by what should call sym
athletic depression. anyhow.
7 was In . most embarrassing position
- he steamer table coming over" said a
RAJ sllAr at the Waldorf who recently
lived from Europe Il sat Mt the cap
ans table with four other passengers.
me was the dan shter OF United States
~anst5r. and of high social position.
re second was an American minister.
'T" other two were an EnEljsh music hall
,r'lst and her manager. The Senator'S
IA ghtsr would not notice the vaudeville
'~r'ormer OF her manager. and tn. minis
or who sat At her aide confined his CON
sr~aton 10 her and the captain though
~" occasIonally spoke to me. i tried 10
make myself agreeable TO everybody
-. = after the first meal. when everybody
NJ had a chance TO find out who every
,fyese was, we were sharply divided in
-,'s - the efforts Of the captain TO make
o.. erybOdy feel at home. Nobody would
re up his or her position At the table Of
'0nor. and IL was cruising among ice
'"rgs all the way over
Ntid"n-s and pupils from the nearby
@z"- and boarding schools began
.""lng tn the hotels yesterday on their
Fav home or to join parents who have
ono on from the West and the South TO
-.'rt christmas here. One arrival yes
"-tav was a Young girl not quite 10.
"'"." father. when she started 20 school