The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-29
CHAT OF HOTEL CORRIDORS
HOLIDtY SLtMP ENDS WrH
NtNY lRRICALS.
>af~t, I'm, riopes for Guests nairh Are
Proof Against Nbsent winsicsiness
Forgrtfui Man whe krpt an Estnb-
iishment Extremely Busy for q Time

Proof Against Nb<rat WthuTsutrsn
Forgr,ful Man whs krpt an Estab-
iishment Extremely busy for Time.
Many college men arrived IN New
York yesterday after spending Christ
mas at home or with friends to put IN
their remaining holidays here. and their
names were much IN evidence on the
hotel registers Many sightseers from
New England and nearby places have
also come ~ town and many OF the hotels
hlV. quit. recovered from IN. three days
thirst mas slump IN business
Az some OF the hotels they Use safety
envelop. for purses and small packages
hey put IN the hotel safe. but one Of the
managers n; the Belmont sand yesterday
ting to take things out of their envelopes
when they had got them back
only few days ago a man who was
leaving to catch a steamer for Europe
got his envelope out Of the safe said
the manager. and after taking his purse
out Of it threw it back upon the cashiers
desk The cashier. a nomen, later. took
up the envelope and started 20 crumple
il IN his hands before tossing i, into the
waste basket. The envelope felt rather
mick, so ne Dlew invO ". sinu In~Fr hr
found the steamship ticket OF the pro-
spective voyaGer. The owner was Just
getting into a taxicab when the ticket
was handed him IL the cashier hadn't
been - rick by the thickness of the dis
card.d envelope the ticket would have
been lost.
Only the signer OF the name on
an envelope can get IL back from
safe said the manager. A man who
had left an envelope with me sen, up
friend from The barber shop one moro
deliver il except 10 the man to whom
il belonged. though the messenger pro-
tested rather warmly. ] learned later
hat the envelope cont aimed certified
check for s75. OOo Where would I have
got of II somebody else than the owner
had got IL and had II cashed' IL would
have been possible. for the check stayed
in the safe TWO days longer before the
owner took IL out"
An elderly man came downstairs AZ
the Wolcott Yesterday morning and
brandished a KEY az the room clerk.
I don't understand why YOU should
give me KEY 10 a room that IL not in the
hotel he said L have been searching
for this room upstairs and / cannot find
it. and the bellbov said there is no such
number in the building
What j. tn. mum ber?" ask ed the pro-
prietor, who was standing near.
One hundred and nineteen replied
the visitor.
No. ". have no such number I
don't understand how Won could have
been given such "a key
Tn. proprietor took Ihs. key in his hand
and looked AZ tho number Then he
happened la TURN II upside, down He
showed II in IN. reversed position TO
HIM sll.- the latter read
Il want to engage some rooms. said
IN" well dressed stranger. with IN en-
gazing air You SEQ We are lot II
prominent INSURANCE" men from Chicago.
Denver and other cities out West. and
We want fifteen rooms. each with a bath
The others i'll arrive her" on January
:? Civ. US the hest YOU have. None in
the party will object 10 paving 81 or s.
a day | am stopping az the Blank. hut
shall come here vhes the others arrive
a. | wish 20 be with them.
The room clerk SOCK out a diagram ~
IN" floors. and after lot OF figuring and
consulting advance booking indicated /
to tn" stranger just which rooms the .
party could hsv" and the latter expressed .
himself as satisfied
-Oh. bv m. wav. I have an engage
ment uptown and ! haven't time to GO, /
down 10 my bank. ! wonder II Won
would mind cashing a lit'i. check for me-. |
say for So
DO look it, asked the clerk reaching I
for the he'll button
oh. don't bother. don't bother. SAID
the we'll dressed stranger. hastily and h"
was cu' If the front door before the house.
defective. arrived. 2
There is :. man at the Imperial who IL
So absent minded that the manager X /
figuring whether u would not saw. money /
To- have "A bsllboy follow HIM about when .
he ~ IN the hous. The other day he came ]
downstairs without his glasses and !
beIlhoy had 10 trot up after them Then /,
h." went up - the writing room. put his |
hay an chair and cam" away forgetting /
1t. Then he left his ovprCuat az the coat (
came downstairs Ia his luncheon - little .
later end then discovered he had left .
his glasses UPSTAIRS. and a hellhov had 20 .
fetch them again. Next he sat on u sofR :
IN III" lobby and left a book there and :
nn until lat. ia the afternoon. when H.. .
decided "" would TAX" = walk H." went
up ~ MS room - look for hIs ov.rcoat .
and hat. hut could ind neither, and re-
ported heir loss downstairs
SEQ II Won haN" coat check IN one /
of your pockets" suggested clerk :
The visitor looked ~ II of them. btII 4
could not find 'h" check until h" turned
has p.p"k"thnok inside ont lie presented
n AZ 'h' rack huf M. only thing " called
for WIS IN uv.rCpa' Then systematic 4
search Il tho public ronms ~ the hotel
Wa made and luckily the hat was found
where I,- Gwn"- had left II IN the writing
room early IN m" morning
TOF RT NOs ~ BsI>S sHIFTTD