The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

money IN Few years that no bought Z
VOC OF real estate and retired
IN eo'irse. tAs GlaakToom concesaion-
nairs has hia responsibilities. The man
Seo % credited with paying sl3.oOO tos
- puVilngn. has 10 hire irom twenty
-sB-tsar boys and maids. wheu
tn.rs u banquet he has 10 have extra
nelp and hin takihgs ara Osrrespondlngly
hia help he pays al least a dollar a
nlghe and thSre ere a GSw 10 whom he
pays ~ much a. q. He haa 20 snoplv
,.nisSfms. and u thsre u q lnss Il a. NOT
eh@ proprietor % the esiablinhmene
'~e mas 70 mako good. but thu cOncsa-
On ono OcCasion a patron ~ the re-
tA1rsat complained that he had lost q
valuable f'w COAT. Ne said Il was worth
$50. and made aaidavit that IL had cost
mat sum IN Europe. The eloakroosn con-
os~aaonnaise hadnao mako good. On ANOTHER
occasion . man loat an Overcoaa. He
sAad f had cost him ss1S.
De concsasiOnmnirS found the tailor
IRON whom II vas BOUGHT, and discovered
lev days later that che loser a the
COAT had visited the maker % the mar.
men' and eadsavOrsd 20 perasiade him
70 make Out . bin % him Tor ana A the
price Of the garment whsa Il had cost
lsss than half that sunn.
IN one eaas the cencesaioanairs had
IN" uniforms % his boys made without
pocksss. with some Of ths younRsters
me temptation 70 keep the tipe given
thsm was 80 strong that they cut slits
IN the braid OF their uniforms and slIpped
o'nes into the openings. When thu
Nas detectsd they dropped the coins
into their undsrclothinx until their am.
pioyer Got into the habit OF shakinx them
down befors thsy lsfs &C night. and max
ina them strip
In one hotel the oloakroom priviI~r,
oeionss to The supesinasndsnt OF service.
Ne pays nothing in cash for the privilege.
nut ne hires and pays all the uniformed
employees sEospt the portsra' and pro-
vSdss hAs boys With uniforms In rsturu
he eets tho tips that oOms the way AZ hls
employees.
TheTs h another bag hotel where ae-
cording 20 repoFt almosa everything
except the actual runnlRR az the hotel
and the restaurant 10 runaed out. ABIDE
from the bFokesA' ofRcoa. witch nav hiah
reutals. and Two Telegraph eeaoss. which
pay 500 q month each. and the neus
stand, which rays abou, $4,000 . year.
there 70 the Ooatroom privileges. which
brings IN good sum. Then there 10 the
lavatory privilege. whioh brines In 5000.
The man Who runs 10 came out only an
ahead tho hrss year. but since then he has
been coming money. He hRa 10 Keen
the room clean and the combs and hr,sshe-
In sanitary condition. The shoe polish.
ING stands are has. and the hotel furnishes
the brshahsp and combs. soap aud towels.
The head porter pays s7.sOO q year
for his privilege. employs about twenty.
i've men. furnishes a Eneeneneer service
and hasa nnonopoly Of Tho empress bust
ness from tho house. The barber pays
eio.Oea year Cor hAs privileges snd the
hrss twelve months he vas out several
thousand dpllans. He has been well
ahead every y~Ar since.
The house valet pays about ss.O0O a wear
TO- his privilege. Ne employs SIX or seven
men. and he made money the arst year
and he has been making it ever since.
There 10 ono hotel where the carssaRs
privilege. rented out on the usual basis
az 70 psv osnt.. indicated proat 90 large
the hrvt year that the prspsister decided
H was too good . thing 60 lst ANYBODY
else have. When his IS per cent began
TO Yield him q. 100 q month he established
his own taxicab service. from which he
makes almost enough money u ~ esti-
mated. 20 pay for the rent OF his hotel