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Evening star., 1912-10-06

out into the cold. hard world to go
home.
Then. too. we have nice. clean places
to sit in, and can always keep our
selyes neat and clean. We have no
disagreeable work to do, for when We
want sweeping and busting done all
we have to do is to ring for a char
woman to do it, Our chief duties are
guests. keep the parlors in order.
check wraps and be courteous and
polite to the guests. Our aprons, col
lars and cuffs are furnished us and the
hours are short. n girl comes on at S
in the morning. works until II. ard is
back again after : at night until II.
That is one week. The next week she
changes hours with the other girls.
which gives one plenty of time for
shopping. moving pictures and other
recreatiOnS
Yes. | see lots of funny things here.
bat now and then some real sad ones
Sometimes people stop at the hotel while
in town attending funeral and they
come in here and CRY. One woman put
her arms around my neck and soboed
and sobbed because her daughter was
dead and just buried. and her son-in-iaw
would not let her have her little grand
child, nor allow her TO come and live
with them. tell you / got sort of soft
hearted myself and wept.
:; !:
One day a timid country-lookinS
woman with "a dear, sweet old face came
into my parlor and asked me how she
could get "a letter of introduction from
the son of II guest in the house to the
mother. When she told me the name of
the woman | was almost tempted to try
and persuade her to leave for the woman
was notorious IN the hotel for her over
bearing naughty and disasreeable man
ner toward those she did not consider her
social equal. She is Il social leader in hef
own city. all right and wealthy. nut
with no more manners than a cat.
However, il was not up to me, so |
sent UP the card advising the old lady
to write on it that Il friend of mllady
son wished 70 see her. AT ter about M
teen minutes Mrs. Millionaire sailed in,
done up to kill. and looked about for the
friend of her aristOcrauc son. she
Evening star., 1912-10-06

BEAUTIFUL Flower Gar
II dens Take Place of Un-
slightly Back Yards-Verita-
BILE Beauty Spots Are Pleas
ure to Owners and Inspira-
ton to Neighbors-Transfor
nation Is Wonderful and
Decided Demonstration of
What May Be Accomplished
With a Little Care and Labor
Two Gardens That Have
Attract d Attention-The
Profitable Back Yard, Where
Vegetables Are Raised.
Evening star., 1912-10-06
lgn0ramuses.
TARIFF expert said In a recent ad.

A TARIFF expert said I'm recent ad.
dress:
Ihe average tariff argument is anus
in. in its ignorance. Ii reminds me of
certain Kansas City police court.
y policeman rose i'm This court to
testify against prisoner.
'.'Wot's this here feler charged withY
the magistrate demanded.
Bgotry, Judge. the policeman an
swered. Hes got three wives
Three! cried the magistrate. why,
you ignoramus, That amt bigotry. That's
trigonometry.
Evening star., 1912-10-06

clerk had run up on his bill was charged
to profit and loss.
The man who sets out to beat Il hotel
as a general thing, will register under an
assumed name, and after he has got what
he came for, as in the case of the man
who a year or two ago collected S75 from
each of about dozen New York hotels
on stolen money orders. will make a
quick getaway. There are now three pro-
tective associations which look out for
such men. and notel managers are kept
informed of their movements.
But there used to come to a certain
New York hotel man whose arrivals
were about six months apart He would
stay one night in one of the cheapest
rooms in the house, and the rent for it
would be the only charge against his ac-
count. He would register each time un-
der a fictitious name, and quietly slip
away as often, without paying his bill.
His visits We're so far apart that 1t was
almost impossible for the room clerks tp
remember him.
The traveller did it once too often. He
came back to the hotel last fall, and this
time he registered during the watch of Il
room clerk who had been looking for
him ever since his last visit. The clerk
iiuIueuldtely Hotlneu tHe IldIidBeF, VINO
hurried upstairs after the new ar
rival and confronted him with the
statement of how he had been beating
the hotel for years. The credit man
found upon investigation that the other
was d preacher He offered no excuses
for his actions and did not seem greatly
embarrassed over his situation. He
merely explained that each time he had
been in the hotel lie had meant to pay his
bill, but when it came to the point he
had just walked on out, not knowing
why. He said that he was on his way TO
a conference of his church, and he asked
if he might not go on to this and pay
when he came back. The manager sug-
gested that he produce the money he
Evening star., 1912-10-06

not know or care that this was the Gus
tom.
FINALLY. one day. / got wise and the
next time she came l stopped her anu
refused to check her things. telling her
the room was for the use of the guests.
She then said she had a room upstairs.
but | knew better. as ! had inquired at
the desk She called me insolent and
said she would have me fired. Her
friends arrived and she had to receive
them with her coat and hat on. We let
her alone until they had gone and then
she was politely informed that she must
not come into the hotel any more. She
never as much as bought "A cup of tea.
"Other women have come into the par
lors and left word that if any one called
for them they We're in the corridors
Here they get their wraps checked on
the suspicion they going into the din
ing rooms. and when their friends ar
rive they are PACED and come trailing
in, though they We're really staying
at the hotel. We have no way of telling
whether they are really guests not
and it is hard to stop that kind of thing.
1t is usually after it is all over that We
discover how the management has been
imposed upon.
en- who wish to use the dainty hotel sta
tionery provided for the woman guests.
They come in complaining there is none
in their rooms. How could there be when
they have no rooms in the house. W.
give it to them once or twice, but when
they come back the third time. cry a
halt or else hand them the business sta
tionely, which makes them furious one
woman told me her sister had spent
enough money in that hotel three years
before to pay for II little stationery! Inc
stationery mania is a fierce one when IL
gets a woman right. Many make
practice of collecting it around at lhe
different hotels.
.'Of course we see very little OF the
real guests in the parlors. Generally
when they appear it is when we nave
told a caller they were not at nome ana
the friend has found out better. Although
madame has sent down that word by the
beIlboy the maid has to stand FOR the
upbraidng and the report to the manage
Evening star., 1912-10-06

NE. of the most
cheerful. m Q L + Y
and knowing work.
ing philosophers of
the National Capt.
tai Is the Hotel
Maid. who from
the vantage point
of the inside
watches, laughs at
and caters to the
caprices. whims
and moods of the
Evening star., 1912-10-06

The amount of actual money handled
by the cashiers of one New York hos
telry any day would do credit To d good
sized banking institution: the volume Of
money represented by the checks passed
through the window is bigger than in
many bank, and in the course of Sat
urday. in the busy season, the cashiers
may be called upon To hand out currency
for as much as $l0Goo. or even S2o,GpO
represented hy drafts.
OF course, the cashiers are acquaint ed
personally with a large proportion of
those who do business with them, and
have a pretty accurate idea Of how they
stand. OF others, certain members of
the hotel staff know enough to 20. n. -
check when a traveller confesses he is
short of cash and would like money for
check. However. many persons arrive
every day whom nobody IN the hotel has
ever seen before II is UP To the credit
man to decide whether the stranger gets
money if he needs it or if his check Is
good.
Some time ago a man said to the credit
man at one of Gothams larger hotels.
Il have couple of checks / want to
get cashed.'
'.Al right said the manager The
other took out his pocketbook and hand
ed out the drafts. They were for SJ0,0O0
Evening star., 1912-10-06

F..AtTI /. homes
make a beautiful
city. W ell kept
parks and shaded
avenues go far
toward making a
ci t Y attractive,
but if the front
and back yards in
the residence see
tionS are untidy
much of the gen
cral b e Il u t Y is
spoiled.
Evening star., 1912-10-06

a cash basis, but the accounts may run
up into the neighborhood of half IL mill
lion dollars in a twelvemonth. Then
when cash basis is mentioned it
must be taken to mean very largely
CHECK basis because so much money
is exchanged nowadays in the form of
checks.
Evening star., 1912-10-06

picture, and put up one of dear little
baby. She got as mad could be. ana
said she could not have that as children
Were so noisy. Then / hung one of
hungry looking girl gazing into space.
and she said that was fine.
One day l went into a womans room
to make up the bed, and-there she stood.
with her finger on the electric light put
ton. She stood there all the time was
working until I got anxious about her.
thought she was crazy, SO | asked her
what she was doing 1 am ringing for a
'bellboy to get me some water, she an
swered angrily, L have been trying to get
him for a quarter of an hour, and can
get no answer That is the electric
light button. madame. L told her, Keep
ing my face straight: use the teleph ne.
She gave me a dollar not to tell any one
about it.
.'One dress-mad guest last year used
to pay the chambermaids to pose for her
in her gowns They had to stand up an
awfuIly long time while she reclined on
the bed and admired the various cos
tunes She would try on as many as
twenty-fiye in a sitting, She paid hiSh.
though. and was good -natured, and every
one liked her.
.Conventioners' are the limit. anyhow,
said the chambermaid as she Tipped some
torn-up speeches into her trash basket.
..One of the funniest sights | ever saw
happened in this very room last winter.
In common with other 'conventioners
this one wanted d long mirror before
which to practice her speeches. When /
came in she was standing in front OF
the mirror. waving her hands wildly and
yelling. viii you stand for corrupt poll
ties, and a lot more [ did not under
stand and I don't believe she did, either
We often get interested in the politics OF
the big conventions from hearing the
guests talk in their rooms. and we have
our likes and dislikes of the candidates
We don't have much trouble with the
men guests. They take their rooms, slee p
in them and get out early and give us
a good tip when they leave. One man,
though. put the whole force of my floor
and the management on the bum. Speak
ing politely he was intoxicated He got
in the bath tub of hot water with all his
clothes on. put a bath seat up in front
of him and ordered plate after plate of
Evening star., 1912-10-06

There were humor and pathos i'll the
narrative, but The details Were SO far at
variance with the methods of procedure
la sueh IL case that those who knew
laughed and dismissed the story as mere
Iy illustrative of the proVerbial mac
ciracy of the English writer who at
tcmpts To tell about anything American.
Al most of the large hotels they have
d man whose work makes impossible
such an occurrence, except for just and
sufficient reasons. He is the credit man.
aud his place is one that requires tact
and "A good knowledge of human nature
h,mo$t any good mercantile business
NOWADAYS has credit man. whose bust
ness IL to look after accounts. and to de-
trrmine whether his house shall sell on
credit 10 any one who wants to buy. IL
would take pretty good-siZed mercan-
lie establishment to equal the volume of
business done at "A certain faShiona blc
New York hotel i'll the course of a year.
TniS - said to run pretty close TO
$o,~o,OVO. The great part of il IS done on
Evening star., 1912-10-06
@H I'D

thousands of patrons who pass thfous IL
the big hostelries yearly. Life for her
NAV not be lone grand. sweet song. but
al least. 1t lacks monotony. To girl Oh
intelligence such position holds possi-
i.Iities of advancement and betterment
in life.
Her constant study is how 10 best
vlease those upon whose good nature
and generosity depend the Sratuities that
go so far toward making her post d
lucrative and Worthwhile one. For the
notei managers know that pleased pa
irons will reward the hotel attaches. and,
while notices are conspicuousy posted
tat no regards are 10 be given em-
p,oyes for services rendered, Yet they
seem to shut complacent eyes to the con-
stant and inevitable breach of this rule.
Humanity therefore, must he her
.tudy for the sake of gain primarily and.
secondly, because she becomes interested
II the varied tyLes that pass as in a NOV
-. picture before her eyes. The Hotel
Maid soon becomes Judge Of men and
women.
When You arrive DIT these hotels be
lore you have fairly learned your room
number the maid TO use a slang express
sion of the day, has your number down
pat She has dissected your motives,
anaIyZed Your social position and classi-
lied YOU in her mind as either Good
or N. G. And beware il the N. g.
Evening star., 1912-10-06
Correspondence of The star.


NEW YORK, September -, 1872.
N one of those novels that use an au-
tomobile as vehicle to bring to-
gether an English hero and an Amer
can heroine the tale is told of an Eng
li-hman who arrived at a big New York
Hotcl with "A lot Of luggage and some
money. but who suddenly parted COM
rauy with the latter, and when his plight
was discovered was elected summarily
from the hotel and Ills trunks seized
Evening star., 1912-10-06

beating the hotel but as TINS was irs'
off.nse the Judge let him off with a sus-
pended sentence. the management of the
hotel being willing. and the amount the
clerk had run up on his bill was charged
to profit and loss.
Evening star., 1912-10-06

ice cream to be brought To him. He ate
it in the bath and sang song after song
and altogether made such a fuss calling
for ice cream we had to call for the
managers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26
SHARPSBURd NEWS.

Money has been appropriated to re-
build the McComas avenue from Sharps-
burg TO The Antietam railroad station.
Probably the work viii be done yet this
fall. under the supervision of Captain
Cook, Superintendent of the National
Cemetery.
The hog cholera is still raging in this
town and vicinity. On the Raleigh Sher-
man farm they have lost now lib. MIS-.
Frank Roulette lost about Is, Lloyd Fish
err IS, Charles Long 10, John Heck 10,
Cyrus Munson TO- John Corbett, A. ID.
Crow, Charles Thomas, George Snavely,
Mrs. Iohn r. McGraw, Mrs. Hoyt, Mrs.
Stewart, Charles Lakin and William
Houser each have lost one or more. A
number in town are nov sick. Once they
pei sick there isllttle hope of saving them.
Work has been tied up on the Red
Mems hall again for the want OF brick.
Colonel Graham, who was on clutches
from sprained ankle, is able to walk
again.
Miss Armenia Snavely, who has been
at FroStburg. Md, for some time, IS here
visiting her sister for month.
One OF the tablets recently erected by
the government at Burnside Bridge was
broken off by some one on Sunday, 1t IS
thought by backing an automobile against
it. Superintendent Graham has replaced
il with new one.
lanes Fisher, his wife and Miss Carrie
Hetzel spent ten days in Illinois with rel
atives. They reside at Porterstown. j..
Mr.. Spence, clerk of the department OF
national cemeteries and national avenues,
was here recently taking photographs OF
different parts of the narrow avenues, TO
report to the head of the department to
show that they are too narrow. -.
Mrs. Nesbit Cox and her sister, Miss
Mary Nose, of Washington, are spending
a two-weeks vacation here. Mr.. Cox
spent several days here with them.
The Sharpsburg and Boonsboro Turn
nike Company held a meeting here on
Monday and the old board was reelected,
with David Hess to fill the place of Moses
Poffenberger, deceased.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26
DR.. Hartman Answers Questions
About The Revised Pe-ru-na

years ago but ala not realize the DIM
Guilty of overcoming the peoples no
lions on this subject j..
1 made q change In the formula Oh
Pe-ru-na. Quite q radical change'
A change that altered the color and the
taste and somewhat the medicinal efect
of Pe-ru-pa. ] did this believing II was
the best thing to do under the circum-
stances.
Immediately the change appeared.
the people began to complain OF re-
ru-na- They generally thought the
druggist was to blame. that their Don
tie of Pe-ru-na had been tampereo
with. This made bad feelings between
the users OF Pe-ru-na and the drug
gists. The druggists tn some cases De-
came irritated and ansered and MADE
complaint to the wholesalers and man
ufacturers. Thus the trade was tenn
porarily In an uproar.
After a year Of explanation the trade
ouieted down and the new Pe-ru-ns
took its place In the drug stores as
popular household remedy. And yet II
has not attained the popularity that
the other Pe-ru-na had. Changing the
formula Of Pe-ru-na was eQuivaiehe u
introducing q new medicine into the
drug trade, an extremely dimcuR
thing TO DO now-e-daya
Pe-ru-na g. Il Il made To-Day u Q
very excellent remedy for catarTh and
general catarrhal ailments. j 70 for
sale IN all drug stores and has
slight laxative effect, very nonoh need
cd in these days. u seemed 70 me
that II was In many ways better rem.
edy than before Yet In spite OF an
explanations there IS q considerable de-
mand for the old Pe-ru-na as II USED
to be made.
I have authorized the formation OF
company to manufacture Il, under the
trade name Of Ka-tar-no The ka-
tar-no Co. is located In Columbus, OHIO
and stands ready to supply the trade
with the old-time formula OF Pe-xu-na
under the name Of Ka-tar-no.
Send for free booklet Address kae
tar-no Co, Columbus, Ohio.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26
Communicated.

A very pleasant pound surprise party
was held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Orndoff last Friday night in honor
of their niece, Miss Rose Leard, of Balti-
more, who has been visiting them. Games
and music were the features OF the even
ing. Those present were Misses Mar
gafet and Bessie Hoffman. Anna Mullen,
Maud Brown, Mary F. Lemen, Mary Ad-
ans, Lillian VanMetre, Gertrude De-
Grange, Ardella Mcdonald, Elsie Needy,
Catherine Coffinbarger, Maude Cross,
Elsie Sutton, Ethel Leard, Rose Leard,
Bette Feltner, Mrs. g. W. Cross, Mrs.
R. X. Cross, Mrs. Harry Brown, and Mrs
Walter Hinton Messrs. Jos. r. Cookus,
Orlando Hoffman, Charles Henry, George
Needy, Earnest Locke. Stuart VanMetre,
Herbert Coffinbarger, REGISTER Brown,
Raleigh Hoffman, Hunter Mcdonald and
William Parker. Refreshments were
served, after which all left for their homes
at late hour. Every one enjoyed the
party very much. K.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26
Communicated.
Charles Town, Sept. q, I

Charles Town, Sept. q, 1912.
Mr.. Snyder Has II ever occurred to
you and many of the readers of the Reg
ister who have occasion to write often to
some patron of the postoffice at Shenan-
doah Junction what nuisance il is to be
compelled from time to time to write that
long, tiresome name of Shenandoah Juno
toni You are apt to run short of space
on the envelope, if not watchful, or double
line if the envelope is small one-and if
you are in a hurry how much valuable
time is lost. Whilst the good people of
the Junction are getting a new depot and
a new school-house and pole raising,
why not get new name for their post
Officer ] would suggest one Of the fol-
lowing: McGarry, Melton, Yates, or
Shandoah. Posterity will bless them for
the change. Let US hear from others on
the subject.
PRO-BONO.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26

In response to great many queries I
wish to make public statement concern
ing the sale Of Pe-ru-ns.
No, we are not selling IS much
Pe-ru-na - we used to. The reason for
this Ia the change IN the formula Of
Pe-ru-ns.
The patent medicine business Is very
peculiar and particular. A person who
has been In the habit OF taking patent
medicine will notice very quickly the
sliehtest alteration In color, taste or
effect. It does not look as 1t used TO, or
smell as 1t used to, or have exactly the
same taste as 1t used to. It does not
feel exactly the same in the stomach as
before. The medicine will be promptly
returned to the drug store and new
bottle demanded.
All this knew before changed the
formula o. Pe-ru-na, which l OLD SIX
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26
keep to the Right"

Editor Register came near being
run into recently because did not keep
we'll to the right side of the road where
il makes short turn. Now | have con-
Guided that hereafter will keep to the
right, so when meeting ''joy wagon"
or any other wagon we can pass without
collision. If going the same way and
they want to pass, | will keep to the
right and LET them pass. Yes, let us
every one keep to the right. Will you ?
viii. H. c. HAITHCOX.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26
How's This I?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catanh Cure.
F.. L. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. ]
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN &MARvIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
couS surfaces of the system. Testimon-
ials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26

As public man DR.. Hatfield has made
a profound impression upon the policies
Of this State. Wheeling Lnteliigencer.
What nonsense AS public man DR..
Hatfield's principal exploit was to run
away to Cincinnati with lot of other
cheap politicians to evade their duties and
responsibilities as State Senators, and
afterward to dicker with the Democrats
for the presidency of the Senate-a bit of
peanut politics discreditable alike to both
parties. AS for the impression he makes
upon West Virginia, congressional COM
mittee has put that upon the record, re-
vealing him as the very dangerous and
INSCRIPTIONS manipulation of crooked
elections in that famous black belt.
So far as they have been revealed, DR..
Hatfield has no settled policies-he is
first Roosevelt man and then for Taft.
expediency being his guiding star.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-09-26

You Mr.. Farmer, know the name
Studebaker. You, your father be-
fore you, and perhaps your grand
father, have known that name for
sixty years. You know what II
stands for in the general vehicle in
dustry.
And on automobiles that name stands,
as YOU would expect, for the perfect
workmanship and thorough mechanical
integrity which you have always asso-
ciated with the name Studebaker.
We have only one policy IN building a
car for you-the same policy we have IN
building a wagon or other vehicle tor
you-to give you the best, 10 win your
complete satisfaction as all owner.
You want a car that you can depend
on-we have built for you that kind OF
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the loyal satisfaction Of Studebaker own
eTS.
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be proud to own-a car that does the