Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-21
SOME GUESTS TO Be BARRED
Messrs. Rat, Mouse and Bug and
Their Families to Find No
Homes Here.
NOT EVEN SLIGHTEST CHANCE

NU1 EVEN O11OnAGOA SAA1AAN
There are certain residents OF old-tme
hotels for whom no quarters have been
provided in the Castle.
Nor will any quarters be provided for
them. In fact, special pains were taken
TO see that there should be no place for
these customary residents to live in the
Castle, because it was well known that
they would not have to be invited. They
are ''buttinskis and they need no invi-
tation. They pay neither board nor lodg-
ing and vet they take both. And besides
they are not popular with the other
guests-the paying guests.
And so special care was exercised to
see that there should be no place for
these customary residents to live.
Who are they, these unwelcome guests,
who will find no place for them in the
Castle hotel?
All Are Barred.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Rat, and the
little rats Mr.. and Mrs. Mouse and the
little mice, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bug and
the little bugs.
1t is rumored that they have been
watching the erection Of the new hotel
from nelghboring buildings and planning
to move into it.
Just wait. my dear" said Mr.. Rat TO
his spouse. wait till the new building
is done and we will move into it and live
in luxury, with plenty TO eat"
''Mebby it's a church." said little os-
valid Ruffon Rat
"Ah, no, 1t isn't" said Papa Rat. "Quite
the opposite of that. my SON.
What is the new building, Edgerton?"
inquired Mamma Rat, with an admiring
look at her lord and master.
Listen, my dears," said Papa Rat,
with shining eyes and twitching whiskers.
in anticipation of delicious meats and
cheeses that he saw in the future.
Listen; 1t is going to be hotel"
All the little Rats danced for joy, and
some OF them ran off to tell the good
news to their neighbors, the Mouse fam
fly.
Papa Rat spent all the time he could
out at the door of their home watching
operations on the new Castle and figur-
ing out just what part of the kitchen he
would move his family into.
But as time passed n look OF disappoint-
ment passed over his little brown face.
Mamma Rat noticed 1t and asked him
what was worrying him.
Cause for Worry.
"Oh, nothing" said Papa Rat, nothing
at all. What a silly idea! What would
have TO worry me?"
There is something worrying you Just
the same" said Mamma Rat with
searching look. "IIas that big maltese cat
been around AGAIN."
mo. no, I haven't seen any cat" said
Papa Rat looking uncomfortable.
well. then, what is it?' insisted Mrs
Rat.
well, my dear" confessed Mr.. Rat
II see they are putting concrete floors
and walls in the new Castle hotel"
Mrs. Rat said nothing and all the little
Rats were silent and stopped eating.
Finally little Aw Rats shrill voice rose
in a wall
Now we can't go an live in the new
hotel he cried.
Mrs Rat wiped her eyes on a corner OF
her apron.
isn't there any hopper" she asked.
There's Just one chance" said Mr..
Rat "They may put some fixtures in
the kitchen that will give me chance
20 establish a home under them or be-
tween them and the wall. Wen see"
But few days later even this hope had
vanished. MIR. Rat came home and re-
ported that they would not be able 10
move into the big hotel where they had
counted on living.
Kitchen New Tangled.
The kitchen is one OF these new-fan-
gled sanitary ones" he said. Even the
plate warming arrangements and the
steam tables are set up from the floor on
iron legs. All, things were different when
l was a little rat l remember we'll the
place my father had in a hotel. And we
were big family, too. But we lived on
the cream Of the land. bad the finest OF
everything TO eat I'm very sorry, dear
wife and children. but we must do the
best we can
Cant we go an live in the new Castle
hotel?" walled little Ruffon Rat
No, that Is impossible" said his
father
And the sad news was soon communi-
Gated to the Mouse family and the bug
family. They can never live in the Castle
The kitchen has four big ranges and
all the most modern machinery for doing
the work OF the kitchen. II is located
behind the cafe dining room in the most
convenient place.
Just down the stairs from the kitchen
is a large room with shower and bath
This Is for the exclusive use Of the chef
so thSt he can quickly take a bath anc
rub either before or after his work
Near this are two rooms. one OF which
is the dining room for the kitchen help
and the other is the service bar. a room
from which liquors viii be dispensed d.
rect 70 large gatherings without going
through the bar room