Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-19
Why is a hotel =?

W ny IS hOtelE
Noah Webster says Ito entertain
guests"
But hotel employees say Noah Is con
siderably out Of date. as nowadays it is
a place for guests to entertain hotel EN-
ployes with a series Of idiosyncrasies and
laments. 1t is the one place outside of the
home circle where the f0ibles and frail-
ties Of human nature may be exhibited
without breaking any of the rules Of Ell
quette. in fact it appears to be an IN
written code among quests to crab
about something. it Being a sign of a very
verdant "hotelite" who finds nothing to
complain about or who does not leave
few Of his belongings to be returned No
doubt the returning of one toothbrush
and QUE pair of pajamas seems a trivial
incident to the guest but the returning Of
one hundred toothbrushes and pajamas to
one hundred guests is not so trivial to
the hotel man.
Hotel guests seem to forget that the
reason for a hotel is to serve the public
with the best service possible. that hotel
keepers are not trying to do their guests
or waiting for an opportunity to take
their valuables. They lose sight Of toe
fact that We are very anxious that none
shall find none Of his belongings miss
ing and that each and every one has
every convenience" says the manager Of
one Of the leading hotels OF the city.
GUEST PLAYS IN
LUCK on DIAMOND.
I'VE had q man stopping with us at
one time who wore q handsome diamond
stud valued at about $500, and he had
pet Kidding place for the stud Every
night he would slip it underneath the
paper In the bottom Of the dresser
drawer In leaving the hotel, he was in
a hurry to make an early train and
rushed Off leaving his diamond In its
rightly resting place lie was gone three
weeks on a business trip in the East
and could not get back sooner When
he came back he asked for his same
room which fortunately for him was un-
occupied. and there underneath the pa
per he found his stud just as be had left
IT, He didn't tell Us about it until after
he had found # He said he discovered
his loss the next day after leaving. but
was afraid 10 write for fear that some
one might get the letter that was not
honest and beat him to the pin. and
took chance on leaving il there. which
In an instance Of the mental operations
and suspicious nature Of mankind The
room had been occupied all the time dur
ing his absence too"
The manager also laughed over the
schemes of guests TO smuggle thel@ pets
into their rooms
And they do do it, TOO, even bring EN-
in in travelling bags and suit cases, dogs.
canary birds Parrots and one Of our
feminine guests had rs her travelling com
pauiou a rabbit ! have talked to lot
Of folk who carried rabbits feet in their
g-..f
experience with some one carrying the
animal itself She carried it In very
iuconsp,cuous looking leather bag. and
no one questioned Its contents We
didn't discover il until 10 had eaten the
nap off the carpet-cbewed clear through
jt in TWO places
one woman came i'm rather late one
evening. She was touring from the East
In machine and came I'm leading a dog.
about the size Of Shetland pony, and
asked for a room for self and dog When
she was told that the dog could not be
kept in her room she said she wouldn't
take the room then. She couldn't be
parted from the dog. The suggestion
was made that the dog could oe fastened
outside the back door under the eye of
the night watch, but she shuddered at
the mere thought Of such an indignity
The clerk In despair called on me and
after an excited conversation with
Madame, she consented to my getting in
touch with dog kennel where she could
board and lodge the dog for the night
We took him over and as far as l know
he survived the night without any Ill
effects. But nevertheless she felt that
we we're unreasonable In not housing
her pet, not realizing that il we had no
rule against admitting pets. that our
hotel would take the aspect OF a zoolog-
ical garden.
HUMAN WEAKNESS
SHOWN IN HOTEL LIFE.
But the greatest general weakness of
hotel habitants is in leaving behind their
belongings the hotel man continued
The greater part of unclaimed articles
are called for, but we have enough left
over to justify a sale among the employees
twice year.
Mrs. June Storey. housekeeper in an
other large local hotel. says that in leav-
ing things behind the men are far more
careless than the women. "Now and then
a woman leaves something" she states,
"but forgetfulness is quite general among
men.
1--WE find everything from toothbrush
to a million dollar watch she said,