The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-01
Why Is A Hotel Clerk?

To the editor:
| notice in the magazines lately
wehere they's correspondents schools
Advertising to learn you the hotel bus
mess so as you can get a high salary
position working in q hotel which Il
says they's nation wide demand FIR
same and they will not only learn you
BY mail but see that you get posi-
ton, and it don't say what position
but l suppose the ones that pays the
high salary is manager, clerk. valet
chamber maid. house detective, and
etc.
Well, friends. I'guess anyody that
has to monkey around hotel would
rather do it as a employ than a guest.
hut in the case theys any of my
friends and readers that feels like
they got vocation for chamber maiG
or something why let ME advise them
that most hotel employs is born and
net made and can tell them in Il few
wds. all as they need to know if they
got the looks and talent to begin
with. and if they amt they would be
Wasteing their money on a correspOn-
dents coarse and may sal at this
junction that ! made Il study of the
MOTEL business vile travelling arOun I
with the baseball boys as | figured
the time might come when my brains,
would give away under the strains 1f
baseball writer and | might maybe
half 10 indulge in SOM other line ~
sabotage.
Well friends We Will start out with
the manager job, as that is the most
cxciteing and takes the most practice.
\ party that wants To be manager Of
hotel should ought to begin pr2c-
fleeing for it when they are a child
and theys no better practice than the
old fashion game OF hide and seek
and rs soon rs a person gets SO SOOi
in this game that they can't never
find him. why he is eligible for a hotel
manager and they tell me that he
owner OF some big " Y hotels is
anxious for the partys that killed FL
Welt and tried 10 law up Vail ST. t.
give themsclfs up. as he figures if
they can keep under cover this lon5
they would be ideal managers for Il
hotel
Most hotel rooms ncw days has q
sign in them that says ii the guests
has goa any complaints 10 make. ~
make them tie the manager. Thes-
SIGNS is smart piece OF business be,
cause for ina,. suppt Sc its the guest $
last. day and he gets sore at some
tbiuglsnd wants To complain to the
manaseg, why ii the manager is LIST.
class nlonager, the guest will half to
keep the rm. maybe or ( yrs. be
fore he can find MN to complain to.
= How f. BE C:nrE
In order GO he a clerk in a hotel
you have st 10 have hair that Will
bold oil and pretend like sou are deet
and IL witted. When parry comes
Up To the desk to regis4er the clerk
is supposed to play thai he don {;
know they's anybody there. This game
lasts from 20 to 40 minutes and tho
iGear is TO keep the party en- his
dropping archs long enough so as he
will pay any price for a rm. with Il
chair 1t is also nessary for a CLERK
to memorize a few lines to say when
the sucker finely gets your attention
Suppose the guest has wrote down his
r&me which is H. w. Fields You
look at il and say:
We'll Mr.. Foley what can do f =
you?"
Then the guest says he wants a II
with a bath something around $500.
Then you say:
Il haven no rms. with bath at chat
price"
You advertise them" says .ho
guest.
SO you say. We'll. they are ali took
but ! can put you in one if you don't
mind doubleing up with a Topper.
Then the guest asks you what price