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Newspaper Page Texth; THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAH PORTLAND.. SWKDAV MORNINO. OCTOBER IS. 1807. v MEN WHO ARE MAKING THE ROSE FESTIVAL A GO Am a Business Enterprise the Great Show Promises to be Unrivaled City "Will Have Opportunity to Prove to Tourist Portland is a Charming and Idealistic Summer Resort ml P M fe J SB ; . Lk x: ,;&.( I Wm4f9mM - ! Ill As a business nterprl.e the festival kVc.C ' " V A i I I j y . (J I 'X " ' ' IPT ZZI H made Portland thfl cltv that it ia today promise to be unrivaled. The adver- lf i - V'il I I VW",Jr V Ml . 111 M. II will that .n..k. r tt.. f4 . I ; ' LS'l ' Officer, of A..oci.rion. f fV',' J I" f( " 1 The officer, of the Festival assocla- It ' tl.Vl7 p-''; i V?'" "Cf4 - i I ' tlon are: Cheater A. Wliltemnn. preal- . i "X't'J r:B ff - ; I I i dent; Jull" l.- Meier, drat Mce-preal- K X V5 ( vV'e f I v ' ' I dent; H. M. Cake, aecond vloe-prealdent; " yf y-"'T""Z ' C' ? ' r-T' 4 S- Q- "'lrJ vlce-pre.ldent; Bury J r '',T::'-'A' I'V-tH i - l- - V L 1a,nt' "ecretarv; jixlpl, W. Hoyt S f t I H 7.' 1 " 1 , treasurer; George L. Hutchln, general i i- I 1 ' y, A,"--m '4 YJr manager. I '- (i-f ! , i ,v" , ! lCL Members of the board of directors A , ' ? SJ ; Va 1 y. y if i- ' "' - 1 Vrnsst. Chester A. Whltomore. E. W. Roe. E. "r, t -,; O I fc4. - Cannon. E. H. McFarland. William 'v' a? W - k- '7v'J'N T ( -'W' 1 McMurray. 81k. Slclul. C. N. Black W. . .! ,V VV t 4 J X tf V - , IT" Wynn Johnson. F. U. Pownlng. Kmmet XN LtF , i Xff ! V V ,i Drake, F. Dresser. U. D. Inman. Alex- v 1 - r. ander Hweek. E. M. Brannli k, Julius U r VFl-7 . , .' VT. r -: V;'0 Meier. Burv I. Da want. R. M. Hall. I i HJT f i a0 4 ' iHK V -VV"- Ralph W. Hoyt. Oeorgn L. Hutchln, H. I rf r Swj WAC I4-; jMftL V M. Cake ami J. C. Alnsworth. I I JL. 'jf t 1 vUlU J -!i '' J e" r3 1 Ways and means commltte E. W. I I r y ' , 7 ; fJtJJJajL"' WCJC V , ..- Roe. chairman, Julius L. Meier. H. C. Z2ZiSiZJ V2ZfFX i -i . i 1 I Wortman. F. 6reecr. E. H. Brannick. .ii f T3rY7VsV fllX " I Dr. Emmet Drak. Slit Sichel. I. N. 1 r1 4 ft A-J fyfUw. li '"- ' 1 I f Flcicchner, H. D. Rumsdell. ' W I ij Pnhlirltv committee William Mc- ' M PORTLAND'S business men, the ft Am A Intellifl'Ant nnhAtAnf lnl clt- . ,,,,.' .. , , tlsinif that the city and state will gain Isens who believed In the Lewis fn)m ,hp wll, run nto , m. and Clark fair and taking hold of lions. There will be special articles in It pushed steadily and strongly mngailnes everywhere, the various press until It became an asgurert succe.a the "saoclations will carry accounts of the unui u oecame an assured success, me festlval mt0 everv corner of the globe. only success of Its kind on record, have and many who have not heard of Port- et their shoulders to the wheel and are lnd except in the vaguest fashion will ,01ns; to see another enterprise through U-t roesXthe to as complete and desirable a termlna- world. tlon. The Immediate results that the mer- There Is one thing that makes the hanl" "P01 to a,n from the Bhow . . . are manifold. Boas Festival for 1908 an assured fact nd e desirable thing for the city of Holiday Spirit. Portland and all of the northwest and that la the men who compose its com- On such gala occasions both men and ttittees, Its officers and Its stockholders women wish to appear In new clothing. When William McMurray. general . . ... , ' , . , , Sassenger agent for the Oregon Railroad Th holiday spirit extends to their : Navigation company, went out over dress and they appear In holiday attire. his lines and the Harrlman lines all over the country to boost for the show next year, he everywhere met with this question: "Now, who Is behind this show; who la going to see that you carry out your promises to tne rest or the country?' This means of course that the dry goods shops, the millinery and haberdasher's shops, the shoe stores and all trades men will profit greatly by the festival by an Increase In purchases by Port- "Behlnd It," replied Mr. McMurray land people alone. warmly, "mere s no one behind it we re all with It. Every business man and business Interest of anv consequence In Portland Is a part of this festival asso ciation. We are . the festival associa tion." And that was enough. Such enthusi asm as that and everybody knows what Take In addition to this the fact that more than 100,000 strangers will be In the city and will be ready and anxious to patronize the Portland stores and some conception of the magnitude of the business that will be brought to this city can be gained. One of the features of the festival ia Portland business men are and can do tn he Wholesalers' rtnv. when the laren and makine the Rnae Cltv their nerma- wnen mey wani 10 carried tne aay. wholesale houses In the city will enter- nent home. There is no douht Dut tna There are places In this country. It tain their countrv customers at their manv attracted here hv the noveltv o might be admitted, where the assurance places of business, giving them an op- such a rose festival will be so enchsnted mil me Dusiness men or me piace were portuntty to thoroughly Inspect their with Portland s business opportunities, interested In a festival might not In- houses and furnishing them with varl- her climate and her beautv that they ure its success. Not but that th?y ous kinds of refreshment and entertain- will never be satisfied to live anywhere, would be willing enough, but that they nient. else. haven't the stability to see so large a It Is to be a time when Portland will The business men are now preparing thing through. But no such charge can have her best foot forward when she for their $100 000 one-day campaign anil be brought against the Interests of will be ready and anxious to have are certain of success. Thev are going Portland which have combined for the everyone Inspect her with a critical eye at it with the will to succeed that has success of the big rose show. and with an eye, too. to locating here always characterised then and that has TRAVELERS COMPLAIN OF FOREIGN HO- TELS-E uropcan Managers and Employes Fleece Tourists Reading from left to right the pictures are of the following members of the committee: George L. Hutchln (1), Julius Meier (2), B. I. Dasent (3), C. A. Whitemore (4), Emmet Drake (5), H. Ramsdell (6), R. W. Hoyt (7). S. 0. Reed (8), Beti Selling (9), E. W. Rowe (10), H. L. Pittock (11), H. M. Cake (12), H. C. Boweis (13). John Manning (14), William Murray (16), H. C. Wortman (16), Adolphe Wolfe (17), E. Sweek (18). Murray, chairman. R. M Hall L. O. Clark. A. D. Charlton, H. L. Pittock. C. S Jackson, John F. Carrol. T. B. Vincent, C. N. Black. P. McDonald. 11. C. McAllister, A. L. Young Auditing committee Oeorge H. Hill, chairman; R. L. Darrow. Fletcher Linn. MANY YARNS ABOUT JOHN HARE-Vcteran Comedian to Retire; rlas Been Forty Years in Theatrical Business; Toured Witn the Famous Kendals J OHN HARE, the veteran English all the principal characters are dlscov- At last Mr. Hare, having silently have expected from "one of his great, nm.idm ., v, ered; John Meldwav and Mrs. Stembold lanored the fellow, secured his con- est admirers." And so, making tna will retire from the stage r a I. ,W . f k. - -. .. n A 1 1 .1 - J. K . r I . lntrvlA AM h rl P f A One 81 Possible, thlS Pnttor l mmo tmA m t V Hoolr n.nnlnv ln hnm Thn lK wralltAnl nno nut he made SOm DOllte eXCUBB TOT nOt year after a career of more than by the fireside, with his back to the his head through the window, with the purchasing the dog, thanked its owner 40 years as an actor-manager, has audience and a handkerchief thrown question: L.rll!e JIaIa m dTv been the subject of many Interesting ThAfiri'fn' anecdotes. The fire in the grate, or the lamp "Where to, ,my lord?" Now, Mr. Hare can be emphatic. which was supposed to represent the .wiV "1 "''.' ""J" Z V.' a During the time he was acting In the fire, had been lit, and as" good luck " 7"'" "T,V"' B""c,c" On company of the elder Sothern, play had It there was a hole In old Potter's Oh! ao to the devil Whereupon, thrusting his face and urchaslng the dog, thanked its owner matter, ana haae mm aooa aay. Suhsequentlr his solicitor friend told him that on his clerk's return he asked him If he had satisfied his desire and seen Mr. Hare, and If he had -sold the dog T 1 OURISTS returning from abroad be made to mount the bill far beyond this vear have weird tales to '""t mgn-prlcea places would charge. .n . .i.. .k The better-class hotels have renuta- tell as to the methods of the tlon(J , ,ose an(J to BUBtain; thoy are, foreign hotels and their over- for that reason, cheaper In the end. charges. The Paris houses have The traveler In any strange country mm in for aneclal hlme anil the houd ask for prices and obtain par eome in for sDeclal biame, and tne ljcular9 t0 charee. before he en- complaint Is quite common that prices gages rooms tn a hotel or gets his lug- ra extortionate for ordinary accommo dation in the French capital. Accustomed travelers, however, know serve excellent dinners for six to ten shillings, while the a la carte order may be what the diner wishes, no more nor less. It Is possible to dine In London more Inexpensively and better than In any other city, owing to the custom of the dinner "from the Joint" beef or mut ton with vegetables, served for two shillings, and even less, at such thor oughly good places as Simpson's on the ana outer that It is only the green tourist that ia overcharged during the season, Just aa he is apt to be at home at our big summer hotels. The English and French hotels are run with the same object M those of America mainly to make aa much money as possible during their awaaons. In this they resemble our summer and winter resort bouses rather than those of New York, which has no spe cial season, so far as its hotel popula tion ia concerned. Even in midsummer New York is full of business people la gage into their halls. It is the gon erai rule abroad to charae more even ougtilv good n In the shops If you do not Insist on Strand, the Cheshire Cheese the estimate being given. equally famous chop houses. Now If you allow the matter to rest In those places you meet every one. tnai way you rather overchar vei ir vou nersevere in ni th n in advance, vnu mav h trcntari in cot In PhHs there are restaurants that snecrlne sarcasm In resard to the Am- compare In price with even the most when Sothern, who was next to him, placed herself with admirable calmness erlcan desire for facts in such cnse.q- expensive of our New York places, suddenly discovered that various articles between the Ignited scenery and the a. called "Woman in Mauve," by Watts Impersonating that eccentric old a-entle- nl8 lantern ,lnto the cab, the touting iso saia tne young genueman. i Phillips, was Produced The play did Kw. t.' hft' S' ho Wt n5J5?- wlth an altered r,n' 'ai3 mVe wbae8e nln ffi sSnTthe yong ona not enjoy long life but Bancroft who the flames had caught that part of the QU.'.BU.ie. still keeolna- nrettv aood down to see me " Ume VTeserve'dsCrcltain his ZfXLvmint?1 t0 "P'" "-"- I -op" Ar kMP,ng P ' ' But 'the" olt of all these Incident. i1.1!'!" Preaerved ttUs Incident In his telplece and were slowly but surely T,y. rinv th r..mr eanaed hv occurred rtnrin the first run of "A Pair Mr Hare was cast for the cart of un.- fh.tP "if 3F Kround- le the success of "Society" that, getting of 8pectacles.'p Mr. Oladstone, always Beetles n ex con.?hi , if the audience saw the lnto a carriage of the underground raif: keen to discover and appreciate trua "The'ieari. character- in the second fteadly 'ncreaBn? Barnes a panic would he unexpectedly found himself art, had from the very outset of hla act" reined V.S 'wAh tn ?n8U,e Fo;tunateiy. "0" moments had face to face wfth an old school fellow career been one of Mr. Hare's warmest rh .Vna to nn aonf kv snthVrn h !, P. betoT wa". cal upon ,0 whom he had, not seen for some years, admirers, and Boon after the production t 'h' to,. BO"?,h "li n?Ayt.he'S'i?a;! ke S1" ' cu,e- and l0W,Jr rlBln" "P 1" Not knowing that he had adopted the of Sydney Grundy's nlay. and accom- n.ii k . ,k telescope wh eh he the slipshod manner assumed In por- stago as a profession, and taken the panled by Lord iWbery, he came to used throughout the play as a kind of traylng the character he toddled off the name of Hare, his friend cried out. make the acquaintance of Benjamin memory of his former truncheon. stage. His exit caused considerable "Hallo, Fairs! How are you?" And Goldfinch. At the conclusion of the ....... . ... n u. vviimmiiouio nuuu. r Bill b x ij rr ai c juu . iiiu r uiu k i iitii. s v ui" v. v una nignt tne audience roarea witn laughter and Mrs. Kendal, turning to after they had chatted about old times performance he had a long talk with ughter, louder arifl louder at each sue- Be, the cause of the unexpected Inter- the conversation turned to the theatres. Mr. Hare with referenoe to the play. aracterlstlc Hs asked Mr. Hare If he was fond or On similar occasions the actor had redlcament. In- the staae." And having received a re- talked with the great statesman, but it tuatlon and the ply In the affirmative presumed that had almost always happened when ha i will be charged or It Is not considered any social dlsnrace cessiye verse; the actors doubled their ruptlon, realized with ch rged ridiculously And to choose to dine from the Joint. Even exertions Hare especially, who attrlb- quickness the perilous predlc vere In getting the price rich Americans do It sometimes. uted part of their enjoyment to the vlg- stantly grasping the sltuatli orous use of his impromptu baton reason of Mr. Hare's departure, she but In these matters you must acquire a which Is about all that can he snld to or costume used by Hare as padding audience. Meanwhile Mr. Hare was be tne limit. l ne v aie nicne, i-amaru , were one uy one emerging irom Deneatn hind the scenes. Volson's, Noel Peters', and the various his coat and forming in an eccentric "The fireman!" he called, but there r.-staurants of the Bols are all very looking little heap upon the stage. The nn fireman "Tii. B.m.r, v,i" high In their ehargea. audience roared louder than ever. Hare he demanded, but the aasman had luat devilish clever old man acts In it, a tttlior linnrl I'nr nna lw, , , I .... ,1m. .41. rAnAn,A I r. . . . . , . . . . nil, nmo,4 tl-n " - - ijaiiiB nine nnii icuowcu iiii,iiroii, BienDBQ out lo nave a amnKe wirn nia "iu n immcu ic. of places where one can when Sothern whispered: 'Never mind, nine At a time whe liut, on the anv number of dine cheaply and well not the street (,irt fellow; don't take any notice; don't thick-hided unconsciousness Make Your Bargain First. It Is exactly the same In taking your rooms at a hotel In either Paris or and travelers from the south and west. London. You absolutely must make vour dining rooms of the Latin quarter, but look down. Dut tn i.onaon some or me noieis are bargain berorehand and if you are too SrStSSSSr". ti,ev:rJr;t,nreaar,Iyd to do this you may be the same. sur1 'ou w111 Pa' a "ood Pr'ce for your This occasions the same rapacity as grandeur. If you object to an item on your Mil. and there are always items to ob ject to. you will bo made very uncom fortable, for 'that la a part of the game. l ne details or your dirmer or your lie had Deen to tne jrrince or waies was maae up ror tne stage, anortly to see "Society," the piece of which after this Interview his wish to meet him in private lire was gratlrled, and he sat with him at the dinner table of a mutual friend. Mont of the gueata everyone was talklnr. "No," said Mr. Hare, doubtfully. can t say that I have seen It. when Mr. Hare was still to prices which In America we can observe at Saratoga, Bar Harbor, Narragansitt Pier, and the Adirondack resorts during their brief summer sea sons. But while there is no escape from the summer resort hotel rate at cer tain places, the traveler abroad has only to become familiar with the methods In vogue at the foreign hotels to obtain the very best accommodation at fair rates, while other guesis in tin' same house, less acquainted witli the ways of i; the hotels, will pay double for the same service. A A Dishonest Custom. ? Ot jCQUTBe. this method is ho vague ' and Indirect that It can be called dls honett wltlit Home accuracy; but the i traveler who tias learned how the for eign hotels reSiieet a little acuteness in an. American In regard to expendi ture feels disposed to agree with the immoral rule that, .those whr allow themselves to oe -cneatou deserve no tiie romortable restaurants or tne oia -of course Hare did look down at French hotels. once; he saw what had happened and Paris is having so many fine. new. hoIted ln confusion, leaving us to fin-up-to-date hotels built that the casual lsh the gcene afJ beat we could wltil0Ut louiim win uw Hyi in iit:m-ii uiu nlm r.iscinaimg r rcncn nuuHes, wiui inrii from canopied beds, their stately old furnl- T)een" Mr H tu re, and Iron balconies., from which tno(fg Ktores menv Bliir inis ri eoc imt- uren me nessed in the French capital. Half the In connection with "Still Waters Run of the workman, the blanket and are himself has one of to tell that prove how place the scene and wrapped round the flame, which, not without considerable diffi culty, was extinguished. The bare arms the 'Then you should go at once," said present were known to Mr. Gladstone. his friend. "It's a capital play, and a but during dinner he Inquired of his hostess the names or tnose he had not met before. Looking ln Mr. Hare's direction, he asked: "Who's thatr "Mr. John Hnre," was the reply. "Oh! yes, yes," said Mr. Gladstone; "I know his father, the manager of tha Garrlck theatre." In a conversation between the two fire were all this time hidden from the audience by Mrs. Kendal. The danger hotels, although comfort Is gained, no doubt. Few Rooms Vacant in Paris. laundry basket will ba- discussed loudly charm Is lost ln visiting the newer in the public office, etc., but you will be amused to find that if you persist, your will gain your point and the hotel clerks wll) cease endeavoring to cheat you ln small ways, knowing you are not to be confused or put to the blush by nny hints as to your poverty. For Instance, there are some fine, well conducted French hotels. Quite famous. in fact, where the American visitor in Hnrmiiv hA nhiinit o hini,.t oulte a young man, but had made him and this, with the assistance of a car- selr famous piaying oia men s pans, penter, was pushed through the fire- ,h,euwa " the ,i)0out for.tt.Kooa the back: to the front of auu wvimira . me laci 10 a irienu in ins wno was also his solicitor. The solicitor told him that one of his articled clerks was that took Place later ln the eveninc a great dog fancier, and had an animal Mr. Gladstone laughed over his mls- of the kind for sale. Now this young talce. gentleman, it appeared, was not' only It was during a run of "Ours" that fond of dogs, but of the theatre, and his royal highness the Prince of Wales, being an appreciative playgoer, had en- now King Edward, sent for Mr. Hare rolled himself among the most ardent during the performance and graciously complimented him on his Impersonation IT I t. I ,UA .nl I nl In. 1 1 I 4 fi , V. n rj ...... 1 .. ...I.wm Khe laughed and an Hid th n.,dln t Ji'" " "J!"""'"" ""J . . in i ivurnnni ih. ifonHaio ,10,0 ibi., 7. ..1 . i..T T YL-. .T V. .C wouiq please mm very raucn ir you jn me occasion or imib iiibi iniro- "henVfit' and a a m.Mprnf K 1" ","u"i" l" l."u".5"- wouldlet him bring the dog and show Auction to the prince. Mr. Hare had But Paris is always full, and always ft"" iwcked from nor o cell n tertalners they had escaped a terrible To thfc Mr. Hare readily assentod. known minute observation of 'deUH. The seemingly lacking In accommodation, in iP110, ' wil ' "5" U,"' crophe. and a day or so later he was aroused actor's uniform as the Russian general spite of its numerous places old and VtL l " i Z .Jl . nelm on leaving an evening party trom hls bed early in the morning by was complete In every detail, but spite or its numerous places, old anu enforced as they are now and to make to which he had accompanied Mrs. Hare, the announcement that a gentleman thinking that no one In front would bi in ii.itin irniBi aiwa, w.iu i.o, m hip uvcrwuuimin au uence me comeoian waiKea some distance had called and was waiting in the din- much concerned about the authenticity presence of mind exercised In the right being over, Mr. Hare returned to the way mm m me rigni momem may stage with the same comic walk and n . ii r- an p i nil n. Ii m 1 1 1. 1 ' I , V. If- A v . r .. . i , . . . .. n ' i'Juh ' ninillll.i . I 111 III I. nnu . rr j i. , i . .. I Ulieil iv m. rv riiii.ii lnirri iimifn ii wmi r in n . - - - -. Mrs Kendal and tha st Tumo Th.iiro u.. .V. u. ' . admirers oi Mr. ware. " " ' ' ' I i hi ii 1 1 aim 1 1 t i c i in v o yuu UCJ1 : eoini.i.wi.v nf whs on a provincial lour. new. summer will rind that every time he has ahead for rooms, designating if single me orcnestra nad been banished to the down the long carriage rank, looking for Ing-room "with a dog." Hastily dress- of his decorations, ho allowed himself iino ice waier in nis room ne nas oeen or double are reoulred for this is one 'hi mc a. imn -woeeiro uno. ne win mnnwea mg. Mr. Hare hurriea aown, and round to wear a rniner mixen 101, among them ehained at n to 30 centimes. If he has , . , ' , , gangways were blocked with chairs, by one of those objectionable London avery young gentleman and a dog that being the order of a Freemason. This lee water sent up, as most Americans 01 l"e important items tnat can be i nder these conditions anything like a "touts" who, running beside, kept ask- was not ln any way what he wanted, the prince had noticed through his do, eeral times In a ilov. his bill for made to multiply the amount of your scene would inevitably have been at- Inir in the obsenulous fashion nf hla Tn ht nnnnva'nca ton hn nnttcori - a rigA nnrt when h mat Mr tfars i,- i ror ii in tennea witn norrlble conseauences. tribe: lhav dlaonanpd tha nunstlnn nt tha Ana nt rnim condemned the entire d Ionium Tliose who are familiar with "Still Wa- "Kerrjdge, my lord? Kerrldge, my that the young gentleman's manner as preposterous and absurd. Needless ters Hun Deep will remember that lord? May I get your lordshlD's ker- was supercilious and patronising not to sav. Hare Immediately rectified tha ridge? at all the sort of thing that he should error. this luxury will amount to many francs hotel bill, unless you look ou in a weeK. advance. K lie nhiertn to the rhor th clorU Durinsr this spring and summer sea win Pay politely, knowing the Item is "n it was quite tne custom to put late when the curtain rises on the first act "ii'iiir, iin. 11 Monsieur objects: Mon- iutivhik 10 sieep in me umnroums, so sieur does nhlect The niuri dr.a.o hla crowded were the hotels of the cltv. e.Ve W W " "" '" no ,.,, thfnilin, h. u ' ' -'.," -L" Hot In th nlrl-r hnuo lh. itmn aX'"m that "" . o.osed--Trnexr5nv"or week there are nearly ail reconstructed bedrooms: i r.l. of those useful books, the Li. . i".rKe T"r lre ?n Monsieur's bill. "f . i.- o nc a renanna pre Ice, scarce. 1 HJMtCUrS. il"l ,iion ivuimiB in- trt rtn o a i. i.. j . -mall woefully Ignorant of customs and ,.iamor for ice contlnualTv in . manner abroad. Others desire above where ice. and v u Li . ii i ikinv. a aIva tnm tmnreaalon that ... , . u " 1 r 1 . they ar of unlimited Wealth, and they mistake tha Impassive -faces of clerks and waiters and hall potters fancying theaa flunkey re Impressed when they are only amuaedV so it is not quite so bad as ft might be. And. as the clerk will tell you, If you will not object, you have the bath for nothing, a city which Is quite an Item in a town where are rather every ablution costs you two francs and a nair, wiin soap exira. itlwiVi,. .n tel ha" pained a great The tourist makes a mistake who methods of the hotel he is stopping at. orTr rna.Ke mr"y through the comes away from Paris with any im- In Paris, for instance, where the dejeun- n,V th ZJl, .t0 tnl" hunger presslon of tremendous charges. Even er of coffee and rolls is taken In the ih.v i,rJ. ... if American, although at the beautiful Elysee palace, on the room, it will be found a very expensive iney understand It as little as thfv Chamn. d Flvaee there are rnoma to h Item to go to the regular dininir room i ri,i i-'i if nil' u i u i'.. 1 1 1' ' ' , . . . . . top-notch hotels as to price. In all restaurants there is a box ln full view there Is a collection of young men, en- raris noieis, on tne continent, and in where every tip Is dropped as it Is ro- London you must arrange for prices ceived. This money Is divided equally In advance. This blocks the game by at the end of the day or week among the which you are, as a tourist, regarded as waiters, legitimate prey. The traveler will always find It much T?ar.cr rh Wari Waitr better to fall in with the customs and J;aged as linguists, epeaaing ln seven anguages, and "thinking ln none," as some one said once. This possibly may be the reason for the weird bills that are sent ln at some of the hotels. In Paris they are care fully made out, ln graceful drooping The head waiter, or maltre d'hotel. Is French characters, until the sruest up- a personage in the hotels abroad, and Is roo,ts 8Jnt mistake, when he will dis- iisvf?r HIT? ' rv a n i j tuur; v ainuic j i not to be treated lightly by the traveler who would fare well. Ho develops Into English writing and" figuring. But London, the Jokeless city, holds , . J.tt h. ntlon tint to maa of water aerve tV Vh. . ry.carf of had for 6 francs a day. These are sin- and order a oreaKrast. This upsets a KUide, philosopher, and friend sug- tne ia"1 wreath ror numorous hotel f?U?m.m?M ohlS tl ThV tVav- mw h. Jli rooms u accom- gle rooms, but entirely sufficient and the general rule of the house, and is ' AJ" " . ' ! h,". bills. th 1 . . ( . w v iSout li aire ',n to .rv fhopp!d, lce' wl comfortable for one person. At the looked on as barbaric. Just as we look Ke,t8 dl8ne- etB K1 tables. nsure Th9re rather a noo ,tory tol(, of , ?i Wkt rimnTtha victim, of ntr Rltjs. he Bristol, which Is "patronized on many foreign ways as stupid or good service by his nod, or the con- one London hotel, where they some- fJ?a,V victims or e Titer Into the cr im i by putting the Ice by royalty," and the new Maurice, suites alow. Trary, and in Paris he is always military times make the mistake of adding In 141 Jrl-OW-?..? Jwi.w- t. made in nick iHtn niiTJ . Ih L ny 2l 1 ,you haye 11 of rooms, with baths, are to be had for The French waiter In Paris will do Vather than menial; so It Is wise not to the date at the head of the column, and 1 ThA. i-iIPimmIndJS I i ohean with Ftlf vo a7a an 7., i y.ou plea"e trn P- These consist of drawing much more if be is treated civilly and make any mistakes. the 26th of the month goes In as "26 ln.!iP.J flSSblv low rate- ? i JL hnteVa such ? .hCfl.n;. room on. a"d two bedrooms bade good morning than if he is regard- But the really puzzling matter which bob." while a date noted as 6 16 '07 VirSmM ATiZJ manlm r.Vp,nn th? rci? r.nli- 8 . y' ,he Vy. besides a bathroom. An extra ed as part of the furniture. He has It the American abroad encounters and is has been known to be reckoned up as 'lAll!5JVhaiAa.J Suai although Tnnr i"J". J?" L'Bht w always be put ln a suite or a ln his power to make things pleasant, enable to combat Is the way in which 6 pounds. 1 shillings and 7 pence. !? fU5T", V.-f-iJ "iir"l.T -in fhil tli imr r ) J rif ia ',rtD' double room for two francs a day. and he does not profit so much by your accounts are kept and bills rendered. Everything is of course blamed on the : aAsi 4oera Lonff llat of extraa will than the New Kits or Claridgea, all These, it must be remembered, are Individual fee, In most .of the Parla At nearly all of the great hotel desks UnaWlc clerka. They are the Loebs of hotel administration abroad. And even when the Idea of tho bill has filtered through and sunk Into the American brain, there is another surprise in store. You pay the amount of . your bill, and the clerk affixes an official stamp. You may Imagine that it la done with. But next week's bill begins with the amount of last week's bill, which Is substraeted ln an obscure cor ner somewhere. Another playful custom of the hand some linguistic clerks Is to take off a charge one week and put It back the next For Instance, you are known by a number, like a convict, and you get the laundry of number 486, you being 686. You send It by the maid to Its proper owner, and a day or two goes by. When your bill comes, it Is charged to you. Finally, you are able to get It taken off for good behavior, but you must watch out or It will ba put bark the next week. Bo does a knowledge of even languages act ln some cases.