Show LUCKIER THAN THE PRESIDENT the american hotel clerk and his fills al lagod magnificent privileges the tile retirement of colonel carr as ho the presiding genius genins at the clerks cie rk desk at the aft hath h avenue hotel ha baa revived an interest inter etl in the hotel clerk odthe ot the present federation generation many who ho know the inside lines of a hotel clerks life have been amazed at colonel carra carrs dauntless determination thes 3 paop lu believe that it is better to bo be a hotel clerk than to ba be president the nobby clothes and fine jewelry and general air of rose colored prosperity asperity pr and the privilege of assigning ign ing statesmen to back roo rooms m 3 in tho attic attle are noi without their attractions a t tr who over ever heard of a hotel clerk in any of the big ilg hostelries paying for anything this was the remark of one ono who Is s in the confidence of the bedizened bedizen ed creatures many and many a man in this country countz he continued would snap at col 01 carrs place many and many a man ina n would would snap at the place held hold by any clerk in one of new yorks swell sw ell hotels they do not receive big salaries valaries it ia Is true but if it they do not they are in A position to a save ave every cent of them in th tho 0 first place the hotel clerk pets gets his food 9 gratis ratio and his lad lodging also aug in the major majority lyof t of instances ia also free tho th very jewelery ha he wears end and which has verl been een commented dented Inc upon so much is often the evidence of gratitude for favors extended for instance it a stranger appears in town and desires jh ft jolly good time there are willing banda hands to pay for bis ills jewelry is to tho the right placa place then if it tho the stranger wants a salt suit ot of clothe the hotel clerk knows eza exactly etly whore ho he should go to get it ho he believes that tho the stranger will vill outrage a every precedent ot of fashion if i he does not patronize patro niza the tailor the cleric recommends ec of 0 course the new now patron is always pro provided aided vided w with I 1 I 1 I 1 the clerks ca card d to the tailor and when later on the clerk teela feels in tn need of clothes it la is very natural for the tailor to give him lim the beet best outfit in the shop because of the tile number ot of new patrons ho he has rec received elved by the diplomatic Is sin and d recommendations ions of 0 the dork clerk and nil all for nothing too the shirt maker I 1 if alike reciprocal an and d so is the hatter the shoemaker shoemak er and the tile cane and umbrella aeller the hotel clerk also has many opportunities to stand ea ste a critic on man moat of the playa plays at the theaters in new now york city the stranger fantl to go romea somewhere here for tha the Ayr and asks tho tile clerk about the ly yo I 1 he Is is then told that so euch C end touch soch a dramatic effort is par cleel lence while whit a wa euch ch and euch suet a drama r or c comedy edy or light 0 opera ra is buno it is but natural for the t theatrical r managers to testify testily their gratification tor for the clerks efforts in bo booming OM ing their shows and any time the clerk wants want 0 a brace oi of tic tickets bets I 1 for or himself and bis his best girl they aro are cent sent around to I 1 him I 1 im without question tho the same 1 1 A I 1 ai g lisp happy titu atlon ti confronts tho the hotel doey clerk when he wants t to 0 blip ip out cut of town he ile has recommend rec recommended ommen d ed certain railroads to tho the strangers rangers at and others and the general manager manag er does doe not hesitate to give him th the e busses pusses pare lie ile desires to end up the elysium of the hotel clerk it ia Is 0 only aly necessity nece emry to add oal mat all clerics clerks d distributed in all parts of the country aro are the most fraternal creatures ELI alive va it is only necessary nece seary for the traveling clerk to mention that ho he is employed by a hotel no matter w whether hether it is in new blew york or oshkosh Osh koah and he can have ilia bridal chamber free and liquids and sub are thrown in on the same basia basis truly I 1 would rather be a hotel clerk than B 11 |