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Show H HOTEL HERMITO. plan Trao Mail f.olllu.1. In lb. Very Cen- H lore airijfellar... B Oso of tlio tnoit Interesting studies In 1 human nature about tho city la tbo man B n ho llrni In hotels. I do not mean tho B commercial traveler or tho man whole B engaged In business of any kind, but tho BB man who has nothing to do but to look BBj around him and enjoy hlrastlf. Ho may BB nctnally enjoy liltnwlf, too, for all I BB know, I hope ho docs. lie is Interest- BB In;; aa an Illustration of what somo men BB call enjoyment. BB Tlio fashionable hotels of Now York Bfl and nnfaahlonablo hotels for that nuit- Bfl ter aru the abeltcr of many men who Bfl aro not In busimss other tlinn tho bual- Bfl nrsa of looking pretty and uUicning tho Bfl rest of tho world move. I do not say Bfl they aro tho homos of snch men they Bfl merely shelter and feed thrm. In many instances this llfo Is that of a BM hermit. Possibly n man accustomed to Bfl tho wild, hilarious earner olTcrcd by a Bfl country hotel may cavil at tho eiprcs- m elon In this connection, but It is becnuso H such a man does not nn.lerst.inil city H ways. Ayearortwongoawclltodogen- H tleman died in a New York hotel. I!o H had lived in the hostelry for)tars,and B yet not a soul If I may uso thowonl M nonllnstieakltvjof n hold corporation H know him irwnally or anything about H ldm beyond tho fact that he paid his bills H promptly and regularly. Ho choso to B mako no acquaintances and was satis- H Ciil to appear to tho hotel managers ns H "No. 01, K.," or by whatovcrnnniUrhis H room was dulguatid. Tlio lioUl man- H agimcnt bad changed soveral times, but H ho lired on there, a calm, cnrn&led ox- H lstence. H Aa n guest anch n man Is a jowel, nnd H as may reasonably bo snpposil ho was H not likely to bo harassod by unnecessary H attentions. Vilim ho died and it was H found that ho was n gentleman of lnd- H pendent fortune tho ncwspapi'rs, of H courso,inaklngthodlscoviry somo peo- H plo manelel for day or two nnd then M forgot blm. I recall tho Incident now m only to illnstrato tluit In n grrat city like H this what appears to Ijo tha most publla M lifo may bo In reality tho most cxclnsh o. M Thiro aro plenty of men living hermit H lives lu Now York hotels as lunch soas H lr they occupied a poor houl in tho toll- H tary fastnerses of tho wilderness. H I know men who resldo at sr. ell hotels H who do not seek to avoid their fellows, H but who might us well bo confined In H tho )ienltentiary or bo dead, so fur ns H their UkefulncsJi to soclity is concenxtl. H They remlud ino of convicts so appar- H ently listless, nlmUss and Inert their ex. H lstence. They eat, drink and loq. H Llfo holds no morn inviting cup for them H tliau that orTereil by tho hotel corridor, H Thoy lmo exhansted what men call H pleasuroornrsbejond tho nguofphys- H ienl enjoyment, with no risen o capacity H for mental pleasure. Tu it man of soma H ttinpiTiimi nls such a llfo would bo a ll H Ing denlb. New York Cor. Pittsburg H Dispatch. |