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Show New Hotel Idea. A detect I vo wts formerly paid a good salary by the keeper of u big hoiul In Hot Springs, Aik., simply to' lounge lu thu lobby and listen to. (ho complaints and criticism of guests. Tllero h alwayn a fcellug of friendliness friendli-ness and eomradeslilp between guests W a hotel, nnd this detective madu It' his bmluest. lo becorn.i acquainted wbb all the vlsliors. Thev llioiight ho was a fellow guest. Tho deterllvu would' lead the convorsatlnn to llio merits o. demerits of tho hotel, and If a man complained of the service or his accommodations accom-modations the complaint was promptly, reported to thu landlord. For Instance, if a guest complained that he liked lo sleep late In the morning morn-ing and ho could not do lt becatiso'he had a room with an rasl exposure, so. that the sun camo In and awakened him, the detective would report lo tho landlord. In a little while the landlord would say to tho guest: "I was tliiukli.g this morning about you lu that cast room. Do you like' to sleep into in thu morning?" Tho guest would say that ho did. uWoll, thu landlord would say, "I was thinking that you did, iml In Hint case the sun must disturb you. I will give you a better room on ihu north side of tho linuse.'' That madu tho guest a friend of the house for life. A man never forgets a landlord who takes an interest lu 1)1 in, This detective found out wh.it particular par-ticular dishes tbo guests enjoyed tiiicl alt their hobbles and notions and likes and dislikes, and the landlord acted on this information. It paid so well that i ho houso was full all tho llmcund thu landlord's salary was raised. Ills praises woro sung so widely and his t.'imu as a Hiiceessful landlord spread 'so that a big hotel lu Minneapolis hired him at an uuoimnus salary, Thu do-teetlvo do-teetlvo who did thh work una known to thu attaches of tho hotel as "the kick hunter." Kansas City Star. |