Show A man that pays his way A mere man stepped briskly up to the office of one of our prominent pi eminent hotels threw down a hicl el and said to the genial clerk please give me an envelope and two sheets of paper the butt end of all complaints who Is lord of all he surveys nearly tainted fainted As he handed out the stationery he shoved back the coin saying no charge s r we don t sell station ery cry then I 1 do not mant ant it was the reply I 1 am am not a guest of this hotel and do not at the moment in tend to become such I 1 wanted to write a letter I 1 should use your pen ink and table with a chair thrown in and very ili ely would be temporarily in the way of a guest it seems to me that a nickel is none too large a price to pay for the accommodation he disappeared before the clerk ered his wits well that a the first time ever ejaculated sir geniality in all my hotel experience I 1 never heard of anything an thing like it I 1 im m con founded but why not sell paper en delopes etc 7 we give away an enor amount every year to alers who never spend a dollar here mention it to the boss new york press |