Show BORROWERS BESIEGE CLERKS CLERIS FORGOTTEN NEEDS ARE SOUGHT The hotel del deik k has to deal 11 with lIh n a constant m of Despite tho the efforts of ot railroad experts ot of merchants and even ot of I the home homo foik folks to see seo that each tra eler starts out on his or her journey with complete equipment hotel clerks report that they constantly constantly con- con have tave that saL sad experience ot of supplying some come ot of o the th real needs about which these theo travelers have havo forgotten It may bo be only a IJ needle or a pocket knife that Is needed though mor frequently It is an anui un ui or something equally large The habit seems to have reached the travel travel- travelIng travel log Ing public to even a 11 greater creator ox- ox extent ex extent tent than others the hotel clerks declare Perhaps it Is because the are arc away from home borne There they'd be b borro froma troma from a miscellaneous ls lot of ot trien friends s and relatives but when away Dway from homo home the th parties most available are the lh hotel clerk and the po- po po policeman And Anti they dont don't try to borrow from the latter Every Ever hotel large larce and small has the same sam problem about the thebo bo borrowing habit but habit but its it's more noticeable In the tho larger establishments establishments There l i Is frequently tI a regular run on the Information clerk for tor nearly everything In- In Including Including In information When It comes to this phase ot of the th clerks clerk's dIfficulties it ma may be b for tor data about the th weather between Ogden and Evanston or for detailed In- In In formation as a to hotels in Montana I and North Dakota Whether I fishing is good at Catalina Island Islam 1 and whether theres there's any steamer operating between St Louis Louts and 1 Minneapolis 1 aro arc questions Just an al a easily propounded asto where whOre tho ho traveler can cnn get his shoel shoos shoe halt half soled or where ho he can a new hat In the th modern hoJ ho hotel tel this is Js anticipated and the Information clerk is a tI walking directory and almanac as ar aswell arwe well we I But the hotels haven't provided far sotar so tar far tor for the th special official who can loan lonn tile the necessary tooth brush and comb hair hall pins and fountain I pens needle and thread or cork cork- screw cork as us well wll as as sundry other an- an ar articles equally difficult to supply This task unless he can avoid aroid It diplomatically generally falls on the clerk cleric in chars charge at the th regis regis- resistor tOn tel So hotel clerks are starting a campaign ot of propaganda that they hope hop will be b as 1 successful as a any war time campaign In this way they hope hop to educate the I pUblic to the th fact that the th travel travel- traveler er en ought to have a complete outI out out- outfit out outfit fit tit when he embarks on his jour jour- journey journey ney fey both as a matter of ot conven conven- convenIence convenience lence and comfort for tor the said traveler and also as ns a matter ot of the tho same tame com comfort tort and convenience to those hose people from whom bor bor rowing might become necessary |