Show Tim llnlrl Mght Clerk Hotel Math It has always been a I source of wonder among outsiders that the night clerk should not bo one of the highest salaried olllclals ol a hotel Instead ot being as he actually It one of tho worst paid Certainly no day l functionary except limo manager has r to much responsibility and even the I manager 1s I less likely to bo caught I without adequate means to act The I night clerk proprietor I manager and superintendent combined during the most critical hours of Ibo twentyfour and jet ranks In pay and preferment I far below the room clerks Inquiries of practical men have never elicited I r i any aatls factory explanlon of this the stock answer being that the night 1 I J clerk Is often regarded merely as a watchman |