Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1882 — Why He Changed His Sign. [ARTICLE]

Why He Changed His Sign.

An amusing anecdote is told of one of Boston’s eminent vocal teachers—Sig. Janotta—and is quite true. He moved into a large family hotel and occupied the first floor, placing on his door a fine door-plate with ‘'Janotta'.’ inscribed thereon. For the next few dayß his lessons were disturbed and his peace of mine broken by grocers, butchers, bakers, etc., who seemed to insist that he should direct them to every inmate of the house, and even at times help them with their bnrdens. Here patience ceased to be a virtue, and he finally turned on one of the tradesmen and inquired, “Do you think I run the hotel?’, “Well,” was the reply, if you ain’t the the janitor what do you put out your sign for?” A light broke upon the Professor, and now the door bears the additional inscription: “This is not the janitor’s ofiice.”