Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1893 — Where’s the Bed? [ARTICLE]

Where’s the Bed?

Harper’s Bazar. There is a gentleman living in the South, who, although he had been to New York and some of the other Northern cities, yet, strange as it may appear, had never seen an elevator. Being called on business to Charleston,. he went to one of the principal hotels and, registering, asked the clerk for a nice room. The clerk, calling a colored man, said, “Take this gentleman to room fifteen.” “Yes, sah,” said the porter, and with a pompous air he picked up the valise and led the way to an elevator. Going in he put the valise on the floor and said, “Walk in: sah.” The gentleman walked in and looking around in amazement asked, “Is this the best room you can give me? Where’s the bed?”