MIDDAY SCRIBBLERS
One of tho minor annoyances for American hotel managers is the pra'cice of using : the tablecloth as a icribbling-pad. This matter was dis: •ussed at a ■ recent meeting of the Vmerican Hotel Association, and two >f the larger . New York hotels re>orted that they had kept a record of ablecloth memoranda, 'which they >resented to the association. It is bund that.business men are by far he-greatest transgressors > and that nost of the marking is done, at] uncheon;: persons who dine in the ivening. seldom; disfigure the cloths by lencillings. As to the character, of the cribblings, it was reported that 68i >er cent, were figures, calculations, ihd so forth; 13 per cent, were plans if boats, houses, and other buildings; 1 per cent, were verses or song titles; i per cent, were girls' faces; 3 per :ent. were- humorous jottings, usually if somewhat questionable taste, and he remainder were miscellaneous mater. Some hotels are reported to be ilacing writing-pads and pencils upon he .tables for, guests who are afflicted vith the mania ' for scribbling, but i wth what result-it Js-noLatatecL, ]
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1936, Page 8
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182MIDDAY SCRIBBLERS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1936, Page 8
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