"Why, it's the finest hotel I ever was in." "You don't want a 'fine' hotel; you want something small and quiet and elegant, where your bell is answered and you--your person is recognized." "They keep running to see if I have rung before I have touched the bell," said Newman "and as for my person they are always bowing and scraping to it." "I suppose you are always tipping them.

That's very bad style." "Always?
By no means.

A man brought me something yesterday, and then stood loafing in a beggarly manner.

I offered him a chair and asked him if he wouldn't sit down.

Was that bad style ?" "Very!" "But he bolted, instantly.