Every night a table is reserved and by my orders ALL chairs, except mine, are removed.

So no one can sit down and bore me while I am dining.

Another trick I have to be left alone is to carry a big roll of cable blanks, and I pretend to write out cables if anyone tries to talk.

Then I beckon the messenger (he always sits in the plaza) and say "File that!" and he goes once around the block and reports back that it is "filed." If the bore renews the attack I write another cable, and the unhappy messenger makes another tour.

The band plays from seven to eight every night.
There are five bands, and I saw no reason why there should not be music every evening.