The Hamlet, 288 (Event)

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Sun, 2016-11-13 00:29
Text: 
The Hamlet
Location: 
Savoy Hotel in The Hamlet (Location)
Page Number: 
288
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
Her job was in a rambling shabby side-street boarding-house
Page Event Ends: 
289
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Mink Snopes's Wife
Unnamed Jefferson Wit
Unnamed Negro Porter
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Customers at the Savoy Hotel
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Sunday, November 20, 1898 to Thursday, November 24, 1898
Notes: 

1/2/2017

Summary: 

Mink Snopes' wife gets a job at the Savoy Hotel, a boarding house of questionable repute. A local town wit remarks that she's going to "keep her heels blistered running barefoot" from room to room in the hotel (288).

Chronological Order: 
330.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Action: Solicitation; Action: Destitution
Actions:
Interaction, Social›Gossip | Work›Hotel employee

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