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July 22, 1917
Tombstone Epitaph
Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
A maid at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York mistook two tiny marmosets for leprechauns, causing a commotion among staff who investigated and laughed at the discovery.
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She Used Her Voice.
The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York has a maid with a voice. She can yell louder than any Comanche on the warpath. Recently she let loose her voice and bellhops and porters rushed to her from all over the big hostelry. In answer to her cries she pointed to one of the rooms. "There's Leprochauns in there," she cried, "little devil men, with bald heads and whiskers, leaping over the bed in yonder room."
"Leprochauns," cried a porter, also from the Emerald isle, and he devoutly crossed himself. "Leprochauns, indeed," whimpered the maid. "There they are in there. I went in, and bless my soul, if these little devils did not go leapin' about lookin' for all the world like Paddy McFadden's two uncles over in Ballyshanon, Sure, I won't go in there again, job or no job."
With compressed lips and doughty manners, the little party of men went into the room and then, after a suppressed gasp, they laughed. For gamboling about were two tiny marmosets.
"Pets, are they?" repeated the maid. "Well, may be they're all right, but they look like devils just the same, and I'll have none of them."
The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York has a maid with a voice. She can yell louder than any Comanche on the warpath. Recently she let loose her voice and bellhops and porters rushed to her from all over the big hostelry. In answer to her cries she pointed to one of the rooms. "There's Leprochauns in there," she cried, "little devil men, with bald heads and whiskers, leaping over the bed in yonder room."
"Leprochauns," cried a porter, also from the Emerald isle, and he devoutly crossed himself. "Leprochauns, indeed," whimpered the maid. "There they are in there. I went in, and bless my soul, if these little devils did not go leapin' about lookin' for all the world like Paddy McFadden's two uncles over in Ballyshanon, Sure, I won't go in there again, job or no job."
With compressed lips and doughty manners, the little party of men went into the room and then, after a suppressed gasp, they laughed. For gamboling about were two tiny marmosets.
"Pets, are they?" repeated the maid. "Well, may be they're all right, but they look like devils just the same, and I'll have none of them."
What sub-type of article is it?
Animal Story
Human Interest
Curiosity
What keywords are associated?
Marmosets
Leprechauns
Maid
Porter
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Mistaken Identity
Hotel Staff
Where did it happen?
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
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Topic
Maid Mistakes Marmosets For Leprechauns
Location
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York
Event Details
A loud maid at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel screams about leprechauns in a room, describing little devil men with bald heads and whiskers leaping over the bed. A porter from the Emerald Isle crosses himself. Staff investigate and find two tiny marmosets gamboling about, which the maid still views suspiciously as devil-like pets.