As the changes are sent up on a pad by the clerks, the linen-woman should copy them on the board, putting each maid's changes under her name. The maids should take the chalk and draw a straight line through their changes, indicating that the rooms have received proper attention. As there are few hotels that have not had some trouble about reporting changes, it would be a splendid idea for the clerk to insist on the housekeeper or the linen-woman signing for the changes. The fact that the clerk can produce his duplicate, showing the time to the very minute he sent the change, is not proof that the change was received in the linen-room. The bell-boy may be a new boy, and may have taken the change-slip to some other part of the house. But if the housekeeper, or the linen-woman, signs the pad on which the changes have been sent up, and the pad is returned to the office, the housekeeper or the linen-woman will have to furnish some other excuse for the room being out of order, than that she did not get the change. The housekeeper should see that an accurate account is taken every month of all the linen, and correctly entered on the linen-room stock-book. This account should show the new linen purchased during the month. The following form is suggested for the stock-book for the linen-room: Inventory of Linen-Room for month ending January 1, 1908. ================+============+=====+=====+====+======++========= |Total No. | Plus| | | || Jan. 1, 1908. |last count | new |Grand|Worn| || |Dec. 1, 1907|stock|Total|out |Stolen||Net Total ----------------+------------+-----+-----+----+------++--------- Sheets | 800 | 50 | 850 | 25 | || 825 Slips | | | | | || Spreads | | | | | || Face-Towels | | | | | || Bath-Towels | | | | | || Table-Cloths | | | | | || Napkins | | | | | || Side-Towels | | | | | || Tray-Towels | | | | | || Tops | | | | | || Kitchen-Towels | | | | | || Glass-Towels | | | | | || Roller-Towels | | | | | || Bar-Towels | | | | | || Wash-room Towels| | | | | || ----------------+------------+-----+-----+----+------++---------