$395 A NIGHT for a room at the Ritz-Carlton and not a penny for the hotel housekeepers who make sure that the clients have the "superb service" they are expecting ["Housekeeper for a Day," Oct. 9]! What a sad commentary on those who could afford to share. I hope your readers will follow the author's example and vow to leave the housekeeper some money.
Ann Johnson
Falls Church
WHAT KIND OF person spends $400 a night for a room but finds nothing in his wallet for the person who picks up his dirty towels? Hotel housekeepers are among the hardest working of the working poor and deserve recognition. Even that rather mingy $2 could have helped had it been multiplied by 14.
Carol McCabe
Reston
New Orleans, Playing On
ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE on the relocation of New Orleans musicians ["Nawlins Music: The Beat Goes On," Oct. 9]. To research where New Orleans musicians are playing in the Washington area, go to http://www.prjc.org/ , the Web site of the Potomac River Jazz Club, which has been promoting traditional jazz in the Washington/Baltimore area since 1971. It lists several gigs coming up that benefit New Orleans musicians.
The Federal Jazz Commission has been playing New Orleans jazz at Colonel Brooks' Tavern in Washington for 25 years. The band currently has the house band clarinet player from New Orleans' Fritzel's sitting in until he can return to the French Quarter.
Hopefully many of the dislocated musicians will be able to return to the Big Easy for the 22nd annual French Quarter Festival, April 21-23. It is held outdoors on 15 stages throughout the Quarter, including Jackson Square, Woldenberg Park, Royal Street and Bourbon Street. Unlike the Heritage festival, it is free and draws about 500,000 people to hear more than 100 bands from New Orleans and elsewhere.
Charles Enlind
Arlington
Spanish Lesson: The Last Word
I WOULD LIKE to explain the pronunciation rules in Castellan, since what is mentioned by different readers is not correct [Message Center, Oct. 9]. Spanish is my native language.
