The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-18

~, - 10 size and expense. thru a-e, We believe
ssfy tss nssrcp"litss and 81. Eicholas, Of Ne1
lsaisan h ssid 70 have css 81 900 900. aad he 81
Nsh0aes even . lager sum. IL Is intended hat
tbe lest ahall soc,mmOts,e Q thousand guests II
Or Isssk Az, In most resoecss. superior 70 thee
n ~ fo1heShnd, and In Europe gen srally. The
hrevst, ou tbs other aide Of the w<ter, do not ord
nsSily scconmodsse more than from ons hundred
70 eco bsDdvvd suess; and sh-ir s,ole style tables
Chsmbers, Of Scotland, Asreuis to. and he has put
kis testimony In priot. He also states that the
cssse. In Ills country arc more moderate for better
s,s sssy .p,S except 3. sne 0o"as soe
prevails In Great Britain. As for the rapid con-
rnyticn 81 m~ss that his predecessors had oom-
psined a IN their books, he saw nothing Oft.
The number Of sssS.s s"o!cysd oI IN Boston ton
employ lees than from 100 10 $50, and about IN
egu&, pvsber cf zach sex. + ere are probably
$500 sons employ Cd In al the hotels of our city.
And We include public boarding houses rostau-
rsots confectionery ships and hotels ont Of the city,
sustairesi BY Boeton, tho plumber viii DO s~sled to
fsvm 500 10 900. In one large hotel the hello"
10 tsothirds hish; In another, seveneighths; In
spothss, almost wholly. IL 10 fast coming to this,
that The Irish are TO be the wants Of our public
bssses. Ind e. uts or can be keot Tor any time,
for ths Yankee boys are oonstASuy hooking for more
faw r.b,e situations. aod ve.y soon a0d them, ~
hey think. What, then, coul, we do wtaout this
forsign ervicef Our hotels could NOT be carried on
without II, neither could our railroads be built.
IL IL IN Interesting feature OF our hotAls that men
Of different pursuits an profcssions like birds OF q
lss.her cluster tose,he, At inc Revere aad Ire
travel. and Of Foreigners. The American House is
the exchange OF The boot aud shos manufacturers,
and thsir patrons. ~ any oae can earn by looking
IN "wednesday and Saturdays, say Ut ono O'Clock.
o. large numbers u the Eastern merchants. The
United States looks 10 the West for its patrons, to
Western Aassachnse,ts, and to portions Of New
York and . Dpec'icut. Tho Wintloro Is fsvorte
house. Il has sba Of the pleasure travel. The
Adams Qapcy and OF er hons are the chief houses
Of the special lovers Of cold water.
The Marlborough n enp1aticily the religious
bcuee. Here religious worship has beeu observed
In tho rarlors morning and evening regularly, we
belle We, for fftson years. The service has really
become an constitution" OF the establish nent.
Other fouses in this city and county have main
tains similar services for longer or shorter period
In this connection it may be msntionei thai most
Of the public houses Ia the land are furnished With
Bbes BY the Bible societies, by kindred insttu-
toDs. 1t ~ the Intention - place Que 10 every
room. As these are generally throDged at all sea-
sons Of the year. it IS difficult 70 SEQ where the book
could accomplish q more bebciccnt missi0n.
Mr.. Lewis Rice, Of the American House, ia be-
heved to have been engaged longer in the hotel
business in Boston than any ono who is nov con.
nect<d with il. He remains upon the very spot
where be has been for quarter Of q century, sad
the changes II 1t To has witnessed there an else
where In his pu suit must be both interesting aod
instructive. Another veteran 10 tho bnsness is Mr..
Daniel Chamberlin, OF the Adams House, distin-
guiahed alro for the number OF houses he has had
the charge Of.
In world like shis--in country like ours. where
perp&tual motion has BEEN more nearly attained
Than ever beforc--v hat could We do without tho
travellers b0mef living. In one Of his delightful
sketches, thus speaks on this subject
ITO homeless man who has no spot on this wide
world which he con truly cali hs own, there is a
momentary feeling Of something like independence
| and territorial consequence when, after Q weary
day travel be hicks on his sots, tbrugts his feet
into his shppors and stretches himself before ion
fire. Let the world without 90 ss it msy-'et king
doms rise or fall-so long he has the wherewitn-
81 to pay bis BILL he is for the time beiog, tho very
monarch of oil he surveys. The armchair is his
throne the polk his sccpte ard the little parlor Of
sOme twelve feet square his nydisputed empire. It
ID morsel Of eertain,y snstchcd from the midst Of
the uncertainties Of life. 1t Ii sunny moment,
cleaning out kiniy from cloudy days. and he
who a. advanced some way ON the pilgrimage Of
existence knows the imt ortance OF husbsniing
even morscls and moments Of enjoyment "6hall
] not take mine ease In mine ian2' thought ] as
gave the fire stir, loled back 10 my elbow chair
and cast complainant look about thc little parlor
0f The Ted Hor &c at StraifJrd on Avon"