The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-02

Last evening the gentlemen, connected with
the press OF this city were the recipients of IA
very nice little supper rendered to them by
MIR. George e. Ward, the proprietor of the new
st. Julian Hotel. The guests assembled at
seven o'clock in the ladies' parlor and were
then invited to view the house. Accordingly
the party broke up into little detachments of
two and three, and wendell their way through
the long corridor and spacious rooms, elegant
~ frescoed by Schumacher. The ladies' par
Tor is situated on the front of the house at the
Plumb street corner, and is very handsomely
carpeted and furnished, lighted by six large
windows tastefully curtained, and command
ing fine view up Middle street A very fiue
piano will be found great attraction to the
lady visitors. Next to the ladies' parlor is a
sample room for the convenience of travelling
merchants. The family apartments of the
proprietor adioin the sample room, aud further
on are two suites displaying the same taste
and richness as the foregoing Opposite to
the ladies' parlor, and attained by passing
through short entry at right angles with the
main corridor, will be found the gentlemen's
parlor which fronts up Middle street; and lust
across the short entry, and opposite to the
gentlemen's parlor, is Eice sleeping room.-
The ladies' baths are just beyond the head of
the main staircase, and at the further end of
the corridor to the rear of the house two FIGHTS
OF stairs descend to the right and left, one to
the dining rooms the other to the kitchen. A
short entry here runs off at right angles on to
which open two single rooms, and the back
staircase carries you up TO the next story
The third story is divided into eight suites and
seven rooms, carpeted in ingram and tapestry,
and furnished in black walnut and chestnut
Every room in the house contains closet. and
"hlle the principal apartments are heated by
steam, CRATES will keep up the calorc in most
Of the rooms.
The office on the ground floor is reached by
a corridor from the front entrance, which opens
into Mr. TOdd's barber shop, and beyond the
hair dressing saloon is the ladies' dining room.
2S feet square and Is feet high, finely freseoed;
and beyond this the gentlemen's % by "a, and
which is accessible by door from Plum street.
In the basement are the pastry room, bar room,
store rooms, laundry and drying rooms. while
the kitchen, pantry and china closets are all
just off the dining rooms.
The masons were Messrs. Kinds and Acken:
granite work, j. T. Emery; free stone, c. H.
Brainard; iron columns, &C., Portland Com
pany; carpenters, G. R. & L. E. Frost; paint
ing, T. A. Roberts; plastering and stucco. Shef-
idan & Grifiths; frescoing, G. j Schumacher:
plumbing, r. L. Cooper & Co. steam work. E.
Whitily q Co., Boston, bells, S. w. Fuller.
Boston; carpets, Marrett, Poor & Co.; uphol-
stery, w. P. Freeman & Co.
Having returned from good look at the new
Saint in his holiday best, at the request of the
gentlemanly proprietor the party wended their
way to the dining room, where a choice little
supper was spread out before them in the form
of a neat little carte du souper" Not chat we
should be understood to say that this was all
the supper that was furnished, although il is
well known that gentlemen of the press feed
on newspapers expressing opposite political
opinions to their own, and grow fat on the diet.
Not by any manner Of means. The array of
dishes was very tempting, and the COMPANY
did full justice to the viands Mr.L. G. John
son, chief cook of the st. Julian, evidently re-
CARDS his present position as affording him an
oppor unity to distinguish himself. and has a
disposition to improve it. After an hour spent
most agreeably over the pleasures of the table.
the guests babe farewell to our host without
any set toasts or speeches, and with many ex-
pressions of pleasure for the entertainment so
handsomely afforded, and with many sincere
expressions of their we'll wishes for the success
of the st. Julian.
The hotel will be open to-day for regular
business, and we can assure our fellow citizens
chat they will find the new restaurant a grand
place for dinner or late supper,