, 1870-09-25

a1ly the best In Europe, without the soostinx
rata OF American innkeepetu, and without
InAt everlasting agony OF commerce vh,ch il
seeo upon the fsco and II al tho move
nents q Laland, slAa miller. or
sykes. alWa5s foel that I am Without m
immortal eoul when 80 into big American
mn theirs Ia tho porter catching It my trunk
aud the winter catching 1T me, IA il We were \
both paris Of tho Barne freight; tho proprie-
tor fnssea around Ike 4 railroad freight |
agent and an docked. Heketed, and eent |
TO my warcroom IN most helplosa and ire
Fponsib1e state. What IL the uAe Of 20 much \
bustnssa appearance to prepare man for the |
apprehension Of taking sono do |
ner7 Why must hospitality eypress ttsalf I
BY so much slaH7 We aAt like carpot-sack ]
and 80 to bed like boz OF freight, and the I
waiter, to be consistent, ought to bring rs our |
us AZ il he we're merely brealdng bulk When |
l land at such : hotel, 3or example, Is the |
Vile de Paris ut tStT2sGou:..-uhers NOV this |
thells tumble fast about fEa head VI that
grave and seTene old innkeeper, whom to see |
IL to appetize upou,-l Am met 1t the thresh- !
old and sAiuted he il my host and not the
contractor merely who ID to feed me md
large herd Of others according to compact
apparently entered into befure nv birth. Thus
bark, OF aa the celebrated omnibus poet re-
marks, II loafe and invite my soul" Tho
proprietor diseourses atIably with mo upon
snch topics a. the habi.s Of migratory esoEts,
the latest piece Of y. 4Acribe, the rr'atiTe
merits OF classical and pointed windows and
thus forget what really am In an Al, ,ti-
can hotel one Of herd Of boef cattle going
through who are to be fed and watered at so
much head. Still, TIE American !nnkeerer
tho steward Of the srk, and frequently
the performer of that celebrated nairncle
where the multitude we're filed upon
one lunch basket. mat Mr. Hawks this
stmmar, the keeper Of the st. Nicholas in
o west Poa ill., Of no md
Of the Fifth Avenue, and they all seemed to
be quiet pacific people, fond Of their fanni-
lies, in no bury, not s'shoppy,~ yet COM
uunicative: One Of these said = follows:
:" Hotels 10 every country are ike the tray-
hence stiff priee~ and the name quality of fare,
constantly expanding hotels, and system
which shAl take care OF great mu1titudes With
out previous notice ; our houses do this in tho
only way We have yet hit upon, and Europe
has been more struck by our system than we
by theirs. At the sAne time, We arc not
unntnjful of hints from Europe. l am told
ttAt Potter Palmer, of Chicago, has taken his
architect abrosd to pick up suggestions from
such hotals as the Grand. the Louvre, the
Hotel de Vile OF Milan, and others, aud that
he means to set up the largest house in the
gun on Broadway AZ aphrtnent-house,
after continental atr1es, to cost s600, ,0o0. We
sciu have the best consistent with the needs
Of our guests, and the large number OF well
educated md wali.bred young men now going
into hotels will insure constant improve
ment. Some OF, the largest sa1azisa paid in
America are given to hotel clerks: in one in
stance that know OF. 100000 = year. Tho
saucs young clerk with pen behind his car
exists no more"
sAnAToaA IN smTExpER.
Returning from Lake George stopped over
Sunday at Saratoga, and there saw The worst
Of our hotel system. Tho great season vas
done, and everybody connected with the
t2verns looked sour and tired. The tables
were shamefully sustained aud the few walters
left at the Onion snickered at tho gnests rs
they giegled in the window reeesses of The
dining-room. l must say that the character Of
the guests Also had amazingly run down. tho
Lar order Of thez holiday, junior partners,
statesmen. and folks not expected to get their
full ripeness in this life; sort Of second crop
Of grs+s not esteemed worth careful attention.
The springs were as liberal and welcome as
ever, aud John Mo11iseey made ambitious at
iempss 10 keep Up the quality ct his frogs, but
M Mr. Leland Expressed il: Tho bottom. .
fell out Of M41s ncA.on. It's the best month,
but they don't know 1t. It's too melancholy
for me any more"
- I eent Jim Firk word this summer" said
alorT, sey, that would give him five thou
Eano IollaIs 10 come up to Saratoga, aud
bring his drag during the racing week
unents"
.No 1mt T war w11ipr tn nav it for tbt
satisfaction OF standing in my gate and turning
hack the whole cahoodle, with the remark that
By the rules Of the park, dirrepntsble charac
! te1s were to be refused admission"
"Yon wouldn't have dona this violently p
NO" .sia Morri-eey, II would ouly hav.
| taken his leatler with q run. pulled him out o
the gate, and started the whole concern
toward Saratoga 1t double quick. He didn'
accept it, for supHoec he know that dida'
think him worth tive thousand dollals for an,
other purpose"
alorrissey says the city OF Nov York aH
| governed, is only kept from anarchy BY
| avarice, and that the araEice IL growing an
arciical, taking such constant example from
| the top. He is weary Of Congress-, aud eAyE
he has made mauy friends there whose com
ratly compensates him for his losses. he
purposes to build, before next summer,
distant, lined with gas lamps all the way, ant
supplying = grand promenade free to all
Saratoga will thus bo pacifsd, and the squars
game will continue to be dealt.
pow1Es BROTHERS nACE.
The other day WIS led into : 1uIufioui
l -
see certain il]ustrious e1i1es. Tho room VA.
large and looked like picture auction shop
Two OF the pretty pictures OF sentiment b.
Anguste TouImonchc, Of Nantes, were in th
inches, originals, worth, perhaps, two thousAn
francs apiece. HuEnes MeEle,s Marguerite
ting about ncscn feet high, worth probably nc
LEES than twenty tlonsand frauca. Btoo
against All easel nearer tue street window. o.
the darker slde Of the room hung the stl
larger, bat moro conventional and mediocr
pills, representing Lear and Cordelia- So,
ginals, made This preferred parle
attractive. And before we vi
hr. Bow1ce, the detiec,tor OF the nations
, debt, The fearless Kefunder, who had pro
, posed more ihan Arrhimides, to break bul
, to the extent Of two billions OF dollars Wit
/ his iulcrum up in the second ssorY Of cais.
on the Rue de 10 pai1. In other words, I WI
! IN the presercs OF that Medici Of our century
tho descendanrs Of the Fnggcr family, {
AugsburS,-the Bow1ses, those conjotnte
! empires who arc engaged in the task Of =
, quAinting the nation a. to how it can be dna1
efally born again. The elder Bowlss, who
, I regarded with ths respect that great inve,
, tor a1Ha,H inspires, is somewhere in Il
, ncighbofhood Of IS yeats Of age. sandy
complexion, vitreous as to eT e., violent II
conclusive u to addrees, and his desigu,'
: which ls 10 become the negotiator (for con
1nistion) Of reissue OF all our bonds,-hs
| | been somewhat embarrassed bY the NOV
ments Of tho PrushiAns, who, anxious not
t loco those which they possess, have nafcht
| upon the Hue do la Pax. compelled the clio
r ing Of Dow1es' caisse, and the Dowles fami
). i,.contincntly fed with its picture CALLER
: whesher to cell tho pictures on commission
d or to fund bypictorsAl accessories, meditatt
Q in vain.
The American banker abroad ia disting1,is
49, ~. nF
e and tho uncertainty Of their reception. Tht
il therefore, partake Of tho romantic style
= correspondents, and are quite az likely
d make you acquainted with those phases
8 life, 70 well described in - Views Afoot,
q Mr: Dayara Taylor, as they are to impress =
It sion OF curTebcies- / am happy to sar, he
i ever, 3, Mr.. Dowlcs' especial request, that
: has - invented" syetsm of triple currer
3 letters, which il, il possible, potter than AT
:, | thing bare yet Eecn, polyglot in form. nj
L in ambiguity. and altogether worthy Of the =
= l stated that would mention this taet, Al
r have exerted myself 10 do 60. Anybody VI
has the leaat notion Of Whist it means Ia qu
Welcome to it. It did occur to mo, howcy
> that the Dowles picture gallery would form
s a.oablc adjunct 70 the Bowles System Of
u funding. With this panorama, and hal
g organ, the Dowles family can ''ahow" " ron
10 The republic, after the fashion Of John Tet
(, selling indu1gencee, crying aloud
d. 81 Between the acts We exchange old Ian
for new."
4 Then, u the new bouBa opera expresses
Il "Ttlc ntules will plAy
"a And The nutea viii loot,
Il And tho drums Will bray,
i And tie bonds will scoot."
=. THE PHILADELPHIA roCn1er.
- I WAS walking with Dom r,.tt over
ii Fort George. tho other day, when we espie
~ tall, slender Young man. Who advanced to
hn form ue Of the fact that he had discovere
,u pine tree bcanug = curious parasite, the 81
he parasite running up the tree ike tamrod
a. the side OF mnsket, making frequent c