, 1873-11-09
OH Gbma9n Gribu,a&.
Sunday Morning, November Q, 1873.


Sunday Morning, November Q, 1878.
AMERICAN BoTEL:LnE.
No live in M ora Of extravaganza aud waste.
There aro evidences Of It on all sides. Those
evidences are, In faot, 80 numerous nnd familiar
that VIC have almost ceased to regard thom in
their true light. We accept them aa matters Of
course. We have got used to thom. Wo think
We cannot lire except rs wo sco our nefghbord
live. We permit ourselves to DO swept along in
tllo grea. current Of extravaganza without any
efort to stop it,, We laugh at economical
persons, and most Of ua try to keep
up with the crowd, in o1travaganoe,
each pushing his follow On little
More rapidly In the headlong courao. We hare
toen at tho pains to take up ono Of the most
Iotablo evidences Of this universal lavishness
In tie hope that, By bringing It faco to face
s7ith the people, It may open the eyoa Of some
If them to the mad career Of which it is but an
Index. This Is hotol-lifo in America. The
change from ton years ago in tho charges and
laxurios Of our prominent hotcla has been 80
gradual that wo are not astoniahod at 1t. We
pay $3.50 day, and DO not stop to think that Il
nero living. II wo travel en- .}an1ile, aud take
bstter accommodations than arc given to single
travellers, tho rato por posson is still higher. We
tlo not complain nor think it unusual. but we do
demand luxuries in:keeping with tho price, TINT
80 would mover have thought OF asking for ton
gears ago. The charges arc in Ill probability,
relatively lover than they were under the old
regime. Tho hotels have merely kept pace with
the lavish demands OF tho age.
Ton years ago, the frst-c1aBs hotels kept an
nvorago Of ono servant to seven guests now
they are obliged to keep one servant for every
three guests, Tho habit Of being waited upon
has grown upon us in this ratio. a frst-class
hotel Of tho Bize Of tho Grand Pacitioin this city
now employs constantly 800 servants, whose
monthly payroll amounts to over $4,000. Tho
style OF ornamentation now in vogue requires
3wico as many servants to keep 1t clean as tho
nld style required. So much for tho necessary
sarvico III American hotel-life. The amount Of
room furnished gratuitous1y to tho guest is now
twice as largo as It WAS formerly. In old tines,
it was considered lavish II tho Office, corridors,
exchange. parlora, reading-rooms, smoking-
rooms, reception-rooms, waah-roons. ETC., ocou-
pied one-tonth Of tho most available and costly
portion Of tue house. These departments nov
tako ono-fifth Of tho samo epaco. The hotels
which furnish losB are ratod as Bccond claas.
yFho American people now-a-days require moro
room to awo1l out and show their feYathaTsn, Yat
The- .ING' G'rsn times as elegant. The cost
Of gas alone for furni shing tho brilliancy by
night in which Americans arc wont to live is
$4,000 por month in a large hotel Of tho first
class, while the best hotels in Europe still burn
candies. When we como to tho table, the lay
islneHs OF our botel-life 1s still more startling,
A hotel like the Pacific requires the choice parts
Of twonty.avo cattle for its use every day. The
four items Of butter, fruit, milk, and cream
alone amount to 81 per day for each guest. The
1ruits Of the season are the standard Of a first
class hotol-table, aud they must comprise
tho earliest Of everything in the. market.
No tenu is complete which does not
contain dozen or two different kinda Of
nuts and fruits. Tho actual coat Of the food
alone, uncooked, is 92.15 por day for oyory
guest. and it requires moro carts to carry away
the waste than it does to bring tho substance in
atH original form. Formerly, lotol-meals woro
about aB fo1lowB: Broakfast. from 0:90 to 0 :;
dinner, from to 8; supper, from to 0. Nov
they arc: Breakfast. from to / dinner, from
to7 supper, from to 12. Tho mcals arc
going MI day long, and at certain hours Of tho
day there aro two sets at the samo time. As the
result Of this, two full sots Of the most export
nnd high~priced cooks mo required. According
to our present custom, tho average American
to place before him:
oor,s BREAKFAST E1aI,h ,,u,,,.... r
Doong Tea. 0roon Tea
Chocolate.
7'stn Bread; p. =, Graham Bread. White Rol1a
Corn Bread. Mullins.
7rolled Fresh Salmon. nroi,ed Sail a1ac4orel.
Broed Wlita.
naahed Fiah Frssh siaehesel. atawca oyaeers. t a'
Fried Oystery.
En1ED.
Onlves' Liver. IInsh Neat ,''e'
: AppIes H1tH oA!t AoEA. Ealba4aa. HtgWCd Kidneys
bNOtLNn,
Decfsteak. Mutton Chops. Pork Chops. Chicken.
HIM. H4cou. Caycs' LYor, Trjpe
GAME.
, Quail. Teniaon 8toat.
); Plaln, with Pars1ey: Ham. Kldneys.
/ Choose, or Jelly.
E01B.
Boiled. Fried. Scrambled. Dropped.
Clipped Decf, with Cream.
poTATOEH
Baked. Fried, Lyonnatae. asawcd.
::
Fried Indian puddtng. H0mtny, Cracked Wheat
Brown Bread Toaat. Dry ToAst. Dip Toast.
DuckWheAt 0akes.
COLD MEATH.
uloaat Beef. noaat Lamb. Ham. Tongue
Co1ncd Beef. Turkey, Chicken.
t. tz!thout waiting for al this to digest. .he do