The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-04-21
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This phrase, hackney as it is,
grows every year fuller Of meaning.
Life in a city is not the same thing
as it was ten years ago, before ele-
vators, electric bells, and generous
plumbing had brought the elemen s
into thorough service for merchants
and manufacturers, business, and
every body's homes. The luxury of
living is attained in q first-rate New
York hotel. The visitor alights
from a carriage at the private door,
enters q high vestibule through which
the breezes sweep freshly, warm IN
Winter, cool in Summer, from Curl
Gus v~entilating works 10 the base
ment. The marble or tile floor, the
wainscoting Of rich woods, the fres-
coed ceilings, the stairs softly carpet
ed in warm %colors, please the eye
wherever it turns. A word to aserv-
ant, and a luxurious upholstered ele-
vator bears one to his room, which
may be on the first floor or the sixth;
all are alike handsome and conve-
neat in fitting up. 1t is quite the
choice of many persons to take the
upper rooms for their great quiet,
airiness, and the view, which from
the top a large hotel, spanning from
the green Jersey shores to the built
up flights of Brooklyn, taking in the
clustering pinnacles and towers OF
the city till the Harlem blocks are
wrapped in mist, is by no means a
dispiriting sight to greet one by
morning. There is little fear OF fire,
the stairways are Of stone, and the
partitions filed with friedrich, while
the great hose lie coiled on every
floor, to spring on the FIRST symptoms
of fire in the rooms. The bath, the
hairdresser, the news stand, the res
taraunt, and the physician are in the
house. A seamstress is in call for
the ladies who want hasty service
on their dresses. To obtain a car
rage, theater tickets, railroad tickets
and sleeping berths, n has but to
touch the magic button which touches
the electric wire in every roo and a
civil servant is ready to procure
whatever is wanted.
THE GREATEST LUXURY.
The New York hotels hardly com
pare. in convenience with the great
Chicago hotels, the like Of which will
hardly be found in the world. The
prices are sleeper and the pretensions
greater, but even 10 suits renting for
one hundred dollars a week, one does
not End the baize writing-table, FUR
nished with stationary, the argand
burner TO be raised or lowered at
pleasure from the gassolier, the ample
trunk-closets and dressing rooms,
with private bath, or the same taste
and care in furnishing which one
ends to the very roof of the Palmer
House, and which abound in the
Sherman, or the Grand Pacific. As
a rule, the New York landlord is less
attentive and conciliating than the
Chicago one. Outside of bare routine,
the traveller in New York need ex-
pect neither care or notice. He pays
his money and be takes his chance.
If o trunk fails to come to time, q
languid baggage-man will keep q
languid watch tor it, unless be for,
gets. In starting On a journey, one
must keep a sharp lookou: not to be
left. There is none Of the quiet sur.
render Of these common cares to eX.
~perienced and uusty hands, which is
the best return q mar gets for his FIVE
dollars a day. And it is a very good
investment for a host or clerk to make
his personal oversight and good will
felt by triaes. A courteous "Come
and see US again, sir" when a Gus
toner pays his bill, has its influence
on the richest as well as the poorest
guest.
BUSINESS
is improving every day, and matter;
look brighter. There is going to be
a good, healthy Spring trade, after
all.
PIETRo.