The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-27
GENTLEMEN ADMITTED.

WHY THE woMAN's HOTEL ENTERPRISE HAS
BEEN ApASDoNED-JUDaE HILToS's ExpLA-
NATION
The various rumors anoat for some time past that
tho woman's Hotel-naving proved failure imam
ciaIy-would be metamorphosed into an oraioAry
hotel where not only all womankind but also all
mank ind could be accommodated with board
ana lodging nave as last been verified BY Judge
Hilton himself who no longer makes secret OF
the tact that the enterprise as originated ny tho @'e
Mr. Stewart is about 10 be abandoned When the
hotel was opened In April over two hundred appca-
lions for rooms from all classes oil workingwomen
had been accepted by tho management put Inc
boarders did not make their appearance
as guests OF tho house, and At no time
were more than nfy rooms occupied
In an establishment capable OF accommodating
oysr one thousand women The result was that while
expenses amounting TO ST. per day were incurred,
the revenues cid not reach over $500 week At
first II was intended avoid the result OF still further
efforts TO make tho aims and purposes OF such an in
stiuton as Mr. Stewart intended 10 found better uu-
derst God by the Thousands of women who earn
their livelihood by their own handiwork, but
alter due consideration II was thought best 10
mako an end Of what to all iuents and purposes up
peared 10 be failure Mrs Stewart who was SO deeply
interested the enterprise that she selected suit Of
last to consent the OF an idea SO dearly
cherished by her late husband, but as day BY day no
new additions wcrc made to the occupants Of the lux
urious rooms she finally yielded to the urgent de-
mands OF those bciDg responsible Tor the careful
management OF the vast estate
BE KFrECTED.
II was decided, therefore, to take down the sligo OF
"Woman's Hote' and TO turn the entire structure
fnlo first class hotel to DO run Oh the same princi
ple as The Metropolitan workingmen having been on
gagged days pas, on tho premises to make the
hotel equally acceptable to the members OF tho
sterner sex. So thoroughly was everything
constructed in this building Tor the single
PURPOSE OF accommodating womankind, that tho nero
change will involve an outlay Of July $50 900, Tor
rooms yerandans ana other appendagcs required tor
q first class hotel will b. arranged IN manner SO
that not even the most fastdious bacnecr Will nnd
the least trace of excusvencss and dantncss which
rharacterized tho Woman's HOTEL Judge Hilton,
while commenting on the discontnuance OF the
unique institution and regretting that The enterprise
had proved failure, expressed the opinion that no
hotel could be exclusively Tor women, and that
OF age, always entertain some hope OF union, and
hence do not want TO stay or live away from the
other SEX He considered the failure tho woman's
Hotel a great DISAPPOINTMENT to ph,lantbrop,s,s all
the world Tho scheme had boon also greatly
s tho Motel snoud be- for wompo Who
earned their living But the practical
application of the excellent theory had proved that
the greatest Inquiries separated from gentlemen The
reason the had been excluded from The hotel
TO prevent the mousse igOn OciuB maui tno u0uu-
uuarters OF gossip and scandal. II could not be made
TO pay unless haa at least i've hundred guests bat
Mt no time had thoy seen more than hfty bonrdera
THE ENORMOUS ExPENcIrUREs.
The reconstructed hotel IL 10 be furnished on the
same plan IL now with tho addition OF barroom,
barber shops ana other improvements already noted.
Mr. Henry Clair Will have charge OF nil the hotel prop
erty forty walters employed and altogether
tho lumber oil bands engaged in and around the prem
Uses loot up $50 persons Ex-Judge Hilton In order
10 the impossoiiity Of carrying on tho esiab-
under tho OLD style, stated that the gas alone
cost 50 0Uu q year, ront $1,000 aud taxes
$4,000 He unwilling, therefore, to counsel,
under these circumstances, the continuance OF the
Wonan's HoieL The new hotel, Tor which no new
name has yet been selected, will DO opened on or
about June s.