The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-04

one took any notice her A. length she asked for
chair 20 sit on and for breakfast The
have. she found, tho slightest accom- ana
when she became impatient aud threatened law SUIT
she was cooiiy told 10 60 10 the downtown store aud
Mr.. Anstcy, AS Judge Hilton out OF town.
THIS she fatty refused 10 do and went out TO res
taurant for her breakfast. Amer breakfast she re-
turned ana found that the clerk had consulted Win
Mr.. Ans.ey, VINO had nothing 10 do with the matter
but had told hm TO act according 70 his own Juos-
ment and had decided 10 give her a room.
oDIoUs RULEs.
As hotel, she said there no inner In the coun-
Try aod as 10 rs Keeping there was no iaut 70 %
found excepting the rules IL was Impossible, she
thought. tor u working woman to make home where
she could have books OF her own, no easel or paint
ing material no sewing machine, none oil the things
she needed. AS Tor the literary women they were The
only class provided Tor IN this respect for the library
taken Of room. So fur rs receiving gentlemen
was concerned she thought the arrangements were
think il would DO easy 10 find pessanter places
10 receive calls than IN OF The reception rooms
excepting where some rule, printed or otherwise, was
concerned, when thoy wore very insolenL she tod
OF number Of these rues NOT on me printed as, ~,
Tor instance, that the reception room doors must not
be closed that no gentleman could 80 into tho LIBRARY
,nat visitors OF either sex should 20 10 The guests
sleeping rooms, and told nuiaoer o. amusing
incidents OF the rudcncss oil the servants
IN enforcing these rules. Judge Hilton, how
ever, she did not consider responsible Tor tins
rudencss ana she siIl thought that II sewing room,
painting room, &c., could have been arranged ana
some Of tnc rules modified MOTEL could have been
made d great success. Shc was convinced, ho~ ever,
bel ore she mad Doea in the house than two
weeks that II was intended that the project SHOULD
fai.
At the meeting tonight she will toll her experience
fully, and speeches Will DO made by Mrs Lille Deve
reux Blake The Row. Mrs Phoebe Hanaford (who has
expressed her sympathy tur the movement ana am
nouucei the meeting from her pulpit on sunday, Mrs.
Lozier, Mrs. Slocum and Hiss Minnie Swaxey. One
or two gentlemen will also speak, ana tho committee
are confident tGat large crowd Will DO In attend
MANAGER cLAlR's STATEMENT
Judge Hilton, wncn called upon 0y HERALD re-
porter, referred the latter to Mr. Clair, tho manager
81 tho hotel. This gentleman attributed the course
takea by tho "indignant women to two csuses-hrs',
the action Of HISS Matlda Fletcher one OF The orsi
nal guests Of tho hotel who. he SAID, was the nrst
and only one express dissatisfaction with tho rules
and, second tss no styled it). inc totally mis-.
tho design winch Mr. stewart had wncn he
projected the enterprise "You see." ne SAID,
would have boon il tue men Hole had beon orig
inay Intended Tor The lower classes o female opera.
tvcs or Tor factory girls, or for seamsesses or Tor
for The ufeIlor orders oil shop girls
on the Bowery and Tho avenues. How absurd u would
have been only tho tastes OF these classes 81 society
intended only tor the hieher and moro refined class OF
worklngwonsn; for those who had been &C.
homes and who, when compelled BY circumstances
to tight tho world and support themselves, stu
yearncd for the rehnemen.s 70 which they had been
accustomed their better days IL ID Tor this large
And increasing class of women that MI. stewart
designed his hotel Il had been for many years his
iavorilc project and ne was encouraged IN u by his
wife. Although Judge Hilton never believed IN ITS
practicabiity, he claims to have conscicntiousy
obcycd Mr. Stewards instructions and 10 have done
hts best TO mako the hotel success. The rules
and regulations adopted were the JOINT work
OF Judge Hilton and Mrs. Stewart, Mr. Stewart
not having elaborated any OF the details. W. did not
require applicants to furnish references merely
IN order that could keep out certain classes Of
women, but in order that those women who live on
incomes, aud many of whom always live IN hotels,
might not be admitted. We dd not want them be-
cause they werc not working women Our reason
Tor iorodding the hanging Of pictures The walls was
simply this:-Thc walls are made OF bricK and lime,
and to drive nails In them would cause great damage
to them, and SO far pet dogs nre concerned,
thcy arc allowed in any hotel But,
despite all that has been said Ny some Of the
women against tho hotel, there arc many Of tho ORR
ginul occupants who speak Of IL with the most un-
qualified praise. believe u was the men as much as
INC women who caused the failure OF the hOioL
know OF one applicant who gave satisfactory
references, and was informed that she would 10 adj
mittcd Yet She came not, because AT the last
momc emit d gentleman. who was paying his addresses
her, assured her that no would not be allowed to
call upon her here which was OF course, not true"