Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-02

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e'ses the right 10 puff his smoke every where,-
on the street, on piaZzas in halls and lobbies %
other peoples Offices even i'm the dining rooms
OF restaurants and hotels. The presence Of .
/ lady no longer makes any difference Ia him. n
/ she doesn't like smoke. more's the pity for herr
\ out he cannot Tor q minute think of consulting
any bodys comfort but his own. Now the I'M
uersigned does not propose 10 organize or ioin
IN crusade against the use of tobacco. He
knows what hopeless fight that would 10. N
must OF course he admitted that every one who
can AFFORD TO buy and pay for the luxury has the
right TO smoke all and anything that he or she
wants TO, provided always the right 10
exercised in his or her own apartments whero
the rights or feelings of Others are not affected
IL cannot De Claimed. however. that any per.
son has any natural or acquired right 10 poison
the air which Others have TO breathe any more
than to commit any other nuisance or outrage
against society or good breeding. The assump.
ton on the part OF smokers that they can in.
dulge their desires wherever aud whenever thay
please. without regard for those of Others who
have equal or perhaps more right Ia the premi-
I ses occupied for the time being. II what makes
the smoking habit so offensive and indefeasible.
MOUNTAIN PALACE
As the intelligent contraband said during the
war, that when YOU saw him YOU see dc whole
family" SO when you see the hotel here you see
ali there is of CreSson. The hotel and the cot
tages. that is to say. There is no village or
D
place do not intend that there shall be any.
The locality is meant for a pleasant summer
resort. pure and simple where guests can he
entirely separated from their busy fellows and
may, III they wish, do nothing all day long but
-"eat the lotus of the Nile.
And drink the poppies of Cathay"
For this purpose ample and excellent facili-
ties are provided. The estate owned 10y the
hotel company comprises 400 acres all of which
is enclosed. and the most OF IL is converted into
park purposes. with graded driving and riding
roads and smooth and well shaded foot paths.
The new hotel just about completed is i'm every
respect one OF the finest and best equipped
mountain houses In the country. In
TACT, while there are others larger
than this. | do not know its equal
in appointments and furnishing. I'm exterior
effect II II striking and pleasing. Coming under
the general head of the Queen Anne style IL has
all the picturesqueness OF outline and tone Of
color requisite to meet the demands Of the prps-
ent architectural craze. To add to its outdoor
attractiveness it has about 900 feet of wide
covered piazza for lounging and promenade
/ purposes, opening upon grassy and shady lawns
on every side Every precaution has been taken
against fire. The cooking and heating depart
ments are in fre-proof building detached from
the hotel. all the halls and many of the rooms OF
Which are heated 10y steam.-opcn fires being
used only In the public parlors. etc. The COM
Portable lodging capacity of the hotel proper is
about 400, while its great dining ROOM 230x45,
Will accommodate 600 persons at once In adj
dltion TO this there is childrens ordinary seat
inc 200. The elegantly furnished paror Ia IN
unbroken space OF l00X40 feet in area.
In addition to the hotel there are TWENTY-FIVE
cottages on the well-kept grounds. which will
together accommodate at least four hundred
persons About half of these are owned by the
hotel company, and the rest, on q ninety mine
year lease. 10y their occupants. all of whom. by
Its terms are required TO take their meals in the
hotel. All the cottages are tasteful commo-
dious and convenient, and some of those owned
oy private parties cost as much as 800 900 each
The cottages are largely occupied by the iron aud
railway nabObs Of Pittsburg and other Pennsyl-
vania towns, although those built and owned
outright by the hotel company are used for
guests, permanent VI transient. the case may
| be As 1t other watering places, and most no
tably perhaps. at Newport, the cottagers
here look down upon other visitors
with a sort of LOFTY air, which seems
TO be made up of about equal parts
of scorn and pity, and is therefore exceedingly
amusing to behold. II is the same spirit which
prompts through passengers in railway train
to gaze with such a lofty condescension at the
poor insignificant wretches who happen 10 get
on at a way station. You have noticed it,
havnt your IL is a very poor and cheap form Of
snobbery, and it is wonder that men and
women who are otherwise sensible enough
should be weak enough to indulge in IT, But
they do. in spite of the fact that everybody
| knows that the character and qualifications OF
human nature cannot be determined by any such
tests. Still they are employed, every day aud
every where. and probably will be to the end Of
time. But AZ this sublime self sufiiciency
affords enjoyment TO those who entertain
II. and withal doesn't really make any
differenceto any one else, suppose nobody ought
to care and rather think nobody does.
THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES"
Whether the poets remark that I'VE find our
warmest welcome in an inn" be true or not, 1t 10
certain that whatever welcome there NAV be ia
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every side where one tarries. And that is what
happens to Washingtonian at Cresson this
year. The force of men servants here was re-
cruted entirely in Washington Mr. Lewis Al
exander, the efficient dining-room major-do ONO
at the National Hotel. has charge OF the Noun
tain House dining-room. and all the help under
! him. some sixty in number. and all the porters,
hall and bell boys have served in the different
hotels or with private families in Washington.
! As a natural result familiar faces are seen on
every hand; and. even though you may not be
able to call all of their owners by name the fact
that you are from Washington is pretty certain
to insure you a little extra attention. As TO the
matter of wages. learn that these
men are paid $40 per month and
found. and that their railway fare from
Washington to Cresson and return is also fur
nished free. This pay. with the tips" received
| from guests. which must amount 10 a consider
| able sum during the season, coupled with the
fact that there is little no need or chance for
! them to spend money here, enables each TO 90
back in the fall with quite a little purse Of net
cash. 1t was with no little feeling OF local pride
either, that learned that the force OF help here
! is considered exceptionally good this year. and
| that the walters from Washington and Baltimore
are regarded as the best in the country for sum-
mer resort service. | record this fact with
pleasure. 1t speaks well for portion % that
class of the population of Washington of which
| it is too common to say an unkind rather thaA
a complimentary word. X.
FRIGHTFUL DISASTER IN MExIco.-A dispatch
from the city of Mexico says: On last Thursday,
at O'Clock i'm the morning an explosion of q
! powder magaZine occurred aft Mazatlan A