Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-30
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Increased accommodations for
Guests-A Charming Dining Hall
spacious veranda ami Dsiis htfui
obssrvatory-A Home OF Beauty
and Comfort.

The Sierra Madre Villa Hotel owned
by Mr.. VIM. Cogswoll. and leased by
Mr.. VIM. P. Rhoades. has been greatly
enlarged during the summer and fall, and
yesterday the whole edifice was thrown
open to the public for the first time
This well.known and unrivaled hotel is
situated at the base of the Sierra Madres
1900 feet above the sea, and commands
a view of the whole San Gabriel Valley
and the lower plains to the Pacific
Ocean. It Is nestled in grove Of
orange, lemon and lime trees, and sur.
rounded with lawns and brilliant flowers,
with plashing fountain in frcnt to
temper the summer heat.
In accordance with an invitation to
witness the opening of the enlarged
hotel, it was our pleasure yesterday to
visit this delightful place and inspect its
new and excellent appointments. The
completed editioe consists of two beauti.
full buildings about 200 feet apart, con-
nec.ed by fine building two stories in
height, with delightful sheltered prom
enade in front from one end to the
other.
In this connecting building is the
large new dining room. ornamented In
most exquisite taste and furnished with
all that could be desired for the conven-
ience Of guests. It has also a billiard
hall and whist table, where ladies and
gentlemen can pursue these amusements
at their pleasure. Over these are tho
most sunny and delightful sleeping
rooms that can be imagined or desired.
The Office has been removed from the
elst to the west, or new portion of the
building, where an elegant drawing
room, office, washroom and toilet rooms
have been made, with all the modern
improvements.
On the top of the west wing is an Oh.
servatory which, commands q matchless
view of mountain, valley. plain and
ocean, while the parlors and private
rooms of this portion are models OF ar
tistic adornment and convenience. The
rooms are all sunny and spacious, and
command beautiful scenery in every di-
rection.
Yesterday while our trapsmontane
friends were freezing to death in Mime.
sofa with temperature Of l6' below
Zero, the guests of this villa, with q
temperature of s2', were sitting under
evergreen bowers, reading books and
papers. enjoying the odor Of flowers and
iahaling the gentle breeze from the
shining, shimlnering sea, that lay like
I emulous silver in the sunshine thirty
miles away.
The table of the Villa is simply per-
feet. All that human taste can desire is
there to be found. The fruits of the
surrounding grounds are perpetual
Frosts do not touch them nor cyclones
destroy them. Oranges are ripe on
every day in tho year, and on yesterday
great delicious waterrlelons appeared on
the table without knowing they we're
two months out of reason. In fact, by
burying these melons deep in dry sand
they can be preserved through all the
winter months.
All the appointments of the he.
tel have been chosen by the
taste of Mr.. Cogswell. who stands
at the head of artists on the Pacific
Coast. With tue new buildings Just
completed there are accommodations for
100 guests, where all can have ample
scope and verge enough for their COM
fort and happiness. II there ever we're
ft time and place for Day of Thanks.
giving, that time was yesterday and the
place the Sierra Madre Villa. In no
other country can be found a hundred
c'ou Hess days in succession, undis-
turbed by wind, or heat. or cold. for all
the elements here meet In allegation and
produce the harmonic mean that pro-
duces comfort and bliss. No tourists or
travellers can find better home than
the beautiful SIERRA MApRE VILLA.