The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-11-13
HOTEL LIFE,
Becoming Yearly 0Iorc PopuIar
Among Those Who Can Afford IT.

80 you think hotel life is gaining II
popularitvp" venturcd u J0uyuuL ro
porter to Mr.. WEIGH, of the st. Mich
olas. The conversation had turned or
hotels, their conyehienccs, the guests
and the strange sights hotel men see
Eyes, sir; for those who can afrort
the comfort and conyenienccs of hote
life it is growing moro popular year by
year. In wcll-appointed, first-clas!
hotel people can live undisturbed by
the various ills that housekeeping is
heir to, and tho timo will como wher
half the wcll-to-do people of tho city
Will lnhabit its 1irst-clasS hotels"
"And if you wcro asked tho cause oI
the growing popularity what would you
say?"
81 would give two reasons promin-
ent among The many that | MIGHT
name. The richer class of people, who
divide their timc among the south in
winter and the northern waterino-
| places in summer, varied with an oc-
casional trip to Europe, find that their
com!nGs and goings can DO done with
much less discomfort and less expense
by living in hotel than if they were
maintaining an establishment of their
own. With such people comfort and
convenience, tho avoidance of unncces-
sary bother and ag@ravatinp dclay.
enter moro into their calculation than
does expense"
'1o on mention two rcasonsp"
"Ihc other is that the male members
OF families living in hotels arc generally
men in active business pursuits, only
nome ut mcal-timcs and in the even
! lngs. They do not wish to have their
wives burdcncd with tho innumcrablo
cares OF household, tho trouble and
VeXalion of servants, and the cxactions
OF the family cares generally. TO such
n separate establishment, us rents 90
now, is more expensive and less COM
Portable. Taking rent, the cost Of fine
furniture, and the expense of CORDS
OF servants, there is no comparison be-
tween the two modes Of living"
Eyes, but that class of guests must
be very cxacting in their demands at n
hotel"
"Thcrc's whero you and probably
others make n great mistake. Of all
the people who use hotels they are tho
least troublesome and eA>"tinr. In
TACT, they arc the easiest to please.
They arc accustomed TO good living, n
wcll-scrvcd table, finely furnished
rooms, obedient and oblgino servants,
and when they find all these at their
command that is all they ask. They
know just what the service of q first
class hotel is; they know that thero is
somebody always ready to satisfy their
least want and that every convenience
of the house is 1T their disposal. Oh.
no, we never have trouble with them. t"
"Ihen who arc tho people that do
give troublc?"
''Wcll. probably tho most trouble
somo arc people from the country un-
used to stopping ut hotels. They havo
an exaggerated idea of their own i'm
portancc, and think that everybody
about the house must dance attendance
on them. They seem bent on giving
all the trouble thoy can, and mako
themselves and others uncomfortable.
But should they stay ut tho hotels q
month or so, it's wonderful to noto tho
change that takes place. They soon
lind out that their comfort and conven-
Vcniencc arc the two things most
thought OF by tho proprietor, and thoy
fall right into the groove and find that
they have simply 10 90 on living and
be happy"
''ls there not some danger that tho
increasing popularity Of the fashion,
able flats will result injurously to the
hotcls?"
81 think not. In the first place, tho
expense Of liz ing in these stylish
apartmcnt-houscs is much greater. In
the best of them suits for q family
range from $4,000 to $4,000 wear,
and this means the bare walls-no
furniture and no meals. Still, thoy arc
growing moro popular every day, and,
rs the best hotels arc losing mono of
their wealthy guests, | can only sur
mise that the number Of people able to
live in these houses and in hotels in tho
city is receiving constant acccssions."
"Do people marry from their hotelp"
'Why, certainly; that's ono of the
natural concomitants Of hotel life.
And how much plcasantcr it is! The
groom has but to give single order 10
tho proprietor specifying just what is
wanted, and an army of servants arc
ready to carry out tho arrangements
without n hitch. Hotel weddings arc
getting to be common il faut-So much
so that | know of two TO come of this
fall where tho parties havo their own
houses, but, prcfcrring tho thorough
system of n hotel have given mo their
orders. IN y Morning JourWaL
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