The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-14

their thousand palatial apartments and acces-
sories and Aladdin-ike splendor. Washington
alone, the Capital, whose transient population
almost equals the fixed element, has been be-
hind the times in this important regard.
THE NoRMANDIE.
splendid new hotel at the corner of Fif-
teenth and l streets, facing Mcpherson
Square, in the most fashionable quarter Of the
city, naugurates new era in hotel construc
tion in Washington. 1t is massive eight
story structure of striking architectural effect,
in which the architect, Mr.. j. West Wagner, of
this city, has happily combined an ornate ex
terror with the most approved appointments for
convenience and comfort within. 1t has evil
dently been his ambition to provide the entice-
ments of luxurious home with the freedom of
hotel life. The Normandie has 1876 private
apartments exceptionally we'll arranged, some
of them in charming suites. There are beauti-
fully furnished reception rooms and ladies'
drawing-rooms, numerous bathrooms on each
floor, apartments specially reserved for break
fast and dinner parties, hydraulic elevator, a
grand dining saloon, and other accessories OF the
highest order of excellence. The fur
nishings throughout are Of the richest
kind and in the best taste. Perfect ven
tilaton and lighting, so necessary
for the maintenance of health, have been care
fully studied; the newest contrivances for the
application of the laws of hygiene have been
adopted, while the sanitary arrangements are
as complete as possible. In ali respects the
Normande is one of the most superior hotels
in the country, and offers tourists who want to
live well and are willing to pay for 1t as de-
lightful an abode as can be found anywhere.
The kitchens of the Normandie make as in
teresting an exhibit as the most artistic room
in the House. They have the latest improved
culinary appliances are scrupulously clean, and
would work the veriest dyspeptic into an ap-
petite. The cooks are French. 1t is lamen-
table fact that in spite of our schools ofcookery
the French chef still reigns supreme in this
country.
THE ELEGANT FURNISHINGS.
The furnishings combine comfort, elegance,
and taste. The parlors and reception-rooms
contain some exquisite pieces, the carpets and
draperies corresponding. in styles and colors,
so as TO satisfy the most fastidious. OF the one
hundred and seventy rooms which the hotel
contains nearly all are furnished in different
styles. The bedroom suites of mahogany,
cherry, and oak woods, Of neat and de-
signs. The spacious main dining saloon and
private dlning.rooms are substantially and at
tractvely furnished, without much pretense for
show, but with a view to solid comfort.
The Normandie is in the centre of the hotel
district, the most beautiful portion of the ne,O
Washington, surrounded by the homes of states
men, and directly opposite to tho Hamilton Fish
mansion, now owned by the estate of the late
Washington Mclean, who are also the
owners of the Hotel Normandie, which is
under the propretorship of Mr.. Elmer f. Wood
bury.
The Normandie is the only hotel opposite
public park, which fact adds very materially to
the beauty of the site, and the view from the
upper floors of the hotel, which is a structure
of eight stories, presents magnificent outlook,
commanding the Virginia hills ON the west, the
Capitol on the east, the Potomac on the south,
and the outward boundaries of the city on the
north. 1t is no disparagement to the other
leading hotels of the city to class the Nor
mandie as preGmnently the home hotel In
Washington of those who require the most
modern of hotel completeness, combined with
homes. This is the status of this house, as is
shown by the people who sojourn there, and