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

Col. Joseph F. Tobias, of Philadelphia.
Mr. A. j: Drexel and family, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Calvin Pardee, of Philadelphia.
Mr. E. G. Knight. of Philadelphia.
Hon Wayne McYeagh, of Philadelphia.
Or. Weir Mitchell and wife, of Philadelphia
Mr.. Mr.. j. R. Wood, Of Philadelphia.
MIR. and Mrs. w. D. Bishop, of Connecticut
Hon. Stephen B. Elkins Of West Virginia.
Mrs. William Parsons and daughter, Of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Peabody, of Boston.
Mrs. j. B. Whiteridge and family, of Boston.
Brooklyn.
Hon. Rodney Wallace, of Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago.
Hon. John w. Noble, of st. Louis.
Hon. Samuel Neidringhaus, of st. Louis.
r. Cana, of London, Eng.
Mr.. Samuel Chodwood, Of England.
| Mr.. Eckley Coke, of Driftou, Pa.
Mr.. Alexander B. Coke, of Drifton, Pa.
Hon. Arthur Sewall, of Maine.
Gen. T. w. Hyde, of Maine.
Col William j. Best, of New York
Maj. H. s. Pickards, of Chicago.
Countess de Duey, of France.
Mr.. A. s. Marks and family, of Sidney, Aus
tralia.
Mr.. j. j. Astor, of New York.
Mr.. A. j. Cassatt, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Charles Serchen, of New York.
Mr.. y. s. Appleton, OF New York.
Mr.. Enoch Pratt, OF Baltimore.
Governor Campbell, of Ohio.
Washington has long needed hotels like the
Normande of New York, the Richeleu of Chi
|
of such class is the Normandie of Washing
| ton.
In nothing more than the change in hotel life
has the cosmopoitanism of Washington mani
Tested itself. In the days of ante-bellum times
| the old inns of the Capital reached the life of
the Southern gentleman, and good cheer and
| brilliant repartee made the old walls ring. Dur
ing the period of the war the whole city was
| transferred into inns, and the soldier element
made barracks of the houses; then followed the
rehabilitation of the city, and the last of all
has been in the erection of hotels suitable to
the modernized Washington. Though late in
coming, they are to-day credit to any city,
and the Normandie is to-day the resort of nu-
merous Washingtonians who have made their
| winter home here in cosmopolitan Washington
after retiring from business elsewhere, as we'll
as the Astors, Vanderbilts, Blaines, Mortons,
Phelps, and many Others of high social and
political standing who visit Washington from
| time to time.
! The staff of the Normandie is headed bv Mr.
K. Il. Burke. who for many years was chief
clerk of the Riggs House, and previously occu-
pied the same position at the Carrollton
Hotel, Baltimore, one of the most experienced
and most favorably known hotel men in the
| United States. Mr.. Burke is assisted in the
office by Mr.. r. G. Read cashier, formerly of
the Falmouth Hotel, Portland, and the Mount
Kinneo, Moosehead Lake, and Mr.. Ralph
Creyke who, in addition to his urbanity and
ability, is probably the best lnquist among hotel
men, and the diplomatic and foreign guests at
the Normandie are sure of having themselves
pleasantly greeted in their mother tongue.
Mr.. Woodbury. hopes to make his house the
fayorite resort, as heretofore, for the entertain
ment by Washingtonans and visitors who de-
sire to give elaborate or sociable dinners, and
for this he has the most ample facilities, having
handsomely fitted private diningrooms and
table service of the handsomest Royal Worces
ter and Crown Derby.
The hotel is conducted on both the American
and European plans.
Mr.. Woodbury. comes to Washington with
thorough training for his duties as proprietor of
| the Normandie.
He is fully aware of the fact that a hotel of
the Normandie scope and standing requires
'eternal vigilance" and he is sure to anticipate
and provide all its requirements.