Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-15

We visited Rockforl. Ill. the other
day. hut when W, left We were more 81.
Rockford 1. charming town. AMI when
she gets her new hotel completed tho
ne,,ssity ~ taking tent when visiting
the place will have been obyiaied. l
have been gla.ldenei the pa, year by
noting. no, only privately but even In
the pres. the fact that American hotels
wcrv improving every day. But Rock
ford has an inn at the present time that
would give the cave dweller- rheuma-
,ism, parcsl. ani cockrusrhes.
How an oil established hotel can drift
away into yuch q state ~ stale, senile
AMI .oaplc-, gloom do not know. IL
/. a. s,d ~ l, Is to so AMI look upon tho
wreck Of a great man whose digestion
has outliyci his thinker.
What can bs saider than a large hotel
In the hands Of a receiver aud cock.
roachi What can cast - bigger gloom
than . dark and forbidding hotel with
the bouquet Of bygOne cabbage IN every
corridor and low orler ~ animal life
sharing ones room. bat refusing 10 share
the cost;
Chicago 1. 80 well provided with eI.
cellen, hotels that places like Aurora
AMI Rockford. within short ride from
the city. are apt 10 suffer was afraid
AZ one time that AurOra might get the
Dcmocra,ic convention, ani ! knew that
the bishop House could not accomino-
date those who would naturally come.
We were there this winter. had .
cupboard there q, twn dollars pr day.
AMI my copartner hal the rotunda
thereof nj the same price. We had to
step into the hall 10 brush our hair. but
there was a radiator In my room that
would have hea,el the Auditorium. II
was one IL those radiators that seems 10
have pulmonary difficulty curing the
iay and then to sit up AMI riyct itself
during the night. We could not get tea
IN the dining nom bccause some people
hal come from neighboring town to
hear our Sraiorio. and that filled the
dining room ~ that we could not get In.
But Aurora will certainly have q hotel
with more RON some day. She u too
good business town to suffer that way
for very long.
Chicago 1. getting ready for the con.
vention. and judge will not lie awake
nights thinking about where she will
nut her guests. Excellent hotels have
b.cn added To the list In the past few
years. and older ones have been refitted
and refurnished throughout and ashes
plac,si ON the sidewalk In front of each
entrance. Refinement IL noticeable ev-
erywhere. The arm II not inserted In
the finger bowl ~ far now. even on the
West Side. ~ Il was five years ago. and
II 4. no uncommon thing 10 see guest,
while removing foreign substances from
the teeth. conceal himself behind his
napkin, as they do In Europe. ] would
no moro think now of throwing . NUT
ton bone under the table, even ON the
West Side. than I would at Mrs. DE
reyster Todd. .Merkins. on West Fifty
seventh street. where am very often a
guest. writing up the dinner In frothy
and debonair manner AMI having the
privilege Of eating what Is left over at
that hour.
Chicago Is no longer making any apol-
ogies. however. She doesn't see'n Ia
have 20. II she can get rid Of her smoke
she need not worry about the future
much. Within ten years ! expect TO sce
some millionaircs In this lake village
who will make the millionaires Of the
present look slim and pale. Tho volume
OF business done here is not fully apprc-
ciate,i. I am sure. by those who have
never crossed the Allcshanies. With
the business ability Of New York. the
enterprise and local pride of San Fran
cisco and the hearty and hospiiable vel
come peculiar TO the south. Chicago ha'
more elements OF success than any other
city which know Of. ASIDE from the
matter Of location and surroundings