St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-07
SAINT PAUL.
AT THE HOTELS.

A NJ. Mueller, of Chicago. was in the
office of the Ryan, yesterday. discussing
the worlds fair situation and giving his
opinion in connection with the facilities
for the entertainment OF guests. 1.-The
people who have not visited the grounds
and the vicinity have no idea OF the Ia
cilitieS furnished for the accommodate
lion of the thousands OF people who will
come from all parts Of the country TO
see the fair. There are hundreds of ho-
tells in the course of construction, and
There will be enough room 10 acc0mm0-
date hundredS of thousands or people
All at the same time. Many associations
and societies have constructed their own
buildings for the use of visiting men,
berS of their orders, and thousands of
men have gone into the hotel business
With the expectation of getting i'm
menSely wealthy out of the patronage
which they shall receive for the brief
lime during which the fair will be held.
There are all kinds of buildings. Some
Of them are durable, but the greater
portion of them have been put up in
very TamShackle manner, Some of them
are built of rough boards with the beds
arranged in the form of hunks along
The sides OF the rooms.
There are some good hotels, how
ever, in which the prices will be but
little above the usual rates. The aver
age rate for accommodation will be
about 8 day for room and extra for
meals. They are almost all of them
built on the European plan, as the
guests will be on the grounds the great
sr part of the daytime and they will get
their meals in the grounds. | think it
viii be the greatest aSsemblage of peO-
pie ever seen in the history of the
| nited States or any other country.
Many of the people from foreign cOun-
lTieS have already arrived. and they are
almost all OF them quartered in the
grounds of the fair. They live in their
native style and retain their manners
and customs. There are thousands of
visitors IN the grounds OF the fair every
lay. and the price of admission Is
already a fair source of revenue for the
directors.
SSssSs
Among the guests at the Windsor
Yesterday was young man who was
evidently unused TO the scenes of the
city. and who seemed very i'll at ease IN
the lobby and the necessary contact
with the people whom he met in the
hotel He spent the greater portion OF
the morning in a chair in one corner OF
pointed to the dinner hour he went up
stairs along with the other guests. On
taking 4 seat at one of the tables, he
was handed bill of fare by one of the
mattresses, who politely took her posi-
ton behind his chair to wait Tor his
order.
He picked up the bill of fare, scanned
ii in nervous manner for an unusually
long period. He seemed bewildered by
the quantity Of dishes mentioned on the
bill. and his face flushed up to the roots
of his hair as the girl asked him what
he would have for dinner. lie turned
the bill over in his hand. looked on the
back of il for minute, and then said:
Il guess I'll have steak"
The waitress was puzzled. She
seemed i'll at ease for a moment, and
then, as she hid very palpable smile,
she asked:
What kind of steak will you have?"
He took the bill up again, looked 1t
over. and then, in careless way, as
though to denote an exceptional non
Chalance, said:
Beef steak"
The girl fled to the cover of the kitch-
en-. and in due time be got his dinner.
sSSSSS
The large man with the silk hat con-
cluded the act OF purchasing postage
stamp OF the man at the news stand in
the Ryan, and placed his hand in his
pocket for the purpose of taking out
sufficient change for remuneration.
There was a rattle on the tiled floor, a
word Of petulance and diSmay from the
respectable-lOOking gentleman, and he
began the work of searching for the
piece of money which he had dropped.
He searched under the chairs, i'm the
vicinity of the spittoonS and under the
settees. Inc people in the lobby noticed
him at his work. and several, with
words Of sympathy, joined in the
search. Some one made the remark
the coin must have been a $40 or a $50
gold piece, and this excited the interest
Of 4 number of others. The clerk, on
duty at the desk, saw that one of the
guests had dropped some money, and
that he was distInguished-lOOkin in
diyidual at that. He tapped the bell,
and the bell boys We're sent over to
assist in the search. They looked and
looked, searched and searched until it
would seem that every inch of the floor
had been gone over with.
Dat must be twenty, anyhow" said
one Of the bell boys as he brOwSed
around among the legs of a chair.
Suddenly member of the legislature,
who had been assisting in the search for
the money, stopped to the floor and
picked up something He held it be-
tween his thumb and fore finger, looked
at ii for a moment while the crowd
gathered around to see the denOmina-
ton of the coin. All the fuss and eX-
element had been caused by One-cent
piece.