New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-23
HOMES IN THE NEW HOTELS
HOW MANY WANTS ARE SATISFACTION
RILY NET. :.

HOW MANY WANTS ARE SATISFACTION
RILY NET.
THE CARES OF HOUSEKEEPING WHICH THE WIFI
sCAPEs-coMPLETENEss OF APPOINT
MENTs IN THE EXPENSIVE
sUITEs-THE QUESTION
OF COST.
The rapid disappearance of the older NewYorx
hotels and the growth and development Of what u
known as the modern hotel present a new SOCIAL
problem and at the same time solve an old one.
Recently on the woman's pages OF newspapers ana
in magazines devoted to the interests Of women. Q
number of articles have found publication bewailing
the fact that the women of the present age lacked
the home instincts and the maternal attributes OF
their grandmothers. The writers have cited with
regret that the women of the present upon marry.
ing, preferred to move into hotel or boarding.
house and avoid the cares and worries OF private
household. II was further argued that this robbed
of his home life made him callous. and
botted out instincts which could be nurtured only
by home surroundings and the close communion
with the members Of his family. This Is q
problem that has confronted students Of social life
In the old days. when the better grade Of hotels
in New-York such houses the old Revere
House. the st. Nicholas the st. Charles the Inter-
national, French's Hotel and others. tho induce
ments for family 10 make hotel It's homo were
not exceptionally good. With the disappearance OF
these houses. however. AMI the growth Of such
houses the Savoy, the Waldorf the Holland. the
Plaza the Netherland. the Brunswick, the Majestic,
the Marie Antoinette and Others all Of which are
models Of architectural beauty and interior COM
fort the attractions of hotel life became stronger.
The march Of trade uptown has made many re.
mOvas from old homes necessary. Fffth-ave. near
ly to Central Park Is chiefly given trade and
so are several cross streets which were once lined
with residences. Washington Square retains some
OF It's old features but these have longer a Ger
tain foothold.
When removal Is necessary. the new hotels appeal
to the family In search Of a home. Perhaps the
first objection raised against living In hotel would
be the expense and the second the lack Of seclusion
These are however. met In part at least by argu-
ments the other side. In building the
houses. the proprietors have studiously tried to
make them attractive for permanent guests as
possible. They have counted upon these patrons
for the best part OF their trade. and II is wonderful
the number of families that have taken living In
hotels In preference to having esta Adjustments Of
their
INCONVENIENCES AVOIDED.
To who has conducted large house. paid rent,
repairs. taxes, hire OF and the thousand
and one other expenses. the cost is well known.
Then the expense Of hotel does not seem
nous in comparison. You find upon inquring at
one of the modern hotels that the management has
anticipated your every wish as far as possible. In
the first place. there Is the suite OF rooms These
suites OF all sizes and prices, ranging from two
rooms 10 ten or more; the prices are from IS day
up In OF the large suites you find that you
are not even connected with the main Railways OF
the hotel A small door gives you entrance into
your private hallway and all rooms open from this
Then there the alcove bedrooms. the private
baths the buffers pantry, the servants sleeping
rooms the parlor. with It's piano and and costly
pictures; the private d!ning-room. the children's
playroom and every other feature OF a we-ordered
home even TO the library aid sttlng-room. The
button brings the attendance OF hail boys, por-
ters walters, maids and any servants that you may
not have The rooms will be changed In furniture to
suit you. and you may have any Of your own furni-
ture that you wish. 1t is not imperative that you
dine in the main dning-room. A dumb-waiter leads
directly from every suite TO the kitchen. You can
| have your waiter in your rooms order what
| you in the way Of special dishes and have
| them served at any hour. place In the wine
| room will be reserved for any wines that you may
be fond Of and the slight corkage charge is not q
| burden. You may have your own coachman, horses
se notbnk in the way Of detail that the enterprise
| ing managers have overlooked
INDIVIDUALITY OF THE ROOMS
| The trouble with servants. repair OF furniture
cleaning and buying and the hundreds OF details OF
the household are all assumed by the hotel man
agement and your greatest trouble seems to lie In
the touching OF button This at any rate Is what
the MANAGEMENT OF the different houses say for
their hotels Thousands upon thousands Of dollars
are spent yearly by each of the big houses In per
fectng details in the house and adding things that
are not really necessaries. but the daintiest Of
luxries Pictures tapestry, rugs, bric-a-brac and
everything else conceivable In the way OF ornament
are added to make the rooms attractive. The hotel
proprietors unlike those OF OF years ago, do
not allow the plnellng ana iresco work 10 De done
c6unirv and in Europe are retained for this work
The pictures tina; grace the parlors and cafes would
try and other furnishings are OF the richest and
most sumptuous kind 49,
house may wish to give dinner 10 a number OK
friends and that the suite is not adequate for THIS
that every well-reguated hotel of modern stamp
has amons It, Sp4rsns dt fa SEATING sny
Where from six to TWO hundred persons. These
suites without trouble and in case of such dinner
party the guest has simply 10 tell what he wishes
by the management and all the trouble CT super
vision, the buying. The employ ment OF extra walters
The proprietor Of one Of the large hotels facing
Central Park speaking recently OF Of the savantases
III ever build a hotel again It will be upon differ
n lines 9m my too ss suites used 9
old saying that IN the transients lay the manage
mn mine Take the downtown houses along Broadway.
and they have little use for suites Take the houses
have little use for single rooms. have limited
number OF suites in my house and ever since II has
been opened those suites have been occupied by
families A man does not want suite all TO him
self: frequently you will find woman, however,
who does But IN the main il is families. While all
my suites are occupied have a dozen families liv
Ing in the house. divided among separate rooms.
waiting until they can get suite
MEALS AT ANY HOUR.
The hotels are preferred to apartment-houses By
many for the reason that the hotel service elimi-
mates much OF the trouble OF the other. Every big
hotel has It's carriage service. with all kinds OF
conveyances at the door. II you live in an apart
ment- house 1t is necessary - send out for cab q
II YOU want meal after the theatre II 10 ready az
the hotel while In ones own home all the difficulty
OF preparation must be gone through;
Life In hotels is also agreeable TO the rap,u young
men Of the day A sympathetic night clerk pay
the cabman's bills and stalwart porter pun nim
TO bed when he is unable to care for himsell. Al
this is done with mechanical regularity ana an az
soiute freedom from scandal that are imposssoe -
n sho