The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-14
NEW YORK A SUMMER RESORT.
No Place on Earth Where You Can
Get Moro Enjoyment.

Get Moro Enjoyment.
That the Greater New YORK is one Of
the greatest summer resorts on earth is
becoming more generally recognized
every year. Those. who go out OF town
| for the season get q change of scene, IT
10 true, but they miss so many OF the joys
and conveniences Of life that II is doubt
full II they are fully compensated. That
| the resident OF the interior city who
| comes to New. York for mis- summer vaca-
tion.fs benefited and frightened by his
visit is not to be doubted, and every sum
| mer shows ansincrease In the number OF
| those who prefer to share the fate OF
| Gotham's stay-at-hones.
New York's resources az summer re-
sort are we'll nigh illimitable. Greater
| New York itself contains some OF the
most famous surf-bathing resorts In the
| world, all within half hours ride OF the
city's heart, while the pleasures OF noun
tain, river and farm are, II not actually
| within it's proposed borders, at least
! within reasonable daily. reach Of the sum-
| mer resident here.
Within the limits of Manhattan Island
there are features that Will dispel every
last unpleasant suggeJtion of the dog
| days. III you are warm in town, you
can quickly run down to the seashore. IL
you choose to stay in town on hot
| steeples.
Tho roof gardens, OF which there will
bo many this year, offer combination OF
cool, altitudjous breezes and artistic en-
tertainment that are calculated to make
one forget any of the personal annoyances
OF the day and give new lease OF life 10
mind and body. Many of the theatres,
the art galleries, Libraries and instlitu-
tions OF culture and refinement know no
season.
For the horsemsn, or bicyclist there are
handsome sanded roads in beautiful
Central Park, broad bou.evards and
avenues that lead to every quarter of tho
| metropolis and afford luxurious summer
method OF city sightseeing, and, most
important to the women VISITORS city
shopping. There was a time when one
was expected to go to Europe to furnish
a fas ionab outfit. That time has gone.
What the New York shops will not
furnish the shop OF Paris or London will
not.
The Windsor Hotel, on Fifth avenue,
occupying an entire block, between
Forty-sixth and Forty seventh streets. is
so.situated that 1t is most attractive
hostelry In summer. Because of its loca-
tion it is probably the coolest house in
the city. There is an.opening from.Fifth
avenue to Madison avenue, which gives 1t
ventilation possessed by no other hotel
Then, again, there is particular satis-
faction In knowing tnat your temporary
home is.fitted up with such special regard
to the laws of hygiene as the advance
nent OF sanitary engineering has made
possible. The name of Leland Is synony-
nous with good hotel keeping, ana
when Warren II. Leland, that veteran
boniface, took possession OF the Windsor,
on May /, ne determined that this long
famous house, like those previously
under his management, should be fully
up to date. Recently there has been ex-
pended 500, 900 in q renovation OF the
plum bing system. Decorations and new
steam and electric lighting plant will cost
}100, 600 more. Many other improvements
for the comfort OF the guests are in pro-
gress. Mr.. Leland, a mem ber of famous
family OF hotel-keepers, Is known TO the
travelling pu blic asa model hos.- AS pro-
prietor OF the Delavan House in Albany,
the Leland House in Chicago, which he
soln to a syndicate just previous to the
Hotel In Newport, and the Chicago Beach
Hotel. he has gained a wide experience,
by which the guests OF the Windsor will
benefit.
The Windsor is fine building, with 500
big, airy, well-ventilated rooms. The
dining-room Is the handsomest. largest
and coolest in New York city. All the
silver, china and glassware is of q special
design. AS an innovation, Mr.. Leland
has introduced music during the dinner
hour, from to 8.p. N. A superior chef
has been installed In charge of the
kitchen, which Is model in its perfect
appointments, and the table Of the Wind
sor will become q feature of the hotel
under the new management.
The Windsor will be conducted on both
the European and American plans. The
| rates will be "a day and upward on the
American plan and Sl,60 per day and up
ward on the European plan, with free
'busses and free transfer of baggage to
and from the Grand Central station.
Within easy..distance of the great city's
| attractions = its theaters, art galleries,
| drives and, not least to the women, it's
| fashiona ble shopping district, 1t would be
almost impossible TO conceive OF a better
| location than that of the Windsor, Ear
! ticularly for the visitors who want to en-
| JOY the many pleasures of city life. The
| Windsor is within block of three great
| transportation lines, the Sixth avenue
| surface and.L roads and the Fourth ave-
| nue. street car line. 1t is but few blocks
| from the Grand Central Station and
| almost in sight OF Central Park, and the
| Fifth avenue stage will carry one there in
| about seven minutes.
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