The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-13
CHEAP LIVING AT MILLS HOTEL.
Comfort ut 20 Cents a Day at New
YorI<'s Newest Home

CHEAP LIVING AT MILLS HOTEL.
Comfort ut 20 Cents a Day at New
York's Newest Home.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1O.-The World says:
A bath and an elevator, steam heat and
and curled hair mattress, g. sitting room
and a library-what more could a man ask
for 20 cents night?
So it was that, when, Mills Hotel No l. in
Blocker street, between Thompson and Sui
Ivan, was opened for the reception OF guests
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, fifty men
to be the first to register. 1t was no array
of lodging house types. They were clean,
| tidily- dressed men-you4ng, clerks, statesmen,
mechanics, young fellows Working their way
through college or professional school
I'D. C. Winterton, Chicago" was the first
! entry on the book, after a good-natured
struggle for the first place. Mr. Winterton
grinned when he took the keys to room No.
1OS and was ushered up the great marble
staircase to the elevator. HE found as did
every other guest. small army of uni
formed attendants + CLERKS hia 99rters' walters,
By noon there were 200 rooms taken At
night came another rush and fully 500 men
slept in the hotel last night, and there were
1000 rooms to spare
1--WE expect to rent every one of them"
said General Manager John L. Thomas.
No man, however luxurious his surround
ings may have been. could find fault with
plenty OF hotels In New York accredited as
first-class that provide less for the guests
though their charges may be ten times as
much.
In the first place the great building ten
stories high, is absolutely Hreproof Steel
brick and cement are the only materials used
wood being called for only in the trimmings
The entrance is from Blocker street, one
block west of the Sixth avenue IL" station.
spacious, brilliantly lighted foyer. all in
white marble, greets the guests. There are
white enamel and flooded with electricity.
take up the center of the east and west
wings. Every room faces either on the street
one of these courts.
The ground floor of eacn court is furnished
with oak chairs and tables, where the guests
may read, lounge, or smoke. To the right
and left of the foyer the elevators
equipped with every appliance for safety
BIT the glory of the hotel is it's sitting
room and library. This is a huge ROOM a
block long, running the entire length of the
hotels front There guests may spend their
leisure. Papers and magazines are provided;
there are tables for all sorts of games and the
games to go with them. Cards are allowed
so long as there is no gambling. Great pots
of palms and other greenery round &C the
room very effectively. and it's tiled floor lends
the needed touch that tells of spotless cleanli-
ness.
The basement is the revelation. First comes
the restaurant. where a man can have a
good meal. we'll cooked and neatly served
for 10 cents. Mondays bill of fare was as
MONDAY, NOV. 1, 1897.
Soup, meat vegetables. dessert, and cof-
fee or tea .15c
Soups
Vegetable 80. 80. ...... ................. &c
Split pea ........... Observation-Disclosures. sc
ROaSts-
Pot roast Of beef ....... ..I..............10 c
Corned beef and cabbage ...............1 Oc
Lamb stew and green peas ................10 loo
Vegetables
Potatoes boiled or mashed .................. &c
Green peas .............. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. &C
Bread pudding .......... ,................... sc
Rlce puddlng .-......-...... ............... &c
Cabinet pudding ........ Observation-Disclosures. &c
Stewed prunes .......... ..................... &c
Tea, coffee milk NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5c
Extras
Prime ribs of beef ........................15 c
Chicken fricassee acknowledgements. .15c
Further along are the lavatories, with ex-
posed plumbing, hot and cold water, mir
free. The bathrooms provide the same lux
uries il. the shape Of hot and cold showers,
all at the bidding of the guest. There is also
room where a tired and footsore workman,
or any one else. for that matter can have a
footbath. 1t is free everything else.
Mills Hotel No. / has two laundries. In
one the guests can have their linen washed
for almost nominal charge. In the other
latest pattern, and with all the new-fangIed
nery-driers, scourers and the rest
right at hand. -.....
'.This will be blessing to many a poor
man who has preserved his self-respect," said
Mr.. Thomas.
Many n similar institution has failed be-
cause of the rules and restrictions with which
inmates have been hedged. But there are
fewer rules for the guests of Mills Hotel No
than you'll find tackled up on the door of any
first-class hotel in town. Here are those that
have not been touched upon
The attendants instructed to give
prompt and courteous response to all calls
upon them All complaints should be made to
the managers office. Please pay nothing to
any of the attendants. Bedrooms are open
to regular guests at all hours except from $3.50
a. m. to D p. M, when all must be vacated
for necessary cleaning.
Room keys must not be taken from the
hotel
Transient dodgers will be admitted to bed
rooms at any time after p. m.
Smoking will not be allowed in bedrooms
or corridors.
No intoxicating liquors nor intoxicated per-
sons allowed on the premises.
The lights in courts will be turned out at IL
p. m, and all the public rooms will be closed
at Il D. m. The elevators will cease running
at II 80 p. m. The guests will be admitted at
all hours Of the day and night.
Baths are free on application to the at
tendant In charge.
Every effort will be made to protect prop
erty, but the management will not be re-
sponsible for any property belonging to the
guests unless deposited at the managers
office, and receipts given therefor. Individual
lockers are provided on application and trunks
any parcels may be checked at the trunk
room.-New York World