The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-03-20
FROM TIE NJ ZINES
LIVING IN HOTELS.
II Costs High. but You Get Much For
Your Money.

Perhaps 1t never occurred to you that
tho charges at IL first class hotel arc exceed
,nolv low Very possibly, on the other
hand. it has struck you that they were
high. And SO they are when viewed ;s'oso-
luteIv in dollars and cents at the foot Of
the bill But If you stop to calculate it
practically you may reasonably leave off
wondering ut the largcness of the price to
marvel at Its snallness.
By this is meant that viewed ns n bust
ness transaction you get a very great deal
In return for the money invested Perhaps
YOU do not want some of the things you
nat-and pay for-but that is not the
point.
In the first place. you are given IL home,
luxuriOusly and more or less beautifully
md extensively furnished at least, In the
most fashionable or else the most central
portion OF the city, or, if at Il mountain re-
sort or watering place, on the most advan-
taQeous stein other words, where real
estate Is highest. You are given every COM
fort and convenience you could have
thought of, and Il number that you could
not, from the means of telephoning while
seated in your private room to friends
1000 miles away to spring lamb raised
under glass and Turkish coffee made by Il
real Turk in costume You have the finest
cooks in tho world to cook the finest deli
cacies from the best markets in the world
and q different cook for nearly every diff
ferent delicacy too. You have servants at
every few feet to open doors and hang up
your hat and take you up stairs and to
perform the numerous other functions al
ready mentioned. In short, you live on a
scale of ease and magnifcence ut the mod
ern hotel at from IS to $40 day that
would cost in private life few of us have
any idea how many times more than that,
and IL involves no further anxiety or effort
than the raising of the hand to touch d
bell or the ordering Of dinner from II rath-
e. long list OF things that sound good
From "a Great HOTEL by Jesse Lynch
/ Williams, In February Scribner's.
what rs occurring or what VIII occur Co
the metallic portions of the many tall
buildings that are in process of erection at
the present time, under great dissimilnrity
as regards temperature, humidity and other
climatic conditions, but of one character
igtic HRmeness-viz, being scaled In solid
masonry Or other coverings beyond the
ken OF Inspection? Probably no engineer
Ing question today is entitled to more Sc
rtous consideration than this one. In dis
oNASeIiS ~ rcCSnIly DeIOFc VIC AIncIlCstii
Society Of Mechanical Engineers Mr.. NJ.
+. Wood maintained that, while inspection
Of some of the buildings now in progress,
as we'll as some of those lately erected, re-
veals possibly a slight improvement in the
means Of preservation adopted over those
apparent short time ago, yet the i'm
prOvement Is hollow mockery and will
bear fruit for repentance before many
years have passed. These structures, though
more carefully painted than those erected
before, with more and heavier coatings OF
some kind Of stuff called paint, do not ap
pear In single case to have received any
attention Or consideration as to the condi
uon OF the metallic surfaces before apply
ing the protective coating beyond Il posi-
Ole sweep with ~ dirty broom to get rid O
the rough dirt from the workshop yard
and possible wipe with n piece of ole
sacking to remove the grease due to ma
Ginning processes.
There has been nothing like Il washing
0own OF the parts with soda ash or I've wa
Ter to remove the grease and then picking
with weak acid to remove the mill scale
ana subsequent washing with lime wa
Ter to neutralize the acid bath, warmin;