The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-18

lishment in the matter of its Turkish
baths.
When the Windsor was first erected,
it was eclared by many business men
to be one Of the most absurd locations
for a hotsi in the city. But time has
disproved the ridiCule, as is demon
strated today, by the close proximity
Of the new Delmonico's. ShsrTy'S, the
buckingham. the Grand Central sta
ton. the principal street car and stage
lines. the theatres and large depart
ment stores.
Il was one Of the high-class hotels
Of the city, comfortable beyond crit!-
cIsm. It was one OF the coolest houses
IN the city in the summer season, with
an opening from Fifth to Madison ave
nue., giving II ventilation possessed by
no other hotel in New York. It's new
proprietor, Mr.. Leland, had expended
hes $780, 600 in q renovation Of the
pIumolng system, and like amount in
decorations and other improvements 1t
was htted out with every possible re-
gard for the laws Of hygiene that mod
ern sanitary engineering has put with
IN the range of human ability.
me Motel contained over 500 rooms
ana us dining room was one Of the
nanasomest and largest in the city
All the silver china and glassware was
OF special design. Its high class con-
certs during the dinner hour gave the
place high repute and the chef was
one always who Yields in ability to no
other in the country
The Windsor was immensely popular
with distinguished men and women al
nome and abroad. It was regularly pa
tronlzed by President Mckinley and
the highest officials of the L S army
and navy. 1t was the stopping place
OF people Of wealth and refinement
from all parts of this country and Eu-
rope
Prominent among the patrons Of the
motel were President Mckinley. Hon.
L. j. Gage, secretary of the treasury;
General Wesley Merritt, General Jo-
seph Wheeler General Corbin. Surgeon
General Mckee, Paymaster Stanton OF
the L. ). A, Commodore Kane Pay
master Boggs, Medical Director
Rhoades, of the United States navy:
Hon. Levi ?. Morton, ex-Vice president
of the United States: Elk Governor and
Mrs. Roswell P. Flower, Mrs George
Pullman, John W. Mackay, Miss He. en-
Gould, DR.. Stephen Mackenzie, Mrs
Leland Stanford, Rev. and Mrs. T. De-
Witt Talmage, Mrs. T. 4. Havemeyer.
Sir Edward Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. ].
DreXeI, 2. II. Armour, Miss Jane Flood
Gen. and Mrs. J. 3. Frisbie, President
Burt, Of the Union Pacific railroad;
President H. Hill, of the Great North
ern; President Fink, of the Norfolk &
Western; General Manager Pugh, of
the Pennsylvania; Vice President Car
rett, Of the Lehigh Valley; President
Leonard, of the Peoria & Western:
Countess Telfner and daughters; Pres
ident Schurman Of Cornell; Prof f. La
Rose of Harvard; Governor Atkinson
Of Virginia. Lord and Lady Mountroy-
al of Canada; Vice President Wicks OF
the Pullman Company. Some of the
greatest stars of the musical world
came to the Windsor, Adeliua Patti,
Christine Nilsson Remenyi and Rich.
ard Hoffman and others.
The Windsor was one of the last. If
not the last, that had made q national
reputation for its American plan serv-
Ice, and while intellectually the
hotel was a triumph, YET much Of the
interior woodwork Of the old DAYS had
been allowed to remain in the remod-
cling carried out by Mr.. Leland. and
it may be due to that more than TO any
other cause that the confederation Of
yesterday came about
But old traditions and associations
made the hotel popular one with
Chicago and New England people es-
2ecially. Mr.. Leland, a member Of q
famous family Of hotel keepers. had
the reputation everywhere Of a model
most. As a former proprietor of the
DeIaYan House in Albany, the Leland
house in Chicago, the Ocean Hotel in
Newport and the Chicago Beach Hotel
ne mad gained a wide experience. and
ne guests Of the Windsor always pro
fitted by it,