The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-07-29
A DELIGHTFUL TRIP
Heat and Temper-Stag Hotels
Are We Becoming
Oriental?
A 26 MILLION DOLLAR JOB.
The Hudson by Daylight-"The
Man in the Mountains
Modern Mansions.


Our train landed its passengers in
the city of Albany on the afternoon
of very hot day. 1t was the be-
ginning of the hot season and also
of fretful humor. Every tunnel that
our train had passed through raised
the temperature of maledictory
language. But the surface of human
nature changes itself as quickly as
circumstances, and Albany station
Strengthened everybody out like the
old-time school teacher used to by
giving 40 unruly youngsters their
liberty at the close of the school day.
| made for the Keeler's Hotel, which
| selected from those advertised in
the city dailies on the>train 1t
proved to be 3all that \could be de-
sired, but was surprised at the
signs "Men only, in conspicuous
places throughout. Upon inquiry,
| learned from commercial travellers
that such hotels were not infrequent,
and all with whom | conversed up
on this, approved of the plan.
This is new phase of our com
posite life to me, aud | gave it some
thought. Why do we need stag
hotels, as | heard these familiarly
called? Is it sign of advancing or
retrograding civilization? Are wo.
men to be turned from public hotels
to retaliate for letting them into
state universities? Or, are travel
ing women afraid of travelling men?
What significant question. Is the
Occident returning to the Orient,
where the women of China are never
seen in public highways? Or is our
drift still more Occidental, SO that
the present man is putting up Il
barricade against the advancing
"new woman?' One travelling man
said TO ne with significant emphasis
of features: You know you re safe
if yon 80 there, = and otherwise the
man aid not seem beast. either.
All this perplexed me, and | think |
must travel more yet before offering
II solution of this problem. But in
the present stage OF my immature
travels | have it to say that stag
hotels are not specially attractive to
me, and that | desire to feel no safer
than | always have at the hotels |
have found.
After good supper on the Euro
pean plan, (by which scheme, accord
ing to Partnegtonian philosophy,
Europe will yet get all the surplus
wealth of AmericW / sought the
state capitol building-the 26
million dollar JOB. The APP
proach to this is imposing in
its fine extensions. The very steps
speak of empire. Rhode Island
could give a reception to Connect
cut in their ample landings. Yet
all this is required to prepare one
for the magnitude of architecture
within. The grandeur of the system
of arches and pillars composing IL
four-fold stairway of marble wind
ing upward through the rotunda,
commands admiring study.
took stand midway toward the
top, on one of the landings, and
tried to comprehend the three levels
of each floor multiplied by all the
floors and again by all four flights
and all their pillars and arches, and
though saw through and among all
these could not reduce the marble
maze to order. And this magnificent
array excited yet further wonder bv
the splendor of each individual arch
or pillar or step. For once in my
life | had enough of architecture
However, this rotunda is but an in
dex to the great halls, chambers.
corridors, courts and offices of this
building. -Four summers ago
spent whole day wandering
through the caverns of Mammoth
Cave, Kentucky. | took the
long tour, which is said to cover
19 miles of underground travel How
dreadfully one could be lost in those
interminable and end ess passages.
The Albany capitol affords the
nearest possibility of getting dread
fullylost of any of the works of man
that had seen up to that day. In
many ways, but not in most, it trans
cends in august aspects our national
capitol at Washington. The hall of
Representatives and senate chamber
are in keeping with the rest.
/ use this space to describe this
building, because the rest of Albany
was not specially interesting to me
from other progressive and up-to-
date cities. @
The morrow held for me day of
the few specially longed for views
that have reason ever to hope of
seeing-"The Hudson by Daylight. T"
The good ship New York was to sail
at $3.50 a. m. / was on hand one
hour before time, and spent the hour
profitably in looking over the splen-
did st ,amer She is 34l by "a feet
over AL, carries 1850 tons driven by