The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05

the two minutes OF by refusing IT, get out AZ all
| until u he'd begun to GO down. - -.
| At Vienna there was cDntnNence NAV was
really clever In plain sight Of every intending
guest who might be in the Office was Witr cage
| IT, A cable, reaching from the top Of It, disap.
pcarcd in the dark shaft To inquiries rs iu
whether the LIT WAS in order the auirnhuSc rrrly
was given. Yet that elevator never novel here
were guests who declared that II never had moved
that II was merely scenic go
From the simple honesty II The lyrulcnn Nlps
better things were anticipated The hotel at
Innsbruck had an elevator. There were hNNeF
tisemcns Of that fact in German. French llGlinn
for II really lifted reasonable number 81 people
But its CELEBRITY could be lkCncl only 10 that 81 n
In this lack ~ speed. however When y0u ride
and your friend walks you can siill c"nver'r al The
way up. The writer has tested the possibility u
Lucerne is the haunt 81 all tourists No hotel
along the quay Is without an elevator Yet the
competition has not secured perfection, a. We
Judge elevators at home ~ the h9lcl where We
writer stayed which was the D'Nnglctcrrc, n
guest is put in the car much ns In Munich. Rut
the continuance ~ not automatic. " needs boy
10 run IT, and II IL not considered etiquette for the
boy TO ride with the passenger. So when he has
put you in. shut the door and started the machn
cry, he runs up the stairs Fortunately. these
circle the well, NO thai YOU can scc Just where your
hope OF escape IS The car does not move very
rapidly, but as II goes in a direct line while the
stairs make q wide curve 1t is necessary for the
brcathless lad 10 run os fast as he can in order
and check the rise Of the elevator On one occn-
sion the anSiously watching passenger IN w him
stumble sna BE For moment ,hs LAD slipping hack
though tho bow would never BE- able 10 ovcrtakc
the car and the passenger wns prepared a. bump
the roof. Hut happily the boy did recover him.
self. and with a burst of speed ina, elected the
uneSpecled tip. hc caught and stopped the terrified
passengers
There was an idea That along tic Riviera Gle.
vators nigh, he civilized That Is INC land ~
OLD people Of invalidsa and Of thcrich WHY should
A. the Hotel de l'Europc ct dc la PaiN" in san
Reno there IL small car running in an enclosed
sh M. 10 reach ,hs car one must pas through
locked before one enters the car Tho travellers
room was on the frs, floor, and previous expert.
cncc would have suggested the Wisdom Of walk
ing up hut once he was tired and the car was
ready 70 start. 80 he entered 10 snvc energy and
time rose at velocity quito surprising In
the conductor could check the Night that floor
had been left dozen feet below. Then the car
stood still Efforts 10 lower II were futile: morally
weak attempts To yield To its recent obstinacy
ana rise further were no NOR cfrcctual II was
stuck between the floors. There came period
o. siraining and Juggling, and then the car sud.
denly bounded up and ran 10 the top Of the build.
ing without stop ~ the top flor. The conduc-
TOR looked around with very tired snii". Il
think you'd better get out and walk down" he
SAID. lie did moi put the blame on the elevator.
ne took y al TO himself but tn" last seen ~ him
,hat day, MIS- advice having been readily followed
ne was stuck between floors on his downward
trip.
!" IN MOnlr NarlO tfere was small
elevator, which no more than crawlcd when
repairs wcte made in the street as happened
on one day. the elevator had 10 stop In Cannes,
also, the elevator was peculiar Ii was made III
iron and glass unrOofcd. and the well was not
enclosed excerpt for small gates at each floor
Under the car like pillar OF which IL was n orna
mental capital, was steel shaft that ran straight
into the ground. The hole for II he'd thrrri ,re
10 equal In depth the height ~ the building and
that was -four stories and half The car when
empty was always at the ground floor and when
one wanted " at higher story on" pushed but
ton, not at the well, but on the wall across III.
corridor, ten iect or more away. This button
was TO he pressed az many times as the mum her
OF tho floor ON which one stood. and each pressure
blew a sin ii horn which sounded throughout
he building. The porter who was stationed
below stairs, Immediately ran up 10 Tho ground
floor TO act as conductor II two persons entered
the elevator there, they had TO enter it alone and
take the frs, stage Of their journey unattended.
For the entrance 10 the car at that landing was
al an opposite side than at any other floor. and
as the car was too small 10 allow the conductor
10 pass two passengers he had tu go by stairs
10 The trst iioOr and take the elevator there in or
der 10 be on the business" side uf it,
~ the Grand Hotel in Turin there was a sign
which said, and the declaration was cmpha.
sized by It's repetition in French The Use ui the
Lit Tor the decent IN restricted to inNalids" At
Paris firsi formal ca was iO be- made one night
on people who lived in a fashionable apartment
house on ono Of the SWEETEST avenues The
concicrgefic, who answered the bell. pointed
the way TO tho elevator, inviting the guests to
take IT, But they found no one in change o. IT,
and, afraid. after their full experience TO at,cmp.
10 manage II themselves they walked the long
flights OF stairs 10 the top.