The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
THE AUTOMOBILE INN
1T WILL RE KEPT LIKE AN ON
FASHIONED COUNTRY HOsTELRY.

A Woman Who Expects to Omen q,
Model HOrseIess Carriage Inn Nev.
summer Explains What She Re-
Iieves Is Needed-Just How She
Plans to Meet the Demand-A New
AID Promising Employment for
Housekeepers.
New York, Sept l5.-s'The autoroo;-,
has opened a new field for women who
have their own livings TO earn. obsery.d
woman the other day VINO proposes TO be-.
come the proprietor and manager OF a new
old-fashioned country inn "People ars
just beginning TO appreciate the many sd-
vantages of this novel means of travels
she observed, and by next season 1 Ia.
lieve it win not only have taken the pl5c,
of horses, but for short pleasure trips nlusg
rival the palace and observation cars.
Don't imagine refer to our becoming
motormen as a profession. I mean that
automobiles will so increase the travel over
country roads that there is bound to be
demand for well kept public houses. Inns
after the manner of those famous in the
days of the stage coach and which are
occasionally run across in England today.
It is as keepers of these inns that women
viii find a new means of earning their liv-
ing and it is just such a position as Will
appeal TO the old-fashioned, womanly uo-
man. The one who looks wei after her
house keeps a good table, attends to aer
chickens and her cows and maybe faltens
her own roasting piss. The place 1 have
taken is on a mountain road, a good days
run from l., and has quite nice IJls
farm attached. am having the enu.s
place put in order and the house which,
though comparatively new, is old-fashion-
ed looking. remodeled after the type Of the
Blue Dragon, the Peacock and other fam
Gus obstetrics where l have stopped in
Great Britain, Ii is a large house and n
most entirely oveTrun by Virginia creeper,
and while the windows are both broad and
tall the sashes have those diamond leadat
panes we all admire. Then, 100, there are
several tal3 chimneys and a number of
Deeks and gables to the roof, SO you see
/ really had a good foundation 10 beg u
with as far as appearances were concerned.
THE interior 1 am having changed no
walls and ceilings are all modelled on old
time methods and so is the furn.tui7. he
beds are d Oh teassered affairs with deep
vafances Of white dimi'y, and Tie presses
and chests of drawers an have that clcally
delightful odor wh'cl only a bunch Of toso-
mary and other such sweet smelling nerD1
can give.
land by the way, perhaps I had best
tell YOU now before l forget it, In the
kitchen garden I have planted sooi SUP
ply Of herbs for iusT sucl purposes and
also secured several bG she's Of that cd
fashioned sweet rose from when our
grandmothers distilled their rose water
and used the petals TO scatter among Jhelr
laces and fire linen. But uly gardner l'i5
me they viii not srow in ths climate. DO
YOU know anything aoout a em2' H're
the future innkeepar looked nn%l9uslV at
the writer and recognizing a reply N tho
negative heaved a sigh Of regret and con-
inued.
1.-THE public rooms win be even more Ike
those of the English ,nns than my bed
chambers-for 10 Le.l the lrutA, whEe fol
lowing foreign models in appearance 7
have made those chambers thoroughly
modern as far as COnytnu'1 cs are '>h-
cerned The floors Of he public rooms WI
be sanded and some of tnem at ieast
strewn with fresh PUSHES every week
There will not be a yard OF carpet IN
tbe house and the guests may have feather
beds whenever they prefer them-the timex
downv kind that our grandparents con-
sidered SO comfortable. The water WORKS
will only be in evidence in the bath rooms
and these, though numerous are not %
conspicuous as to give their surrouHolHeS
an homogeneous appearance.
"Of course, am TO have open fre-piaces
big. old-fashioned ones, in every room ID
the house, and in each Of the Wlde mans.
They will constitute one of the chlel
charms of the place and as wood IS pom
plentiful and cheap you may be sure theI4
will always be roaring fires OF DIG OBS
when the weather demands it.
INV glass and china is plain, and Wnere
1 could not secure pewter l took nea'y
Old-time plate engraved with the arms "
my inn; an inn always hos arms you
know The kitchen is both old and new:
1t has all modern conveniences as wen
as a huge fire place, a roasting spit anu
a Dutch oven.
ION the farm and in the gardens shaA
raise all the vegetables, melons ana liu's
used at the inn. l take great pride IN my
poultry and cows and assure you ha'e
spared neither trouble nor expense nltlus
up my lighthouses and dairy. The lauer
/ am sure will interest you. Ii % pun 0.
rough stone and has a stream OF Wa,eL
running through it. Not well water
pumped up and sent through pipes pu.
a clear mountain brook, over pepoy
bed that babbles as it flows and uust
| viii always keep my dairy malu III Sa
amlable mood, as well as preserve '"s
| butter and milk a low tempelatuie
"You ask why such inns have not oeeI
thought Of before. The people who traNI
In horseless carriages viii belong 70
well-to-do class, both willing and ape 10
pay for such comforts when making ll'.'
through the country in their own ma
chimes, for business or pleasure. lH'S
viii be about the same class as tloso
who, in days gone by, journeyed by stage
coach, while not the very wealthiest pei
haps they will be able to appreciate a.D i
pay for the inequalities of such counus
hostelres. II is a new field for WOMB
workers and l believe one they VIII sIaU
ly welcome.
co11oo n.aainn- nrn common enough