The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15

the wealthiest men Of the country.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew is the
president In the new portion of the
Manhattan twenty-five rooms will be
devoted to this social organization
Unusual provision is made for women
guests, there being a ladies' private
dinlng room. Several other clubs are
housed in New York hotels.
Southern and Western Hotels.
The fame of the great Florida hotels,
notlceably the Ponce de Leon and Cor
dova, in st. Augustine, and the Royal
Polncfana at Palm Beach, is world
Wide. In the entire south, however,
there is no more magnificent caravan
Sary than the new St Charles, in New
! orleans. What the Waldorf Astoria is
to the world, the st. Charles is to the
south. Owing to the peculiar climatic
advantages of New Orleans the build
! erS were able to provide luxuries which
are impossible farther north.
Inc st. Charles building, with site.
cost Sl,609. 600, and its furniture cost
more than 100000. It's highest regu-
lar rate is So a day for corner suite
accommodating two persons, consisting
OF private Tarlor, bedroom and bath.
PROVISION is made. however, for fur
nlsnlng larger suites at proportionate-
~ higher rates. a great open air
promenade filled with tropical plants
and shrubbery, occupying the space
between the wings of the building on
the second floor with entrances from
the halls and dining room, affords a
dellghtful lounging place in sunshine
or shade. This is the show place of
New Orleans.
travelling westward to California the
luxury loving American comes event
"a Il Il Al -
onado beach. 1t claims the distinction
OF being the largest resort hotel in the
world. 1t covers four and a half acres.
mover feature is court in the. center
Vi the building the size of an ordinary
CITY square, in which is revealed the
moral richness of a tropical garden.
from giant palms down to the rarest
pants The ball room contains IL goo
square 1eet. The dining room is thir-
y-three feet high, without pillar or
post to mar its beauty. There are $50
rooms ana fifty-six of them are sitting
rooms. the huge tanks for hot and
cold sea water bathing inside the hotel
are great feature
Going north along the Pacific coas,
the rich American finds the next monu
ment to his liberal patronage in the
Sl,OOO.OOO Hotel Portland, in Portland
Ore. Coming back over the continent
ne VIII lind surprising luxury in the
aotel Phster, Milwaukee, which cost
81, 60O, GEO. This house and the Planters
notel, ST. Louis, and the Auditorium.
Chicago, stand for all that is luxurious
IN the middle west. A feature of thu
fnSter is the dining facilities. The
"hole OF the seventh floor, with the ex-
ceptlon of the ladies' waiting room and
billiard room, is taken up by the main
aiming room, a banquet hall and three
private dining rooms Gorgeous dining
rooms seem to be growing features in 4
the middle. west. In the new Grand Pa
CHIC, chicago, the second floor is en-
tirely devoted to series of small dining
rooms, each enthusiastically decorat-
ed TO represent some European country
Or period in history.
In Philadelphia the seeker after luz
dry may find all he wants in the Wal 4
Ton, which is peculiarly adapted to the
of those who can 3ffOrd
10 live regardless of expense from the
TACT that entire floors can be made into
suites completely isolated from the rest
Oh the hotel. This has been done on
several occasions and noteworthy dur
ng the stay of Ii Hung Chang in the
City of Brotherly Love. The rental
price of suites like those which
nave been occupied by President
Mckinley and President Diaz of Mex
co is $500 a day.
In Washington, the capital city. there
S most luxury, perhaps, in the Airing.
ION. the hotel which proudly boasts of
having entertained every guest of hon.
'r to the United States and every pOten-
ate from foreign lands for thirty years.
ms motel has the most perfect ar
'angement of banquet hall, connecting
1arlors. receiving and coat rooms in
lie country. Three hundred people can
De properly dined at one table. In this
great hall have been given some of tho
'ountry's most costly and famous din
lers, including that of Secretary G>esh-
I'm to the diplomatic corps, and Score
airy of State Blaine's dinner and re-
'eptlOn TO the Pan American congress.
Inc Hotel Touraine of Boston is the
most notable manifestation of New
england luxury. Everything about this
lOuSe Is Snnarh A ,1rnin,1a foa t---.o.