Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-14

proportionate to the transient rate or s,Oo
Gay Tor that part of the suite which ne
occupies. but 1t is stated advisedly that
ne eXpends in the ncighborhood of s15D a
day for his rooms
In this suite Mr.. Whitney is completely
isolated from the rest of the hotel, the
suite having a private hall. He has his
meals served in the private dining room
His guests are received in a private draw
ing room furnished as richly as any room
IN a KING palace. No other hotel guest
IN the world lives amid such splendor as
does MIR. Whitney. He is a lavish enter
tainer. frequently having fifteen OF twenty
friends to luncheon and dinner It would
not be surprising if his bills at the hotel
averaged $500 a day while he is there n
maintained throughout the year this would
amount to S13.Op
MI John c. Emo. another multi-milion-
a1re. lives almost as luxuriously at the
Waldorf-Astor.a as Mr.. Whitney, having
occupied for almost two years the private
nan corner suite on the fourth floor, 'front.'
ing on 9th avenue and 3ith street. This
suite has d drawing ROOM dining room
and pantry. bed rooms and bath rooms
for the family and servants: in fact, all
the advantages of a private apartment
combined with those of the hotel. Proba-
ply Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Emo pay the
largest individual hotel bills in the United
States, If not in the world.
stiff Prices.
There are two other hotels in New York
the Albemarle and the Holland House
"hlch, though smaller, charge the same
rates as the Waldorf-Astoria. The price
Tor parlor, two bed rooms and bath run
as nigh as SO and $40 day ordinarily
and often special suites bring even more
500 week not being unheard of at the
ROLAND Inc Savoy has suites which COM
pare iaVorably with the best in price and
magnilcence. Fifty dollars a day Is the
regular charge for the bridal suite but
other rooms are often added. making the
cos5 as high as 500 day. sometimes more,
exclusive of meals. The bail room at the
savoy, which is one of the richest in the
country. rents fer as much as $50 a night
Scores of American mil .ionaires who
could well afford palaces OF their own, have
no homes other than hotels. Many, like
Mr.. NHitney. who own magnificent resi-
oenceS. nave deserted them TO live in hotels
Zen TO AVOID the annoying servant prob
EN- Senator Thomas q. Plat and his
family have ived in the Fifth Avenue Hotel
for years. Tom l.. johnson keeps luxu-
TIous rooms in the Waidorf-Astoria the
year round. ard Stephen b. Eikins lives
there most of The time. Marcus DAILY and
James j. Hill. with their families live a
coed part of each year in the Netherlands.
T4ere are a half dozen or more miliiona re
residents in the Buckingham, while the
Para. Savoy. Breyoort. Abemarle, Ma
JestIc and several other New York hotels
have their quota.
Boston, Washington. Philadelphia, San
Francisco and ether large cities have Their
millionaire hotel residents. In Chicago
there are many.
Some interesting FiEures
A million dol airs is invested in the furn!-
ture of the Waldorf-Astoria. and 400 per-
sons all told are employed at the height of
the season. or an empioye for every CUES.
which is the average in most of the larger
hotels One hundred and thirty men are
employed in the kitchen. and the catering
department as whole employs 100 persons.
On an average over 5000 meals a day are
served, and it is not uncommon thing
for man with four five guests to get a
$40 dinner in any of the dozen or more pub
.ic dining rooms
In the sub-basement are the wine cellars
ana the great cigar humdors. At the
present time S250.UOO worth of wine and
SfS.oO worth of cigars are stored there
and 1t is expected that the permanent stock
I'll reach Sl.tto.OOO n value. The Waldorf
Astorias ball room is one of the sights
N the city. 1t is the most luxurious sngie
motel feature in this country The rental
price. varying with the nature of the enter
tainments is as h.g4l 500 n ght
The daily receipts and expenditures of
his hotel are almost beyond belief. No at
tempt will be made to estimate them but
here are TWO or three items of interest:
Each of the 1.4UO employees receives three
meals day free tmany being allowed
Wine). or 4,2D0 free meals daily. Then there
are the salaries. which in the cooking de-
partment alone range from $4,000 a year
for the chef down to S15 and 800 month
for the less expert cooks During the win