Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

provide for hts comfortable and cosy
entertainment
one OF the great influences that II
making to the betterment OF the
American country hotel Is the force Of
example. The fame and popularity OF
q really good country hotel spreads so
fast and IS talked OF 50 constantly
and heartily by the commercial tray
eler that others. seeing their good
works, are moved to follow them.
The commercial men of Georgia can
never estimate the debt they owe to
the pioneer excellence OF the Nelms
house at Griffin. That fine old house,
keeper has set model which has
reached the Judgment and the emula-
ton of other towns in Georgia, and rs
ieaVen has Ieavened the bread OF many
an inferior Inn with the spirit Of im-
provement. she deserves monu-
ment.
one OF the earliest and the very best
OF the improved interior hotels Of the
country Is kept at Athens, Ohto-by
neRrol 1t is the only hotel IN the town
and from threshold to ceiling 1t is
model Of snowy neatness, excellent
cooking, admirable service and polite
attention. felt some hesitation at hrst
in going there in the wake OF the
travelling men whose grips always
w.
delight. IT Is the model Interior hotel
of the middle states.
It had one incident OF refined consld-
GRAFTON for the comfort Of guests
which had never seen before, and
which has since been adopted in larger
hotels In addition to the ornamental
bottles OF bay4rum and Florida water
furnished free for the toilet, there was
on every dresser a cushion, wherein
were two needles--threaded, mark
you-the one with white, the other
with black thread. and an assortment
Of buttons such as a travelling gentle-
man might need I'm the emergency OF
an accident to his clothing. Now, no
man ever threaded needle with piety
preserved, and this small eonsidera-
tion created a sensation
/ noticed the other day in Chicago
that the Auditorium and the Great
Northern had adopted the innovation
at this late day. They have added TO
the enliipmert also a brace OF safety
pins. but this last is base and trtcu-
lent bid of the city hotels for the baby
trade, which every self-respecting
bachelor will resent. t ...e-s
And all along the line the new and
improved hotels'are springing up-and
making money hand over fist.
TnGSe
that in many Of the smaller towns,
even as far southwark as Oklahoma,
1t requires a telegram a day in adj
vance to secure a room, and nearly
every night the halls and parlors are
crowded. Few things pay better than
good hotel IN a fiourishing small
town in the weston for that matter
anywhere in the country. They adver-
tise themselves.
could name two score hotels in the
towns of 5000 and under which make
a delightful and luxurious home Tor
the traveller. My space prevents the
list. but the subject is worth recur-
ring TO at another time.
All the bad hotels are not dead-alasi
and alack-a-dayl
There is a hotel in town OF 1000
people, within 25 miles of New York
CITY that ought not to be tolerated in
Inzon. There is another within 20
miles Of St. Louis as bad, and they are
still darkly dotted as black and dys-
peptic miasmas in the wake Of com
merce throughout the country. There
Is no excuse for them. They ought
not to be tolerated by opinion or by
the law Of the lRnd.
1 suggested a. while ago that would
show how the "drummers" might
remedy such hotels. 1 haven't space
to do II. .. 49,
Except briefly. Suppose the 10000
drummers in. Iowa should memorialize
the legislature-and what legislature
would ignore such number?-to put
hotels under state supervision? And
why not? The law requires an exami-
nation and a license to cut your hair,
TO trim your nails, or to doctor your
horse!
why not require a test Of fitness to
preside over the nightly comfort and
the immortal digestion OF the men who
keep the business OF the country in
rnotion7
why not forbid every scurvy cook,
with a cart load of furniture and
skillet of grease to set up a shack to
be called a hotel. with no other stan
dard than the price Of 50 per day?
The county commissioners In each
county might visit the hotels at un-
expected times, receive complaints,
administer criticism, and, II necessary,
revoke licenses, without extra cost to
the state.
A tough hotel is a crime against the
traveller and should be punished and
prevented by law. M.
appeal to Sam Jones and General
Gordon and the grand army Of the I.
p. A. TO sustain this view.