The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
APARTMENT HOTELS.
SERVANT PROBLEM SOLVED.

opened last evening and provides sim.
pie solution for this ,cx,tious problem.
II presents In claim for public con'id.
Grafton an uneNcrled location. n superb
design. modern nreprOof construction
and house and table equal TO the dc.
mands Of the most fastidious Some Of
the Aigorquin's novel features are
herein described In detail.
There opened in West Forty fourth street
last evening a new apartment hotel which
represents the last step in excellence in tits
class of structures. In which New York excsls
the cities of tie world. This new Nostelry.
which stands 1t number 81. just b'tw"en
Filth and Sixth avenues. has been named
the Algonquin, and it is only question of
time-and very short time too-b. fore the
ALGONQUIN becomes well known hcrcabouts
The elegance of the structure. the perfection
OF its embodied details, combined with the
lotter-perfcct house service OF this new family
hotel. bid fair TO make 1t lead al OF it, class
But there is another phas" that gives the
Algonquin more than passing interest If
you are a householder, with ever and ever so
nice home in the exclusive upper last and
West Side districts of Manhattan. YOU have
discovered that there are host of worries
that constantly spring ny about you. Most
of these are due to that portion OF your house
hold that lives among you for the sake OF
emolument rather than the hope of glory.
If James has not forgotten TO close the dam
pers on the hot-water heater and you are
dwelling in n torrid zone AZ 3 O'Clock in the
morning. Maggie and Bridget are not on
speaking terms in the rear basement because
OF a spirited discussion as to who really was
responsible for the spoiled breakfast. II Is
thes" folk who keep ones house In wild
confusion and bring wrinkles and worries
to its managers
The Algonquin, perhaps more fully than
any of its kind. seeks to solve this yeNatious
servant problem. this twentieth century
question that Is keeping magazine ESSAY ists
athought and woman's clubs in a perpetual
FRAGILE. This house gives you your home
always heated at seasonablo temperatures,
always we'll lighted and spiCkly clean, and
your servants, always quiet, thoroughly
trained respectful and efficient. The mana Qe-
ment OF the hotel sees to it that its employees
are all of these things. That is its worry and
not the least little bit Of yours
Then there Is the meal question. You know
perhaps OF food problems as a householder
There are the long mornings. day in and
day out. spent at the big downtown groceries
and butchers establishments. and. far worse
than that. the occasional awful discovery
that the butter or the cream or the sugar
or some other prime necessity Is all "out :"
followed by a hurried DOMINIC of hats and
wraps for a last-minute expedition to a CO.
luubus or Park avenue market The Algon-
quin solves these troublous questions quite
as easily as II solves the servant problem.
You have the cream OF New York's wonder
full markets served to YOU well cooked and in
a dainty and attractive fashion. Your sole
worry is confined TO picking out your break
fast. your luncheon. your dinner from the
menu card. You telephone your order from
your room and at tho hour appointed your
meal n waits you. II s'the pride of the house
management that II can serve private dinner
unsqualled in this eplcurean city, a dinner
in which t'e rarrst OF wines and choicest OF