The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28
ENTERTAIN AWAY FROM HOME.
MORE Fun TO ne MAD AT RES
T.iURANTS. PEOPLE SAY.
So Teas. Luncheons and Dinners Are Civ en-
In Corners OF Seni.Pubiic Piaces-The
custom Fits In With " eil.tO.DO New
York's Mode Of ENing-Its Ad, antaEe

Yorks Mode Of L>ing-Its Ad, anita Ees
Whether or not all well-to-do New Workers
will ultimately come to live in apartment
hotels is a question which, Of course, the
future alone can answer. Probably the
p,illionaires, at any rate. will keep to their
own independent houses.
The inclination to live in the apartment
hotel is, however. the most marked tendency
In New York's social ways that has been
exhibited for long time. Since fats were
first built there has been no such decided
novelty in New Yorks manner of living
One need only ride on the West Side
elevated road to observe what part they
have come to play in the city's architecture.
Nearly every side street possesses it's apart
ment hotel towering above the dwelling
houses that formerly held exclusive pos
session Of these streets.
And the new hotels Of this kind are almost
as expensive as a single house, If a tenant
desires to live with anything like the same
degree Of comfort. This way Of living
has long ceased to be economical It may
be cheaper theoretically than intaining
house; but II will cost quite as much
unless the entire manner Of living is re-
strioted just as ones living space is Never
theless. the apartment hotels to d ~ are
crowded until more and more must be hui t.,
not because they are inexpensive, but be-
cause they are convenient.
Wealthy men and women who have
social obligations and g J " social pleasures
might never have taken to these hotels
hut for a change in New York's way of en-
PERTAINING Now IL. is quite as usual to
give dinner in a restaurant as in ones
own house and there is not to-day n social
function on the list that cannot be pulled
of. as the language of the ring would
have il, just as well in a restaurant as in
hosts own house.
And there is no question of the popu-
lari,y of this way OF entertaining. Young
women who are just beginning to go out
IN society like a restaurant dinner better
than dinner at home because the life and
variety Of it are new to them. Older women
like IL because the monotony OF dining in
private houses is in this way broken.
Both men and women like II because
there Is much more to be seen in a restau-
rant than there ser is by any possibility at
private dinner Then there is a certain
freedom from restraint that most men
enjoy. wi tv'r the superiority of certain
private wines and cigars may be
And although 1t may be a shock to some
of those who are proud Of their private
chefs. the dinner is usually better cooked
In a restau 'ant-provided. of course. that
one goes alv avs to the right rest aurant
Almost any restaurant L., In the opi,ion
OF some men. likely to cook a better dinner
than the casual incumbent of the kitchen
at home.
Dances have always been given at res
taurants in this city and there was time
when such entert ailments were more
com mon comparatively than they are
to-day Formerly there were only two
OF three private bathrooms in New York.
Now there are more. and in many city
houses |, is possible to give a very elaborate
ball But this Is the o lly form of enter
tanning that is less popular in the restaurants
than at nome.
Dances are still given in restaurants
by hostesses who have small houses and
sometimes by those who have plenty of
room. but find II less trouble to hire some
place outside their own homes than TO have
the house turned inside out. For this same
reason private musicals are given occa-
sionally In restaurants and In the rooms OF a
certain exclusive Fifth avenue club Unique
In having a room for the wives of its men,
bers. There dinners are frequently given
and the rooms are capacious enough for
small dances AZ well.
-uis new mode OF entertaining in res
taurants has had lite effect In making popu'
lar the apartment hotel with persons who
would ordinarily have found the com.
parative lack Of space impossible in view
Of their duty or desire to entertain.
yes. said the manager of tho most
modish establishment on the avenue, "we
arrange here nowadays nearly every kind
Of entertainment that @ ,uld be given in a
persons own house. And from the con-
slant demand from persons who desire to
entertain here. am certain that this thod
Of paying ones social obligations is grow
ing more popular.
we do anything. To begin with the
simplest form OF trying to do in a r. 6 aursnt