The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21
WOULD INSTALL BAR
IN WOMEN'S HOTEL
Oowager Patrons of Hosiery i'm
a Fury Over Announcement
of Plan.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-A bar in
the Womens Own hotel! Yes, that's
the proposition which the board of
managers of the Martha Washington
has to face at its meeting tomorrow.
The directors have had the matter
urged upon them for some time, it is
said. No hotel, managers declare. pays
without a bar.
A Fourth avenue liquor store would
have been forced long since to close
up business, say the neighbors, were it
not for the patronage of the hotel
guests, while an observant druggist in
the vicinity has kept tab on the in
creasing number of corset boxes daily
struggled into the hotel. A bar on the
premises, the board of directors is be-
ginning to realize, would obviate this
petty subterfuge, besides adding to the
revenue.
Would Drive Away Nuisances.
Then the Introduction of bar, it is
thought, would be the only means of
Kidding the hotel of certain coterie of
women who are dubbed in lobby circles
''the Kellogg faction" against whom
the spirits of both manager and stew
ard are aroused because of complaints
against Roman punch on the menus.
Miss Helen Gould is a heavy stock
holder and almost weekly visitor to
the hotel The directors of the COM
pany are Lucien G. Warner, Charles F.
Cox, Charles M. Jesup, Charles D.
Kellogg, Robert w. Gibson, Mrs. Rich
ard Irwin, Samuel Macauley Jackson
and Mrs. Payson Merrill.
The bar proposition is only one of the
hotels troubles. Because the perma
nent guests beginning on March /, will
have to pay higher rate of room rent,
the dignity of some 200 women is ruff
fled. Because they are obliged to adj
here strictly to the rule of the hotel Of
eating at least IS worth of food in the
cafe, their anger is aroused, and they
report with uncomplimentary remarks
about the food. Even William Daugh-
erty, the much-beloved steward, it is
said, has rendered his resignation to
take effect on March l. It is proposed
to make the room rent of permanent
guests 81 day instead of So, 81 and SIS
a week. The guests assert that this
move is unnecessary in the face Of
financial success, which enables the
company to pay good dividends.
Attract Independent Women.
On the other hand, it is said by the
management: Though it was hoped
women, yet these rooms are occupied
by women with independent incomes
who do not need such assistance. The
rent they Fay does not cover the actual
expenses of taking care of them"
The desertion of the cafe for outside
restaurants. the renegades declare is
due to the fact that they are unable to
work or sustain their health on the
food the hotel supplies. The servants
are likewise In rebellion. Mr.. Daugh-
erty is reported to have said that he
cannot afford to remain longer at the
Hotel Martha Washington, as his repu-
tation is being injured by the board,
whose monetary allowance will not per-
NIT the service of better food.
Two papers have been circulated
through the hotel; one, to raise money
to buy Manager Case a silver loving
cup in commemoration of the hotels
first anniversary and his Towing care
Of the guests" the other, to approve
Of Mr.. Daugherty, the genial gentle
man."
yes, Mr.. Daugherty is going to
leave, but we want him to know we APP
preciate his services, and feel that he
has done the best he could" said one Of
the testimonial ringleaders.