Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08
You alieht from the Laclede car at

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one OF the main entrances to the
grounds. A few steps and you are in
side the grounds and u short walk
brings you to the Inside Inn, said to
be the largest hotel in the world, and
for this and other reasons q proper
t,pic for paragraph or two in this
connection.
The Inn is within q few steps OF the
southeast corner entrance to the
grounds. 1t is built on the side Of
bill like the old fashioned bank barn,
a building plan more familiar to east
erners than to westerners. 1t is six
stories high on one side end three
stories high on the other, 90 lar ~
surface appearances indicate vt least.
When you enter the hotel coming
from the gate Or returning from
visit to the grounds you walk in on
the short side on what appears to be
the ground floor, but which 10 really
the fourth floor. The Office 10 on this
floor and 10 therefore - nearly in the
middle a. it was possible to put it.
The lobby Of the hotel 10 an I'M
mense room. Around its margin are
scattered the desks III . number Of
clerks, Who assign you rooms, take
your money or perform whatever
special function 10 required, each man
to his particular job, and each man al
expert; two telegraph stations, = type
writer station, a telephone station, a
post Office and news stand and other
conveniences, among them . counter
At which you can buy collars, hand.
kercheifa, ties, and other toilet artic.
les for both men and women. At one
corner is big barber shop in which
ten chairs were running when we
were there and into which ten more
chairs were o 10 put in at once. As an
indication Of the reasonable prices
charged at this immenre hostelry il
may be r oted that = shave there. and
q good one, costs but 10 cents, just
the price that every citizen OF this
town has to pay.
There are about 1900 rooms in the
Inn, the smaller ones fitted for two
persons the and some OF the larger
ones for four persons. The cheapest
rooms are plainly and neatly furn-
ished aud are kept No clean A. the
rooms in any hotel are kept. Larger
and more expensive rooms can be had
with bath and toilet if you are willing
to pay tho increased price. All over
the house the service il msrvelously
prompt and it 10 not necessary to
make allowance in that respect Tor
the size OF the building. You can al.
ways find some one with authority.
Even the bell boys have a captain
Twenty-seven state press associa.
tions were present al St. Louis the
week we spent there and most OF
their members were quartered At the
Inside Inn, making. when added to
to the regular guests, q pretty toler-
able sized crowd. The number OF
newspaper men snd women At St.
L uis ut the time was estimated at
5000.
In spite OF the gathering Of this
multitude We f und the service in
the American plan dining room a.
prompt as any one could wish, and
European plan dining room was un.
doubtedIy conducted after the same
fashion. some newspaper man count.
ed tables in our dining room and
found 1853, each seating eight persons.
This dining room il kept open about
about fifteen hours per day, and no
body had to do any waiting while we
were there. -r
The walters worked in shifts. They
were nearly all young ladies and We
learned they had been gathered from
all parts Of the country. Some were
school teachers, some clerks; but all
had apparently been 80 trained a. to
make the service excellent and very
systematic. We WIRE served by 1t
least u dozen different walters during
our stay, seldom il ever getting twice
to the same table, but We found every
waiter polite and accommodating,
never too tired to peform every SER
vice requested and perform it carefully
and cheerfully.
The rates 1t the Inside Inn are not
much different from those you can %.
cure 1t private residences outside Of
the grounds. The advantage in stop
ping It the Inn 10 shat you save an
immense smount OF time that would
otherwise b, vast d in long street
oar journeys. and the money you have
to pay out for street car fare. The
looms alone cost from $3.50 per day
per person up to about double that
sum, the latter figure being for y pri-
vate bath and closet. Taking = room
alone 10 called the European plan.
The common country hotel plan is
called the American plan, which in-
cludes both room aud three meals per
day.
The prices on the American plan
run from g per day per person to
IS per day, the variations in the
prices being on account Of the differ.
ence in rooms. In looking 1t these
prices remember that your daily Nd
mission to the fair 10 included in
them. That 10, il you arc . guest 1t
the Inside Inn you 10 effect pay TO
the Inn management your daily ad-
mission to the fair and the Inn man.
agement pays it to the exposition
management. This 10 done 90 that
the exposition has . sinch Oh you
every DAY for the gate money. Full
information will be sent about rates
etc., il you will send postal card ask.