The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-01

FIVE feet, having specially prepared hard
maple floors. An octagonal projection
on one side of each of these halls, ele-
waited above the level of dance floor,
forms the orchestra
During moonlight evenings from
stand IN the center of roof garden band
concerts are given for the guests Moon
light in the tropics must be seen before
one can have an idea of what it means,
tor 1t IS often light enough to enable
those having good eyesight to read by
It, and after-dinner profnenades are most
enjoyable. 1t is seldom indeed that it
is too cold to be in the open air in the
evenings in the delightful climate OF
Honolulu.
here are two capacious dining rooms
on the sixth floor, one on the American
plan, the other on the European plan.
and being away from the dust and din
OF the street and famed continually by
the cool trade breezeS that sweep uncon-
taminated over the mountain tops they
are most favorably located Fast-runninc
elevators carry guests up and down with
out delay or inconvenience Nothing
could be more enchanting than the views
commanded by the windows of these
rooms
i az CiiiOoHClCo CITY seen from ABOVE
looks like gorgeous piece of tapestry
of many colors, the poincianas, palms,
shrubs and vines all play their part in
producing the picture.
The Alexander Young Hotel is fur
nished with the best modern furniture
to be had in the United States, and
the rooms are carpeted throughout with
choice carpets. The portieres and cur
tains have been selected with great care
to suit the climate and they are ricn
and tasteful
There are in this .hotel, fifty-four
suites of rooms with toilets and bath,
six single rooms, very large, with baths
and toilets, thirty-eight suites of rooms
without bath or toilet, and forty-eight
single rooms without bath or toilets
There are, however, at frequent inter
walls, off the corridors, capacious bath
rooms and toilets for ladies and gentle
men, and there is an abundance OF hot
and cold water in every room and bath
room in this hotel. All corridors are
paved with mosaic and wainscoated
with marble to height of four feet.
Ali bath rooms and toilets have vitriffed
tile floors and marble wainscoating six
and one-haf feet high. All this, taken
with the perfect system of ventilation
in every room through air shafts
the building, makes for
cleanliness and GOODNESS. Tt is needless
to say that the plumbing and sanitation
Of this hotel has received particular at
tention and is second to none, for it is
Of the best.
THE CHEFS DEPARTMENT.
The domain over which Jack Hays,
chef of the hotel, a man well known 20
western eUicures, reignS, is perfectly
equipped with the latest improvements
-anges, boilers, warming racks, steam
:ables, refrigerator boxes, sinks. the {
thousand and one pans and culinary ,
vessels dear to the heart of chef,
,hef's office, all the latest developments
or the preparation of dainty meaIs
banquet that calls out the entire re-
of steward Wyman and his
taft.
THE GUESTS APARTMENTS. {
There are in all 1872 apartments for Z
.uests in suites, double rooms and single
Lpartments the very smallest of which :
S 14x19 feet. The furnishings are vari- Z
d and elaborate of mahogany and oak
or the suites and brass for the major
~ OF the bedsteads. Sixty of the suites t
AVE a private bath, while in all 12S i
aths are provided. The public parlors
modelled much after the parlors of the
White House, are magnifcently fur
ished with harmonious hangings, car Z
cts and upholstery. The reading room h
pposite the office is fitted purposefully h
4 oak and leather. p