Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-07
while the band plays; but they talk -
loud that nobody can hear the music.
On the leach.

On the leach.
The beach is only fair. 1t is not hearly
as good as those of New Jersey 6r Long
| Island or those of the resorts in northern
Florida. The water is very warm at all
times of year because the gulf stream
comes within a mile and half of the
| land. The surf is heavy-too heavy for
delicate people who prefer q big swim
ming pool that is surrounded by pa
| the surf also tries the pool for little
swim before dressing, and the gallery
around 1t is SO situated that the good
| looking ones can show their shapes to
large audience. The bathing dresses are
made for show. usually of black silk or
satin trimmed with Irish point and other
lace and with elaborate collars and cuffs.
Those who have pronounced taste
appear in bright colors-purple, blue and
even scarlet, with stockings, bathing. slip
pers and poke bonnets to match. 1t is
needless to say that these bathing dresses
have been fitted to the form of the wearer
with great accuracy. Some of them APP
pear to have shrunk so that they are I'M
comfortably tight. The skirts are shorter
than any l have seen in the north and
would be promptly ruled off the beach at
Asbury Park. But here they are greatly
admired. and large audiences gather
every morning at II o'clock to see that
| part of the dress, or, rather, the undress
parade.
After the band concert every one goes
oeASh " Inc IOr lunCneOn, then
most of the women take a siesta before
they dress for the afternoon exhibition and
the tea concert in the cocoanut grove.
ihen they go to their rooms again and
dress for dinner. and after dinner they
Sit around the rotunda for an hour or
two criticising each others clothes before
they go to the ball room or the Beach
Club" which is a regular gambling house
| In full blast. Roulette and hazard
played from pm. until the last straggler
leaves in the morning.
Largest Hotel in the World.
The Royal Poinciana Hotel is an admir-.
able place for a millinery display. None
could be better. 1t is the largest hotel in
the world today, although the Pennsylvania
, Railroad Hotel, which is to be erected over
the new terminal between 31st and 33d
streets and It'll and 9th avenues in New
YORK, will be much larger. The Royal
Polnciana has 1,266 bed rooms and $40 bath
rooms. The proposed Pennsylvania Hotel
will have 900 bed rooms. The Waldorf
Astoria has over ! 100 bed rooms The
main part of the Poinciana is 1874 feet long,
but If the wings and extensions were
stretched out straight its length would be
equal to seven New York city blocks. You
can walk two miles in the corridors with
OUT ts repeating ea or going out of DOORS and
main piazza fronting Lake Worth is go
feet long and so feet wide. The main part
mas SIX stories, the principal wing is seven
stories high. There are 5000 electric lights
in the building. The company makes its
own light and ice.
The dining room. which has the form of
the letter H, is the largest to be found
In any permanent hotel in the world. 1t
has floor space of 2s,339 square feet and
Will seat LOCO people. ,"he kitchen and
pantrles have an area of II, 1876 square feet
me provisions cost an average of $500
DAY. The daily payroll is 81, 200. There
are 1,40O employees including 400 dining
room walters. 100 cooks and kitchen help,
lOo bell boys and thirty baggage porters,
p phe men employees come from New York.
Fhiladelphla, Baltimore and Washington
and are mostly colored. The chamber
maids and laundresses are nearly all white
and are brought from New England The
company brings it's help down from New
York on a special train, and it costs 500 mo
TO get the force here before the hotel opens.
Inc employees have to pay their own ex-
penses nome and portion of their wages
Is withheld by agreement to be forfeited
II they leave before the end of the season
All the meats and groceries are brought
oy express from New York in special re-
Irlgerator cars; the fish, fruits and vege-
tables are bought in the local market: the
eggs come from Huntsville, Ala, which is
one OF the greatest egg markets in the
country, and are brought down by express
400 dozen eggs per day during the height of
the season The waste is thrown into gar
bage cars which stand on a track behind
the kitchen, and every night it is hauled
t"SA'S AAACS Ool l1SO the country and
burned. =
Bills Of the Guest.
The Royal Poinciana takes care Of about
10000 people during the season. For six
weeks in January and February every room
will be filed night after night. About 60
per cent OF the guests stay from three to
six weeks; about 40 per cent from two to
six days. The lowest rate is s. a day,
but you can pay $50 day If you like, and
even more. The average guest will spend
at least SO day for his hotel bill. refresh
ments, cigars, rolling chairs, bathing, fish
ing and other expenses. But everybody is
not rich who comes to Palm Beach. and 1t
Is not necessary to stop at the Royal Poin-
ciana. At the Breakers you can get good
room for 81 a day. and there are a dozen
lesser hotels and boarding houses where ac-
commodations can be obtained for SO a
week and upward The guests of the cheap
er houses are admitted to the millinery and
dress displays without charge. and all day
long the spectacle is enjoyed by hundreds
OIL disnterested spectators from among ''the
plain people, who are very much in evil