New-York tribune., 1909-02-14
GOING TO THE
INAUGURATION?
HERE'S SOME HELPFUL
INFORMATION.
Evhat You May Expect en- Accom-
modations and What They
WM Cost You.
From n. Trs5ua. Bureau J

T..binr4on FEB 1s-'If you are planning TO
come 10 washington for the inauguration. by al
means make arrangements for accommodations IN
advance II you do not, you will probably have a
strenuous time"
This is the advice OF NJ L Weller. chairman OF
fhe Public Comfort Committee, and as Mr. Weller
has IN his hand the total visible accommodations
Of the city for the inauguration period his acVlce
should bs worth something.
Even II the visitors do not make any rese-va-
tioas in advance continued Nj Weller theE VIII
be able 20 find plenty OF beds and meals But II
they want comfort and feel that they would prefer
70 20 direct te their temporary homes upon ar
rival, rather than TO enter into scramble Tor
rooms and board when they are all tired out rom
a long railroad trip. they should avail themselves
az the services Of my committee and write for hs's
70 ,,uses We have nearly one thousand boarding
houses upon our list that viii accommodate all the
zay from Eve q hundred Uanslents- Inc
rates range all the way from s. day up, EURO
p,sn snd g so up, American, and every boarding
hon,. -nrietc- listed with US guarantees that the
rates viii be nc higher than those advertised
For the sake OF convenience the Public comfort
Committee has divided its hotel and boarding
hout, roster into bulletins. page lists contain
s. ,,,,,r o- twelve houses each. These are so ar
ranged that the boarding houses OF certain class
n. listed together that prospective visitors VINO
n~fs asking for accommodations may see al q
glance lust what tlsey expect for their money
FOR instance Mt Smith, Of New York. writes the
committee anG saws he expects to attend the inau-
Euratson with half dozen friends He "ouu me
70 set accommodations for the entire party unoer
on. roof and does not care spend more than $ %
a dsv each for room and board. The Public COM
<ort Coulr7ittee at once sends him 'bu-ietin or
nossiby two or three bulletins, containing the ao-
dresses OF boarding houses that will accommodate
seven or more at g 80 each
Unless YOU have already made reservations al
some Of the large, first class hotels you VIII pe
,Ynsbl. 10 get accommodations at any OF them Tor
ali s-e .nflsd up for inauguration week we
could not give you cot for so bill on the hghl
70 the &C or sth Of March" said the clerk or one
% she biS hotels this morning we haven't an
inch of space that has not been engaged we can
feed Gig crowd IN the dining room and she cares
b.; sleep 'em2 Not for love or money.
In spite Of this all the hotels have sent "oIo
- the Public Comfort Committee that they are
willing 10 receive patrons or about inauguFatlo
say and have turned~i their schedules OF rates
.sEut ue are not promising rooms IN these hoteIs'
znp nav be sure Of that said member OF the
comfort committee. we do promise ample eccoi-
roodstions in first class boarding houses however
.ns do not think we are promising the impossloie-
We will have LOO high school boys on our sian
during the inauguration who will act as speclaI es
ro--s and guides They viii assist strangers le liIu
+hei- boarding houses Will help them hunt up res
+eursp+s and stores and, in fact, VIII be eNec'eu
- -,el.A themselves generally useful