The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-24


when writing to DIR. Kilmer & Co,
Bingha,nton, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
take, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let a dealer sell you
something in place OF Swamp Root-if
you do you will be disappointed.
ter County on the other. They are
both sections where rents are not
high, as compared to the New York
standard. and yet curiously enough
the homeless spirit has invaded them
to such an extent that where the fac
ilities are good more people live in
hotels than in their own homes.
Out on Long Island there is a nest
of millionafres. The Vanderbilts. the
Whitneys, the Mackays, and many
others have famous places scattered
about. the Island. Yet for many
months each year these homes are
closed and the headquarters of So
ciety people of large and small means
alike are not these famous homes,
nor those less pretentious, but a no.
tel. At Garden City, the centre of
the Long Island society colony. the To-
cal hotel Is the centre of activities
for many people who while they own
their own homes prefer to close them
up. More people live in the hotel
than in the whole town At the last
! Vanderbilt Cup Race 1t was there that
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. made his head
quarters instead Of at his nearby but
unopened mansion. When the famous
Briarcliff Trophy Automobile Race
was held in Westchester county it was
not the palatial but idle homes of its
wealthy promoters that headquarters
were established, but at local hotel
famous for its appointments.
Why is it then that this homeless
spirit seems to be developing so rapid
ly? Professor Ferrero the famous
Italian historian who recently visited
this country, and likened New York to
ancient Rome. pointed out the Europ-
4 can influence in this respect. First of
all people even in the country live in
hotels because it is less expensive
to do so, and because they are en-
of social and business Importance a
thing which would never happen If
they lived in their own houses That
is one of the great factors in the com
ing of the homeless age-the desire to
n1ing1e with the people who make no.
tells their headquarters Moreover
the tendency is steadily growing to fol
Low
from hotel to hotel in keeping with
the seasons. and as result chains Of
hotels under one management dot the
coast from Florida to Maine, in eacY
of which according to the time O
year one may look to find circle o.
hotel friends living the peripatetit
society life.
.. AS a matter Of fact, it is becoming
apparent that the corporation shelter
ing thousands can give them comfort
never dreamed of in the old idea O
the individual home Golf links, ten
mis- courts, billiard rooms and swim
: ming pocls-these are only a few o
I the attractions aside from the creates
that is, the social features, whicl
! the suburban hotel furnishes at a cos
a to the person making his home Their
7 far less than the annual rental, lie
: alone up-keep of a most insignifican
:, house in New Yark The whole tent
q ency is to furnish something new, an
S in the search for novelties the hotel
q lead the way Perhaps the mos
I striking illustration of this, the first O
I its kind in the country. is the propose
n OF the proprietor Of the Hotel Grams
tan In Westminster County to equi
e not only that house but his Long I.
land. Boston and other hostelries a
c well with the wireless telegraph to b
used in intercommunication. or. if
j. guest wishes to talk to a friend /
home seeker would seem to be lazy. a
least about New York The desire t
9 have his menage run with no worr
for his wife is largely responsible 70
, the present conditions Then too, tn
4 possibility OF having all sorts of moo
ern appliances and opportunities TO
! indoor and out-ofdoor sport read t
J. hand. such could never be afforde
9 outside hotel, are leading more an
!, y more people to make their homes in
$ suburban establishments of this sor
t Nv and large the spirit of combinatio
t is invading the home just about a
! thoroughly as the field OF bushes:
t The finishing touch to the achieve
r,.p+ If tho homeless age about Ne,