The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-22
BUSY AUGUST FOR HOTELS
BUSY, THAT rs. IN COMPARI-
son WIN OTHER YEARS.


the impression that New York IL pretty
well filed in spite OF it's being August.
AtmAny Of the. hotels along Broadway
they will tell You they were never more
busy and those obstetrics where you can
lgeearoom without for n minimum OF
lsl or say g are about ohock a block.
At thsthotels along Fifth avenue there is
stin plenty Of room. but you hear at most
iof them that this August far surpASses
last and some say it IL the best August
ifhey have ever had.
With the average fashionable hotel the
rush season does not begin until about
the first Of October. and IL keeps up until
q day OF two before Christmas, with a
noticeable acceleration about the times OF
the horse show and the automobile show.
January ut many OF them In apt to be a
little slack. and then things begin to hum
and kecp going until about the end of
March. In June the expense bill begins
to eat up-she receipts. In July Il Ia still
harder to make both ends meet and in
some cases August u losing month.
some Of those hotels that have a large
permanent tradsNAre losing this August.
but with most Of the transient houses
this IL proving a profitable month. As
for the hotels that draw the buyers for
merchants all over the country. they are
coming money.
Buyers have been coming to New York
ever sincs the latter part OF July. and since
Sunday they have come by droves. one
Broadway house jumped its count from
a scant 200 a week ago last Saturday night
10 t2s Sunday night. 900 Monday night and
nearly 100 Tuesday night. The buyers
come from all parts OF the country and
they remain from three or four days TO
two or three weeks.
Early In the morning the hobbies Of
these hotels are filled and statesmen Of
the local manufacturing and jobbing
houses follow up the visitors with invt-
tations TO luncheons and 10 dinners and
with theatre tickets and incidentally
opportunities TO do business. A reporter
who went into music hall one afternoon
recently was struck with the fact that the
men in the audience far outnumhered the
women.
Who are thay?- he asked the manager
Buyers was the reply. And they
turn out in full force ON Broadway in
the evenings and are in evidence Ina the
theatres.
There are many hotels that do not
get any benefit from the invasion Of the
buyers. but ore % them especially is do
inR almost 81 per cont better business
than Il did this time a year ago. Its
clientele is made up OF the classes Of
travellers that are swelling the registers
az the other fashionable hotels. A large
part IL composed 81 persons on their
wRy To OF from EuToIe While che rush
eastward was over before the end 81 july
there IL still considerable movement ia
that direction. while every ship that comes
westward nowadays II well Allied. Most
residents Of New York tarry a day or
in town on their way to their country
places IL thev are so fortunate as 20 have
them and II is seldom that the traveller
from ont Of town who g"t@ back after at
OCEAN voyage does not stop for "A few DAYS
Then there ar. r lot Of folks who stop
in New York GA th..tr way from the South
or the West To the EeashoTe or from the
seashors to the mountains To whom a
stay Of two or three DAYS seems neC.s-
| saTy During the last few weeks the mum.
| Der Of fore gners who have come over on
business or pleasure 10 larger than usual
for this time Of the year, aud they go To
| swell the throng
! The nurnt,er OF Sou,hernor~ who come
| 20 New York 20 spend IN. summer or a
| part OF Il has greatly increased this year
| The weather. Of them of Cours, stay
| AT tho hotels for a few days or q few weeks,
| and there are many who come UP 70 spend
| "A week OF two ia the North and who
| make New York the centre from which
| they take trips 20 Long Beach and the
| rrsorta nearer, up the Hudson and even
| to Atlantic city. There are many places
I In the United States where people regard
a trim TO New York as even a more i'm
portAnt undertaking than an fastener
looks upon "A trip To Europe.
Other means OF swelling the crowd
that - now ia New York ars the numerous
! touring parties from the South and south
ives, who come 10 New York person.
ally conducted in groups Of dozen or
more and who take Ia the museums. the
houses 81 the great and the wealthy and
Chinatown Observing perrOns have r--
marked that IN. numbrr OF rubbemeck
wagons on Fifth avenue during the last
week was greater than was ever known.
and most 81 them were filled
la the arrivals at the fashionable hotels
are many automobIlIsts. who have thus
summer Furnished a part Of the patronage
out 81 all proportion 10 what II has been
in former years At one hotel IL was
said yesterday that fully one-third Of
those stopping IN the hotel were persons
who we're making automobile tours
Ever since early IN July automobilistz
from Maryland. Pennsylvania and the
middle West have been coming to town
ia their cars The usual route from here
II up through New England and the White
Mountains, and in many cases such visit
ors make New York their headquarters
for few days or a week. while they make
short runs TO such places as Long Beach
or Asbury Park or Southampton Often
they have hampers put zap with a lunch
for run out to Homs indefinite point
in the country. Their nights most 81
them prefer 60 spend ia town. where they
swell the crowds at the theatres and music
halls just now many OF these parties
are getting back on the return from the
White Mountains but others are still
coming Some Of those that have ar
rived during the week came from places
a. far away a. Kansas City. No. having
shipped their automobiles by rail TO
chicago and taken the road from there.
during the week the crowd AT tho
hotels is always swelled by the addition
Of men who are New Workers. but whose
families are in Europe or too far away
for them To join at night
One thing that seems To hold the
visitors speIlbound IN Broadway ut night
You will zee groups Of them stop at the
sight Of one OF those unusually animated
electric signs.and eNclaim. and the for
eigners you meet admit that at least
there is nothing like those illuninations