The Detroit times., 1910-11-30

technical training
OF hotel help will make them better
able 10 meet the wants of the hotel
patron.
To this end they will establish AT
indianapolis modern hotel univers-
Try. where every sort OF hotel help
needed, from the cellar to the attic.
may be trained under expert direction
and initiated into all the niceties OF
the profession. This training will ex-
tend all the way from the art OF prop
erly greeting a guest at the register
desk, TO the science OF extracting a
tip without revealing the purpose TO
the patron. The idea OF a hotel train
ingschool has long been favorite
hobby with some OF the leading lights
OF the International Stewards asso-
citation, but Ii was only this fall that
the association agreed TO support the
institution and to lend its best en-
deavors toward the success OF the
movement.
The new university will cost about
100000, and II is hoped that patron
age will soon make ii self-supporting.
The terms under which students may
enter will be SO arranged that they
may take the course and pay for their
training afterward. or course this
means that each student must come
we'll youched for. II is probable that
many hotels will give scholarships 10
the school, in consideration that their
holders serve ter min the hotel Civ
ing the scholarship. There will be
room enough in the school to accom-
modate several hundred students, and
the freshmen will probably be the
help and the seniors the critical
guests.
There are many problems In hotel
management which can be solved only
by trained men. II Is probable that
the establishment OF this university
will be followed by the creation or
standards In hotel management which
| will elevate the calling of the hotel
keeper to the dignity OF profession.
| The sponsors of the university are
| behind a movement Tor the abolition
! OF the short weight and measure grart.
and are urging strenuous Legislation
against those who profit by 1t. The
hotel managers have suffered from
the constantly advancing price OF
J
of people. and with these advances
has come a growing tendency 10 make
adden profit by false scales and meas
ures. The Stewards association Is
also advocating pure food, ana from
! the very inception OF the movement
have lent aid to the pure food cru
saders. One OF the largest breakfast
food establishments in America mas
| equipped a laboratory where the no
tels of the country may have any
suspected food analysed Tree OF
| charge.
! Another of the activities OF the
stewards is the maintenance OF rel-
| erence and employment exchange
where competent hotel help may al
WAYS be aided in securing good IVA
items. The Importance OF this is
shown by the attitude OF some or the
privately conducted employment
agencies throughout the country. one
~ the hotel magazines recently cited
an instance where steward who ap-
piled for a position through an en-
ployment agency was told that lie
would be recommended by the agency
for the position only upon his agree
ing to change the Lelp in his depart
ment every four or i've months. ms,
of course. would give the agency a
chance TO furnish the new help and
thus keep its business on profitable
basis.
The new hotel school will probably
lead 10 a general shortening or the
bills-of-fare in the hotels and restau-
rants of the country. Ii Is asserted
that too many dishes spoil the meal,
inst as too many cooks spoil the broth.
and that there Is no occasion Tor such
long list Of things to eat as the
average hotel offers. II Is pointed out
that a few meats well selected and
we'll served. are much better than
long list poorly chosen and improp-
erlv served. There also is a move
mont TO abolish the American plan in
favor of the European. One OF the
questions being argued among the
| hotel people is how much pront they
ought To receive on the gross cost or
the foodstuffs In order TO make
nroper net revenue. That the dinigg
room of a hotel, even when II is
among the finest in the world and
charges the highest prices, Is not al
ways a paying proposition, Is SHOWN
Inv a report concerning Americas best
known hotel. This report Is to the
effect that while the gross revenues
NJ tho restaurants and dining rooms
OF the hotel in question amount to
~ .OOO. 900 year, there is an annual
loss in this department aggregating
more than 100000 But as the total
income OF the hosiery is 100000 a
GEAR the loss In this part or the busi-
ness is amply made up by the pront
in other departments. IL is said that
,his loss is largely incident to the
great number OF employees who are
Sent ON full pay during the dull
months OF the year. Only the very
nest hotel help obtainable is employed
and IN hold them 1t Is necessary to
i've them full pay winter and sum-
mer.
"a not an easy one at best, but where
meals are served at prices ranging
from twenty to forty cents, with an
ahundance OF substantial food, this
nroblem becomes an exceedingly diff
acult one. The chain OF Mills hotels
I'm New York City, maintained for the
benefit of poor men. by the very clos
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