Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-17
CROWDS WELL CARED FOR
Omaha Hotels Are Able to Handle All
Large Gatherings.
LANDLORDS ARE WELL KNOWN
Have Been at the Head of Their In
situations So Long They Have
Become Real Fixtures and
Are Popular.


Recently, with one fair-slzed gathering in
full swing and a second assemblage Of
great numbers coming in, the hotels OF
Omaha proved themselves quite adequate
to properly care for most any sort OF crowd.
And they have done the same many a
time before, many time before"
In years not very far back the city was
really cramped for hotel room, yet the
adoption OF various more or less clever ex-
pedients the hotel managers contrived to
sleep and feed pretty numerous throngs Of
people. . ..
To-Day, IL is a truth that, except on very
rare occasions. a delegate to convention
in Omaha or a visitor to some big "doings''
can say, with Shakespeare's old-timer. II
will take my ease at mine inn"
With the completion of the Hotel Rome.
Hotel Loyal and the addition to the Hen
shaw. Omaha took its place among the best
cities Of Its size with first-class accommoda-
tons. And still everybody admits there is
room for MORE; which but goes to prove
the fact that this city is drawing more
as the months go by.
Omaha hotels are of the old-fashloned
sort, so far as modern hotels can be. per
the case. even In the west All the guests
know :'the landlord" can call the clerks
by their pet names. have the run OF the
house, and in a stay of twenty-four hours
become scclimated TO such an extent they
are glad to come back at the first oppor-
stunity. Omaha makes good with travelels,
no matter what grade of hotel they camp
in, as the atmosphere is genial and the peo-
pie friendly and interested in making the
stranger feel like he belongs here.
FIFTY Hotels.
At the present time Omaha has upward
of fifty hotels. OF the total a good many
are small In the nature of boarding houses,
but the majority are hotels In every sense.
OF the family hotels so-called, perhaps a
dozen can and do accommodate goodly
number of -transients all the time These
are people who want auietude and as near
the routine of home life as possible, who
come with fair degre OF regularity and
always so to the same place.
Hotels with rooming accommodations only
are quite numerous, and they serve most
satisfactorily the needs of the people who
simply want place to sleep and, rest be-
tween times, while they eat where they
please and go about their business regard
less of meal hours.
1t is a fact that hotels take on certain
Characterization, or features Of reputation,
lust as men do. In Omaha these charac-
teristics can be roughly Jumped in this
way to the larger hotels: The Rome is
Republican headquarters when political
gatherings are on, the Paxton democratic
HEADQUARTERS in the same sense; the Mer-
chants, the Her Grand and the Murray are
tho favorite stopping places of the stock
men who visit Omaha so numerously
throughout the year. The Mlllard holds an
old-time clientele and caters to many fami-
lies in Nebraska when they come to the
city. The Loyal gets q big patronage from
travelling men and also accommodates many
people who keep suites there all the year
round The Henshawt also, draws the trav-
cling men and catches many parties and
groups from the eastern part Of the coun-
try The zSchlitz is popular with theatrical
people who are not stars, and also with
travelling men. "a r. -
Hotels Are High, Class.
OF course. all the big hotels. with bars
md cafes in connection, are favored in
discriminatory with high class customers
who want the best and have the money to
pay for II; but many persons OF wealth also
like to camp in the more modest hostelries,
some through force OF habit, some through
modesty and a desire for lodging the ex'
element of large Hobbies and the hetero-
geneous throng. 3 s,FE Ei
Some hotels located considerable, dis
lance from the business center, such as the
Georgia, cater exclusively to family trade,
and there are others, like the Bachelors,
which will take only male transients. Then
there are the hotels in what might be called
the national" group, appealing to travellers
who have a common tongue and desire to
secure the national dishes in their purity.
Rome Miller's Vineyard has gained a
reputation all over the country as a dis
tinctive feature OF the Rome, and Tom
o'Brien's Henshaw Rathskeller promises
TO become equally famous when opened for
patronage, which will be soon. The Loyal,
the Schlitz and the Willard feature their
noon luncheons. American or European
plan is optional in all Of these hotels and
the cost ranges high. or low, to suit the
purse.
One advantage. Of the principal Omaha
hotels, is that they are all situated imme-
diately contiguous to the main business
places OF the city Railroad offices, banks
the large stores, the newspapers. the city
and county buildings; the theaters and a
good many Of the churches are within a
block or. two. or at most a ten minutes
walk. Even the family hotel furthest away
from the business section is quickly reached
by street car.
Landlords Good Hosts.
The landlords of the Omaha hotels are
as much fixtures. in most cases, as their
buildings At the Paxton the Kitchen
name has been at the head OF the register
for two generauonst and at the Minard
and the Rome the one and only Rome
Miller has presided for many years. The
Murray stu carries the name Of Brown
at its head. Mrs. Olympia Brown having
taken up the relns when her husband laid
them down. Tom O'Brien has been found
on deck at the Henshaw for a goodly spell
and Herman Peters Is a part OF the
furniture at the Merchants Landlord Tag.
CART, at the Loyal, and Fred Castle. at
the Her Grand, are among the newer Boni-
faces. but they will get over being young
in due time.