Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
And LIFE AT CARLSBAD
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
written for The Star and the Chicago RecorH erad.

.. CURTIS.
he Chicago Record-H erald.
keep up the spring houses and the
springs. to keep the roads and walks.
the parks and public squares. in order.
and to provide music and other amuse-
ments for the public. For example. there
are two concerts every morning from .
to O'Clock. the usual hours for drinking:
two concerts from to 6. and two even
ing concerts from to 8. These con-
certS always occur at liked places In the
open air and are free to the public The
programs are arranged so that t.iose who
have fancy for. classical music so to
one place, and those who prefer popular
music to another, and are published eve-y
morning and posted at thes springs and
at all the hotels.
There are all kinds Of hotels. fashion
able and unfashionable. with correspond
ing prices. and lodgings
Abundant can be obtained in villas
80. and other dwelling houses
Facl1tleS. of different grades. There
are seventy-nine hotels and 1000 houses
where lodgings are let to strangers VINO
get their meals outside. The letting OF
apartments Is regulated by law; the
terms are fixed and published SO PLAINLY
that no one can be deceived. although
the auest is expected to be just as square
and exact, and If he does not stano Dy
his agreement he suffers heavy pen.
atty Rent Is charged from the DAY lna.
the lodging Is engaged, and every TOUT =. =
zen ed for one week, uniess there Is
special understanding. II stranger az
cepts a room he is held for week
rent, no matter how long ne stays, an LILY,
if he has any complaint to make ne G sis
go to the magistrate, who VIII give Ms
iyt,rno6IQfa attention. IncSc EdSAS-
trates are kept busy settling disputes
between landlo. DIS and their patrons. Inc Inc
Germans and Austrians are usually t"e
litigants, although occasionally an Eng
hsnman or an American ge,s into row
with his landlord. For example, az ~
American here this summer reused ~
paw his cure-tax. The landlord PAID !.
mt It in the bill The American re-
fused to pay the bill. The landlord ex-
planned the regulations to him ana mana
ed him a printed copy The American
considered himself 1nsulted ana lelt 10.
house That spirit Of independence cost
him several times the amount OF MS "o-
tel bill.
There is a good deal Of swindling every
season, or, to put it differently, snop-
keepers take advantage OF tne ,shoa asso
honorable way For example, the wife
of one of the most popular actors M
America went into millinery shop au9
selected several hats which she oroerso
sent up to her hotel on approval. I'm
der the regulations in Carlsbad that Or
der was equivalent to purchase, 6u.
the lady did not know It, She lntenoeo
in good faith to buy one OF the mats aIter
having an opportunity to STUDY tnem LIZ. It,
back. She was astonished, therefore, and
indignant when she received Dill TOT
all Of the hats, and the mliilner lnsieteo
upon its payment. The magistrate sus-
tanned the milliner.
Such incidents occur frequently and are
gossiped about at the restaurants and
cafes and springs. 1t Is
Strangers unsafe to leave any cn nance
for misunderstanding
CAances' with shopkeeper, for he
knows the regulations and the customer
usually does not. Nevertheless the visitor
can be absolutely certain that the hotei
or boarding house keeper. or merchant
or cabman, or whomever he may have
dealings with will adhere to the regula-
tions because IL they do not do so the
penalties imposed upon them are more
severe than those imposed upon strangers.
The best way for a str anger VINO ID
going to Carlsbad is to stop at Pupps
which Is the big hotel most patT onized
by transients and the center OF excte-
ment. for day or two, and then select
apartments in a quieter place after ne
has had an opportunity to insrect them.
Everything goes at Pups 1t Is ike
any other tourist hotel in Europe, and the
charges are reasonable for ordinary
in Carlsbad. Three or four thousand
people take their meals there every day
at different grades of restaurants, In
doors and out of doors, under the trees.
on the balconies and on the terrace.
There are man walters and woman wait
ers and different scales of prices. Seven
thousand orders of coffee and rolls are
served at Pupp's every day at the height
of the season. There Is music ana mo-
ton at all times Of the day and night.
fashionable and expensive, and every
body there dresses for dinner to display
their gowns and jewels. The rates are
very high. The hotel is patrontzed by
multimillionaires of forty different ma
lions. There are several villas connected
with the establishment. Other very at
tractive hotels in the same neighborhood,
quite as comfortable. but not so fash-
ionable, are the Bristal. the Konigs Vnia.
the Germania Palais and dozen OF the
same class. These are situated on hill,
which is reached by several flights OF
stairs, winding roads and one straight,
steep ascent from the principal springs.
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There are other hotels just as comfort
able and less expensive. Everything is
on the European plan-that
Cheaner is, you pay a certain price
for your rooms and pay for
1AaceS' your meals separately. You
can get an excellent room for q dollar q
day, as comfortable as anybody would
care for, in the modest part of the town.
The same room at q fashionable hotel
will cost S. a day, with a sliding scale OF
prices. according to the locality and the
reputation of the house.
All meals are paid for la carte. and
prices vary, the highest being about the
same as those of the most fashionable
hotels of Paris, Berlin. Vienna, New
York or Chicago. Sometimes the smaller
hotels have better cooks than the big
ones, and regular habitues know where to
go for the best dinners. but the question