Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-24
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
stitutions So Long They Have
Become Real Fixtures and
Are Popular.

Recently, with one fair-sized gathering in
full swing and second assembage 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 this same many
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.
Today, 1t Is a truth that. except on very
rare occasions, delegate to a convention
in Omaha or a visitor to some big ''doings
can say, with Shskespeare's old-timer, IT
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 It's size with first-class accommoda-
lions. And still everybody admits there is
room for more; which but goes to prove
the fact that this city is drawing more
and more people, permanent and transient,
as the months go by.
Omaha hotels are Of the old-fashioned
Sort so far as modern hotels can be, per-
haps to a greater extent than is generally
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 acclimated to such an extent they
are glad to come back at the first oppor-
tunity. Omaha makes good with travelels,
no matter what grade of hotel they camp
in, as the atmosphere is genial and the peo-
fTtpndIV nj al In oh he
stranger feel like he belongs here.
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 a goodly
number of transients all the time. These
are people who want quietude and as near
the routine of home life as possible, who
come with a fair degre of regularity and
always go 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
characteristics, or features OF reputation,
Just as men do. In Omaha these charac-
teristics can be roughly Jumped in this
way to the larger hottest 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
the favorite stopping places Of the stock
men who visit Omaha so numerously
throughout the year. The Willard holds an
old time clientele and caters to many fami-
lies in Nebraska when they come to the
city. The Loyal gets a big patronage from
travelling men and also accommodates many
people who keep suites there all the year
I round. The Henshaw also draws the trav-
cling men and catches many parties and
groups from the eastern part Of the coun-
try. The Schlitz is popular with theatrical
people who are not stars, and also with
travelling men.
OF course, all the big hotels, with bars
and cafes in connection, are favored in
discriminatory with high class customers
who want the best and have the money to
pay for it; 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.
geneous throng.
Some hotels located a 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 10
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 HenshRw Rathskeller promises
TO become equally famous when opened for
patronage, which will be soon. The Loyal
the Sohlitz and the Millard feature their
noon luncheons, American OF 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.
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 generations, and at the Millarc
and the Rome the one and only Rome
Miller has presided for many years. The
Murray still carries the name OF Brown
at its head, Mrs Olympia Brown having
taken up the reins 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 Bonl-
faces but they will get over being young
In due time.
No more genial and obliging group OF
hotel keepers is TO be found anywhere than
right here at the gateway TO the west. and
the statement is proved by the fact that
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