The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-09-21
Begins Business Without Special
Display or Reception.
IT WILL BE ENLARGED LATER
! Mr.. and Mrs.. John II. Hawkins in
charge-Mr. Woodin Comes From
Chicago to Assist in the Final
.,Es Arrangements. ..a

this Saturday morning, Sept. 16, 1911.
Plans had been made for formal OPP
ening with invitation to the people of
Oskaloosa to visit and inspect the
house. Demands for accommoda-
lions by patrons and the travelling
public have been so numerous and
time so limited that the house has
been opened without the special dis
play and public reception. Business
has come unsolicited and the house
was almost full last evening. Many
OF the rooms have been filled several
weeks. Breakfast for this Saturday
morning was the first public service
in the dining room and cafe.
Those who have been privileged to
pass through the house are agreeably
surprised at the new house, its ele-
gance. comfort and completeness.
No nicer, more comfortable nor better
appointed hOstelry can be found any
where in the state. The cOnveniences
enjoyed and the accommodations are
the latest things in use in the larger
and better houses of metropolitan
and the greater number have bath &C.
cOmmodations. Each room has tele-
phonic connection with the office,
which is a central station giving con-
nectiOn to any other room of the
house or with the city exchange, and
the hotel communication is open to
the use of subscribers of the city eX-
change. Alt rooms are steam heated,
with hot and cold water in each room
or suite. Suites are provided with
private bath. Every room in the
house has been refinished and redec-
GRATED with new paint and enamel
and elegant new paper, no two rooms
having the same pattern. The wood
work of all OF the guest rooms is fin
ished in white and stairways, office,
cafe and dining room is dark oak, old
mission style. All furniture is new
and handsome. MOaire BRUSSELS
carpets cover the floors of hallway
and every room, no distinction being
made as to quality. Railways in the
apartments over l22 and l24 South
First street are finished in q hand
some green, while the apartments in
the second and third floors over No.
100 are an elegant and rich red. The
furnishings of the rooms are of
luxurious degree.
Entrance to the hotel lobby and
business Office is at No. l22 South
First street, where a neat outside YES
thule has been provided. Entrance
to the Savoy Cafe is Independent from
that of the hotel and is at the front
of No. 124 South First street, the cafe
occupying the south room of the build
ing. The dining room proper is at
the rear of the cafe and business Of
fee and is a model of beauty and sim
pie elegance with carpeted floor and
old Mission furniture, Colonial brass
fixtures. Entrance to the dining
hotel foyer. Good taste has been
everywhere displayed in the selection
of the furniture and fixtures of the
house. Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hawk
ms planned for the decorations and
the furniture of the rooms, the finish
ing of the wood work. The light fix
lures reflect the good taste and judg
nent of Guy G. Woodin.
A model kitchen is at the extreme
east end of the building and it has
every piece of apparatus and equip
ment contained in any of the larger
and more complete cuisines of the
land A large range of special con-
struction, steam table" large sand
oven for bread and pastry, large dish
warmer pancake griddle, waffle irons
and bread coasters, large refrigerator,
dish washer, etc, are some of the
features of this department. A large
pantry and sample room are added
cOnveniences.
Pierre Banquet is head chef, with
Mrs. Frank Bush first assistant.
Apartments in the basement with
entrance from the foyer or from the
hotel barber shop, George Jones pro-
prietor, provide toilet accommoda-
tons in addition to those to be found
in all the rooms of the house. An
other room of the basement has a
large cold storage for the use of the
kitchen. Two large steam furnaces
In the east end of the basement pro-
vide for the supply of heat and hot
water. One or both of the battery OF
boilers will be used as required. Fuel
and kindling rooms are provided for
on the south side of the baseemnt.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Hawkins are
in charge of the property, which is
under their direction and manage
ment. othersNof the business staff
are:
Day Clerk, Ralph w. Hollingsworth.
Night Clerk, George f. Morrow.
Cafe Manager, Lester Stoker.
Cashier, Bessie Wycoff.
Bell Boy. Harry Carpenter.
Head Porter. Art Robinson.
Home people and home firms, to
whatever extent possible, have made
the new hotel Remodeling plans, |
first floor decorations, were done by |