The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-13

Engagements can be effected or few
details added that make the hath adj
Joining the hotel room seem like that
OF well-appointed home. sunny
effect OF wallpaper in an apartment
facing the sunless north may trans
form a hotel suite. or n cool color
scheme worked out for one that has
too garish a light
Mrs. Reed has impressed upon and
made it apparent to the management
that one of the errors hotel people
make is giving the greatest need of
consideration to the tastes of men
patrons. To-day 1t Is the woman who
has to be pleased and catered to in
large measure in the big hostelries
Women's comfort depends to a de-
cided degree upon details that the
average man overlooks. and it IS only
woman's perception of them that al
lows of these needs being met. A
woman's within may turn the course Of
! an entire travelling party A woman
pleased means often the long stay OF
an entire family An original touch
here and there, some tr'fe that tends
to her convenience. something that
makes II easier to dress, or an ar
rangement OF the furniture that means
any one OF a hundred trivialities that
have been seen to by another woman
may forge a chain of friendship to-
ward the hotel that means increased
| revenue
This woman understands in Its full
ness how much restful colorings tend
to attune a persons mind to harmony.
Daintiness In the accessories OF bou-
doir. table. writins-room, hallway; a
i n1- al 4, f,.fr
that makes for the homelike and ele-
giant ensemble! She has catholic
taste and the good judgment not to
| try for any similarity in the fifteen or
twenty hotels the Canadian Pacific
operates. She has the fine sense that
recognizes that the flttest plan for one
particular house is that which Is dis
tinctive for that especial locality The
| decorations which might be appropri-
ate, for example. in hotel in the
/ Rockies would be EARRING and incon-
gruous in an Eastern one. She has
] worked out in her own mind a plan
| for each one of the houses She has
/ that instinct and understanding, that
sixth sense, that is possessed to some
extent by every woman. For want OF
better term II is called intuition.
She knows what is right and how to
make others see it. In this she Is
women. Multitudes of them know
what is harmonious in decoration af-
| ter they have seen 1t. but she has the
| artistic mind that can see the whole
! picture finished before the first touch
of paint is put upon the canvas.
Some strange things are credited to
| this woman. II is said that in one
| of the hotels sac suggested n parti-
| cular style of rug to be placed in this
! room. another in that and so on
throughout the house. No such rugs
as she suggested could be purchased
in the market. They had to be spe-
cially woven. But the company order
ed them made. because she wanted
them And when they finally were
laidthey were found to harmonic sc
perfectly with the rest of the fittings
as almost 10 transform the rooms a
house that had been plain had beer
| made beautiful and full of character.
Mrs. Reeds work does not end with
the planning OF material details Her
home for years had been famous for
| It's entertainments. Her talent for ar
| ranging musicales and readings had
made her invitations sought for and
| greatly priced She "sensed" the
things that made for novelty and the
| special enjoyment of her friends of all
TASTES She therefore was asked, as
part or her duties, to suggest and sup
| erintend the concerts and other enter
tainments the management wished ia
provide for such of its houses as cater
ed mostly TO the tourist trade And
ms she does, selecting the perform
ers and arranging programmes. with
the idea always In mind of suitability
SUITABILITY to the size of the hotel