Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
No Detail Has Been Spared to
Make 1t Unsurpassed for the
travelling Public and People of
City-FormaI Opening Monday.
Machinery and Equipment Latest
Devices for Aid of Sanitation
and ComfOrt-MuraI Decora-
tons Picture Events of Georgia.

Monday at the Hotel Ansley VIII it
be given in fullest measure to say,
with Shenstone, that they have found
lies warmest welcome at an inn
At least, the builder and the lessee
and the press agent have endeavored
to make IT even so, and the very few
favored persons permitted to inspect
the building and its appointments in
advance of the opening agree they
planned wisely and builded we'll
When the Ansley Atlanta's newest
hostelry, opens its doors to guests on
Monday. it will be unexcelled among
the inns of the country for efficiency,
service, accommodations, equipment
and modernity Of its appointments
No detail was overlooked in the plan
ming; no expense was spared in the
building.
Banquet Hall Seats 500.
With its banquet room seating 500,
its rathskeIler accommodating 300
and its hundreds Of rooms supplied
with fresh uttered air continuously;
with its costly historical mural deco
rations each a work of art, the sump-
tuous furnishings Of Its rooms and
suites and its perfect service system,
the AnsIey will be without a superior
for business, conveniences and SAFETY.
AS "Marse" Henry Watterson ex-
pressed it, at no place "on the Ramola
and in the Ring, in Piccadilly and the
Corso, beneath the cOlonnades OIL the
Rue de Rivoii of Paris and Inter den
linden of Berlin-indeed, all the way
between Chicago and Cannebiere, in
Guiding many hooks and corners ~
little old New York can the man
, or woman with a trunk and hand
lag live higher, sleep safer and spend
less than at the Hotel Ansley.
Two well-known quotations I'M
printed on the tapestry VIII greer tne
eve of all who pass the portals OF the
Hotel Ansley. The first one is the
hotel mans favorite verse, from
Shenstone, as follows:
Wboe'er has Travelled life's dull round,
IWhere'er his stages may nave beeh,
Nav sigh to think he stlll mas Iouhu
Tife's warmest welcome at an nm
The next is a Scriptural quotation,
taken from Hebrews. and the AhsIey
management promises to Apply tne
precept and the compliment 10 every
guest alike Here it Is:
"Forget not to show love unto
strangers for thereby some have en-
tertained angels unawares'
Indicate Spirit of Hotel.
These two familiar quotations are
printed across the underoearn Oh uiIe
winding marble stairWays in the Ans
lev foyer. They are intended to indl-
cate the spirit in which guests should
annIv and expect to be received.
Annearance of the lobby is en-
HANGED nv three historical paintings
on tapestry, each y by 10 feet, STU
ated on the upper mezzanine floor
and facing the Forsyth street en-
trance. The paintings recall lmpor-
tant historical happenings in Georgia.
The first panel depicts the meeting
of General Oglethorpe and IomoGnl-
chi at Savannah May 21, 1888. me
navt represents John Wesley teaching
the Indians under the oaks of St ST.
mons. and the third shows the burn
ing of the Yazoo fraud papers at the
state house in Louisville, JEFFERSON
County. in the year 1896.
The papers were ignited by means
Of a magnifying glass and the sun
RAYS. showing that the fire when de-
stroyed such an infamy should come
from Heaven.
On the ground floor are dozen OF
more other paintings of historical IT.
terest.
Dining Room Is Italian.
The dining room of the Ansley Is
known as the Italian room, on &C
.couut of its architecture and mural
naintings. The latter consist of the
oh
Of ST. Peters in the distance the
garden os Villa Borghese in Florence
the garden of Villa Lante. the Her.
cules fountain in the garden of villa
ReaIe of Florence, and view OF
Venice canals. all If which are paint
ed on canvases. each u by 10 feet.
y The rathskeller, one of the largest
and most luxurious in the South Is
remindful of college life. It's walls
are decorated with portraits OF the
seals of the leading Georgia colleges,
interlaced with varicolored bands
waving over a golden background.
The waiting room is trimmed and
vainscoted with Georgia sycamore.
distinctive feature of this room
indeed. of the hotel is full size, true
to-Iife nOrtrait of Lieutenant General
William Tecumseh Sherman, beneath
which is the following inscription:
Under whose OTueIS Al4dHtd was
burned, and who said war Is hell
Old Photographs Reproduced.
Actual 1865 Photographs are repro
duced. showing Atlanta before and
after the famous confagration. on
other panels of the writing room are
the Great Seals of Atlanta and the
state of Georgia. Those who have
seen this room are unstinted in their
praise of it's historical interest and
value.
The Ansley equipment for cleaning
silverware and dishes is uneXcelled.
The silverware will be cleaned by
chemically generated electricity, made
bv water, soda and salt.
Dishes will be cieansed and ster-
iliZed by powerful streams of not
water thrown against them while in
cased in a metal washing machine.
The kitchen of the Ansley is re-
pIete with modern machinery and 9TH
er implements for prompt and eff
> Gent service. Its appointments ar
products of as great attention 10 de-
tail as was given the office, the rath-