Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
No Detail Has Been Spared to
Make It Unsurpassed for the
Travelling Public and People Of
CiN-FormaI Opening Monday,
Machinery and Equipment Latest
Devices for Aid Of Sanitation
and Comfort-MuraI Docora-
tons Picture Events Of Georgia,

Monday at the Hoto, Ansley will II
be given In fullest measure TO say,
with Shenstone. that they havo found
lifes warmest welcome at an inn"
Al least the builder and tho lessee
and the press agent have oadoavorod
10 make II even so, and tho very fow
favored persons permitted 10 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
hosiery, opens it's doors to guests on
Monday. Il win be unoTcclled 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 900
SITS rathskeller accommodating 800
and its hundreds Of rooms supplied
with fresh filtered air continuously;
with its costly historical mural deco
Tations. eacn a work Of art, the sump-
suous furnishings of Its rooms anu
suites and its perfect service system,
Che Ansley will be without "A superior
for business, conyeniences and satety.
As "Marse" Henry Watterson eX-
pressed II, at no place on the Rambla
and in the Ring in Piccadilly and the
COrso. beneath the Colonnadcs OF the
Rue de Riyoli Of Paris and 'Unter den
Linden Of Berlin-indeed, all the way
between Chicago and Canncbiere, IN
GLIDING many hooks and corners ~
little old New York can the man
or woman with a trunk anc hand-
bag live higher. sleep safer ana SpeHu
less than at the Hotel Ansley.
Two weu-known quotations I'M
printed on the tapestry will greet the
eve of all who pass the portals OF the
Hotel Ansley. The first one rs the
hotel mans favorite verse, rom
Shenstone. as follows
wboe'er has Travelled Hfe's dun round,
Where'cr his stages may have been,
Msv sigh to think he still has found
LIES warmcst welcome at an Inn.
The next is a Scriptural quotation.
taken from Hebrews. and the Ansiey
managcemnt promises 10 apply the
proceut and the compliment TO every
guest alike Here Il IS.
strangers for thereby some have en-
tcrtajuei angels unawares
Indicate Spirit Of Hotel.
These two familiar quotations are
printed across the underbeam OF the
winding marble stairways In the Ans
Iav foyer They are intended to indl-
cate the spirit I'm which guests should
apply and expect to be received.
Appearance OF the lobby is en-
HANGED by three historical paintings
On tapestry. each 2 by 10 feet, STU
ated on the upper meZzanine moor
and facing the Forsyth Street en-
france The paintings recall impor-
tant historical happenings in Georgia
The first panel depicts the meeting
of General Oglethorpe and Tomocnl-
chi at Savannah May q. 1888. IN"
next 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 al the
state house in Louisville, 5euerson
County, in the year 1896,
The papers were isnited by means
OF a magnifying glass and the sun $
rays showing that the fire which de-
struyed such an lnfamy should come
from Heaven.
on the ground floor are dozen or
more other paintings Of historical In
tepest.
Dining Room Is Italian.
The dining room OF the Ansley is
known as the Italian room, on ac.
count of its architecture and mural
paintings The latter consist Of the
Vatican gardens showing the cupota
Of St Peters i'm the distance, the
garden os villa BorEhese IN Florence
the garden of villa Laute. the Her
cuIes fountain in the garden Of Nilla