The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-06-26

most luxurious pattern the moderate
rates asked will undoubtedly appeal
to the refined tastes of those Geor-
CLANS who desire the elegancies Of
hotel life without extravaganza.
In addition to absolutely every con-
venience in the guest rooms, lobbies
and parlors the management is as
proud of its modern kitchen as any
other portion of the Ansley
The sanitary features are the pride
of its owners, and it is the only hotel
in the entire South that freezes all
garbage as fast as it accumulates. AT
very large cost plant was IN
stalled for altering and washing the
air which is changed throughout the
entire building every two minutes,
thus assuring the most wholesome at
mosphere in every nook and corner
The large ball and banquet room
and convention hall will seat 500 and
is, constructed and located admirably
for these purposes as occasion de-
mands. 1t is a beautiful room, elabo-
rateIy decorated, has splendid acous-
tic properties. Located Immediately
under the main lobby is the most
novel and attractive Rathskeller in the
country with capacity for 800 A san
itary barber shop and beauty parioE
adjoin,
a distinctive feature will be club
breakfasts at rs cents and up. Lunch
soc IL to 2. Table d'hote dinners
S100 nights 6 to 8, and the very best
of a la carte service.
Rooms with running water ana
,{oh
S100 per day.
Rooms with connecting hath, $3.50.
Rooms with private bath, $500.
50. so, $500 per day.
Description of Lobby.
The mural paintings Of the lobby
of the Hotel Ansley consists of three
large striking paintings on tapestry
12x10 feet placed in the upper or mez-
canine floor and facing the Forsyth
street entrance. These paintings rep
resent three very important events in
the history of Georgia,
The first panel which greets your
eye on entering is a life-size paint
| ing representing a treaty between
General OgIethorpe and Tomochichi at
Savannah, Ga, May 81, 1913. General
Ogletnorpe is represented dressed in
evening costume of that period, and
the Indians in their gala blankets.
Next to this the center panel is
shown John Wesley teaching the In
dams under the oaks of st. Simons;
the landscape background being paint
ed in mellow warm colors with pleas
ing effect.
The third panel represents the burn
ing Of the Yazoo fraud papers at the
state house in Louisville, Jefferson
county, Georgia, in the year 1896. The
| papers were ignited by the means OF
a magnifying glass and the sun rays,
showing that the fire that destroyed
such an infamy should come from
! heaven.
On the ground floor, in the space
/ between the Carara marble wainscote
and the ceiling under the mezzanine,
are a number of paintings also on
| tapestry four feet six inches high,
and varying in length from eight feet
to twenty-five feet. The subjects Of
these are views of local and of state
interest.
Main Dining Room.
This magnificent room is the Ital-
| ian room. In architecture and mural
paintings, it is strictly so. over the
wainscote, which is the full height of
the ground floor, is series of paint
ings of historical Italian gardens, the
most famous in the world. There Is
the Vatican Gardens showing the Gu
DoIa of the Church Of st. Peter in
the distance, The Garden of Villa
Borghese in Florence, the Garden of
! Villa Lante, the Hercules Fountain in
the Garden of Villa Reale at Flor
ence. and a beautiful view Of one Of
the canals of Venice, all Of which are
painted on canvas, and are 12x10 feet.
RathskelIeF.
The Rathskeller is what may be
termed the College Inn. On the walls
are painted the seals Of the principal
colleges Of Georgia above the wains.
cote. The seals are interlaced with
| flowing bands In every color, the
background being golden yellow.
Writing Room.
/ In the panels Of the wall of the
writing room are paintings on tapestry
representing Atlanta before and after
The war, and on smaller panels the
coat-of-arms Of the city OF Atlantis, and
also that Of the state Of Georgia, all
this being the work Of LebeF Bros, Of