Evening journal., 1913-01-14
HOTEL HOTEL DUP DUPONT ONT
IS READY FOR
The OPENING
HOStIery the
Scene This Afternoon Of
Brilliant Gathering Of
Society and Officials
PUBLIC WELCOME
AT THE BUILDING

With the formal opening of the mill |
lion dollar Hotel DUPONT tomorrow
night. Wilmington will take rank
with cities many times her size in
hotel accommodations
No city In the United States
can boast of a finer piece of art than
Wilmington's new hotel Critics from
all over the country men who have
helped to design such hoteds as the
McAlpin and St Regis In New York
City, and hotels OF almost equal size
and beauty have pronounced the
Hotel DUPONT as taking rank with
them and containing some features of
which even the McAlpin, Americas
most beautiful hotel, can not boast
Workmen have been working day
and night for the last month that
every detail OF the magnificent new
hostelry may be completed when the
doors Of the building are thrown open
to private inspection this afternoon.
The DUPONT family are special guests.
The last few finishing touches we're
being put on the handsome lobby and
mazzanine floor this morning by art
lists While they were az work. work
ture and arranging the rooms to re-
ceive the many guests who are al
ready hocking TO the city to be pre-
sent at the opening of the hostelry
tomorrow night
A great many people from cities all
over the East viii be present and have
made reservations for rooms and Ia
bles. This afternoon one will see
there men and women high in the po-
litical and social life of Washington:
fnanciers from New York city; artists
whose names are known all over the
country: representative citizens fro-l
OH the na-r cities: Governor
Simeon S, Pennewill and Governor
elect ChaNles r. Miller and all the
state officers In fact Il will be the
most brilliant and distinguished as
semblage of persons that have been
gathered together in Delaware. So
ciety will turn OUT in full force for
each of the opening nights. but at the
same time the general public of VIII
mington is invited and is expected to
visit and inspect the new building. All
will be welcome at the new hostelry,
The hotel will be open for public in
spection tomorrow and Thursday
nights.
The unique situation of this beau
tiful hotel in Wilmington, has been
made possible by the dupont Pow
der Company which has made its
headquarters In Wilmington for over
one hundred years. To provide suit.
able accommodations for the import.
ant commercial and scientific mer
who have business in Wilmington, the
dupont Building Corporation estab'
lished the hotel II embodies every
advanced thought that skilled labor
and architectural ingenuity has de
vised. The hotel will be under The
direction of Ernest S. Taite, formerly
of the Hotel Astor. New York city
which will indicate the character OF
its management A staff Of assist.
ants that hare oeen gathered from
the leading hotels Of this country
and Europe will assist Mr. TAFT in the
management OF the new hostelry
The hotel contains about $50 rooms
an extra large lobby. a ball room. 2
main dining room and six private
dining rooms, grill room, a ROOT
garden. four banquet rooms and an
excellent cafe.
The main entrance to the hotel is
on Eleventh street. other entrances
are on Market street and through the
ground floor OF the DUPONT Build
ing
Elegant Appointments.
Upon entering the hotel one is
struck by the magnihcance Of his sur
roundings and the easy and comforta-
BILE atmosphere about the place. The
vestibule of the main lobby is of inn
ported marble and caen stones in
their natural color. On each side OF
the entrance vestibule. are large
wooden fire places above which are
crests of the new hotel
The lobby is a soft gray finished lin
Italian marble and caen stones and
scagilili columns, which are the fin
est that can be obtained. On the
right side of the lobby are the hotel
desky and Offices Directly across
from the desks are a large fire place
above which is a painting by Howard
Pyle. picturing one of the DUPONT
powder wagons hauling powder for
the war OF 1912.
The lobby is most luxuriously fur
nished, the furniture being OF mahog-
any. covered with green leather The
hand made rugs, OF which red and
blue are the predominating colors,
harmonic beautifully with the soft
tones of the lobby. Another feature is
d the coloring Of the iron work OF the
elevators and stairways, which har-
monize perfectly with the walls Of the
lobby.
Opening of the lobby, on the Mar
ket street side, is the dining room. II
truly is a work of art. The room is
"a feet by so feet and will accommo-
date 200 persons. Overlooking it Is the
musicians balcony, from which an
orchestra will furnish music at lunch.
cons and dinners. The ceiling of the
room is old ivory with a treatment OF
brown and old gold The walls are a
mottled green and with the old Eng
lish wood work and green trimmed
furniture and hangings, produces a
room notable for its dignity and color
scheme.
On the same side as the dining room
is the cafe. IL is treated with heav.
lily beamed ceiling. harmonizing witt
the high wainscoating and columns oi
fused chestnut Around its walls are
painting by one of Wilmington
younger artists, Charles De Fec. They
are largely reproductions Of loca
points of interest, as Carney's Point
the home of one of the plants of th'
dupont Company; Fort Delaware, thu
entrance to the Christian river ant
Gordon Heights the latter view con