The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
THINGS TALKED ABOUT IN
HOTELS; kOTE---ONE DUCK
Manager Of Laurelton Gets Good Dinner at Expense Of
Central Park Zoo-Dorcas Society Suffers Shock
Arrivals and Entertainments.

G.. G. Mobiles. manager Of the Hotel
Laurelton. In West Fifty-ffth street, was
considering what he would have for
dinner late yesterday afternoon when the
door of his private office suddenly opened
and there stood Nicholas Donbulian. the
Armenian houseman employed at the
hotel, holding a squeaking duck. He was
trembling and the duck was smackng
its wings together. 1t was as fat as
butter, and looked good to the hotel
manager.
Look. Mr.. Mobiles. what have
found cried the excited Armenian. II
catch him on the roof"
when Manager Mobiles had recovered
ne directed Donbullian to take the bird 10
the kitchen and have him cooked tor
dinner. Jus: how the duck managed to
select the Laurelton, thirteen story
building. as resting place is mystery
AS ducks are not seen flying over house
tops In New York, Mr.. Noble thinks the
bird belonged to the Central Park zoo.
II weighed Ave pounds, and made an ex-
cellent dinner.
Col. Towkowsky OF the Russian army
and his wife are registered at the Hotel
Be.ieclaire. The Colonel has but one arm.
having lost the other in the Russian
japanese war He Is here on business
for the Russian Government.
The Yale & Towne Manufacturing
Company Is TO have dinner at the Hotel
Aston on the evening of December II.
The most angry women in New York
yesterday were at the Hotel Belleclsire
For the pas, weeks the members OF the
Belleclaire Dorcas Society have been
working industriously making dresses
stockings. hats and lingerie for do Is.
which they intend to present to poor
children. Yesterday they were shocked
when the dolls arrived to f1nd they were Of
different sizes. As the woment had made
the garments all for the one size dolls Il
over again. Among the members are
Mrs. X. u. Blackman. Mrs. Thomas
Lewis. Mrs. Charles W. Taylor. Mrs. +. j..
Flicker and Mrs John Thomas.
A dinner-dance took place last eve
ming in the ballroom OF the Hotel Meal
pin. Col. h. - McApin and Mrs NcAlpin
being the hosts. The ballroom. on the
twenty-fourih floor OF the hotel. was
transformed into a garden. at one END
of which a tent was erected. The guests
were seated At small tables set in this
tent The tables were decorated with
Mexican and Brazilian orchids. Out
SIDE the tent tntre was "A StretCh OF
fresh. green lawn. the dance floor. a bout
500 square feet, occupying the centre OF
II. Among the seventeen couples pres
emit. besides the host and hostess. were
Mr. and Mrs A. II. Larkin. Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Murphy I'd. Mr. and Mrs. l..
Raft Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. Arson
W Burchard, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coppel'.
Mr.. and Mrs +. W. STEELE. Or. and Mrs.
p. H. McAlpin, Mr. and Mrs Marcellus
Hartley Dodge. MIR and Mrs Lewis
Nixon. Mr.. and Mrs Charles y. Pratt
and Mrs. Van Amrirge.
Lillian Coe Brennan has inaugurated
a series of supper dances at the Hotel
M,rie Antoinette on "Wednesday and Sat
urday nights from II TO | O'Clock. They
have proved popular with upper West
side society folk.
Stanley Greene. late manager OF the
Hotel Plankington In Milwaukee and for
merry assistant manager of the Waldorf
Astoria. has been appointed manager Of the
Hotel Marie Antoinette. He has APP