Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-11
.FA|RV|EW HOTEL GIVES
HOPE TO THE WAYFARER
No Fear That Head Waiter and
Chief Clerk Are in
Conspiracy.
House Open to Guests Within Ac-
commodating Hours and Has
No Competitor.

Weary Washingtonians who eye with
suspicion all forms of hotel life-who be-
lieve that the head waiter and cashier
are in a conspiracy to bankrupt them and
that the cook uses sauces because he
wants to disguise counterfeit food-have
one more hope t
1t is the "Fairview Hotel" located In
Northeast Washington. Some may find
the management too simple Guests do
not ride In elevators. They don't even sit
down. The hotel is open only between
1c o'clock and o'clock-that is, it con-
tracts its business at that time. 1t is
wide open all the time in the literal sense
of the word.
The "Fairview Hotel is on Florida ave
nue. in Northeast Washington. 1t is made
of cast-off building materials: tin roofing.
shingles, laths and planks The front is
as open as the expression of man who
is running for office keit Switzerland,
an old colored man from Charles county,
Md, is the sole proprietor, and he is the
frankest proprietor that ever lived
In Glass by Itself.
It isn't the construction of the hotel or
the fact that Keit sells 1.049 beans at
helping Che advertises this fact, and as
you cannot separate the beans his ar1th-
metic has never been called in question:
that puts the hotel out Of the class of any
other 1t is the fact that he has written
all over the establishment. Nearly every
foot of his little shack is covered with
printing of his own devising. When keit
has a happy thought he doesn't waste 1t.
He hunts a new spot and paints the
thought in red.
For instance, he doesn't four-fush about
70
ming a public establishment. On a board
in the front of his place is this notice:
II thank very much the gentleman who
treated me to a refrigerator. l knew
would get one sooner or later.
And in an outburst of frankness ne
takes shot at his own business. On the
side Of the little whitewashed shanty is
this notice:
III it was not for so much eating, peo-
pie would have more time for sleeping:
There is a piece of tin cut like shield
which is on post to the right OF his
establishment.
Keit started to write on this shield
with the best intentions in the world
But his temperament overcame MIN ana
the public received this startling procla-
nation: !,
when Uncle Jim and Aunt Eliza come
to town don't forget to bring them to
the Fairview Hotel. Look out Tor the
car. God bless US all"
Draws on the Bible.
The description Of Zacchaeus, who
climbed tree, is given at some length
in the Bible. Keit didn't have room
enough on the back of his hotel to print
the story verbatim. So he furnished an
eager public with a literal translation
and for brevity's sake he refers to
Zacchaeus as ..Zack.'
..Zack," his sign says, had lots of
faith. He knew he could not fall out Of
that tree"
Are you interested in Keit's biogra-
ply? Go to the front of the hotel and
look on the left side near the ground.
This is the procurement:
"Keit Switzerland, who runs the Fair
view Hotel. was born in Charles county.
December 8. 1883
New representatives preparing their
biographies for the official directory
would do well to call on keit and learn
the charms of brevity.
Every day, shortly before IL o'clock,
Keit comes down the street wheeling
the commissary department In a push
cart. There are beans and corn bread
and ham and cabbage and other dishes
beloved of the laboring man. BY the
simple process of wheeling the cart into
| the whitewashed, lettered shed the
Fairyiew Hotel is made ready Tor ousl-
ness.
| Jumps on Demon Rum.
Keit has it in for the Demon Rum
| In the back of his shed ia portrait
that is, kind of portrait. Beside 1t
is large umpy-looking object which is
1 labeled Gin"
| And beneath this pleasant little combi-
1 nation is the notice:
| This man Is a fool.
If you ever drank out Of bottle such
as Keit has depleted he certainly would
| Neither does Keit care for the law
yers He hasn't many among his patrons,
| SO he can afford to be rough with them.
His opinion. printed in letters six inches
| high. is this:
"only one man lives on troubles. That
is the lawyers. The more troubles you
has the better he can live
Cheerful little sentiment.
Mixes Advice With Lunch.
Keit is a profound philosopher. The
workmen get 10 cents worth of lunch
and 10 dollars worth of advice. And
| they don't seem to mind the advice,
either. They accept it cheerfully. :,
| How did you acquire THIS propertyF
Keit was asked.
DO what?' he said.
How did you establish this hotel?'
oh" said Keit. does you mean de
| Fairview Hotel? Why. tes come heah
an nobody put me of.
And then another burning thought
struck him and he departed with his
paint pot
i The sign was:
Don't bother no one what is not
botthering YOU
| Hand Wounded by Bullet.
Joseph Jordan. colored, as sth street
| southwest, was treated at Emergency
Hospital last night for bullet wound in
his right hand. The wounded man
stated that Q revolver he was examining