The Sentinel=record., 1915-01-15
MESSRS. GAINES AND
 HAY ARE IN THE CITY
OFFICIALS OF NEW YORK HOTEL COMPANY GREETED WITH
 SPLENDID WEATHER.
By II w. LANiGAN,

 Press Representative of the Arlington
 and Eastman Hotels
 Casually looking over Wednesdays New York Herald we observed that not counting the Florida coast. Hot Springs produced a higher tempera- ture Tuesday than Aiken. Camden, Charlotte, old Point Comfort, Jehy. Island or any of the other Carolina. Virginia and Georgia resorts. Like wise, where it was raining or snow ing, or at least cloudy, every place else, it was exactly as you know, ideal here.
 There appeared in Wednesdays New York Sun this headline:
 ~Snowstorm Hits Hot Springs, Va.
 A headline in the New York World stated:
 Rain prevents golf play at Pine hurst"
 So, guess the present mob" at the Arlington isn't glad it's here? Hot Springs winter climate is the most I i good travellers know. It's really the exception when it isn't clear and bright in the Spa throughout the months of January, February, March and April
 Take the Country Club golf course. It's the only one in the land that's played on twelve months in the year. Eventually Hot Springs is going to become equally as great a winter golf ing town as antique Pinehurst. It's got the edge on us now, because it started first and because it has ga tered SO handsomely to the golfers that they are loyal to the Carolina | resort.
 l Every season dozens of Chicago St Louis and Minneapolis golfers play the Essex course en route | home from Pindhurst And annually we hear many smarth amateur say that Pinehurst hasn't got anything on us So as our golf game is grow. ing in leaps and bounds, and as the | sport is annually becoming stronger surely We must begin dividing the | golf patronage with Pinehurst before | long.
 Yesterday Albert B. Gaines of | Englewood N l.. president of the New York Hotel Company which op- crates the Arlington and Eastman hotels, reached the city in company with Col. Lyman q Hay general | manager Of the two palatia hostel ries Both are here so as to be on hand for the forthcoming opening ot the Eastman. Mr Gaines plans re maining in the Spa throughout the season, just as he roes annually while Colonel Hay will probably be 1 forced to return to St. Louis the first week in February, as he also has the Jefferson and Planetrs 10 look after and running those two immense | hotels is mighty biz task iA itsel
 MT Gaines and Colonel Hay were warmly greeted by their wide circle of friends upon their arrival. Both gentlemen are looking forward to a | season out Of the ordinary They state that a host of the Spas eastern l and northern friends intend running down and firmly believe that with European travel practically at standstill owing to the big scrap on the other side, that there will be hun. dreds of brand new arrivals during the forthcoming next three months
 Right now the Arlington is enter taining a banner mid-January crowd Whats better. the reservations for the next several months are particu- larly heavy Mir Gaines long ago in. formed Manager Chester of the Hotel Eastman to spare no expense in fur ther beautifying the Monarch of the Glen. So. the big hotel on the hnl will doubtless look even more impos. ing than ever wlen it is formally opened for the season on Saturday. January 30.
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