Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-28

and other accessory accommodations. No
hotel In the country has so humanely
treated It's help. a unique feature of tho
plan OF this hotel Is the serving of three
great dining rooms, any two of which
occupy more area than one entire floor.
from one kitchen. and with equally short !,
travel to each, Tho hotel ia flreproof In
the most extreme sense OF the word. It
is furnished and decorated and equipped
with furniture that compares favorably
with any hotel In New York City.
''In the dining room. particularly, Ed
ward Holslag has excelled even his own
excellent reputation az a decorator.
Bnilt for strength.
THE engineering features OF the hotel
have cost more IN proportion TO the whole
cost than Is true OF any other hotel OF
its class. The double entrance feature,
made possible by the grade of tho streets.
has resulted in giving one floor over to
the entertainment OF men. Tho mezzanine
and lobby being more intimately asso-
ciated and more attractive in consequences
TO the feminine guests OF the house. Tho
very important element OF hotel patron
age. the American travelling man, is taken
care OF In this hotel IN way that he has
never before been treated. The top two.
tho best floors of the building. have been
devoted to his particular entertainment,
a feature which am sure viii be greatly
appreciated by the travelling man him
self For other items of interest you are
cordially invited 10 make tour Of the
building and see for yourself,
Praises His Client.
"In letting Hotel Fontenelle speak for
itself as 1 have proposed to do, am
struck with the idea that there may come.
perhaps. too much credit to tho architect;
therefore. want TO say In no uncertain
terms that no such building would have
been possible for any less considerable
client. By that mean that tho way In
which the Douglas Hotel company has
made the architects effort count is moth
| ing short OF remarkabei that no such
building would have been possible for any
other tenant No one will ever know to
what extent the genius and experience OF
| William r. Burbank have been sbuilt into
| lnstIng materials In this building; no such
building would have been at all probable
IN the hands of any less building gen
eral than c. II. Vaughn, vice president OF
the Seldom Brock Construction company,
and Il In quite possible that no such build
ing might have materialised with any less
enthusiastic architect. whose enthusiasm.
by the way, goes so far as to desire here
10 record his gratitude to every one who
has worked upon the building, and espc-
cialiy to his consulting engineers, Neilef,
Rich & Co, and TO his own office force
| OF which he II very proud,
Good for the City.
what a hotel may mean to city IL
expressed In a dispatch Just received from
one Of the foremost citizens OF Syracuse
will read II;
Greeting and CONGRATULATIONS. X No
Eontenelie does for Omaha what the
lOnondaRa has done for syracuse, Bna "
viii tho Fontenelle will be the best thinS
that ever happened to Omaha
'When Hotel Fontenelle has had an op'
nortunity TO speak for itself feel conf
dent that II will be pronounced a success
but nothing is a success in the present
century that does not succeed financially
as well. Before close want to enter
\ a vigorous plea for the present effort In
behalf of this hotel enterprise and its
tenant our new citizen, William n. Bur
bank. Let us Join together, remembering
that Il ia our hotel and that Mr.. Burbank
haa publicly announced that 1t Is buli'
for us TO enjoy and let each OF US DO ms
mart toward making 1t the most success
ful hotel in the whole country"