Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-26
Comfort Privacy and Features of Variety

All West Farnam-in fact, all
Omaha may enjoy the Blackstone
family hotel, II 1t cares to do SO. The
splendid new facilities In the big build
ing are not to be restricted to the
residents alone, but are thrown open
to Omaha and her friends. Individ-
uals of the right sort, even those
without a single friend living In the
building, can secure cards OF admis-
sion which will give them the priv.
ilege of the roof gardens on top OF
the building-the finest viewpoint in
all Omaha So states Franklin V. Moi
fit, the man who has been chosen to
manage the Blackstone hotel.
High Class Details.
Since there are neither kitchens
nor kitchenettes in the Blackstone,
our dining room and the manner in
which we operate 1t, is of prime In.
terest and importance to our Gus
TONER'S" says Mr.. Moffitt. Take
It for granted that we have the best
chefs obtainable. You will make no
mistake in taking my word for that.
Our dining room is operated on the
European plan. There are I'VE or six
different breakfasts, club lunch and
an la carte dinner, the latter from
to s o'clock. While primarily for
our residents, outsiders are welcome
to any and all of these meals. In
fact, we have had many applications
from people living In this end Of the
city and we expect to cater to out
siders, especially as to dinner.
But we will not cater to the tran
sient trade, neither In rooms nor din
irg room. Transients are welcome
If we happen to have vacant apart
ments. The Blackstone is a family
house. not day.by-the-day hotel.
$50 anxious are we to escape the
appearance Of commercial hotel that
we have not even counter In our
office Nor is there to be a cigar
stand out In sight. For the conyen-
fence Of our residents, we have place
In the basement, near the billiard
rooms. where cigars can be purchased.
We have nothing In our office that
you would not expect to find In the
most exclusive homes. That's why we
call this house Of homes.
There is telephone exchange, ont
Of sight, Of course, because there Is
tree telephone service from every
apartment In the house. This service
Is unlimited and operates twenty.four
hours out Of the day.
Beauty Of Dining Room.
But returning to- the dining room.
We are proud Of that feature. It Is
the most beautiful dining room In
Omaha. beyond doubt. The walls
are In silk, the silyerware Is the latest
pattern Wallace" ware. Hotel silver
10 entirely different from that used
In private houses. 1t is much heavier.
There are only half dozen places in
the country where silver Of this kind
can be purchased.
I'm addition to the heavier silver,
our china Is much lighter than the
ordinary chinaware. II Is known as
the "Lamberton" ware and Ia very
beautiful. 1t breaks much easier than |
the ordinary china, but we expect 10 |
have our affairs 80 supervised that
breakage will be reduced to the mini. |
AsASAoeVs aitci dlit ID mostly |
In the kitchen, not among guests.
Our head waiter; all our walters
IN fact, are girls, not men. It has
been our experience that girls make /
better walters. are nicer, more polite.
and that their service is more salts.
factory. especially In family hotel. |
Therefore. we have engaged girls for |
this work.
Just word about our walls and
carpets. The walls In the corridors |
are covered with velvet; those In the
ladies' reception rooms are silk; we
spent $4,000 for carpets, covering
every inch Of the corridors, halls and
rooms with expensive and pleasing
carpeting. All the hangings about the
hotel are beautiful.
The lighting system is indirect and
the fixtures are the latest and most
pleasing effects we could find.
While we can see very little use
for private servants in the house. vet
we have arranged to take care Of any
servants our residents wish to bring
with them. We are furnishing free
maid service to every room. But sew.
eral OF our residents asked to bring
their private maids or their buffers.