Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-03-21
MADE GOOD" IN
OLD BENNINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. P. C. Cornell, formerly
of Middlebury, are to retire this spring
from the hotel business in which they
have been successfully engaged at Ben
nington for many years, They have
given up their lease of the Putnam
House" and will take a private resi-
dence in Bennington
Mrs. Cornell, who was Miss Amelia
Trudo, a sister Of Jerry c. Trudo of
Middlebury, receives an unusual trib-
ute in the way of a letter published
this week in the Bennington Banner
1t will be of interest not only to her
Middlebury friends, but to readers gen
orally in view of the appreciative ex-
preston of the value of woman's help
in hotel management.
The letter, which is from New York
patron of the hotel, is printed as fol-
lows:
Editor of the Banner:
saw in our last much priced week
ly Banner and Reformer" that P. c,
Cornell is soon to retire as landlord of
the Putnam House"
What you say about Mr.. Cornell's
efficient management of this popular
hotel is all true, and he is deserving
of the highest commendation For
many years my wife and have been
periodical guests at the Putnam
House" and we speak from experience
when we say that Mr.. CorneI's man
agement of this popular hotel has been
ideal in every respect.
His kindness to the treveling pub
lie will long be remembered and there
will be universal regret that this genial
landlord is soon to retire to private
life. May he be spared many years to
enjoy his much needed rest.
There is another side, however, to
this story. What about the inside
management of this reputable hotel?
Who has personally supervised the one
thousand and one requisites necessary
to make hotel worthy of the name?
Who has personally superintendent the
making of the Putnam" spotlessly clean
in every respect so that commercial
travellers testify that the Putnam" is
the cleanest public house in the United
States of America? Who has person
ally inspected each day the condition
of the many rooms in this hotel, in
sisting that everything pertaining to
them was in perfect order and fit for
the most critical of guests? Who has
had full control of the large kitchen,
where so many good things were pre-
pared to cheer the inner man? Who
has made the beautiful dining room
of the Putnam" so attractive and
spotlessly clean, and daily arranged a
menu with such variety and well
cooked and palatable viands?
Mrs. P. c. Cornell is the lady who
for the past fourteen years has de-
voted the best years of her life and
has won for herself tn enviable repu
tation of being one of the best and most
perfect housekeepers in Vermont
When Mrs. Cornell came to the put
nam" she found many things animate
and inanimate undesirable She train
ed her firing gun named Good House
keeping" on these enemies and they
disappeared never to return.
BeSlueS all the eXactlng duties de-
volving upon her she found time to
minister to the sick and perform many
acts of kindpess and consideration that
will never be forgotten
l think it well to speak a word of
praise to ones deserving friends Will
they are alive After they have passed
on and over it might not interest them.
Sincerely yours,
George B. Sears.
New York, March |, 1919