Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-17
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

virile, energetic business repfeseh
tatives from fourteen nations OF the
earth, seated around the festive board
exchanging ideas and seeking to
cement lasting friendships. is tran
auillity, the much sought-for harmony
the world cries for today.
For the past thirty-six hours more
than 200 of the best known hotel men
Of Europe. most of them members OF
the Alliance Internationale de Hotel
lerie, have been in our midst as
guests of the Washington Hotel Mems
Association, and if their bright faces,
CHEEKY voices and appreciative man.
ner are indicative Of their innermos'
feelings then they are highly pleased
with America and the people OF our
country.
Since arriving in the heart of the
nation early yesterday morning every
conceivable attention has been
showered upon the visitors, the en-
tertainment committee of the local
organization sparing neither time nor
expense to make all feel at home, and
when it came time for the party to
leave for Philadelphia today. so de-
monStrative were the foreigners IN
their expressions OF appreciation tHdt
their train was delayed an hour.
After visit to the White House
yesterday noon. where the entire del
President Coolidge, Robert S. Downs,
managing director of the Hotel
Washington, entertained the visitors
at luncheon in the Sale de Nations.
Townley A. Mckee of the Metropoli-
tan Hotel. president of the Washing
ton Hotel Mems Association, well
coined the guests, combining his re-
marks to few announcements per-
tanning to the itinerary. These were
interpreted in French by none other
than Oscar Tschirky chairman of the
general committee of arrangements,
New York, and few there are who
have been to New York and have not
heard of Oscar of the Waldorf. The
tourists left Immediately following
the repast for trip to Arlington and
the Lincoln Memorial. They had Wis
tied Mount Vernon earlier in the day
Last night Frank S Hight. manager
of the New willard Hotel. entertained
the company at dinner. at which sew
eral Of the chief officials of the or
ganivation were introduced and the
evening given over to music and en-
tertainmeut.
The delegates will go to Atlantic
City after a short stay in Philadel
phia, then to Boston and back again
to New York, where their convention
is to be held.
The Alliance Internationale Hostel
1erie came to life three years ago al.
Monte Carlo, and its object is to ia
cilitate and to multiply the relations
between the hotel men of the different
nations so as to enable them to know
each other better: to study mutually
the means to improve the staff and
stock of tools in the hostelry of each
nation: to take advantage of the eX-
perience acquired by one or the other
with the view of improving condi
ttons Of work and to spread the rules
of comfort and hygiene In hotels.
1t Is it's purpose further to harmon
ize relations between the hostelrv
and the enterprise of transport: to
study the laws of traffic of internal
tional tours and the means for the
travel more easily. and to present
some wishes to the different govern
ments.
While represented by something
like seventy-five delegates, England
ts not at present q member Of the
alliance, but, according to H. L. Clark,
chairman of the British representa-
ton and proprietor of the Hotel York,
London, she will join shortly
The president of the organization
is Georges Barrier. president of the
board of directors and largest share
holder In the Continental Hotel Com
pany. Paris.
When asked about conditions in
France NJ Barrier, who was repeat
edly decorated by the French gov
eminent during the war, being named
1919. said that general business in
France-Paris especially-was excel
lent. that American tourist travel
during the past year had been ire
course. were greatly benefited
NJ Barrier refrained from express
ing an opinion on the political sit
uation. but said that France was
hard at work and would soon be on
her feet again. NJ. and Nine. Des-
lance. are with the French deIega-
ton. which numbers about seventy
members. NJ Gautier. director of the
Hotel Vendome. Paris, is also with
the party and acts as private secre-
tary to the president.
Another hotel man with the party,
known throughout Europe because of
Emery Of the Montreux-Palace Hotel
Montreux, Switzerland. Mr.. Emery
is director in one Of the largest
chains OF hotels in his own country
and France. He said Switzerland had
suffered nearly as much as those
countries in the war, but was slowly
recovering
Alberto Masprone, president of the
Grand Hotel de Milan, Milan, heads
the Italian delegation, which includes
among others Ludovic Silenzi, pres
ident of the U. N. /. T. l. hotels of
Italy, Austria. Hungary and Egypt,
considered, with its branch connections
one OF the most pretentious hotel chains
IN Europe.
Mr.. Silenzi was most enthusiastic
over conditions in Italy at present
and scafd that never had the country
as whole displayed such determine
ton to work and go ahead as now.
Those heading delegations from
other countries not so literally rep
resented are Olaf Jonsson, Hotel de
Vaxholm. Stockholm. Sweden; Louis
D. Mayaerts, Belgium; Desire Pfadt.
Gontinental-Savoy Hotel, Cairo,
Egypt: Jean Graf, Prague, Czecho,
slovakia; Carl Jorgenson, Porvins
Hotellet, Copenhagen. Denmark; NJ
Toxic: M. Alexandra D'Almieda, LIS
bon, Portugal; M. Lussniggs, Madrid.
Spain, and M. Van Slight, Hotel Des
Pays Bas. Utrecht, Holland. A num-
Der or the delegates are accompanied
by their wives.
George w. Sweeney of the Com
modore Hotel. New York, is the rep
resentative Of the United States to
~ to his efforts that the visitors
are In this country. Mr.. Sweeney
was unable to make the trip to WASH
1ngton. but a large number of hotel
men of the Greater city are accom-
panyfng the tourists.
Among these are Thomas D. Green.
president of the New York City Hotel
Mems Association and proprietor of
the Woodward Hotel, that city. who