Show to jj BY WANDA In A Special Correspondent for the Utah Independent frequently been cau-ed have against accepting sonde of a New Yorker on my of sight-seeing in the great as close association familiar usage has made h of New York seem prosaic commonplace to them that it hold the stranger with an therefore I Ived to wend my way I want to see New York ugh my own eyes and receive I owe individual impressions of city of many a childhood's y first visit was to the Hotel probably it was the name attracted Owing to the of Times square this 1 possesses a remarkable that few buildings in the of a city can boast is a huge brick structure of As I entered main lobby the luxurious was at once this lobby leads to four magnificent dining To the extreme left is a gentlemen's cafe called the Hunting room it is built after the fashion of the Hunting room in it is finished in rich dark brown the side walls are dee-orated with images of hunted animals in and trophies of the were collected in the large chandeliers consist of an intricate arrangement of Here gentlemen may dine with the full assurance of the lack of feminine To the extreme right is a large dining hall in Louis XIV The of this room is the acme of delicacy and the floor covering is a rich red which delightfully refuses to record the sound of disturbing the huge arched with their tan and crimson do much toward giving an effective beauty to the in addition to the large every table is supplied with small electric lamps with dainty yellow which give a lovely mellow the guests who patronize this room cannot fait to be conscious of the soothing pleasantness that pervades Emerging from the Louis XIV room I proceeded down a gently inclined stairway toward the grill Before entering I pause to inspect a corridor decorated with mementoes of old New here I viewed pictures of Long Island as one vast Castle Garden as the center of rank and fashion and Broadway crowded with stages and old fashioned traps which reminded me of the views of London in our childhood's school I sat in Colonial chairs and criticised my likeness in Colonial and could have spent much more time in examining delicate hits of quaint old china and pewter and many other relies made attractive the homes of our colonial This corridor is a befitting ante-chamber to the room I next The Astor Grill is dedicated to the memory of the American I say for the Indian is n fast if not a vanished aud these relies do not portray the Indian of today but the Indian in all his at the zenith of his The grillroom is long and comparatively it is finished in Mission and all is arranged with an intelligent appropriateness born of a natural intuition of the fitness of here that I then left for one brief hour held me completely in her meshes and I sympathized and sorrowed with the American The display is divided into eight each section a distinct their haunts ranging from frigid down through the temperate extending to the mildness ot Pueblos and Iho As we all each of these tribes can be subdivided into many smaller the aggregate to several hundred Each tribe is introduced by a the mask of which was taken from showing a characteristic type of savage One of the most important and instructive parts of the decoration is a collection of photographs set in panels and showing the dwelling mode of life and other matters of each particular There were heads of wild animals indigenous to the location of the tribe together with numerous specimens of their idols and including articles of such as robes embroidered with a bewildering confusion of necklaces of abelone porcupine buffalo bones and teeth of wild women's beautiful horn tobacco examples of basketry and elaborately carved wooden receptacles implements of including powder and a breast-cover of numerous tubes of hone strung together for the purpose of protecting the most vital part of the warrior the the Totem poles were of exceptional interest for on them was carved family genealogy they stood in front of the homes and above the graves of the How little we really know of the Indian after his vices will live long he is but most of his virtues will die How has been white man's when we sean history's pages reviewing the years of avaricious how can we resist giving the Indian our heartfelt The balcony overlooking the main lobby leads through a Japanese to the balcony of This is the main dining room and is said to the largest in New York it is a representation of an Italian the intricate arrangement of ferns vines and shrubbery makes of this the most delightful green-room I have ever It is situated in the inner in th body of the room the lights depend from the ceiling by chains festooned with vines at the end of which the electric lights shine from clusters of green leaves there are many large hanging of rare potted palms on stately pedestals and vines creeping The tables are provided with potted orange shrubs from which golden oranges gleam in The center ceiling consists of cross-beams around which beautiful vines carelessly twine as though they had been allowed to caprice at random and through which we seem to see our own blue on either side of this the ceiling is dome-shaped and even at night appears to shed the light of The tables and chairs are built to carry out the superb at one side directly opposite the is an antique fountain imported from Florence cost a cool few The balcony which encircles tho entire room is an it is divided into compartments by green lattice work laden the ceiling is also a mass of vines in which electric lights at intervals through clusters of wistaria which reminds one of when the curtain drops and we leave him among the As I look across the room to the opposite side I am sincerely just above the fountain an orchestra is pouring forth the terrace wall is laden with gracefully trailing vines of ivy grown from huge stone and now I am looking for the opposite wall or some tangible but in I am looking far into a beautiful verdant valley of trees and there are peaceful clouds iu the sky and just above the trees a consoling moon shines I am straining my eyes to see further into that valley but its details are lost in the azure haze of waning yet I lowing herds wind slowly o'er the Tho plowman homeward plods his weary The effect is so full of so visionary that I seem to that if I should close my all vanish like a phantom of the I returned to this dining hall at the dinner when the gayety was at its there were lovely women with devoted admirers munching and sipping or dining men who are powerful factors in the New York business world who had divested themselves of every business care and upon entering this enchanting bower of perpetual summer with their charming they immediately became gratifying studies of blissful relaxation and I fancied 1 could almost hear them fig for and a fig for On the eighth floor are situated several magnificent banquet halls including a very large main College Yacht Nimrod room and others whose names have escaped my During the meal hours each dining room is provided with a splendid orchestra and one hears the popular music and selections from all the Besides the halls and dining rooms the public rooms include Ladies' reception room in Louis n-ading and writing ladies' lounging room designed after the fashion of the Royal Spanish Re- Gentlemen's Club or Elizabethan Ladies' parlor which illustrates a refined conception of L if East Indian the i Japa anil Btu-mese the private suites that me most was the Louis parlor of a state Louis XVI bedroom of another state Marie Antoinette Dutch Colo- nial suite and Francis I. During the summer months a superb roof-garden is open to the public containing a large restaurant and promenade with many nooks and The wing room is a reproduction of the noted wine cellar at Eberbach on the The barroom is finished in just over the bar is a painting of Long Acre the present site of the V The immensity of j is its di- being said be the largest kitchen in the Each department is supplied electric time stamps record-in every moment of the The of every room is recorded at the front thus making it impossible for a fire to get a as it can be immediately traced to its Approximately twelve hundred are required to operate his miniature the engine alone requiring about one hundred taxi-cabs and all kinds of high class conveyances are in constant readiness for the convenience and diversion of I found evidences of an untiring effort to combine beauty and and I know of nothing that was lacking to I gratify the tastes of even the most fastidiously temperamental human The Hotel Astor was built by William Astor for W. C. the present It would take considerable rejection to grasp an understanding of the intense interest and even glamour that pervades a first New York through huge hostelries beats the pulse of the there Is a constant influx and efflux of powerful criterions in the of science and indus- j a guest may find himself hob- with men and women of t great Ideas and great The banquet rooms of the Hotel j is a popular rendezvous for i prominent their functions include con- and here momentous questions have decided determining the of and even a few hours instructively most pleasantly spent and I hoping that it is but the first many visits that I shall make inviting New New if pm can but thus continue to charm an expectant t perhaps there will be dis- r |