Show old inns had humorous rule no boots 5 sleepers allowed in one bed MILWAUKEE WIS in the colonial days hotel service was spelled with a small s the bruised dusty stagecoach passenger s or the stiff weary horseback rider who entered ye olde inne may have been t satisfied but demands of guests for or service have changed hotel rule of the early american period seem quaintly humorous today no more than ihan five to sleep in one bed read a notice posted in establishments w which h I 1 c h someday might advertise george washington slept here I 1 no boots to be worn in bed warned other signs then just to pro prove i to awe smitten readers that the lodging house had a reputation to maintain it sternly warned organ grinders to sleep in the wash house no razor grinders or tinkers taken in no beer allowed in the kitchen prices gerein were in keeping with the dignity and excellence of the service pour four pence a night per bed announced the sign six pence with supper the evolution of our hotel title from that of inn guest house and earlier forms Is a fair fairly lyre recent development the date data for the opening of the first real american hotel Is 1794 when the unassuming city hotel hung out its shingle in new york city it had much to learn leam about service even up u to the time of the civil war hotel accommodations were still quite primitive plumbing and sanitary fixtures were crude and simple the old familiar china bowl and pitcher with it single towel and nd bar ot of coarse yellow soap summed up each ach rooms washing facilities guest rooms were unheated the only bates were in ih the basement since there was waa no piped water above the kitchen room service calls in lincous Lincol ns day were accod pushed through pulling a cord site at cached to A bell at the desk |