Show Old Had Hd Rule Re ReNo No Boots 5 Sleepers Allowed in One Bed MILWAUKEE WIS In In the colonial colonial colonial co co- co- co lonial days hotel service was spelled with a small s The bruised dusty stagecoach passenger passenger passenger pas pas- or the stiff weary horseback horseback horseback horse horse- back rider who entered Ye Olde Inne lane may have been satisfied but demands of guests for tor service h have ve changed Hotel rule of the early American period seem quaintly humorous humorous humorous hu hu- hu- hu today No more than five to sleep in one bed read a notice posted in establishments which w h hi i c h someday might advertise George Washington Washing Washing- ton slept here No uNo boots to be worn in bed warned other signs Then just to prove to awe ten 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 were in keeping with the dignity and excellence of the ice 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 fairly recent recent recent re re- re- re cent development The date for the opening of the first real American hotel is 1794 1 when the unassuming City Hotel hung out its shingle in New York city It had much to learn about service Even up to the time of the Civil war hotel accommodations were i still quite primitive Plumbing and I sanitary fixtures were crude and simple The old familiar china bowl bowland bowland bowland and pitcher with its single towel and bar of coarse yellow soap summed up ach each rooms room's washing facilities Guest rooms were unheated the only baths battis were in the basement since there was no piped water above the kitchen Room service calls In Lincoln's Li day were accomplished accomplished through pulling a cord attached attached attached at at- t to a bell at the desk |