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trH rHk StiNn SVN SJ tfl1 MntIt 1 4M I 4 4 a jAPARIMDT I rPARTElrT ArARTMKNT ueri HOTBtA i 01 I APATh AFAJITMB11I HOTEL I APARTMENT Aa II H4TEI4 TELm I APARTMENT TM NT U8TE 8 I APAKTHBHT IIOTKL8 11OTEL8I 1 APAO APAETMENT TINE IT HOTEi 1 AHAMTMKXT APA MK UOYEI UOYEIREMARKABLE UG I i tREMARKABLE Il REMARKABLE STORY OF MILTON ROBLEE ACTOR AND BONIFACE BONIFACEDeserts Mg MgDeserts a aMg 0 0 onn on no noDeserts Deserts the Stage at the Height of a Successful Career for the Hotel Business and Becomes One OneBest ot New NewBest YQrh YQrhBest Best Ilnown Hotel Proprietors go goy many people ople when they alt In the thejidjt thet thesa the luxurious surrounding of the theodern thelJOd thewadern of sa jidjt wadern lJOd odern rn SOw York hotel with lu artlstl artlstlplihingH artilltiorurnioh1u arttetlourohhuibs Its It of ofJjtndantH orItttndant ofUtendants rurnioh1u plihingH priceless rlclegll paintings II army JjtndantH Itttndant bright lights and music have havet havollr haveseer thought of tho amount of time and care carehat caroIhat carethat seer llr hat has hll been Wlln necessary to bring that mightyntchlne mighty mightygicnlne mllhty1I11ChiliO gicnlne to the perfection which It has at atuned atlain attamed tamed lain I or tho tb fabulous amount of money moneyiih moneyh moneysbich sbich iih lh has hB been be expended on tho building buildingind ind its it furnishings and for which a return returnmust returnII1U returnmust must II1U be mails Inml by making the slightest detail detailI deotlillplra detailpleaeing I peaSinK plra inll in Ibo patrons of the hotel mlnla mlnlatcrini mln1IHinl minlaterinr tcrini to the wants ante of all sorts of people peoplefrom people1rom peoplefrom from all over the world It Is a work ark of ofonlus ofrrnlus oflentus rrnlus onlus in its it own way 1 and the burden of the thewfllf thewbol thewboll wfllf Eroat urea rrat work Is borne upon tbo shoulders shouldersof of one man whose work Is practically never neverdone neverdons neverdoaeand done doaeand and who has risked hU money bank bankInn bankIn baukkg Inn In on tin th fart that his brains and personality personality1U aid 1U curry him through and that his hotel hotelwill hotelwlU hotelrill will become col1lr celebrated throughout th the land landind landInd landtad ind brine him fame ante and fortune The suc IIUCrnrul aucreesful 1 re rnrul sftil hotel man must be essentially a man manof manof of highstrung temperament a man to whom whompoople whomptOple whompeople people will warm arm who when he shakes a aman ailiaD awan man by th the hand makes that man believe believethat believethat believethat that he 11 feels a personal friendship toward towardhim towardhim towardtim him and makes tho man wonder of what Jolly Jollyfood Jolly100d Jollygood food friend he reminds him the man manImmediately mllntUlDledlale1y manInmedlately Immediately feelH that he It going oln to enjoy enjoyhimself eDJoyhlmsrr enjoyhhneelf himself at that house and after a few mo moments momnU mowvnts ments conversation Imagines he has known knownWin knownbim knownhim Win him for or some ears enrll This personal magnet magnetIsm Ism coupled with a hardheaded business businesscapability buslneuapabllltr businesseapebility capability is the th prime factor of the success successful SUCCe88ful successful ful hotel proprietor and Milton Itobleeproprietor Itoblee Itobleeliroprlrtor tobloelrol1rlelor proprietor of the Hotel UotllIeUclalre Ilelleclalre at Broad Broadny 1111 ny and Seventyseventh street Is an exem exelnpilneauon exemplification exemplificatlou plification of tin type Endowed with a acheerful aheerlu acheerful cheerful heerlu and engaging personality and the themanner theDiallllr themanner manner of a vigorous cleareyed energetic energeticnun nun of affairs alfil he Impresses one on at first sight IIlghta8 a 11 being tho rlKht man In the right place placeIrrhfliis pll1ceIrrhals placePerhaps Perhaps his lone experience behind the tootlighta toot footlight tootlightg light mid unt his hi political campaigning may mayI mu muIufl mayhnvo have had a great deal to do with hl his manner mannerof I of convincing one of his sincerity If so so soi 110lIIudl sonmch i much the better for tho hotel hote business businessHIS IltS BOntOOD DAYS DAYSJlilton IMY3Milton I1USllllon Milton Robleo was born In 1601 at Saratoga SaratogaSprings Saratoga8pril1l8 SaratogaSprints Springs and graduated from a public school schoolfrom IIchoolfrom schoolfrom from which ho was sent to the Warrensburg WarrensburgMilitary WarreonsburglllItar WarrensburgMilitary Military lllItar Academy where he spent spentnumerous spentuumero spentnumerous numerous uumero days in the guardhouse on a diet dietof dietvI dietof of bread and water for his many maD pranks On Ontiring Ontiring Ontiring tiring of this existence hi hia father neat him himto himto to his grandfathers wheat farm at Fad Faribault iarlbaut Fadbault bault Minn where he milked cows ploughed ploughedand and did general farm work While there therethe therethe therethe the nearest neighbors were a Chippewa ChlppewaIndian ChippewaIndian Chippewalodian Indian family named Statler Btatler wasI was wasa a white man who had married an Indian Indianiquaw IndianIQUW Indiansquaw I squaw and had a very Interesting family familyone I Icne one of whom a daughter named Sophie tiophleafterwards Sophiedterwarda ophlenltcfmrda afterwards became a protegee prot of Bishop BishopWhipple DlshopWhipplo BishopWhipple Whipple and Is now a teacher and prom prominent promInrnt prominent inent magazine writer in the West His Hisrandfather Hisr Illsq randfather ran rath father er bought the first piano pianortf re rtf seen in that part of the country countryadd countrya add a the Jioiuo hoauqbpcartlu IL became pca th the tbel jreadeavoue rendearous enous ofth of ofbpidmjitg 9 9h th cnunt entire cl bpidmjitg tlim miidltl rUt for miles around aroundjAfr aroundtr arounddv jAfr dv tr rcfair Ja four 1l years of this life to which Mr MrKoD Mrlo MritoOMe itoOMe KoD lo attributes In large part his rugged ruggedhealth ruuedbenltb ruggedhealth health hejreturned hreturned returned home home and entered Syracuse Syra Syracuse Syracuse cuse University UI Uni erslt eruity being sent by his father fatherirho fatberIIho fathervho irho having been successful in life had fore foreordained roreordained foreordalned ordained that his boy should be a doctor doctora doctorIhLt a this respect Milt It Robes differed from his hisfather hishi hisfather father hi her for rorbe he had made up his mind that thathe thathe thathe he was wa going to be an actor He had ap appeared app apd peared are from boyhood in amateur theatricals theatricalsand and had formed a deep liking Ukin for the glamour glamourof of 011 a public life One day while on an ex excordon ex excursion excursloll cordon lo Watertown he met James JamesCordon JamesJordoa Jamesordoa Cordon Bennett nen6ett Ben iett proprietor of tho Woodruff WoodruffHouse WoodruffHouse oodrutrlIo House lIo at that place Mr Bennett who was wasalsi W5alS3 wasails ails proprietor of the Lake House Oswego Oswegoand and the he Pinto Btoolc Farm in California Californiabecame Californiabecame Californiabecame became convinced that Roblee would make makea a food too hotel hotelMI hoteitnati man and offered him a position positionat at the th Woodrulf House which he accepted acceptedand and there jnd nd then then throwing hrowlng up his university universitycareerue unl universitycareerhe verslt versltcale cale careerhe careerue rlae entered tere the hotel business and soon wonbecame soonbecame lOonbooalJlt became munager of the hotel The old oldtheatrical oldIheltrioal oldtteatrioal theatrical longing 10l itlng still held sway and 1aL BCurtla BCurlis BCurtis Curtis of Saml Samlot of Posen fame while stop stopping stoppin stoppingat ping pin pingat at the hotel became so Impressed Impro aod with withhis withhl8 withho his evident ability that that he offered him a post position posllionln postlion lion lionln In hU company company Here was the chance chancefor chancefor chancefor for which ho had been looking and away awaywent a1ayWtn awaywent went Wtn the hotel business 5 to the winds and offwenfltohlseon off offwent olrwentJtobl1l6 went wentJtobl1l6 Konlee on the road with the Saml of ofPos orPo ofPorn Pos Po Porn company In which he was soon playing playingleading playingleading leading 1 1dlng parts His HI preferment In the busi businew buIr baslsesl new WON rapid and he played leads with withlime withMme withlime lime Janauschek JanauschekHe Jannu chek I IHe He took the character of Philcat Fogg in inAround inrlJund inAround Around the World In Eighty Days was a amember amember amember member of George Knights Over the theHarden tbeOardn theGarden Harden Wall company Bartley Camp Campbells Campbells Cmpbdls bells Siberia and was also leading man In InHartley InDllrtlc ingariloy Hartley Dllrtlc Campbells White Slave for two twoseasons twoseasons seasons 6 aMM with great success as the following followingextract followlnextrllcl followingextract extract from a 1 criticism shows showsMilton 8howsMilton showsMilton Milton Inblen In the part of Clay Britionably Britton Brittonably Brillonnbl ably nbl headed hell the company He 1 III an actor actorof of no mean UI ability and portrays the chi chivalric chlvllirlcKallant chivalricgullanl valric valricgallant gallant Kentuckian to the life IlfeHe lifeHe lire1ft He II oleo played Captain Jlfotfneawr in Dion DionliouclcHults DlonlOUclCRultli DionGoucirauitn liouclcHults Hhsughraun aAt At this thl time timehis tlmohie timehis his restless re tleM business energy began to reassert reas reassert reaasert sert Itself and the star of hotel life again againrose againroseo againrose rose above the horizon and shone 10 brightly brightlythat brlehtiythat brightlythat I that although allholl engaged by II Kennedy Kennedyfor I for his Lights and Shadows Sha owlI company iota iotawcekiysalarydf at atILwcekl uweelly weelly wcekl wcekiysalarydf salary of 1 SI 1 IAQ to and to be featured In Inlh InIb inthe lh the production he gave up the engagement engagementand I and accepted a position from Mr itobert itobertrStafford HobortKlatrord Itoberttatnrd rStafford th the proprietor of the Ilartholdl In InN InV inyew yew York city a day clerk of the Bartholdl flartholdlHotel BartholdllIolel Bartholdlhotel Hotel at a salary of 1100 tOO per month hoping hopingviry hoplnVr hopingvery very Vr soon to lti IlIor Increase ro the amount amountMr Mr Ir Stafford wan at the time building the theImperial thehnperll1 thehnperial Imperial Hotel and promised Itoblee a aposition aQsIU1Il aposition position there when It was opened Uotilee Uotileehowever Itolil ItolilhOever Itobleehowever however hail been en used to a much larger largerIncome lanrlrIn largerincome Income In oll limn lino iou a month nnd rontlnulng rontlnulngto to ii live III re in that way noon found himself piling pilingu III op mound of debt whereupon whpr upon he went to toIr to toMr tohr Mr Ir Stafford told him that 1111 was wa getting gettingI IIIlUnltIIVr gellingover I over bas head Into deep water l1tlr and was wa going goingto goingoC oC to have IV unit earn urn some money with which whichlo lo clear off his hj indebtedness Mr Htafford Slafforiltnl HtaffordIlil Ilil tnl lam that no aoon IM tho Imperial wan wanfiiudrli wasnuuiy jl jlrIuly fiiudrli rIuly he could havn be ye a good position theregrad there therei a grad 1111 i lioblcn Ihl obtained HII engagmmmt with withl withIlan withIran Iran Hully uily in The Tli Millionaire which was wastwit wuIJ1l wasabulit twit to 1 be I produced ut tb the Park Theatre Theiitrenow now lie 11 Hiruld Hfjuure ut a salary of 1200 1200i 131 131Hk 100 100Meek i no Hk IU II pluyd ut the be Park pur for Ave Aveaeeke flvne re repkll aeeke pkll li famed 11000 Ih paid off 0 III his debts and andth IIntIh sadthan th than went nt it back to Mr fituffopi at th the IbltlIanhIII theItanhOidt 1 Banboldl HUoM Ills old position of day clerk lial lialf hador 01 cootie been tined no lit Mr lr Stafford gays lIav lIavWill gaysbiro favnUw Uw ih I i poiltloo of night clerk al too sates satesr aloU 11 salary as a before IIOO 10o ptlrlmonth rmonth although the thenight thenight thenight night clerks wary was not usually up to that thatmark thatmark thatmark mark by any means After a afew few we weeks ks Mr MrStafford MrStafford lr lrStarrord Stafford gave him charge of superintending superintendingthe the furnishings of the Imperial and when the thehouse thehOIl88 thehouse house was opened he became cashier some sometime 80metlm sometime time tlm later resigning to become comemanlLeer comemanlLeeror manager manageroftho3Jarrett managerof or oftho3Jarrett thlJarrett House now the th Cadillac and he hefinally heftnally hefinally finally became proprietor of the Hotel Bar Bartholdi Bartholdl Bartholdl tholdl Broadway and Twentythird street streetwhich streetwhlcb streetwhich which he opened In ISOS 180 This hotel had hadnever hadnever hadnever never up to this time been very surcwwful surcwwfulbut S1 CfMrul CfMrulbut but Mr Hoblf worked hard and tha hotel hotelgrew botalerew hotelgrew grew apace Here was a field which lie had hadlonged hlldlonged hadlonged longed to enter and all the Ideas of which whichha whichhe whichbe ha had dreamed in the past were now carried carriedout carrlfdout carriedout out and blossomed under the care of the themaster thema8teor themaster master The Tb Bartholdl began to be talked talkedabout talkedabout talkedabout about and was soon known as one of New NewYorks NewYorklI NewYorke Yorks beat hotels An extract from one of ofMr atMr ofMr Mr Roblees announcements announcemen at the time is isM Isl1li isee follows followsHere followlIHereYou followsHereyou Here HereYou you will find no grand and magnificent magnificentdecorations magolfteentecoraUou magnificentdecorations decorations no luxurious grandeur no awe aweinspiring 11 aweInspiring wInsplrlne inspiring surroundings no elaborate blllof bllloffare blllorfare billoffare fare printed In French no clerks that will willdisdain willdisdain willdisdain disdain to speak to you no employees In Inany Inany inany any way Inattentive but Just a cosey home homelike homelike homelike like little hotel that will appeal to the hearts nearUof heartaor of those who ar are looking loc ktn for lOUd comfort comfortgood comforteoOO comfortgood good plain American cooking and affable affableand alrableand affableand and courteous treatment treatmentMILTON treatmentMILTON treatmentMILTON MILTON ROBLBB Proprietor ProprietorHere ProprietorlIere ProprietorIsere Here was something out of the ordinary ordinarya ordlnara a new genius n1ua in the hotel business bu lnKII had arisen arisenHe arisenlie arisenHe He had his nerve with him there was ginger gingerin rInserIn in the air and he had passed the tbeplace place where wherepossessing wheropOllllelllllnlr wherepossessing possessing all the qualifications for success successin in bustnesalhe business he hud not hnd tho means of ofturning ofturnlnr ofturning turning them to account his mind grasped graspedpossibilities IfIIIPfdposslbllitlpo graspedpossibilities possibilities hitherto undreamed of In the thehotel theboll thehotel hotel business and Fortune began to knock knockat at the door of the man who hud been looking lookingfor looklnlfor lookingfor for years for the opportunity to carry out outhis outhis outhis his Ideals and grasped It when It occurred occurredTha occurredTho occurredThe The lute John James Ingalls United States StatesSenator State8Senator StatesSenator Senator fromKnn rromJllIl1gas as wrote tho following rollolnglinell rollolnglinellon lines lineson lineson on Opportunity OpportunityMuter Opportunity1I1Uier OpportunityStater Muter of human destinies am 1 1Fame Iame 1Fame Fame ame love and fortune on OD my footsteps weltCittea wait waitCities waltCIties Cities and fields I walk penetrate penetratei penetrllteDeserts penetrateDeserts i Deserts and seas remote and passing by byI byHovel byhovel I Hovel and mart and palaet soon or lato UtoI latoknock I knock unbidden once on every gate gateIf rl1leIf gateIf If sleeping wake It feasting rise before beforeI beforeturn I turn away It 1 Is the hour of fate fateAnd lateAnd fateAnd And they who follow toll ow me reach every state statBMortals atatslonals stateMortals Mortals desire and conquer every foe foeSav foeSave foeSave Save death But Bu thou who doubt or hesitate hesitateCondemned healtateCondemned hesitateCondemned Condemned to 0 failure penury and woo wooSeek wooSeek woeSeek Seek me In vain and uselessly Implore ImploreI I answer not no and nd I return no more pAnother lAnother PAnother Another opportunity arose when Mr Rob RobIce RobIce Ice heard of the apartment hotelwhich hotel which was wasbeing wasbeing being built at Broadway Broadwa and Seventyseventh Sev ntY8eventb street by Mr Albert Saxe and realizing that thatthe thntthe thatthe the location for an apartment hotel was an anIdeal anideal I Ideal one and seeing that the building itselfwas Itself Itselfwas Ilsellwas I Iror was laid out In Ithe the finest possible manner mannerfor mannerfor for the purpose and remarkably well built builtho builtho builthe ho gathered together a few of his good friends friendsand trlendsand friendsand and backed by them procured a lease of the thehotel thehotel hotel which he named The Delteclalre Delteclalreafter Ilellcclaireafter after his wife The lease was for twentyone twentyoneyears twentyoneearn years earn and the hotel was opened In January Januarylast Junuurylast Januarylast last Some of the friends to whom Mr Rob Hoblee Robrererrcd Roblee lee referred were Messrs 1 Hutch IInt unit nndK IIndI Jo II Titus of Lord 4 Taylor who furnished furnishedthe ri lIlshed lIlshedthe the entlro house throughout and Mft lr Poor Poorpresident Poorprellhlent Poorpresident president of tb the Garfield Hank Ack Ackr bier Merrail bierroll lor lorrail rail 4 Condit Park A Tllford and many manyothers ninnyothers IIallYothers others These show the opinion of Mr noble Itobleeheld Kobleoheld nobleheld held by the business community ut large largeIn largeIn In private prl vute life he belongs to a number of ofsoclttien otjjoclutlell ofsocieties societies und clubs lub being beln IJ member III the thaNew theNllw theNew New York Athletlu Club Clu Democratic Club ClubHoneca Clu CluHonecB ClubSeneca Seneca Club Anawunda Club Past Exalted ExultedRuler ExaltedHulur Exaltc1Hullr Ruler of II 1 0 Elks 1 lklj or Jersey City Lodge Lodgs21i 211 reftliictcd rellct a second tarn and was pre presented preKlnted pred sented by II the member of the lodge with a am anUICIIUhllnt 4nugnlllcent nUICIIUhllnt gMlli nt diamond ntudded budge and andan Ian Ianan anduu an Ivory und diamond studded gavel the theIvory theIvory theIvory Ivory of which wan brought from from Africa by byLivingstone byLlvllllCdonu byLivingstone Livingstone a rulntlvi of whom a member ameniberof memberof of the Ih Jersey erllilY City lodge Mr Jtobleu Is IsuUo I Iuillo Isalso also a member ot ih Ihu Knights of lytnla atblrtysecond a athlrtymcoml 1 1tlllrLywlcon thlrtymcoml Uugruu Mason a Myntlo Harmer Hhrlncrand Hllrillcrand Harmerand and Jut vlmlprIHIIcIIL vlraipre Mt New York Yor lodgn of ofngl ofJ of1agles 1agles ngl i and a 1 mnmb rnembr ir of tho Koyul Arcanum ArcanumHtlnga ArcunulII1IllIlIlIloal ArcunumUsing Using 1IllIlIlIloal ue loyal Dainorrut 1111 Iwwas WIUlPllrMuadod was pamuadmi to torun torlllllor i0run run rlllllor for Assembly In rhoiwlntytiflh tho Twentyfifth dltrlct dltrlcttill dlatrlctthe IHtrl jt jtth till th natural majority of wMcb whf whfq Wall lW Jlepub Bepubjcau JlepubIcanlInd pub pubcan IcanlInd jcau can and ws wee dfuld faM by only orll Wxw flllolid iM votes votesh vol volblllIlt voteshsing blllIlt lug tli the only PlflnllfJrat in rfit III Iffhteen years yearsto yartl yearsto to tl mk make a I decent stowing lie Is I a inemltor inemltorat nlIlIerl at tu tiff Inner clrel of Twuuuiuy Uull a per perI I 0 I HOTEL BELLECLSHRE Broadway and 77th St Corner Corneruuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuu sonal friend of Senator Sullivan and andproud andproud andproud proud of It When asked ked to run for the theAssembly theA theAssembly Assembly A ombly Mr Roblee aald to George Scannell Scan Beannell Scannell nell 1 have not the money time or incline Inclination IncllnaUonror inclineLion Lion Uonror for politics Mr Hcannell 8cann replied Well WellItoblee Wellobleoe WellRoblee Itoblee youve got no chance to win but butwe butwo butw we will pay your expenses 80 to oblige the theparty theparty theparty party and Crok Croker Mr Jloblee nobl became a amartyr amartyr amartyr martyr to the cause If elected what possi possibilities pOIIIIbllltlell poasibllltles bilities might have ba occurred occurr Perhaps be bewould bewould hewould would have been blORplacedon placed on the list IIstulI as a possible possiblecandidate posllibleeandldllte possiblecandidate candidate for Mayor or Oovernor butbuslnoss butbuslnossand but business businessand ll lland and the IMleclalre would have loomed up upand upand upand and stopped all Statistics are dry matters mattersbut mattefllbut mattersbut but when one has two large lar hotels to control controlthey controlthoy controlthey they become luminous factors In ones daily dailyroutine dallyroutine dailyroutine routine Th The Belleclalre cost 1130000 to tobuild tobuild tobuild build The ground cost 1250000 and the thefurnishings thefurnlllhinn thefurnishings furnishings of the house were at actual cost costIZZOOO 1123000 The monthly rent of the Belleclalre Belleclaireand Belleclalreand Belleclalreand and Bartholdl la 110000 101100 and the wage account accountof accoun accounof of 200 employee over 10000 6000 per month monthThe monthThe monthThe The market bills ar are 17000 per month When WhenMr WhenMr WhenMr Mr Roblee went with lthMB Curtis In inSamI Saml 8amlof 8amlofPoaen of ofPosen ofPosen Posen he got 140 per week and he now no handles handlesover handleaover handlesover over 140000 0000 per month months a slight difference differenceA A large factor in the success auCl of the Belle Belleclaire Bellclaire Belleclalre claire Mr Roblee believes is not so much muchdue muchdue muchdue due to personal popularity or close business businessmethods bualn bualnmetboda businessmethods methods as to his manner of advertising advertisinghis his style being as far as possible out of the thaconventional theconventional theconventional conventional beaten track He was the first firstto IIlItto firstto to Introduce high class vaudeville artists to togive toelve togive give performances at a hotel Thursday Thursdayevenings Thursdayevenln Thursdayevenings evenings evenln being the vaudeville nights The Theorchestra Theorchestra Theorchestra orchestra at the Belloclalre coats ttOOO 6000 000 a year yearand yearand yearand and la exceptionally fine These unusual at attractions attractlon8 attractions tractions bring people to the hotel Mr MrRoblee MrRoblee MrRoblee Roblee has worked In every department departmentof of a hotel blends all his own liquors and has hashad hasbad hashad had full experience In everything from wait waitIng waltIna waiting Ing on the table to cutting up the meats from fromthe fromthe fromthe the carcass takes him five hours a day dayat d4Yat dayat at the Belleclaire Belleol lr8 and three at the Bartholdl Bartholdlto to audit the previous days business Every Everyemployee Everyemployee Everyemployee employee la told when he takes his position positionthat p08lt1onthat positionthat that one thing Is absolutely essential that he heremain bereDlnln heremain remain in Mr Kobleus employ and that la launiversal IIIunltrsal isuniversal universal courtesy courtes to guests of the hotel hotelAffability botelArrablllty hotelAffability Affability and courtesy under any and all allcircumstances allclrcumstancell allcircumstances circumstances are imperative and can always alwaysbo alasbe be obtained from employees of the Belle Belleclaire Belleclaire Belleclalre claire or lUrtboldl Mr Roblee himself himselfhas hlmlletrhas himselfhas has a never falling stockof urbanity urbanl yon on hand handand handand handand and in all his experience In the hotel business businesshas buslne81hlU businesshas has never failed to thoroughly agree with witha a complaining guest fIIt If the guest does not notlike notlike notlike like his mattress for instance although althoughIt It Is firstclass every mattress in the Belle Belleclalro Belleclalro Belleclaire clalro having cost IsoOO 1000 and there are 200 200of 200of 200of of them Mr Roblea will have one made for forhim forhim forhim him if necessary sooner than have him dls dlssatlsflod dlslIatlslled di disatisfied satisfied If a person takes a suite of rooms roomsfor roomaror roomsfor for several months occupancy and does doesnot doeanot doesnot not like the well paper in any an room it will wIDV 241 MRS MLTO MILTON I OBLEE nn 00 Milton Roblve as Clay Britton In 11Th Tht Whit Slave JYaueia JYaueiaa a be changed to suit the thecarpets The same applies to icarpets I Icarpels carpets furnishings Ac because beoau as Mr Mrllobleo MrItobleo I llobleo says a wellsatinfled guest gue It walking walkingadvertisement walkingadvertisement I Ilid advertisement lid for the hotel for ho will tell 111olhrs tellothers ll llothers others how well he has been treated tr atl land and moro morothan morathlln morethan than balance whatever extra expenditure expcndlturohas ulClldlturllhus has been necessary by the good words ho will willscatter willcu willjcatter jcatter scatter cu tier around aroundWith aroundWith troundWith With Mr Ir Hoblee at the Belleclaire arc his hiswife hiswife I wife and three children Norman JlllJcr JlllJcruged hilleraged ollllerolCld aged who being educated at Stuunton StuuntonMilitary StlluntvnllIlItarr StauntonMilitay Military Academy Staunton Vu a Frances rllnclis i 11dna iKdna iIdna Kdna aged 12 and Dorothy Agnes aged 0 0The 9lime The family formerly comprised nix sixchildteu sixchildteubut Ix children childrenbut hlJdrfnbut but three aro dead Mrs Hoblee whose plot ploture Id II i iurft I IIIrl I I Ione shows her to be beautiful Is urft SUOWH a woinin jone iOil one Oil of the most charming and companlonabU companlonabUof i ior of wives Hbo wise UK a Miss Miller of rliiungo rliiungoand hlclIlCoIInd ldcagoand and her father Arthur Miller JIll II lr wa was a prom praluhient I Ilueiit lueiit real ratntp elut man there Her uncle uncleis is pr president nlu nt of the Illinois Htute liunk und undher nndIwr aridher her grandfather was the owner of thu theatre thratrwlwru theatrewhere lieu I re rewrlieru where Mr Holjlro was playing when he tint tintmelher llr i iniethiT I niethiT Tliutlr lluut31rllubleewasusxuceeesfulln lluut31rllubleewasusxuceeesfullnhis Kublenwusu Hub Ie WII 1111 mjccfimful lJlcelulllihl In Inliis his hl wooing oolnll UK a li lit hall ms beiii In cverytliliig el else elsele wU uliown IIllowllln show a In tilt furl that while he was wu pliiy pliiyln pinyInl plus yiii ln Inl In Infupekti Tofxku MUu MI I lee Mlll Mllltr dreaded It rl Chluiui Chluiuiut ChI 1110 I ut Is his Invltutioii iii vii ii llon and lnciiruo llrn 31 lrM cc hublx hublxon Iolll Itublreun on arriving lit Toiwku 1cllfl nnd thin rmifinlifrcil remeuuheredthat rtlll lIIhflPoi jthat i that Mh she hv hUll forgotten forgot tell to notify her I lonilly lonillyItcforH 11111111 11111111Iforll lastillbefurs ItcforH leaving wlilih so lush was vm a this done unit nnt a aafter UM UMattr uesifter after evMiU hun hir transpired Mr life llolilvii Ilohleuconsiders llolilviiconsidem I IcOlilloler considers It the a beat tit journey ului Iw rvrr midi midiAt lJ1 neckAe 1h jAI At a birthday dinner given In her boor ut utthu utthe I IIh the Ih Jlotil II 1111 Hvllrelulrti unJuly ass July ul i la lest riib till KU KUMr was wasMa I IMr Mr KobUu Itohl loam 045110 to hU bl wife wifeTo day of all dr Sweet wits mint mintCoiifr Coiifr tuloU health tlr lth happlneiitray they ever evertit rvrrb everhe tit Man ManAait tblDAncJ biasAad Aait hit lIP years KO show IAJI quietly they 11a Cy CyUvr 111 111U dyMay May morrow wrro aaj trouble IW is AI yvv bjr So dear heart lets leI begtadhepe llIad MJupe pedor terthe foI thebes thebesnil the bti btinil bt btFIll nil your Olir glass laugh life Utels Is 0qj fc a lest JwtHere i iheres Here heres to you dear away aI with dullcare dullcarelly duhcareII 11 lly tout Is now and od always God Cod blew awret swaetfelle swaetfelleciaire tIndl tIndldalre Bella Bellaclalre clalre ciaireMr i iMr I IJlfr Mr Roblea in to bo congrattilatetfonVaf conlratllh op daY iiJ ing been able to find a name that tha Isnelthei Isneltheihackneyed I Ip nelthfJh ieithe ieithehackneyed hackneyed ckneed nor affected while bllo being tni despide4l1 despide4l1catching de ldecjly ldecjlycatching ll llcatchlnll catching and In giving the name to the hotelstarted hotel hotelstarted hotelItllrted started out with good luck Ttiellolel Belleclalre Belle Belleclaire Btlleclaire claire Is one on of the incut nlc ImjfoBin imto Ln ytru rtruciure rtruciureof tr IU IUor uref urefof of New York city and lu I altuKtigaigit lh tualag 1A Ut4htq Ut4htqouthwMt 14hhr 14hhrsouthwest i ueouthwest southwest corner of iBrgtldFay llwqdwar jindJiTftlijii jindJiTftlijiistreet stldviiltbpo stldviiltbpostreet nd lt1tJalI lt1tJalItreetnve street treetnve five minutes walk from Central CtntrallarJr CtntrallarJran Park Parkand and an one minute from Rivvraide RiversideDrivarda Drireiii a nii niiperfect nperfect 10 10perfect perfect one From the windows a avlew view leoll cnn cnnbe callbe cnnbe be had of New York Bay Jersey heightsGrants Heights HeightsGrants BellhtOranta Grants Tomb the Palisades Ac and every everyline CVfl CVflline everyline line of cars cBrllln In the city transfer to th the Broad Broadway Broadway JrodWilY way line which paeifslliodoor A IIUltlu1 ttti oix oixof i ior rof of the Rapid Transit road now almost ahneetedoi IIii ln cOtnV cOtnVpitted Orii Oriipleted a epitted pitted Is one block above abo the th hotel 1I0t botelendMlll botelendMlllmelee andwill landIUmake andwillmake make It a particularly desirable plaWofof plaWofoftransient 1 Jfo Jfotransient ttransient transient guesta as it itthen ItthII1I1tbe then willbe within wltblamlnutea witblata4 witblata4minutes tminute minute of the Grand CentralDepotfifteen CentralDepotfifteenminutes Central De DepotAfteeu DepotAfteeuminutes ot ttteai ttteaimlnut minutes mlnut from the amusement and choppier ahopplnadistricts ahopplndletrlcta choppierdistricts districts and twenty hent minutes DiIDUtfll from Wall WallStreet at atStreet U8treet Street Tbe Belleclalre hNi ha supplied euppll a inucn inucnneeded lIIudneflded cone coneneeded needed demand in thl this his city 1t Iia la eonft1 eonft1blnationof e6inJ e6inJblnatlonot en enbination blnationof bination of the high grade apartment hbus hbusand hbtland hbus6 hbus6and and modern first class hotel bavlll having every everyfacility 1101 1101facility everyfacility facility for comfortable and Iuxurioualwlng IuxurioualwlngEvery luxurious lvng lvngEvery llnEveory Every apartment Is amply supplied with light lightand lIh lIhand lightand and air airthere there is not a dark room In tha thabuilding tb tbbulldlnll thbuilding building buildingEvery bulldlnllEvtiry buildingEvery Every Improvement In fireproof ftrep oof con construction constructlon conetruction struction a vital consideration In these days daysof dl71or daysof of tall buildings has been en mode use of and andinstead ndInlteoad endinstead instead of the unsightly fire escapes which whichadorn wllkbadorn whichadorn adorn the exterior of some of New Yorks Yorksflnobulldings Yorksfinll YorksIfnobultdinge flnobulldings finll buUdlnesa a steel well has been constructed constructedrunning constructfdrunnma constructedrunning running from the cellar lo the roof rcorAn rcorAnIron AnIron An AnIron Iron stairway runs the entire ntlrt length of thi thiand tbland this yand and there are entrances to this ntnlrnaycn ntnlrnaycnevery Itnlnlsycnevery utnirwaycnevery every floor of the hotel the doers of of the en entrances intrances ntruncpl trances being steel lined and their locntlcn locntlcnIndicated loc locaticnindicated ltn ltnIndicated Indicated by a re red electric light which whichla la always burning This stairway and the thnfireproof 111ftfireproor thefireproof fireproof construction throughout make the thaBelleclnlre tllIlBellpclalre theBellecloire Belleclnlre avery very safe pIece In fact before beforethe bftoretbe beforethe the hotel was opened the painters xt lIt walkon walk workon 1Ilolkon on the building kept their paints Iliad ally allyrags rillyrags oilyrags rags in one of the suites 8UIt Sonic le of these rnjta rnjtatook rnJlIItook tea took fire from spontaneous combustion cOTnb sHpn cqo cqonight cno cnonight onhrht night and after smouldering moulderlri for feme ecme tlne ttneburet tlneburst tlntbur8t burst Into flame which communicating to tothe tothe tothe the paints oils A 4c stored siondln in therocm created createda inatednerce a fierce fire which wns discovered early In Inthe Inthe inthe the morning by the night vatclman As Allin Allinexample in enexample inexample example of the thoroughness with Ithwhlfhthe IthwhlfhtheIlreproollne whlohtbe whlohtbefireproofing whl htlie htlieflrproofing fireproofing was done It may be said eshObei that the theftre timefire he hefire fire was confined absolutely to the suite 1Jitel in inwhich In Inwhich i iwhich which It started and no damage wee done Uthe to tothe tothe the rest of the building the FlreDppattmfn FireDepattmrntmaking Fire FlreDppattmfnlIIaklng Department Departmentmaking making short work ot the blaze WAZIOn ion on its itsarrival ItISarrival itsarrival arrival arrivalThe arrivalThe arrivalThe The ground floor Is occupied by the ex exchange ek ekchange xchanie change restaurant palm garden Moorish Moorishroom Moorl Moorlroom Mooriptlroom room cafe cat billiard rooms roopos private dining diningrooms dnbatrroomll dlnipgrooms rooms and a large premenade pre menadl hall hall The Theentranco 1 rentrance 1entrance entrance to the office and rotunda Ii la through throullha ii iia i ia a portico of large marble columns colupxnqspdmongg colupxnqspdmonggthe apdamons apdamonsthe IIonlr IIonlrthe the first attractions to the visitor ar are the thamany themany themany many and beautiful paintings palnlln that adorn adornthe adornthe adornthe the walls Mr Roblee when whll making the thacollection thecollection thecollection collection had the ad IUtvic4 vied of omavery com competent bIImpetent earnpatent petent connoisseurs connolseeursand and exptluded axpchded upcDdedUaeJu heasudaadt heasudaadtof thaj It Itor of forty fort thousand dollar Not No alohblatthe alohblatthehalls alonal alo lblaith lblaithhalil th thhalls halls but In every ever suite hang pictures by bywellknown bywellknown bywellknown wellknown highly hlhI esteemedisrtJMaand esteemedisrtJMaandsome atteme4aarUsta and andIOme some years from now Mf Roblea a celiac celUictlon celiactlon Celledtion tlon will be worth a great deal more than thaDhe the ahe he paid for It ItTho itTho ItTho Tho dining room room which bomi bcoupleY lesf eKr the thitTcorner thicorner thecorner corner part of tho tboerollnd ground ftb foercie floor rIIfa Is a a roamof rOem at 1 amagnificent 1magnificent 1mfRDlllcent magnificent proportions and was designed designedand deaJrnedand destgnedeand and decorated after the lb period ofLouis of Louis XV XVExceptionally xvExceptionally XPExceptionally Exceptionally large windows face Broad Broadway JJroadway Broadway way and Seventyseventh street making a alight ILlight alight light and airy room Adjoining the dining diningroom dWneroom diningroom room Is the palm garden which la particu particularly particularly particubsrly larly largo nnd Inviting Modelled in tie tiestyle t1 t1IItyle thestyle style of the Italian Renaissance it contains containsa a large dome and front built of the most mostexpensive moetexpensive mostexpensive expensive cathedral glass which bleh together togetherwith wlletherwith togetherwith with the natural palm pl and tropical plant plantsthe plantthe plantthe the warm tints of the beautiful Italian mar marble marble mara ble and the songs of many birds make It Itmost ittmost a a amost most seductive lounging place for guests guestsand lUeataand gueataand and visitors visitorsTbe visitorsThe bltorslhe The Moorish room In Its It appointment appointmentIs Is one of tho most comfortable rooms yoomsOn roomsOn r09lD1tOn On tho ground floor also is the pllllard pWierdroom pllllardroom WIMdroom room which is one of the rirr rl richs of 4 and most mostexpensively mo mostexpensively lt ltexpen81Tely expensively decorated MUiard yard rooms rjoma ever everr1 ever ever10m everAeienat Aeienat r1 iimiw 10m It povlded vided with tho moat up uptodato liPtodato uptodatu todato billiard and pool tables and during duringcertain durlnecertain duringcertain certain hours ladle may bo Instructed in inthese Inthcse inthese these games by an expert Adjoining the thobilliard thllbilliard thebilliard billiard room a Iqro rsa writing room andlibrary and andlibrary IIDdlibrary library which contains all the works of the thegreat theIIr thegreat great IIr lt standard authors such as a8Hhnkel Shakespeare ShakeepeareThackeray ShakespeareThackeray are areTllilokeray Thackeray Dickens Dickens ijugo Jlf 9 9cottBglzsto 3cott cott Rfllriic RfllriicI 1W 0 0Stevenson I Stevenson and mlacelJarieoiSs I1 i aha gene geijeril eljer eljerbookll al albooks rf rfbooks books encyclopedia enoyclop dll and reference work workTho worlleTho worlib worlibThe Tho contents of the th library nrq catalogued cataloguedand cutalol lled lledund and a copy of the catalogue Is kept In every everysuite everysuite everysuite suite The books II were all made specially speciallyfor spooh ly lyror for tho Belleclaire llecllrll by two wellknown pub publishing publIahlnR publlshing lishing houses of New York city cityAnother cityAn cityAnother Another An thlr not unimportant uninportantroom room on tho thoground the theground oKroUlld ground floor is the gentlemens cafe one of ofth orIhe ofthe th the beat of its kind in limo city A stock news newsticker newstlckr newsticker ticker ticker Is one of its equipments and the Wall WallStreet WallStreet WnllStreet Street man may follow the market without withoutleaving withoutlealnll withoutleaving leaving his home The private dining diningrooms diningroomll dialogrooms rooms aro prettily decorated and coally coallyfurnished Coallyrurnlshed costlyfurnished furnished furnishedThe rurnlshedrhe furnishedThe The suites In general consist nf ora a parlor parlortwo pArlortwo parlortwo two bedrooms vestibule undbatik and bath All tho thofurniture a afurniture afurniture furniture wag specially designed deslgnedlIfd and wmdifor madn wmdi I1dAror efor for the Hotel Belloclalre by Mesam etlll1l Lord kTaylor IeTalor kTaylor Taylor and In all the parlor of suited Uof Ltof tIof of heavy hellv mahogany Each parlor lUll also Hlsoa HI80wrlthllr a writing desk Ile of unique designAll design designAll All 11 the th bedroom lira furnished in bWh bWheye blrd blrdtyo birdleye eye maple with heavy braes bedsteads of ofthe orIhe ofthe the finest make and the additional con conventence convlnreolll1 conj conjvenlence ventence of a long rhavnl hevaIIrIMslneich glwlneach room roomThe roomThe roomlhe The bathroouiH arc nil 11 mosaictiled mosaic tiled with withporcelain withporcllnln withporcelain porcelain tubs lub rod arc furnished completely completelywith completelywith ompleloJlywlib with bulb mat run and every convenienceknown convenience convenienceknown convenienceknown known to the most fastidious housekeeper housekeeperThe The hotel han IU own refrigerating plant plantami plnnlallil plantand and thorn Is Icewuter on every floor The Tberoil Tb Tbcold Thelld cold lld storage system I perfect pertecend nnd nd the hboxes lu lubuxes 10ft 10ftbUleOi boxes are ar all tiled aa al alto IN the th entire kitchen kltcheuthere kitchenThere kltehqllThere There are two wo posecnger imeiiirt Ui rllllr elevatorsrunning elevatorsrunningday ellvalors rUlIgIUjl rUlIgIUjlda runuiugday day da and night und freight said servants servantseluvators anvlllltaeltJvator ssrventaelevators elevators and hurdwood fltxirii tin 11 jAil apart apartriKiiits Ilpflrtnlcnts apartmerits riKiiits wall cablniits en hiaets long hots it dUtnnfft tale Ulelihuries talephunes elephunell lihuries large clothe closets steam heat and andeluctrlc anddlctrlc andeicetric eluctrlc light lIacht1L mull truitltine lnit i from every floor floorThu tloorTho moorThu Thu hoof of Jordan Is Ihu th LTOHniqe glory of ofthe oflhe ofthe the llellecluire with IU 11 1 abtuiilikuci IlbUIIl IlItP or grow growing erowrur growhag hag rur plants und glowers Electrical I lrIC11 device dciVjC for fororniiinentutlfln II fornrnuuontutten Ir Iror orniiinentutlfln or urn profusely petal II inil 11 emal emalItwlit sl1n11I1ol11 egvi4l egvi4lIts Itwlit Its Is of Ir dlffarenl color uparhlo 1I1 llrII frWI IfAlfuliag miie miiess tfullag IJ IJfollllll fullag Tha view of the iluilnuu lIu 1011 for utlUi utlUiIn uall ualll ss ssu In unequalled lu Now York Yurlecity YurlecityAs orclt city cityAH AH to tli the service Tha general Jeneralllttendnr Jeneralllttendnror attendance attendanrdof of the Ih upurtmunU In iifeniinuu 1 IIIIIt1J by tw tt suin suiniiKiinent saanagenixnt WIlIIUWlllell1 iiKiinent An cfllclent Mitfl furnlttoif 101 II11 J1 oral oraltidlus iwl iwlhull NIhdllI hull hdllI Hi will IV wells 11 ft muld mul service rvlca i is prfrvUicd wltli wltliout wittJ wittJout tOl1t out extra I tru charge A nmiiljvr of iionipiUiit 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