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twin beds, for two persons, $5, $6 and $7 per day;
suite of two connecting rooms, with bath between,
for three or four persons, alcove, bedroom and bath,
for two persons, $6, $7, $8 and $10 per day; suite of
parlor, bedroom and bath, $10 and $12 per day.
The Plaza Hotel, W. V. Hughson, manager, North
avenue and North Clark street, facing Lincoln Park,
five minutes by bus or ten minutes' walk down Lake
Shore drive to the Drake, quotes popular rates as
follows: Single rooms with bath, $2 to $4 per day;
double rooms with bath, $3 to $5 per day; suites con-
sisting of a sitting room, bedroom and bath, with ac-
commodations for one or two persons, $4 to $6 per
day. Guests wishing accommodations of a quiet,
home nature, at a reasonable rate, will find the Plaza
just the type desired.
Lott Company's Houses.
The Lott Hotel Company, operating the Parkway
Hotel, Webster Hotel, and the Belden Stratford
Hotel, have accommodations for approximately 300
people distributed among these hotels. Earl S. Lott,
resident manager, address care of the Webster Hotel.
The three hotels all face Lincoln Park, and they are
within five minutes of the Drake. The Lott Com-
pany operates their own private bus line from their
hotels to the shopping district, and pass the Drake on
regular service. Their busses will stop at the Drake
going and coming on signal. These hotels are among
Chicago's best family hotels. The equipment, service
and accommodations are of the very best. Rooms at
the Parkway: Single with bath, $4, $5 and $6; double
with bath, $5, $6 and $7; suites, parlor, bedroom and
bath, $8 to $12.
The Webster Hotel: Single rooms with bath, $4,
$5 and $6; double with bath, $6, $7 and $8; suites of
parlor, bedroom and bath, $10 to $15.
The Belden-Stratford Hotel: Single rooms with
bath, $5, $6 and $7; double rooms with bath, $6, $7
and $8; suites of parlor, bedroom and bath, $12 to $14.
Belmont Conveniently Located.
The Belmont Hotel, Sheridan road and Belmont
avenue, G. E. Billingsley, formerly of the Drake,
manager. Located at the north end of Lincoln Park
but six minutes from the Drake. Accommodations
for 250 people are available at the following rates:
Single rooms with bath, $4 to $7 per day; double
rooms containing two single beds and bath, from $5
to $10 per day; suites consisting of living room,
double bedroom and bath, $8 to $20 per day.
The Edgewater Beach Hotel, 5300 block on Sheri-
dan road, W. M. Dewey, manager. This is one of
the world's best-known hostelries located on the
shores of Lake Michigan in the center of uptown
Chicago. Single rooms with bath, $5 per day; double
rooms, $7 and $8 per day. All rooms are outside,
each with a beautiful view.
There are also available at a number of other con-
venient hotels the same type of accommodations as
offered in this list. The committee, however, tried to
compile convenient and practical locations for con-
sideration of intending visitors.
The Loop Group.
The following group are within the downtown and
loop district, being ten or twelve minutes from the
Drake by taxi cab or public bus lines!
The Auditorium Hotel, J. J. Calvey, manager:
Single room without bath $2.50 and $3 per day; room
without bath, two occupants, $4 and $5 per day;
single room with private bath, $4, $5 and $6 per day;
double room with private bath, $6, $7 and $8 per day.
The Congress Hotel and Annex offer the following
rates: Single room with detached bath, $3 to $5 per
clay; single room with private bath, $5 to $10; double
room with detached bath, $5 and $6 per day; double
room with private bath, $7 to $12 per day; suites, two
connecting rooms, private bath, two persons, $10 per
day and up.
The Blackstone Hotel, owned and operated by the
Drake Hotel Co., offers splendid accommodations for
convention visitors. This is the finest hotel in the
loop, offering the same service and surroundings as
given at the Drake Hotel. Room reservations are on
the same basis as listed for accommodations at the
Drake.
Some of the Others.
The Hotel La Salle, La Salle street and Madison
street, Earl L. Thornton, assistant manager, one ot
Chicago's favorite hotels, offering over a thousand
rooms for consideration at the following rates: Single
room with detached bath, $2.50 to $3; single room
with private bath, $4 to $7; double room with de-
tached bath, $4 to $5 50; double room with private
bath, $6 to $9 per day; two connecting rooms with
bath, two persons, $6.50 to $9.50; three persons, $9.50
to $11.50; four persons, $11. to $13.
The Morrison Hotel, F. McWilliams, manager,
home of the Terrace Gardens. This hotel will have
available a large number of rooms for the conven-
ience of those who may want to stay in the loop at
the following rates; Single rooms with bath, $3.50,
March 14, 1925.
GRAND PIANOS AT CORN FESTIVAL
Two Baldwin grand pianos contributed materially
to the artistic success of the Corn Palace Festival
held in Mitchell, South Dakota, recently. The photo-
graphs show the festival building with the two instru-
ments on the stage of the main auditorium.
$4.00 and $5.00 per day; double rooms with bath,
$6.00, $7.00 and $8.00 per day.
The Hotel Sherman, Randolph Street at Clark,
Ernest N. Reul, assistant manager, one of Chicago's
standard hotels. A 500 room addition to this hotel
will be ready for service on May 1. This hotel is the
nearest hotel in the loop to the Drake, and offers for
your consideration rooms at the following rates:
single rooms with bath, $3.50 to $5.00 per day; double
rooms with bath, $6.00 to $8.00 per day; rooms with
twin beds and bath, $7.00 to $10.00 per day; two con-
necting single rooms with bath, $7.00 to $10.00 per
day; double rooms with bath, $6.00 to $8.00 per day;
rooms with twin beds and bath, $7.00 to $10.00 per
day; two connecting single rooms with bath, $7.00 to
$10.00 per day; two connecting rooms with bath, to
be occupied by three persons, $10.00 to $14.00 per
day. The hotel is convenient to theaters, and is the
home of the famous College Inn.
Fort Dearborn Hotel, Van Buren street, at La
Salle, is offered to those who want popular priced
accommodations within the loop. Reservations can
be made at the following rates: 1 person, $2.50 per
day; 1 person, with bath, $3.00 per day; 2 persons,
$3.50 to $5.00 per day.
The committee suggests that dealers make their
reservations now. Either write to the hotel you may
select, addressing your letter to the party mentioned
as in charge, or be assured it will be a pleasure for
the Hotel Committee, Henry D. Hewitt, 711 Milwau-
kee avenue, chairman, to take care of your require-
ments personally. If there is any further information
required, your communication will have immediate
response.
FINE COMPLIMENT TO
THE LESTER PIANO
FOE OF THE "STENCIL"
UTTERS A "WARNING"
E. A. Francis, of Galesburg, Tells His Fellow Citi-
zens How to Spell "Grief."
Once in a while—a long while, of late—some
straight-from-the-shoulder piano dealer comes for-
ward with a slam at the old "stencil racket" which
at one time gave excitement to the trade. At Gales-
burg, 111., E. A. Francis is a stencil foe. He issues
a warning in the local newspapers which reads as
follows:
Do not buy any Piano that the manufacturer won't
put his name on the Fall Board of the instrument.
It spells GRIEF. We might name a Piano KNOX
and that would not make it durable, although Knox
is a fine college, or we might be vain enough to have
our name cast in the Plate, that would not give one
the Manufacturers Guarantee. Which is what you
ought to have.
ALL W E SELL ARE FULLY GUARANTEED,
and are priced moderately as our overhead is low.
REMODELS TOLEDO STORE.
Remodeling plans are well under way at the store
of the Cable Piano Co., Toledo, O., and the results
will provide economies in space and better arrange-
ment of the stock. The special sale announced as a
consequence of the remodeling plans has proved a
great success. It was a departure from the customs
of the house, but a necessity in the quick moving of
stock to facilitate the remodeling. The parlors on
the first floor have been rearranged with taste that
provides a suitable setting for the fine display of
pianos and players.
Music Publisher of Seattle Writes to Ascer-
tain the Age of an Instrument, Obviously
Old Yet Still Good.
Every now and then fine old piano industries re-
ceive communications in which are the best possible
indorsements of durability and the qualities that en-
dure. Recently the Lester Piano Co., of Philadelphia,
received the following letter of the kind intimated. It
is from a music publisher of Seattle, Washington,
bearing date of March 1, 1925, and reads as follows:
"Lester Piano Company,
"1306 Chestnut street,
"Philadelphia, Pa.
"Gentlemen: I am in possession of a Lester piano,
No. 36681, and am desirous of knowing the age of
same, as it is an exceptionally good one. An early
reply will be appreciated.
"Yours truly,
"D. CARLOS MCALLISTER,
"505 LTniversity Building, Seattle, Wash."
The particular piano about which Mr. McAllister
asks, No. 36681, was manufactured by the Lester
Piano Co., and was shipped from the factories of that
company in 1906. So it is now nineteen years old.
The manufacturers do not know Mr. McAllister, but
they, of course, promptly gave him the information
for which he asked, just as it is given here.
It is just such unlooked-for indorsements as that
of the Seattle music publisher that afford the best
possible proofs of piano values. It is spontaneous,
and without the possibility of any other than the de-
sire to know more about an instrument which ob-
viously must have had long wear and is still in good
condition. It is testimony of irrefutable kind, which
could come only to instruments of dependability.
NEW MUSIC FIRM OPENS
IN JEFFERSON CITY, MO.
The Payne & Schwaller Piano Co. Holds Formal
Opening at 306 East High Street.
The formal opening of the Payne & Schwaller
Piano Company, Jefferson City, Mo., was held re-
cently at 306 East High street. Special music was
arranged for the occasion and the management pre-
sented all visitors with a carnation.
An invitation was extended the public by Mr.
Payne and Mr. Schwaller to visit the store during
and after the opening to learn of the policies of the
new concern. Both of the proprietors have had years
of experience in the piano business and promise to
give the Capital City a store of which citizens may
well point to with pride. They were formerly con-
nected with the Martin Bros. Piano Co. Associated
with the concern will be William F. Melin, one of
the popular young men of the city.
The Baldwin line of pianos and players will be
carried, together with superior lines of phonographs,
records, sheet music, radiolas and other musical in-
struments and accessories. The store will be one of
the most complete of its kind in the city, is the assur-
ance of the owners.
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