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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1915)
I THE OMAHA SUNDAY 15KK: r KliKUAKl i,t 1J15. IMPORTANT PART OF HOTEL Fontenelle, Chef Hi Everything: Modern Science Hai Invented to Embeliih Kitchen. MACHINES DO MOST WORK Corner in the Big Kitchen The kitchen, ah. tha kHehen' That I about the most Important part f a hotel. The brd of Benon. or ome other prt :f the world has sung the fact that man run lle without many thing, lurludlng "(arrlage. horse and hooka," "but elv lined man cannot live without cooka" And In the kitchen of the ntene monsieur le chef will find everything that the selenre and mechanical Ingenuity of man ha Invented to maxe ronvenlnt and easy the exercise of monsieur's art. Note that Art. Yea. It la Indeed an art. the concoction of a thousand tempting rilshe. the pleas ing of an unlimited number of appetite and tate. I The main kitchen I big room In the northweit corner of ths building. Every known rtevlre for the beat f ir thrrlng of the function of the skilled took and other employ'" down to the t!lhaher I found Installed here. Here are long linen of range, broiler l ake oven, plate warmer. H-re are equally long line of refrltf- emtur, kept io by hundred and hun dreds of feet of ammonia pipe. lleie are cold consomme container nd long ranka of be cream tank and tnk for tariou kind of Ices. Roll Kept Hot. Theie I a sprsy roll-warmer for keep ing, loll hot nd freh. the door of which in rle! by a preure of the foot and fail Into place Immediately after thu waiter ha taken what roll lie wante. Iliii keeping the roll always at the . proper warmth. Thl waa built especially for the Font mile kitchen, a. Indeed, many of the other fixture were. ' There I a perla! alcove with a battery of big refrlgeralora and aeveral chopping block for the ua of the hotel meat ahop. ' Here akllled butcher will cut up tho meat, and It will be their duty to keep the refrigerator over by the range and moat broilci aupplled with cut of all kind of meat, ao that the chefa when they gt an order can find Jut what they want at once In the refrigerator, and plunge It from the cold to the hot an forward to the wotting gueat without delay. Here 1 a Utile corner where audi dainty illahc a toaat and waffles and boiled eggs aia prepared. There are specla: tuaatera and pcclal waffle Iron and pe dal automatic egg boiler which boll rKg Just a long a they are ordered to boll them and n longer. There la alao a big machine near her which I for the mixing of dough. It pets near the big oak ovena. and will be one of the pieces of atock In trade of the pastry cooka akllled In the concoc tion of mouth-melting pie, apple dump Huge, chocolate eclslres and auch delight i of the gourmet Uaes laffee Cm. Long llnea of coffee urea ahlne reepten dent, giving promlsa of much Mocha, do light and Java ecstasy.' For even theae coffee urn ara mechanically educaUd to brew the root entrancing of brewa that ver were brewed from tha Justly cele braUd coffee bean. Bark her In tha corner la a mysterious machine, probably not very high up In the mechanical aoclal aoala. but a good, honeat-looklng machine withal. What art thou, O .oueer-lookinf ma chine T Ah. a potato peeler! Well, well, and who would ever thlnK that they would erer teach machines to peel potatoes. Surely thia la, tha age of education when an humble looking pie mechanism Ilka you can learn to peel potato. The potato peeler doein't exactly peel potatoe. It rather aandpaper their ahella off. 1U lnlde consist of a large drum with a revolving bottom. The aide of the drum and the surface of the bot tom are covered with a very rough and nd-pepcrlike ubtftnce. Potatoe entering tbla drum find them selves whirled about swiftly and flr.d their cheeka rubbed against thl rough aubatanco till thay ar ail scraped. There la water In there at the sama time and the aoraplnge flow away aa aoon a they ara takan off through a big waata pipe and then the peeled po tatoe are dumped out through a rrom opening. Jfa great for the "murphlea, Lamer tlM at cllrr. A big, bualneaaltke kettle haa it place near thla plebean piece of machinery. This kettle alao belong to tha lower clae In tha scullery. It la an humble greaaa kettle. Humble, but uaerul, for Into It goe all the greaae from the rooking meats and other eources and thla kettle ren dera It. Huge power dlhwaher are a feature of the scullery. The dudiea in great mire lketa are .plunged Into vata of valJing water, little derrick being pro vided for lifting and lowering the heavy ir .y:v ytf ill Mt ' ' i t A, t i ' r ... -M-L i I liaeket full of crocery nnd china. T,hl .VNtem ha (he advantage' of giving nil the (Hulled a etetllilng a n-ell a a wahlng. Any little germ loafing round on theao dlhna come to un early dnth, due to the heat. Miowcr bath are provided for the rook and other for the waiters und there are aeparate lo ker room. The chnf ha the illRtilty of a private room all to hlmnrlf with evwry convenience. There are aleo In thl wonderful kitchen liver (leaning room. The keeping of the ll verm ie In pntle condition I In ltelf n big Job. Operated hjr KleelrlcK) . The power to run practically every de vlie In the kitchen 1 electric. Fuel need Is gas, coke and coal, the being used In varlou kind oil cooking wherever they are bent adapted. There la a creamatory for tha garbage. Heveral other kitchens are located In the hoiel. One of thee adjoin the grill and Unreached by a flight of stairs down frnm the main kitchen. Another Is practically a aervlng room adjoining the banquet hall and private dining room. Altogether It I certainly a kitchen thnt will delight the heart of mondeur le rher a a well lighted atudlo would delight the heart of au artlat Room Tariffs at Pontenelle Hotel To Be Reasonable Room tariff at the rontenelle hotel as published will be alike on all floors. That l, a room on the third floor, for example, will rent for the same price aa a room of the same sice and location on the ninth floor. All rooma hava pri vate baths. Room with shower bath, not facing street, will rent at 13 a day for one per son; W a day for two. Certain larger rooms with ahowera or tub baths, not facing street, will rent at 12.60, and 13.99 for one and two persona, respectively. ' JV room with bath, facing the street. wtU rent at 13 a day for one person aad $4.60 a day for two. Larger rooms facing the street will rent at 33.50 and $3 a day for one irson and two persons, respectively. Corner rooms will be 34 and 3e a day for one person and two, respectively. Rooms with two bed and a batt will rent at M. 35 and 36. Corner suites, comprising sitting room. bedroom, private hall and bathroom will rent at 110 a day for either one or two persons. ample rooms will rent at $5 W up. ac cording to slse and location. Gaston and Arabel to Have Best of Care and Attention Big Electric Signs On Top of New Hotel The lectrto alga aa the world under stands It nowadays Is a thing apart and aeparaU from tha building at which It la displayed. But electric aura nowadays are as much a necessity to a big hotel as win dows and a roof. , . Aad se the electrlo sign of tha Fonte aeUe is built right In with tha roof. It It a part of tha plan of tha building. It la there to atay. Look up at It and see. It U ao built that It harmonises with the gable roof of tha French chateau style of architecture. The word ' Hotel Fontenelle" tand there. In glgantlo letters, one sign facing south, the other eait By day they are distinctly outlined agalnet the ekyllne. Hy night they are four blailng word of electricity, read able from a great dlatanoe. . "Ah, eet will be of e real plalelr to work in re Hotel Fontenelle wl such grand urioundlnn and convenience for T.n necessity and amuetn"nt of e em ploye." It wa (iaston, one of the waiter whi poke. He had Jut looked ever the re creation and ret room, the dining rooms, the bed rooma which are provided for him and hi fellow In the new Fon tenelle. "Ach, dl Im der het vat I baf aeen yet." said Adolph, who Is a 8wls. "It Ik Indeed grand. I know ve shall here be content happy. I'nd ven a man is content he doe hi goot vork. So Goethe ay. Ho I aay. Ye, It lj goot." Indeed, such care tins been taken to provide for the comfort, convenience and health of the help a haa been taken In no other hotel In the country- So say tho men who have looked them over nnd many of whom have been in numeroua hotel and are familiar with the good and the bad. Here we find big airy, llglit dining room for the varlou claca and sexes of the great army of employe. There I a men' dining room and a women's dining room for each of several classes of help. There Is another dining room for their over officer, those who are their au- perlors. There Is a kitchen and a staff of cooks, waiters, flunkeya and others entirely separate and distinct from the cooks, waiter, flunkey and othera that cook and serve 'the meals to guest. There are big recreation, rest and read ing rooms for the men employes and the same for the women employes. There are toilet rooms and bath rooms galore for tha various clsiaea of help. There is even a barber In constant at tendance In the men's department whose duty it will be to give Gaston and Adolph and all their companion ahaves when they need It. Nom d'un aoml Also-Sacra bleu and Saprintl. but would it not be or a dis Kracefulnea if a waiter in such hotel should appear In the reRtauiant or cafe without the cloacRt of ehave. Loe It not hor-ify to contemplate, nionnicur? , Then let u not contemplate. L,ct u leave It to the burlier who doubtless knows hi biiRlne and understands his duties wltU regsrd to Gaston, Adolph et al. In charge of the women's tiedrooms Is a maid whore duty It Is to make tha bod and keep everything clean and ship shape. And auch nice, large airy rooms were iwtv wrrr-n iy fiiniUB IJtMUI, Uf Ml 1CB1 noi occupiea Dy mem ror tneir very own. Only two of them abide In each room and each has her own bed. And there are ample bathing facilities. "The two big thing that we ore going the most ekllled employe for every de partment of the big hostelry snd you nmy rest aured that, having secured them we are going to keep them at their very highest efficiency. Puch a service will Boon mske 'Itself felt ami will bo thoroughly appreciated by patron of the hotel." re overheard. Times. Oood-bye." " Hartforl The Bore. The ike of Manchester, whnee "edu cational mo vlr" enterprise hna Just com to grief, I well liked In New Vork and Newport for hi good humor nd wit. "Manchester." en Id a New York banker the other 1y. "I mor of a eucce aa a wit than a a businrc man. "At the hotel Manchester waa bored ona afternoon by a chap who wanted to In terest him In a noninf Inmmable film thttt would mske a good ide line for the edu cational movie. "Manchester listened politely to the film promoter fur about two hours. Then ho row, frowned at a man nerrby who wa Btretchlng and yawning, and said: " 'Hush! Another time and place. We ItolBB Well. ' How's your son, the young lawyer, d"- i'n"Flrt rate. He did well from the very (start. " "Admitted to tne Par oniy a year a . a-asn't he?" "Mut have built up a practice very "Ye, indeed. He had tw o ' client lt month. That right. Regular client. Itenldes. he'a secretary of the l nlted Commercial clnh. consulting attorney of the HcUworB Grinder affiliation, Jcg.ij referee of the Fight Fan' brotherhood and general counsel of the Consolidated Melon trust. Ye, Indeed. And he's a notry public, an assistant Janitor, and troche the latest dance on the Bide. Ye, indeed. The legal profession Is the Ideal place for him." Cleveland Tlain Pealer. Alamito Dairy Products! ) Used at ' Fontenelle Hotel ALAMITO DAIRY 26th and Leavenworth Streets Parker-Gordon's a- ROI-TAN to strive tor In the Fontenelle will be e cleanliness and ervcc," Bald 'William R. Durbank, president of- the operating ' company, "and we cannot have these i without giving our employee every I facility for clean and comfortable living! 4 V, .. Thl. , . , I ,.,i-,ii.T- , trwf 4 ,im r going IU UO B It has, perhaps, never been done before In any other hotel. "All these pleasant rooms, these ample and up-to-date bath rooma for employes, the barber for the men, the maids for the women, the rest room, reading and re creation rooms, all are designed to meet the reaulrement of servant and em ploye, to minister to their iihy.iii.tf a"nd mental need in their hours off duty so that they can be fit physically and In proper mental frame to give the very beat service to our guests during their hours on duty. ' "You can't get high grade service out of a low grade . servant. A low grade servant Is frequently low grade merely because he doesn't have proper hours, proper food, proper bathing facilities. This ha all been provided to tho super lative degree In the Fontenelle. "Wa hava scoured the country to get PERFECT CIGARS 52 Sizes L Parker-Gordon's die FUG A Guaranteed Havana Tobaccos. Made in Bond Under Government Inspection. Hotel Fontenelle -Is- Faced With Hy-Tex Brick The Hy-Tex Line Hat a Brick For Every Purpose Let Us Show You Some of the Wonderful New Creations. TH HOT E FONTENELLE L CIGAR STAND El Hydraulic Press Brick Company 1302-3 Woodman of World Building Other Hotel Faced With Hy-Tex Erich ' gtotbam Heiel. Kaelbaeh Hotel, Mew Turk aty. aaaas OUy. S:acktae Hotel. Beys! Aleaaatrla Hotel. Clayaoel Hotel. Chicago. Kuatreei. Que. XaAlavaapoUa. atlera Hotel. Palace Hotel. . Colored Ipriar- Saa fraaolse. will be the finest in this part of the country. The fixtures are the very best that the market affords and are in har mony with beautiful7 interior ; decorations of the hotel. THE WORLD'S FINEST CIGARS will be the only brands handled at this stand and you are sure to find your favorite smoke in our extremely large stock. NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS and MAGAZINES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY will be found here and of the latest issue that fast mails permit. THE CHOICEST OF CANDIES from the country's most prominent manufacturers may also be obtained hero. Always fresh. SERVICE everlasting is what we intend to give our patrons. Only experienced salesmen will be employed. For the past fifty years we have been serving the wants of thousands on the trains and at the stations of the Union Pacific Railroad System, and at the Union Depot, Omaha, in a manner which must necessarily be satisfactory to permit the long endurance of our business. We also operate the cigar stand in the Omaha National Bank Building. ' BARK ALOW BROTHERS News Company -;- -:- Omaha, Neb. NATIONAL oofing Co. (Incorporated) Roofing Contractors .R. Established in 1878 Gravel Roofing on This Building Furnished by National Roofing Co. OMAHA, NEB. v Branch, Sioux City, Iowa. Tho New Fontenelle Hotel Will Use ' FLEISCHMAWFS YEAST . BXCL US I VBL Y in the Bakery Dept. J (