Hot Springs, Arkansas by Ray Hanley

Author:Ray Hanley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2011-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

(Photos courtesy of Arkansas History Commission.)

The luxury of the hotel’s lobby extended throughout the Arlington and especially to the fine dining room (above). Literature during the hotel’s first year of operation described what awaited hungry guests: “The main dining hall is 120 feet in length and 60 feet in width, with light streaming in from windows on three sides, overlooking the park in front and the mountains on all sides. The chief pride of the management is its cuisine. Modern chefs are in charge of the kitchen—every part of the country and the world is drawn upon to supply its tables. The ceiling is of ornamented paneled steel and the furnishings are in ivory and gold, forming a rich and pleasing effect. There are two ladies’ ordinaries (restrooms) in connection, the main dining hall is richly carpeted and sumptuously furnished with a seating capacity of 500 guests.” After a fine meal a guest might have retired to the Arlington’s Sun Parlor (below), which claimed that “no sweeter or more restful room can be found anywhere.” The 1913 message on this postcard mailed to Cleveland, OH, read, “Went to the alligator and ostrich farms, a long walk but we enjoyed it.”

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