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WILMETTE LIFE January 21, 192i NEW HOSTELRY·HAILED AS ONE OF THE FINEST Beautifully Appointed, on Site Overlooking Lake; Is of Residential Type Lit tie short of palatial in it s appointmenH is the Georgian, the north shore's new 343-room hotel which formally open~ it:; doors at Hinman avenue and Davis street, Evanston. this Friday. Thi s pretentious structure is expected to pro\"C a popular center for social · gatherings as well as provide commodious living quartC'rs for its patrnns. Paschen Brothers, contractors and joint mvncrs of the Georgian. ha,·e ('rcctccl a building which 'Contains not only all modern improvement s but a numher of di stinctive touches which combine to make a hotel of unusual attractiveness. The building, which is eight stories high, wa s erected at a cost 0 f $2.225.000. Xinet~·-e ight suites containing from Single Rooms for Transients two to eight rooms each. gi,·e the hotel one of the largest capacities on the north shore. Besides the apartinent suites there arc fifty-six single rooms for transient guests and friends nf regular patrons. These rooms ;tS \Yell as other rooms induding the ballroom, dining- rooms, club rooms and lobby Hich and unu sual draperies and furnishings gin· an added rh;trJll t<J the lubhy of the Georgian hotel and furni:-h ;ll~ were all furnished by Albert Pick and appropriatl' setting for the lotu s pool with its :-.tat uary at .thv rl'ntcr. The lol)hy is nwdc..·lccl after the da:-.-,ic J~~ ~m;tl i ~ompany of Chicago. atrium. Sound-proof walls. deadened floor s. ----·---"------ -- - -·--- - ---- ·- - controlled \'entilation. noisele ss elevators and fireproof construction ;trc a HOTEL HAS PLAYROOM few of the features of the hotel. Facilities for entertainments, lectures, dinner Georgian's Children Are Given Recre· dances. pri\·ate parties, formal dinners. ati'?n. Place in Bungalow on Top of halls. card parties, rollcgi;ttr informals, Bualdmg luncheons and art exhibits \\'ill make Blanch e Peck Wanner, (Mrs. Charles . --,- .. j . L. C. \\"alt 8n. m~nagcr of th e l~c~~.:·the Georgian a popular meeting place A.) well known Evanston and north Chddren at the (,eorg1an hotel have g1an hotel. comes to the nnrth ~..!Jn. t · for residents of the north shore. shore soc iety and club woman, i hostAmong the outstanding feature s of ess of the new Gtorgian hotel. Mrs. all sorts of pla.ythings arranged for with ;1 rec(1rd oi 20 years' expnit'tlt"t the building arc the three dining rooms \\.annrr, who lived at 923 Hinman ave- them in the playroom on the top story l'ainl'd in mat1~· kinds of hotd :-en·ic.t ·. which can he opened into one grand nue, Evanston, for two years, has of the building. Located in the "bun- F8r the last :-.Ix years he ha s been 111 dining room, a hall room on the ninth become affiliatrd with the Drama club, gaiO\\·," the .room is large and light and Chicago. where his lll(Jst rt·ce nt po-., ; floor capable of accommodating 1,000 the University guild and the Illinois airy. There ever~· possible amusement tion was with the \\' inckmcre I~( ·tl ~ . persons and a roof garden with r:·an- League of \Vomen Votel·s. She. is a is given and the children ntav romp Bdon.· . that he was nf tht stafT ot t)h opied ta hles. porch swings and palms. member of St. Luke's church. and play without di st urbing tl;e hotel Chicagn B('ac h hotc I. Sunken Garden in Fountain nri!!inalt .. he i-. irnn1 tlw F ··-,t. IIi E\'anston people had known her be- guests as the floor is soundproof. The lobby, attractively and pleasing- fore her residence in this city through Beautiful, lar~',t' prints of th e man\' 1 ,,,,,.,.' ;. lhnrhill. ~fa .:-.. Iris carl~· ly arranged, is designed after the style her work in the North End club of ~[other Goose sce ne ~ and character·~ ho·cl tra inin<! " "'"' in t·a~t<·rn hntclof the Roman .atrium. Large square Edgewater and the Wilmrtte commit- are arranged around the entire roon1 i in th t· rateritH! department. AnlOlt).: columns surround the lohhv in the tee of the Ravinia club. \Vhile she in a low b8rdcr so that children ma' the casten\ hoh: ls with which hl' !J;,, center c,f which is a sunke;l' fountain lived in Edgewater, Mrs. \Van ncr held sec them easily. Around the tnp <;f bl'tn connected are the ~falvcrn h<Jtcl. of unusual beauty. the positions of recording secretary the room is another border of Litt:e· Har Harb~r. ~f c.; the Samoset holl"i. Accommodations for guests include and chairman of the social committee Bo-Prc'p, 13oy Blue, Little Jack Horner. Rockland. Breakwater. Me. In Tin the ladies' lounge and the men's club of the North End club. the Old \Voman \\' ho Li\'ed in a Sh~e, mucla he was with the Hamilton lwttl. room, both of which arc appropriately During her residence in Wilmette, and all the rest of the cl1aractcrs nf ~Jr. \\'alton ha . het·n actiH· itt lwtt·, furnished. Rrd .leather chairs and she was on tl1e board of the Wilmette childhood .rhYmes. men'. organization..; fnr man,· n :ar-. lounge., writing desks, fireplace and \\'o man's club for six years She served \Vith their- man~· colors these pr i.n t!' library make the men's room an ideal as social hostess and chairman of the brighten the tan glazed walls. The At present he is a nH·ndH'r. (,·f t ht · place to rest and converse. ITo t e I !vf en's ~ f u t u a I Ren e fit ;1 "s c, c i; 1 J)l·c~g ram committee. From 1919 to doors and window frames and other tion, the Tllinois IJotel ~;fen's a~~ocia A room which is certain to prove a 1'J21 she was chairman of the Economy woodwork is painted a French blu:". tion. the International Stewards' a:-.popular meeting place is the ladies' Provision has been made so that shop which is operated for the benefit sociation, the American Caterer~· a <..lounge with its rock cn·st:ll 'Chandeof \\·elfare agencies. She was a direc- children may !:>lecp in the playroom. A sociation and is a director of the ::\ortlr liers, grand piano, mirrors, beautiful spec ial booth with small cots afford~ sculpture and Louis X:VT furniture. On tor oi the Wilmette committee of the this conYCnience. · A nursemaid, not Shore Hotel association. Ravinia club and worked for Arden the ninth floor is the grand ballroom, He is a member oi the ~fa..,ons and \'et obtained, will soon be in constant one of the largest rooms in the build- Shore a11d the Infant Welfare agency. ~ttendance in the room . the Evanston Chamber of ComnH'rl'C' Last year she successfully conducted ing. Th~ orchestra at one end of the fn the cente.r of the room is a merrv- and a week ago \\'as elected to memroom will he placed under a wide three parties for the \V'ilmette Womgo-round. Trapeze, rings, hars. slide, bership in the Evanston Kiv.·anis cluh an's club to benefit their philanthropy, Spanish .canopy of unusual brilliancy. Larhe mirrors around the room make art and economy departments. Last swings, and sand box are the other MAKES AUSTRIAN STATUARY the place one of the most beautiful in \\'inter she represented Evanston and furnishings for recreation. There are also c,llairs and tables for drawing br the north shore in the meeting of the the building. Scve~al pieces oi statuary in the Illinois League of Women Voters, held sewing. Georgian hotel were made In· Anclriona T\1\'0 high spced elevators installed in Rome. They \\·ere retentl~· exhibited by the Elevator Company of America, in thr Illinois \Vomen's Athletic club, HOTEL IS WEATHERSTRIPPED at the opening of the Norshore thratC'r. carry the gue. ts to their rooms. The Chicago. \V -.·.ttherstripping \Vindows and doors The pieces of sculpt t1 re incltHlc : "M edelevators arc operated by girls, attired roomy and the furnishings harmoniin modern buildings is nO\\' accrpted as in Georgian livery. ou:-;. Cushioned lounges, floor lamps a necessity. Large institutions a well itation." the figure in thr fountain ir1 A children's -playroom containing the lobby; the flower girl in the founand distinctive furniture Erive an at· merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters, slides, mo:;pherc of lin'ah leness ;111d case. The as the smalle:-.t of h11ildings equipped tain of the main dining room; and the swings and sand piles is another fea- dining- room of the apartments is srt \\'ith \\"<:ather strips show a surprising bust of an Austrian Qucc..·n 111 the ture of the Georgi~n. Children left in off from the living room by curtained decrease in heating costs. The. com- Men's lounge. the playroom will be watched and di- French doors. A side serving table. iort of the tenants of the Georgian lwtel is assured in this respect, as this rected in their play by a supervisor. Artificial ventilation is maintained in :oPr chairs, and a drop leaf table of in1portant work has been clone by the The apartments themselves are walnut comprise the dining room set. all the kitchens and baths at the :·pegl'r ~fetal \Veatherstrip agencv. Georgian hotel. Mrs. C. A. Wanner, i Active Clubwoman, IsH otel Hostess I Manager L. G. Walton Brings Experience of 20 years to Georgian -------