Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — An Earthly Paradise. [ARTICLE]

An Earthly Paradise.

A traveler writing from Fayal, in the Azores, comments on the methods of hotel life there. Board at the best hotel is 1,000 reis, or $1 of our money, a day. “Two men brought our trunks a distance of half a mile and up a pair of stairs for 250 reis, or 25 cents. One man carried my large trunk on one shoulder, and in the other hand my two bags; the other carried the steamer trunk, steamer chair and shawls, and the two thus burdened kept up a dog trot till our rooms were reached. The hotel keeps a plate of oranges in the room constantly, and I eat about a dozen a day. They are small, almost seedless, very juicy and delicious. We feast, too, on bananas, guavas, custard apples and dates. For one cent you may buy more plums than can be managed at one eating.”—[New York Times. Chicago has a federation of women’s clubs numbering twenty-two organizations. One of these is called the Olio Club, and is interested in almost everything under the sun. It has a peculiar rule to the effect that the President may address any member whose name she forgets as “ Mrs. HDDS.”