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6 HOUSES OF ENTERTAINMENT. HOW ATLANTA IS AT PRESENT PROVIDED WITH HOTELS. Its Old and Famous Establishments Re-In forced With Many New and Elegant Structures Put Up Especially for the Exposition—An Entertaining De scription of the Principal Places. The hotel problem which for so many weeks men aced the success of our great expc sition, has been satisfactorily solved at last, and Atlanta is at pres ent fully prepared to entertain any crowd, no mat ter how large, that may be present during the progress of the big show. Very few of even our own people have any con ception of the lavish and elaborate character of these preparations, and for this reason the accom panying center-page illustration is one of the most interesting yet published in The Looking Glass’ exposition series. It gives a clear and comprehen sive idea of the cluster of handsome and metropol itan houses of entertainment from which visitors can pick and choose. Necessarily it embraces only the most prominent and attractive. It is estimated that the total facilities will accommodate with ease 25,000 people a day, and 30,000 at a pinch. This includes all the minor hotels, scores of boarding houses, large and small, and innumerable private houses prepared to receive anywhere from 1 to 20 ft* * JRSFkL . //ill Willi Bo rn i aIMM! ini iji||'|il liilaaig"—Titiihii.. life BALLARD HOUSE. lodgers during exposition. The estimate is the result of a careful canvass, covering only such places as could receive the official endorsement of the department of Public Comfort. The photo reproductions give a vastly better idea of the places depicted .than could be conveyed by columns of cold type, but a few words of additional detail wiH, no doubt, prove interesting to the general reader, and particularly so to those living out of town. The Kimball will be prepared to entertain 1,000 guests on the American plan. Its rateswill be from $3 to $5 a day, and its location diagonally opposite the depot makes it particularly convenient to travelers. Mr. Warren Leland, Jr., is the new manager, but all the old faces will be seen on the house staff. The Kimball is one of the best known and most famous hotels in the world. The Markham, on Loyd street, ’only 50 feet from the depot, will accommodate, with its extensive annex, 700 people. It will be conducted on the American plan, and its rates are from $2 to $3 a day. This old and popular house has been handsomely refurnished throughout. Mr. G. W. Scoville is the manager. The Hotel Aragon, at the corner of Peachtree and Ellis streets, with its annex, will be prepared to receive 1,000 guests. It will be conducted strictly on the European plan, and its rates will be A GROUP OF ATLANTA HOTELS FROM WHICH E ■ ~’T' ' r-'*u •• - • "v. ->4 ' ■ i , me .jbi fe ■ i -tMei-Alhwfibnx- ♦wXl ' fife ‘- Ime Ik • ,i_. k.' » ' h .. .MM* . ? M • j * wi »iii*wiiiii iuihwww.i wWi. Bf’' i fete ML mb ' V yRMf ~ - 4■ F " 11 r . ; * L J&i ■k & i THE MARION. THE ALHAMBRA, THE MARKHAM. THE ARAGON. The Lookii THE Os THE G