The servants of the Hotel Salisbury which is so called because it is situatedon Broadway and conducted on the American plan by a man named Riggs had agreedupon ... » 

The servants of the Hotel Salisbury which is so called because it is situatedon Broadway and conducted on the American plan by a man named Riggs had agreedupon a date for their annual ball and volunteer concert and had announced thatit would eclipse every other annual ball in the history of the hotel. As theHotel Salisbury had been only two years in existence this was not an idleboast and it had the effect of inducing many people to buy the tickets whichsold at a dollar apiece and were good for one gent and a lady and entitledthe bearer to a hatcheck without extra charge. «