. Ellington 1918. Sound Detectors—Burglar Alarms Against the Night Prowlers of the Air Page 143 ] [ELLINGTON FIELD—1918. Social Houston, without the Rice Hotel—Houstons Welcome to the World—would struggle along like XewYork harbor without the Atlantic ocean. Without this magnificent hostelry, society, especially where the soldier isconcerned, would have found itself all dressed up with no place to go. To him it has not only been a social cen-ter, but a home, club—a place of comfort and entertainment. Located as it is, the Rice mezzanine affords special accomodations for the flyer, who, weary f
. Ellington 1918. Sound Detectors—Burglar Alarms Against the Night Prowlers of the Air Page 143 ] [ELLINGTON FIELD—1918. Social Houston, without the Rice Hotel—Houstons Welcome to the World—would struggle along like XewYork harbor without the Atlantic ocean. Without this magnificent hostelry, society, especially where the soldier isconcerned, would have found itself all dressed up with no place to go. To him it has not only been a social cen-ter, but a home, club—a place of comfort and entertainment. Located as it is, the Rice mezzanine affords special accomodations for the flyer, who, weary from the grindat Ellington, can, in a less strenuous manner than is required at the field, make eights around the pianos, spiral upand down the stairs leading to the lobby, walk the length of the course to the small ball room and then Immelmanback on the eight course to make finally a landing near some dainty creature with wistful eyes and appealing Times Square in New York was never a more popular place for rendezvous or tryst than is the Rice. The spacious lobby, with its soft, well-upholstered chai
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