Chapter 19: Royalty at the Grand Babylon

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​⁠The Royal apartments at the Grand Babylon are famous in the world of hotels, and indeed elsewhere, as being, in their own way, unsurpassed. Some of the palaces of Germany, and in particular those of the mad Ludwig of Bavaria, may possess rooms and saloons which outshine them in gorgeous luxury and the mere wild fairy-like extravagance of wealth; but there is nothing, anywhere, even on Eighth Avenu