Word: ritzes
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Some time ago a scintillating adjective joined the American language. It expressed the superlative of all that is elegant, fashionable, fastidious and rich. From which famous hostelry, the Ritz-Carlton of Manhattan, or the Ritz of London, or the Ritz of Paris this word sprang is a question which philologists must decide. Thus, at least−somehow or other−was born "Ritzy." (See THE PRESS...
That night the doctor gave a dinner to the prohibition agents. He gave it in the Japanese Roof Garden of the Ritz-Carlton. It was alleged that the agents bought champagne at $20 a bottle. In this way they acquired an idea of Ritziness...
Count Ludwig Salm von Hoog-straeten, Austrian nobleman who eloped recently with Miss Millicent Rogers of Manhattan: "The Chicago Tribune credited me with having made the following statement to 'an old friend' in the Ritz Hotel in Paris: 'Six months more of this and if Mr. Rogers does not come through [with some money], I am going to get a divorce...
...William Randolph Hearst: 'In the Marie Antoinette room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, London, a dinner was given in my honor by two of my husband's editors. Those present included: Arnold Bennet, A S. M. Hutchinson, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Rebecca West, W L George, J. D. Beresford, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Charles G. and Kathleen Norris...
...Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Manhattan, which became a convert to fuel oil, has stated that the saving gained thereby is estimated at $25,490 during the first six months. On the average 130 to 140 gallons of oil are equivalent to a ton of coal...