The Advantages and Disadvantages of Increasing Your Ballroom Rent

At one time I rented the Grand Ballroom of a certain New York hotel for twenty nights each season in order to hold a series of lectures. At the beginning of one season I was suddenly informed that I should have to pay almost three times as much rent as formerly. This news reached me after the tickets had been printed, distributed and all announcements had been made. Naturally I didn't want to pay the increase but what was the use of talking to the hotel about what I wanted? They were interested only in what they wanted so a couple of days later I went to see the manager. He wrote down under the head advantages these words: Ballroom free. That's a big advantage. For