New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-04
TEN DAYS IN LONDON-NO. VIII.
ENGLISH NOTES.-THE ENGLIsIIMAN IN LONDON
-COsTUME--MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
WOMEN IN EUROPE.

-COsTUME--MODE OF TRANSFORMATIONS
WOMEN IN EUROPE.
lPROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
BADEN BADEN, Aug. s.-The great hotels of Lon
don present feature of English life which comes
home to the business and bosom Of every American
traveller. On landing in Liverpool, perhaps, at
late hour Of the night he will find degree of atten
ton and comfort which he must not hope TO expert
ence in the more pretending establishments OF the
metropolis. Tho four principal hotels in that town,
which forms one of the outposts of English cviza-
ton, are well known to our travelling countrymen,
and are supported to large degree by their patron
age. They are spacious and convenient, with an ex-
celent substantial cuisine and with civil and eili-
cients service Your reception there presents striking,
and most agreeable contrast to your arrival at an
American hotel. Instead of the supcrcilious neglect
which leaves YOU to take your chance of room
among a crowd of other visitors, you are at once
welcomed with courteous hospitality If the house
is full, You are informed of 1t without delay, and
directed to other lodgings if not or ii you have
previously bespoken quarters you are shown in
stantly to your apartment and treated If not with
kindness with cyty. One Of these hotels Is Of very
ancient date and takes YOU back to the bygone DAYS
of the primitive English inn. It'll dngy old house.
TO be sure and everything about it bears the marks
of venerable antiquity The aged landlord has Kept
the hostclTy for than fifty years. the butler
and head waiter with their grave clerical costume
and solemn manners appear like the senescnals of
of some medieval castle and though the ale and
mutton bear the marks of modern improvement, the
whole STYLE of the household of the days Of
Shakespeare and Ben Johnson, more than of our own
The London hotels, which are now most frequented
by the travelling public, both English and American,
are of recent date, and on an immense scale, Ihey
have grown up under the impulse of railways and
steam navigation. In their management an at
to,npt is made to combine of the novelties of
American hotels with English customs. cannot
saw that the experiment thus far has proved bril-
liant success The Englishman on Journey loves
TO retain the habits of home, as far as possible lie
dislilfes publicitv and contact with q crowd. The
common diningr room of hotel is not to his taste,
and if he can afford the expense, he prefers TO take
his meals in his apartment. Under this ar
ranoement YOU are sure to be well served. You
order what YOU choose for the table and 1t Is ready
at the appointed hour. You have the quiet and re-
trement if not the comfort, Of your own house But
this is rather dreaTy mode of life In strange land
You get tired of your own company, and Wish 10
sbare the busy scenes around you, and see the
world Hence large proportion OF the VISITORS
crowd the public table and the general sitting ROOM
Rnt the machinery does not work smoothly. mere
is not sufficient force to give 1t effect On your hlst
arrival il is almost difficult to obtain room as al
orr oyercrowded American caravansenes' had
enpaped apartments at one OF these mammoth estao
usbments nearly month in advance, with an
eyact designation of the day, and almost the hour Oh
NV arrival But it was not until after protracted
siege of the Office that succeeded IN gaining rest
inc Mace and that of the most ordinary character
tbougb at good round price. decently comlorta-
be room for two persons costs from 81 % to 81 day
| - cold which added to attendance ard Candles
yhicb are at least one dollar in addition runs up
bandsome hill for lodgings alone Your breakfast Oh
Zoo or coffee with nothing but bread ana butter, or
| . nrfin costs Won two English shlngs the double
| 90 orr own. while if you indulge III an egg' OF
hon ar slice of cold meat, or bit OF hsh, you IN
oct dollar in YOUR breakfast before You thlhh Vi
| :. rlo dinner at the table d1IOte may be doiIar
IA q on.rter without wine, making the whole eX-
| nonse ON a gold basis somewhat less IMAM a'
| nnr most extravagant hotels ut home Inc tapic
= ono,allv satisfactory the dishes are ABUNDANT
| &c GOOD ouality and well-cOoked. Inc attehaanoc
cannot be commended. There are plenty ol SCI
lint tev are not well trained and with an lhecIon.
oroanizatiOn they walk over each others he"u'' -
| ou ring the bell in yOur room, you must uuSt :"
Incl far An answer and ii is ten to one IL the ei's'
10, notice il taken of your appeal. An OruoI sNoh
at az tbc regular course stands little chahco % az
! ,.nton and the friend who makes you can 70 Nv
,,orc likely 10 find you in your labyIlhthlho 'oo'o
e., ,,o, are TO meet with a selfish or dishonest man
| - tho CITY Fathers Of NcwYOrk. On coinns
.,tio the hill Won rarely find IL free from eilo,'
t bev are IA apt TO he in your favor as III tha VI
49,, i,ov,;ng n general carelessncss ana negilHci''
-, e., = wish to overcharge On the whoie' INC
| ,"ha.aI. a, Iondon are perhaps not mieh ""''o