New-York tribune., 1873-05-03

best quarter Of Paris twice "a dear and NOT half a.
good A they were ten years since. The Swiss hotels
once deseryedy famous. have fallen of In quality and
gone up In price not less sadly or most OF them have
The Joint stock company system has ruined not few
and bgness has ruined Others At Chamounix. for in
stance All the soealed hrsclnss hotels are owned by
one omnany and they are the worst and dearest
IN Fprone II forced TO spend week IN that valley
again. as I was last Summer, should go 10 secohd-
class hotel In Interlaken another Of the great SWISS
centers the Victoria is the largest house ana
the most extOrtionate and the worst mhnaeeu he
ing and service were ntOlerable some OF inc lons
famous hotels such as the Bernerhof at Bern' s nam
tain their reputation for excellence oa' '"oi P
have been raised with the rest.
So that there H. after all, great reason why the
American should 90 hurrying away from London 10 Ono
Continent in such t Of rage against the LONDON ho'e'
keepers anmates the Victim" His rage Is perfectly
just he does angry, but he will ind plenty Oh
be angry also in those other lands 70 whch ne
flies He might well stay 10 see more OF the clty
which s 70 hm-to every American who knows anything
Of his history and the whence he sprung-Detter
worth seeing and studying than any other in Europe
He need not live IN a hotel. He may live IN lodgings,
which, II he takes them by the week, Will be mueh
cheaper than and are likely be comfortable AZ,
hotel. He will pay a fixed sum per week for rooms
which viii include attendance and the right 10 have ms
meals cooked he Will pay certain other fixed sums for
fires and lights he may buy hs own candles and burn
them. He viii buy his provisions, or his landady
will buy the for him for mconfessed percentageG
IN either the tradesman coming every morning TO
the orders For extra shilling or two he Will
get as much extra attendance from the servants as he
wants II does want IL he need not pay the
shilling Instead Of spending Is q day he will find he
can live very well 80 g. II he Ia single he can have
q good room, not too the fashionable centers
but cOnyenientand respectable for g week, his break
fast will him shilling dess II he buys his own
things) and he may dine substantially at good res
taurant for half a dollar his dinner including soup OF
FISH, roast a pudding, and cheese, aud his beer for
two pence more. If he is married and has children and
takes sitting and two three bedrooms he may
have them for any price from about dollar day up-
ward then the whole family, having their cooking
done "a the house VIII live half ODethrd their hotel
charges Nor will he incur reproach by doing since
II fashion and necessity for many residents OF Lon
don live this way, and there are lodging houses oi
every degree of distinction Nor, again, will ne have
any difficulty IN finding these houses. II he spends MS
first night at hOte he will Of them with bills
in the window in his first walk after breakfast he has
only 70 ring the bell the rooms settle prices, and
move in at an hours notice He is not always 10 give
may add what he first asked, and he must take his
rooms by the week 0f not by the day., with express
stipulation that may go without notice lt the end Of
the first week-after that a weeks notice. SO doing
he shall live with much comfort or luxury AZ ne Ak
and w hope, be grateful for the good advice gwen
hlm. q. W. $.