New-York tribune., 1876-02-05

disadvantages then plant yourself and your family, and
seed and go sightseeing with becoming sense OF
gratitude to the Gver OF all good and some ILL., that no
statute compels to take permanent quarters with
| any Hotel Company. Limited" After being "qnar-
tered" at One II Ia moderately certain that you never
put yourself forward to be hanged and drawn at aoher
The stranger may be puzzled at first TO know what
Hotel Company Limited" means he very soon nnds
that it means nothing nor less than limited accom-
modations.
II seems rather strange custom, this English one Of
asking so much for the rooms and then so much for
"attendancc"-from one smiling and siNrence TO TWO
shillngs day, each person; then sitting-room gas
say two shings and "dressngrOOm lights" ieach bed
room, one shilling and sixpence This, with fires
what you chip out privately for attendance df you
like being waited on) brings your rooms from half as
much again to double the price put on them in the mist
mention-from one guinea, say. TO two
! asked the good old gentleman with whom ! have
finally encamped, why they do not add these various
items up and burt the amount ont boldly when the price
asked "Oh" said he, II would make the rooms look
so Ugh, you know"
In my first foragings 7 stood all the extras like
MAJOR all my friends know, there's nothing small
about me but feet Bnt when il came to charging Inc
with extras for Jonathan Edwards, who always travels
prince carrying his own boardnghouso his own sl-
sittingroom gas and dressing-room lights TO
say nothing O the most assduous attendance around
with him. hen kicked. And very thereafter the
apparton OF fourwhceler covered on the outside Win
bandbOXes, trunks portmaneaus potted meats, Daoy
wagons. chldrcn's rattles, dry goods boxes, playing
cards bonds, brushes and combs, boxes OF
blackng. adding machines, violin strings cartridge
leaders, bound volumes OF bank statistics, and proof
sheets Of contributions The North American Rerec.
burst upon the sight Of startled London, and word was
eegraphed from Scotland Yard TO the Lord Mayor that
distinguished American was moving. | am now doinl-
ccd in NICE quiet quarters, not far from my friends
Dunraven and Argyll and within easy calling distance
Land liant o. N
and the secretary the Of the News, with all OF
whom have been In active correspondence for some
days past But OF this the classic roInaneists
say.
Apropos Of hotels nd two attractive features about
them-the tidy looking chambermaids and the civil
spoken walters. There no slatternly Brdgets no
rat r-headed Mikes to and offend YOU. When lights
brought the curtains OF your rooms are drawn hot
water TO you In the morning as the blessed ram
dscends from heaven, without your ringing Tor H. ana
sxpcncc and again II accepted gratefully instead OF
being taken a thing OF course The system OF having
female clerks In the Offices however, am not ready so
freely ndose. II is all very well for the proprlet0rs
and they have eye business in IL undoubtedly nut
il takes travellers dsadvantage. In the matter OF
personally caring for your comfort they are not much
more sympathetic than clerks Of the male persuasion
generally in own country, and the proVer-
binl diamond pin ot the one has fair offset III
the back hair the other. She is quite ns socitons
the arrangement Of her ornament as he IL occu-
pied with the display OF his And whcn IL comes down
To real Misunderstanding up tne bil for instanco-she
can put the with frmness aud determination
which no male could equal be- he ever 80 malevolent
Tho proprietor shields himself behind the petcoats 0f
this deputy yon ask him in vain Aud Ia quarrel
with thing you are ~ little accustomed TO
unless indeed you happen TO have been married as long
as THAT you pay the b and bow and back out, know
ing you're right and yet ready to acknowledge that
you're wrorg.
LoNpos vs.. NEw-YORK HOTELS.
Having broadly said that NIL London hotels are bad
wish 10 explain-not to qualify. | mean a. compared
with the best OF hotels those Kept on what caen
the In opean plan, the Glsey, Hoffman, &C. Tor n-
stanc~ ~ compared with the caryansares where people
nrc fed Ike cattle. the American plan," the London
hotel s rather good perhaps, for you are permitted to
srgrceate Yourself and breakfast dine dccenly ana
alone without great extra charge And II you larry III
London long enough To make IL worth while, you can
secure apartments at some private hotel or, bcteF sum-
some ~ iyae house. where yon Will be decidedly com
Portable and rel very much at home But, repeat the
,t ho,cls are bad and 10 be avoided Yet rents arc
low labor scarcely half what u IA with u.s. PROVISIONS
are cheaper q rule, and can but thihk th"t patron
age almost unprecedented fortune beyond Ire wi.dett
dreams Of ambition awaits manMr Brcsn, for in
stancc-who opens Cilsey House or Hoffman IN Lon
dom aud gives unlimited credit TO all the Americans VINO
| come along
How the Engllshman docs cling 20 precedent Very
few hotels or private houses have ba broons; OATH
tub convenience" and water In u@ged into you
10y the buckctfu To bs again lugged away when done
| with Running water" is almost unknown-wholy
40 IN houses built years back And the
| process Of filling pitchers and eDptying wash
basins In pubhouse and palace OF the present goes on
quite ~ prmityey and pretiy we may suppose IL o
have done IN Paradise when Adam brought water from
the brook IN pani-eaf that Eve might take nurian'
| hip bath I'm the crown OF his hat
Asking why this thus, am told IL Is because OF tho
dread entertained lest pipe might burst and sofa be
rgcd 10 with gas In bedrooms II ir nearly nh-
known and l. In my stting-room am now "rtng py tho
LIGHT OF a "modcraior'-which will explain 10 you the
moderation Of my criticisms For this, however there ia
| "A reason. The gas OF London Ia abominably Dad IL
seems 10 lack intensity. fancy tho fog gets into the
| pipes
Furnaces are Of the future Instead OF burning
their coal in keeping dust and ashes below
while the heat Is conveyed through the house ana 10 the
top by pipes they carry GOALS" around IN scuttes the
consequence that lives III CRIME and Ats III soot III
not in state day in and day There would he com
pcnsaon for this IN tho purer air an better Ventilation
which open fires give, opposed to radiators and regis
ters were IL not that besides compelling one 10 breathe
Gmpblack the system adopted makes no provision Tor
heating tho halls. and the small tre-places do not
| sufficiently dry the bedrooms In Winter Ihs you hnd
when ge between sheets with chill on them hht
| out West would suggest contiguous morasses. In
Winter the sun shine into London rooms for the
very good that there to shine, so rooms
with southern exposure" aro neither sought for nor
| quoted at a premium. Notwithstanding, however as
Englishmen 1.-Two TO toerably good old ages ana seem
rhcr rosy and happy, do not know that 1t IA exactly
right for to let In upon them this hood OF light; WITH
out il they could nj and would MT know how
| good things they have Mt got.
You notice that said "coals" minute ago. We DO
not ask for coal hero dealer s told TO scnd ton OF
them instead OF OF II, and the waiter says Coasi
certainly SIR" when you tell him TO I'LL the cuttle afresh