, 1879-03-29
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.

pAn1sTAN HOTELS.
EIT's Correspondence iNetc sork fkynid.
It's related Of a certain French ilotcl-kccpcr
TINT Ao was accustomed to tell the natlouuIitfcs
Of his guests by their breakfaetst a,R that ,,o
was nuvcr puzzled but once, w),c, llo received
af order to send up ut tt. III. "a pack Of cards,
pottlo VI whisky, and q paper Of chewing
toLacco." Alter fow mtnutc8' reflection be
came to the conclusion TINT his guost Yas either
on American or tho Devil. No doubt the gen.
tlemau who Eavc tic orrler was as mucl, aston
isl'cd as thc landlord when ho found that these
simple ncccssartcs OF ltfc were uuobtatnablc
aild TINT he must oitllcr breakfast 1pon coffee
ainl rolla or not Ut all. Perhaps 1t was ho who
ihcn and there invented tile aphorism, "show
me natton's hutels and wilt tell you Its
habits" At any rate. the observation will hold
true for though hotels arc hotels tho world
over, from Dan to Dccrsheba vet the
contrast botwcon crack hotet In New
York or Chicago and a crack hotel fl Paris Is
ln:ss some .rrspecta .atastling. >urop an A1ncr-
can hotel iuto, Paris and alr, the, population
would como to- stase'" and laugh at It. They
would be strhtk with amazctneut at its marble
steps and portico, populated by louugcrs en-
EaRed in inasticatfng touthpcka and startng at
passing ladies'; ut tho hotel Hc!crkn resplcnI-
cut In wcll.olled curls aud gorgeous dfa,noud
bEcastpfn; at tho bnr surrounded by nun p0ur-
m !ng down d bery spirits upon what Dickens called
breakfasts OF steak and potatoes and buck
wheat cakes; at the dinner, composed Of lnpu-
tEcrable dishes, aErayed NIL at ouce in military
order before the guest: at the hubbub aul tte
nosc. And on thc other hand. probubly the
PRris house VI the same class would create
equal amusement and astonslment in Nov
York. People accustomed to the wnys OF tue
Fitth Avenue Hotel ur thu st. Nicholas ,woull
laugh at the uMinposiug entrance aud The
littlo pavc1 courtyard II the Paris hotel;
at tho soHcerae wslo stands acutincl ut tho loor
at tlla Louis XIV, furniture a,ll gilt clocks ti,at
never go; ut tlse otd.fashoned c.nllcs aud cau-
dlcstfcks: ut tic opcn ifrcpaccs und wood fires;
VI The garcuns anil the whtte.capped fc,nmcs
DE- clanbrc; md ut the absence OF at TINT noisp
md 6nstlc whfcll arc 80 familiar nnd 40 dear to
them. Both svsteils hays t!Ieir good points,
but thtnk thc Parisians llRyc tbs best ot IT,
,rlry inny not boast so many "nsodorn eonven-
ton OF living BY tnachtnery.
Of Es'ol hote!s-tlnt ls, hotels OF tic first
rallk-ft Faria ultro arc many. Tile oldest nntl
most exclusive is the hote! Bristol, III tho puco
built tlsls famous square, wllfclt Was 1,nned attor
Ills natural sou, tic Due 10 Vcndone, ii las
been habitato1 Of arlstocrats, falling of trlltu
y y l@ter days, perhaps, n favor q tlIo QUARTER
very aristocrat!c yet and very quiet In spIto of
It's central location. Thia 1Iotul DrIatol was
founded IN 1915, a,,sl passed afterwards Into tic
hantas " depeudent Of tllc Marquis of BRISTOL
by whom II wns named In honor Of TINT
yorlta With English travellers OF thu moro fasi.
ionnblo cluss. Aftcr the rriuco Of Wales Ind
finished his tour IN America his courier, Bach.
meyer BY name came . TO rar!s, and was nalc
Of England have n,a.se this ho,lse tlcir home
when tn Paris: In 1857 the present proprietor,
Mr. 1ustasa a!orloch, took It IN Charge after
Ten len yeaFs expeflesee a. tlv Ilotel .vsst.nstcr
France. Among his rsgular patrous arc the
naught, the Duke Q! Cambridge, Prince Arthur,
ESa '"r Le0pN a nro. S Ruks 3 a psShsss oi
l.urue, the Empress OF Austria, the King a,,l
Queen of Belgium, the King and Queen IL rur-
tuenl, thu VtccEoy Of Egypt, anl q number Of
thy German Princes. Among, Now Workers
we!l:known ialn!lcs as the Astors, Stcwarts.
md Posts. THE house accommodates about TO
guests, and the prices ranro &ronl u or francs
. day tor II s,Ee bedroom up to any price you
like for suite VI apartments.
More protcntl0us, but lcsa esteemed than the
Bristol. Is tl.t GrAMd llutei, situated upon the
Boulevard dies Capucnes, close by tho Hra1,l
0pera-l lluuse. Here ulu Sinh oi Perala stopped
during hts yiaIt to the Exposition. Rooms can
there ts a fair tablc I'hoto cyory cycuinE Ut q
O'Clock Tor six francs.
Fora brl'la now hotcl the Continental is, per-
haps, tho best known of any tu Paris. 1t was
princlpally Of hotel oropr!etoss. who bought Ills
site at the corner Of the Rus do ltyolt and tic
Kue Cast1slIonc, Opposite tie Tulleries uardons.
1t was maenitlccnsiy furnished nlt cost tho pro-
irancs. Likc tic {iranll Iloto, il Is yory larxo.
having more than 4oO rooms. At tho closo OF Tho
Exhibition It was sold by Its ownuss to a seco,,l
ufonrciGrs for NN, ,01Q frat,cs ncr anntm. It Ia
now will flllud mi doing good busincss. Ihrru
Is a,, excellent table l'l5te at aGYou frames Der
hrad, AMI roums cau be Ind from tlyu fraucs
Going tuck again from tho hotels Of tho Grand
lnd Continental class to tlle tuoTe ataId mud
arlstoeratlc houses Of tc Bristol type, llero ere
@ at,a Meufee; !1 u sia kue ~ Myosi, We,s.ma.i'
co,n'a, ~ at w ~, u inra5 u1uso ,,n H ~
prices ringing from tIyo ar six fraacs fnr lon