The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-05
LONDON HOTEL CUSTOMS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED FROM
A TOURISTS NOTE BOOK.
The Great Difference Between Ensish
Hotels and Those Of tho United States.
speciaI Textures Of the London Hotel
A Type--The Proprietor.

Special Textures OF tho ippo"" ""'o"
A Type--The Proprietor.
Tinc your bel in an American hotel atany
time and up comes pitcher Of iced water;
ring your bell Of n morning in an English
hotel and mp comes a pitcher OF boiling
water. il being presumed that you desire to
shave. Instead OF ICED winter a pitcher of
hot winter IS also brought TO your room i'm
mcdiatcly on your arrival at al English
hotel, and this IS very grateful If you heVe
Just come, tired and dusty, from a railway
journey.
There arc no such free and easy manners
ODE seen at English hotels as obtain IN the
States. You may look in vain for tho gaudy
barTcol. v'.h rs sitter Of glass aud brass
and It's questionable If not Objectionable
works Of mt i'or can strangers enter the
smoking and rcading rooms 10 lounge ana
loaf MT Will There are usually tWo writing
rooms, IN which order and quiet reign. ana
in one tho siefne- sex Is not admitted. Inc
rooms ere richlg appointed, each desk having
Il small electric lamp, and the finest station
cry is furnished free to the privileged occu-
pants. This remark applies only 70 hotels OF
the very first cl4ss-thc Laughlm, for tx
nor do you see BALI score Of "beli boys"
playing pranks is balls and entrances. The
''ofiice" is o place Gt;cd up for the CLERKS and
bookkeepcrs. ord IS not used by outsiders
and the public 30 general for noisy rendez-
yous.
HOME Lf1z AND COMFORTABLE.
To one accustomed to the immense parlors
and public rooms Of an American hotel the
drawing room and other apartments Of an
English hotel sacn small, but there is home
like and comfortable air about the English
house which American hotels seldom or
never possess. EYen the public roops Of the
Metropolc, house which cost several millions
OF dollars, which covers an acre OF ground
and entcrtaiDs 800 people at one time under its
roof, seems snail compared withthoso OF our
leading hotels The comfort of guests rather
than imposing sza of public rooms, Is their
main consideration. Another special feature
also Of a first class house over here IS the
wine cellars. The days Of your 1.-TWO bottle
rienn may have departed, not so tho love
that Englshmon bear for good wine. The
Metropole is owred by company which has
its own vineyards in the champagne districts
of France and the "Metropole extra dry" 49,.
q wine that wiz rank with the choicest
wines in the market. One can readily i'm
nginc that wi,,e IS a feature in Lond0n hotels
when il is understood that the stock Of wines
In the MetroDole eel ars is valued at .Gll5 900
sterling, or el2J,VO
While most OF the hotels in London are
kept On the European plan, making a sep
arate charge for each meal, there is notable
exception ia the Windsor new hotel in
c+rf1ia u -
kept after the American method. You pay
hero from 50 70 u per day, according TO size
aud location of room This sum entities you
TO bedroom, light bath, breakfast, and din
ner al table dhctc The Windsor has
handsome exterior; it is well fitted up, and
has electric light, elevator, besides swim
ring, douche, needle and other baths. The
hotel is conveniently situated, being within
"A few minutes wal. Of the Victoria station,
the underground railway, the houses Of par
lament, government cfices, Horse Guards,
clubs, theatres, etc. 1t contains a well
planned coffee room and private dining 81
looms which overlooa, the gardens Of Christ
church.
A TYPICAL FIST CLASS HOTEL.
There are many larger hotels in London
than Longs, il Ncr Bond street. but mono
with snch an Old established reputation, none
which attract a b.,;cr class OF CUSTOM nor
any one which IS, Is whole. i..Orc richly ap-
pointed. The present structure IS rev, hav-
ins only boel finished during the sG.st sFim
: -iaer, but Tic former Longs hotel stood On
tho same site for tro hundred years. It's pa
tronagc is drawn from the English nobility,
end from \ .Icricaas Of good taste who pre-
fer comparatively small home like mansion
toa great caravansary. Long, accommodates
only 10 guests. Tho walls Of the dining
room arc wholly covered with G0helin tapes
try. each panel containing a skilltully exc
cuted pcturc-a sporting scene, duck shoot
ing, fishing and the like, appetizinsly suSses-
tive But rs for pictures. the walls OF every
room in the house, even the led rooms on tho
top story, arc hung with choice cngravinS5
ard paintings ia oil 10y modern artists Of ac-
knowledSed merit
You rarely see tae proprietor of Q leading
hotel in any large European city-thc pro
prictor aud manager are both hard 10 lind.
In London all the leadin; hotels are owned
by companies and managed by men; the sec
ond rate hotels have womon for managers
and clerks, and these are usually cross, maiden
ladies' Of an uncertain age. They still keep
up the old and bad habit Of charging for
attendance" in English hotels, and The price
is usually ono and sixpence each person. In
arranging for rooms at tho Adelphi Hotel in
Liverpool, the writer was told that the price
for two rooms Was eight and sixponcc"
Forgetting for the noncc abo0t tie charge
for attendance, be teadered this agreed upon
amount in settling his bill. but was ct once
reminded that fer each night four and six
pence moro ISL ~ must be paid, there being
three persons on Pr in Home journal
How Macaroni Was Named.
Macaroni is fayorite dish with many
pcopc, and its manufacture an important
industry in many Italian md French cities.