The Southern herald., 1888-11-17
/ An ENGLISH HOTEL
How london GafatansArles Are Run On
A4e the AmeticaA Plan; eE ei

How london 6afatadnArIss Are Run On
c the A1netfCaA Plan Ri
If you haYs never stopped at ah Engs
lisk hotel GShdactsd 6A the Aideritafl
piaH; you should do 10 Ut the first OPP
portunity, be6ause yOti will enjoy IL iri-
mensely. They have American PEN
sions Ipronouhced ,pHh-saS-0ngsJ Id
Paris, Berlih ana VishRA, which itirS
faAny Of my countrymen and women to
destruction, and of which hope to be
able to tell you something later, but
with all their faults | think they have
some claims upon our consideration as
tourists which lay over the English
hotel conducted on the American plan.
You are driven up to this hotel in a
carriage, and you expect to alight at
the ladies' entrance, rs you would un-
der similar circumstances at the Palmer
or Grand Paeihe. But you don't do any
thing Of the kind.
The driver descehds, and, appruach-
ing large iron gate, pills d bellskhob,
which pull Is responded " By the ham.
mer Of d gong sith as pilbts sighal I'd
the engineer with on American steam
boats. The driver then resumes his
seat. &@Y4 lle3 ae
In the course Of the morning, or af-
ternoon, or night, as the case may be,
the gate is opened, and the warty-faced
man with stub nose approaches the
carriage. He is in no hurry whatever.
"Do you wish to hingage apart
mentsP"
1--WE do"
"Ave you brought your baggageI"
"We ave not" 9a lSiHs u
"Ware is itp' rN
eat the Euston station.
GAS hit been hexaminedp"
ave prestime so:" he
"'Ave ye .th6 che6ksP" s M
1--WE AVE. sfafe
The warty face man grunts, passes
through the gateway, locks the gate af-
ter him, and returns in the course Of an
hour. This time he swings the gate
wide open and invites the driver to
come in. We are now in the open
court yard. We alight. We enter an
office that looks like railroad baggage
room. The ''lift" isn't running, but II
will be in a few minutes. We wait
half an hour. We climb the stairs We
are taken to d handsome suite Of rooms.
We are tired and CROSS
Enter another white aproned man.
Would like our names Gets them Bows
and retires. Enter another white-apron-
ed manwith an nose like lobster claw.
Hands US bill Of fare. We order break
fast. s gsX yaH tlah 4agti,s
"When can we have itP"
"Himmejiately."
''All right"
"What, sirP"
Il say, all right"
Eyes, sir, twill be all right, SIR
It comes in the course Of the day. We
hint to the waiter that we understood
that this hotel was conducted on the
American plan.
$50 it is" he rreplies, and he says Il
so firmly and conclusively that it would
be useless to contradict him.
We rest, take q nap, read the papers
and kill time as best we can until the
afternoon is we'll advanced. We ring
for waiter. Waiter comes. This time
his nose has the color Of a blue-bottlt
dy. 5sy m
! "How about dinnerP"
"Tabledote or served"
"Tabledote, Of course"
"Tabledote over, sir. y JadI W.
''Why were we not called"
"Got no orders. SIR"
"Well, then, let us have 1t served.
We learn later that guests are no
invited to table d'hote unless they leave
orders to that effect and it is served
only for one hour. Our dinner mus
be cooked completely and the day is al
most spent before it arrives.
Papa" suggested Ned, ''let us g
out and find an American hotel that Il
conducted on the English plan"
This seemed absurd at first, but 1t i
just exactly what l proceeded to d.
after dinner. / don't find an American
hotel exactly, but | find one that ism
conducted upon any particular plan
and we will have our belongings move'
over there in the morning. .-LOndoi
Letter ias Chicaao Times.