Mohave County miner., 1889-03-30
LONDON HOTEL CUSTOMS
trEMs or INTEREsT CLEANED fnoM
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Hs&sis ssd Those ~ sAs Uaitsd ststss.
Special Pastures - ne Lsndsa HstsL
a ryps-Ths Preprsstes.
Ring Jour beli in IN American hotel atany
time and up comes pitcher Of iced watsrs
ring your bell OF morning In an Engiish
hotel and up comes . pitcher OF boiling
water, It being presumed that you desire 70
shave Instead Of iced water pitcher q
hot water is also brought 70 your room in-
mediatAly ON your arrival st IN Epgiish
hotel; and t!lis Is very grateful II you have
Just come. tired and dusty, from . railway
Journey.
There are no such free and easy manners
10 be seen at English hotels ~ obtain In the
States You may look in vain for the gaudy
barrooni, with its glitter OF glass and bram
and its questionable II not Objectionable
works Of art Nor can strangers enter the
smoking and reading rooms TO lounge and
loaf at viii. There arc usually two writing
rooms, In which order and quist reign, and
10 ono tho stcrner sex II not admitted. Tbs
rooms Gre richly appointed, each desk having
small electric lamp, and the finest statSou-
cry Is furnished free TO the privileged ocCur
pAnts This remark applies only TO hotels Of
ample Yon never hear the cry Of 'front.'
nor do YOU Geo half q score Of "beli boysr
playing prnBls In halls and entrances. The
''offsco" is place fitted up for the clerks and
bookkeepers, end 10 not used by outsidsrs
and the public In general for noisy rsndss-
voua
HOME LIKE AND COMFORTABLE
To one accustomed to tho immsnse parlo1
and public rooms OF an American hotel tho
'drawing room aud other apartments Of an
English hotel seem small, but there is homo
like and comfortable air about the English
house which American hotels seldom or
never possess. Even tho public rooms Of the
Metropolc, a house which CT several millions
OF dollars, which covers on acre OF ground
and entertains 600 people at one tins under it's
soof, seems small compared with those Of our
leading hotels. The comfort Of guests, rather
than imposing size of public rooms, u their
main consideration. Another special feature
also Of 1ryt class house over here n the
wine cellars. The days Of your ''two bottle
men" may have departed, not % the love
that Englishmen bear for good wilma The
kctropole IL owned by company which has
its own vineyards in the champagne districts
Of France, and tho sMetropols extra dry" b
Q vino that viii rank with the cholcsst
wines I'm the market. One can rsadily Inn
when IL IL understood that the stock Of wines
IN tho Metropole cellars ID valued st R26,o0
sterling, or tl25,0oo
kept on the European plan, making ssp-
srste charge for each meal, thre h . notAhIs
Jxcepticn IN the Windsor, Q nsw hotsl IN
~ IL a L.
kept aftAr the American method Yea pay
bore from t3 TO a per day, according 70 siss
snd locatioA Of room. This sum entities you
to bedroom, light, bath, breakfast, and din
nsr at table d'hotA The Windsor has .
handsome exterior; IL b well fitted up, and
has electric light, elevstor, besides swim.
ming, douchs, needle and other baths Tbs
hotel II conveniently situated, bsing within
few minuts' walk Of the Victoria station,
the underground railway, the housss Of par
lament, government ofiicss, HorS Guards,
clubs, theatres, etc. Il contains Q wsll
planned cofes room and private dining q,
looms which overlook ths gardens Of ChriA
church.
rYracAL v11sf GLASS sosxr.
There ars many larger hotsls In INadoa
than Longs, in New Bond strsst. but mons
which attract better class of custom, nor
any one which Il, - whole, more richly ap-
pointed. Ths present structure II new, bav.
ing only besa finished during the past sum.
mer, but the former Longs hotel stood on
the same sits for two hundred years Its pa
tronage is drawn from the English nobility,
and from Americans Of good tasts who pro-
fer comparatively small home like manslon
f.H<~
only l0O, guests. The walls OF the dining
room are wholly covered with Gobslin tapes
try. each panel containing . skiIlfully sxs.
ing, fishing and the like. appetixingly sugges.
tive. But a. for pictures, the walls Of every
room In the house, even the bed rooms en- the
top story, are hung with choice engyavines
and paintings in oil By modern artists of 90.
knowledged merit.
You rarely see the propristoe Of . lsading
hotel in any large European city--ths pro-
prietor and manager srs both hard 10 hnd.
In London all the leading hotSls are owned
by companies and managed by msn; The sec-
ond rate hotels have women for nAnaesn
and clerks, and these are usually cro@, maiden
ladies Of an uncertain age. They still kssp
Up the old and bad habit % charging for
"sttsndancss In English hossls, and tie prics
n usually one and sixpcnce each pssson. In
arranging for rooms at the Adelphi Hotel In
Liverpool, the writer was told that the psics
Tor two rooms was "eight and sfxpsncs.s
Forgetting for the nonce about the charge
for attendance, be rendered this agreed upon
amount in settling his bill, bat was At once
reminded that for each night four and sig
pence more GLE must b paid, thsrs bsing
thrss persons --"M. r." In Home Journal