Telegram-herald., 1890-07-27

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Il Is an English hotel with French
accent. II is under the keen eye q r.
D'OYly Carte, Who takes his meals there
also. A great many eminent people stop
there while In London buying their fall
groceries The Right Honorable the
Earl Of Latham Is director OF the
hotel, as Is also SIR Arthur Sullivan. Ii
Il 10 uncommon thing 70 see Sir Arthur
at tho depot when the club train frsm
Paris gets IN calling out tho Savoy hotel
In a rich, rOtund voice. the earl stays
about the house moro and helps D'Oyly
wait on the table.
The Marquis OF Granbury Is on the
restaurant committee. and gets many a
bright new shilling for his brisk and
prompt attention 20 guests. Everything
Is French at the Savoy except the prices.
They are tropical and grow 10 great
height. The price st the cafe complet
servi dams 10 restaurant et sale man
ger il One-and-six II you have not et
any sale manger it does not make any
difference.
The general manager and travelling
auditor OF the hotel Is Monsieur G. Ritz.
who used 70 run the Grand hotel at
Monte Carlo. also the Bald Eagle house
&C Cannes and the Ding Dong house at
Baden Baden. The acting manager and
haut tong singer Is Monsieur Echenard.
OF the TOolsries. In Paris. Monsieur is
not a part OF his name. but is used 10
give him an air OK deieuner, / presume.
You can sOuper dams le restaurant In
carte. and you can breakfast a p-ix fixe
n the sale manger for four shillin'.
and claim that this is cheap enough.
Smoking Is allowed in the sale man
ger between and 3 o'clock and after
$50 p. n, but you must not leave your
dog in tho manger. Il is not posseeble,
rs we say ~ In Morgue.
There IA n fine hair dresser's saloon at
the Savoy under the charge Of the Messrs.
Hin & Co. Of Old Bond street. got
my hair dressed there every morning
before I went down 20 play long terrace
with the Guelphs Hill does the shaw
ing and Messrs. scrambles the hair
The Savoy. IL Is claimed, Is incombus-
tibls; 80 are the cigars you get in the
manger also. Apleasing and very thrifty
lavatory. with hot and cold water, Is run
in connection with the hotel at a mod
crate price per Law.
In the manger one day I pointed out
on the bin of fare a breakfast that came
20 four 5hillin, and told the garcon 70
give it % ne. / spoke il English, such
as we use on Staten Island. for knew
vas Ia London. q place which gets its
styis aud pronunciation largely from
Staten Island anyway. so l spoke it
slowly ard distinctly. with that rich
t0nsilitis flavor which IS supposed 70 60
with the London pronunciation. but he
iid not understand me. for he was
French. Had be been otherwise he
would have been discharged He was
rot en- rapport with me at all Hs said
something about "compance. and told
him I did not expect company at all.
though Of course folks might drop in at
any time. Ny latch string, as well as
my hired girl. was generally out, 50 they
would be welcome.
He shook his hesi and went away.
Then he came back and hOvered around
me. ike hornet on n hot day around a
fuil blooied and juicy little primary
school | thought he doubted ny
fnancial powers. so I showed him
bow WIS rated by F. O. Dun &
Co.. and also planted down consid-
srlbls means on the table IN pale Bank
-f Engiaad "d pm notes, which al
WAYS booked 20 me Ike specimens of
Sgencerisn penm1nship II the full arm
movement variety. ani which never
seemed t0 r1e Ike money If all
He went into y brief cataiepsv and
then s-a-te1 after Sir Arthur Sullivan.
who ssked me In English. with great
difcultv. however. what the trouble
was. toll him that I hal ordered
from The biu 81 fare for breakfast and
ofyersd - pay for II. but [ could not
sesn 10 Eet ca. had never gone hnn-
r. IN raris or Ireland. but here. where
the English langusrs was supposed -
b. about the only thing that led PER
f,cslv purs iifa. I could not b under
stood sufficiently 30 kaep the wolf from
the door
Sir Arthur ssl-esi me - point 0ut vhat
I haf ordered. remembered the price,
sni e. rut mT fu<er or rho style e
bFs-s 2Issr that four sofln would ouJ
Il Vas as follows. "Ttem servi 6ans les
spvartsments. did not know whst ir
vas. az course. but 7 knew that bad
ruurhed it snd satsn SAL pcrk and ante
lore strsiEht Tor two weeks. al ECt
a. thss 4 Y1u shock a I'D rag st u>e
vr~uIt hIssaf Ard ru-7 f-r,r niles ard 81
Thought that little iiera with servia
On IL. and then dance a nv apparte-
r,ents, would inst hit my rather delicate
taste.
Ssr Arthur the- Acif M -hat I wss
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