, 1891-10-14
EUROPEAN MEALS.
WHAT A FAMOUS HOTEL MAN SAW
ACROSS THE WAY.
miserable Meals, Atroctous Cook
ing and Poor AccOmmoda-
ttOns in England.

Miserable Meals AtrOctOus Cook
ing and Poor Accommodate
ttOns in England.
Washington Post: Mr.. T. e. Roessle,
proprietor Of the famous Arlington hotel
Of this city, has just returned from three
months tour of Europe. He studied for
eign hotels with the zeal and discrimina-
tion Of an expert, and among many things,
told in characteristic and entertaining
way, said: "There are some things they
do better in England and on the continent
than we do, but in many they are very in
ferior. In London they have beautiful,
yes, magnificent, hotel structures. The
Metropole, the Grand, the Victoria, the
Langham, and dozen more are splendid
specimens of architecture. The interior
Of these is also rich and inviting. Palms
and flowers greet the eye everywhere. All
that is comprehended in the aesthetic and
artistic is employed to crafty the refined
and luxurious tastes of their patrons.
"Yet it must be declared that nowhere in
| London can you get anything fit to eat
| Their tirst-class hotels feed miserably
You can get better meal in any third-rate
/ house in New York or Washington than
in the most pretentious hotel of the Eng
lish metropolis. The cooking there is
atrociOus-a miserable imitation of the
French The prices, however, are away in
i excess OF the charges made by hotels of
similar standing in this county. You can
live better at the Fifth Avenue hotel on IS
4 per day than at the Metropole in London
for double that sum. If it were not for
American patronage none Of them could
exist.
i "The only place got a really good din
ner was at the Grand Hotel iii Paris Ev-
erywhere else | nearly starved. When it
i comes to modern conveniences the Euro
pean houses are far behind the times They
have no rooms with bath attached, only a
general bath on each floor. After 10 O'Clock
at night if a guest wants pitcher of water
or anything else, he has to journey down
7 stairs himself. No servant will answer
his call after that hour. AS for ice water,
that is an unknown luxury that neither
love nor money can procure. If you order
a bottle of beer or wine it comes innocent
of any previous contact with ice. You've
got to drink it warm ornot at all
F." Yet III some things must acknowledge
their advantages To begin with, every
body is polite and deferential. Rudeness
is unknown. You are waited on with a
courtesy that is seldom seen in this coun-
try. The railway officials, down to the
humbles employees, answered every inquiry
as if they felt honored in being addressed.
In spite of the testimony to the contrary,
Z, must say, too, that | like the English
style of railway travel I think their
sleeping cars considerably better than
ours, being more exclusive and quite as
comfortable and convenient. They make
better time than in this country From
London to Edinburgh, 397 miles, only re-
quires seven and half hours. In London
there is no life after dark In Paris the ap-
proach of evening is the signal for the be-
ginning Of the most animated, picturesque,
brilliant, and joyous phases of human ex-
istence / ever beheld." 7"
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