Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-22
THE HOTEL sERvASrs-

THE HOTEL sERvASrs
The servants Of a Russian hotel are generally
e men They have livery. and the porters and
the messengers 60 about with curiously shaped
eaT- on their heads and their pantaloons
stuffed IN their boOt-. The feathers in their
cap Indicate their different ranks and they all
wear long coats, which ia some case. are bclted
In At the wai-t. The PORTER 81 the hotel who
.. The Interpreter and head Of the information
bureau l. dressed a. gurgeOu.y IA a drum
major. and M coat always sparsles with gold
lac Ion ALWAYS hud him about the door of a
hotel. and the hotels here have no offices nor
Hobbies such have There are no cigar
sttuf-. news dsP0ts and telegram offices con-
nccted with the hotel. and the bureau or the
counting room 81 an Establishment like this
nasAe- You think of that II mercantile
hou-e- The tOokkeepsrs work behind glass
Partitions and th-y keep a large set of
bu"--- They do their counting with buttons
st-Ir- On wire. Just a. the Chine-e DO. and tbi.
means OF calculate l. found IN every bushes.
hou-s In in-r!a. IN front Of thi. hotel tbare
az llwav- ahol. tfJy dro-rL.Ay men and the
r1-u"rt y'u ~ ont These DIVE ~; o. the cuff,-
sfur. and hssi.<r Won - ride They i4f.i.er AT
~ 81. y. sian srd col'inu. to DO 80 until Won
ha-s taken one - theri. The room. 81 the
hotr.a a-s very c1-n itahle and yJu " Il find
nrsr frr-. iu the hp-sl- here than suvNhere in
IN World They a." Inltid and beautifully
WHN.. .ll have yst 10 Ell hotel four in
VIII could not have seen my-cIf.
LACK 80 EArH~
Tue chief objection I ind J. the lack ~ 18th.
Th'rs s~' feS bath rooms connected with the
hot all the Uu-.ila usually take III bath
out =. re- the public bah hpu-e. where a.. can
b. .-'H u-d. la.toilyi and rubbed down.
Tier b. "a aaek %. v~'cr IN tie hotel TO ms and
tb" I--ttu Wu-h-'I-td D. a 'hi-g 81 Itself IL l.
-"ri % 1-~ha. Cd trtIrle with basin ia tn.
top All - r,-vr,nlr running up al the back.
in'o NhlsL "a, water J. poured by the servants
Ont 20 thi- rr-c-voir fhc~. J. brass pipe u l.t
IN" water mao the basin. IL vas a bong time
before cou'' ird how % turn The water into
thi- nip. There va no COX and no screw
bu. hnailv found a lit;lc pedal at the foot Of
tn wt-h-.ani AMI by putting NV foot upon this
found that th' water -purted Gu, into the basin
n stopped h"wiug. hOwev~~. a. soon A. I tnpL
nv foot OF. AMI the re-ul; was that I uzcd but
very httl. wrter. The lu-siau- d. no, dll A
hst-iu full Of w-'cr and Ss-h On IT, Thev catch
IN water a. a. f,l.- nom the spigo, and rub n
over thetr face. thea get another squirt Of a
handful or AMI Use ~ IN the - ne wav and go
on thu- until thew have finished their toile,
a halt pint % water 4, thus enough for the
Russian face washing.
HUssT.S DINNER
Russian dinner l. rathsra curious affair
sn,l a swcil dinner lasts for hours. The first
thin J, YOU take J. appetizer and this consists
o. yodka. a i.u-sian brandy. together with such
reIi.n-. "a cavitrc. raw herring. smoked salmon
raw smoked goose. rsdi-hes. butter and cheese.
TIA. az out l. a counter at one end Of res
ts,ursnt and you usually stand up To eat IL be-
FIRE taking your seat az the table fer the regu-
hr dinner III. frat part Of the dinner
l. soup. and a di-h % Russian soup Is dinner
Itself The most popular. perhaps, l. known as
stchee which l. made Of cabbage and beef, and
10 the midst Of each plate Of which big chunk
Of beef floats. Sour cream n often added to