New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21

I the Provinces are still conducted.
0verhangs them as If they had not Va. -
mourn for the passage Of the STAG. 80
| ninsteenth century hesviness and stols;.-
nestes their buildings, furniture. ,u;,s -
entire entertainment Of the passing c,s.. y
the Midland Hotels at Derby, Leeds p,.,, ,-4
Liverpool, and Manchester suas, :.
reprosch "a warranted by their en,4..,
management from so notable among Lo,s,., = =
as ST. Pancras. That and personal 60
are sufficient to refute the idea povvIa., =.
that there Is no good eating and r1-z.,.-
London now regards then-out Of the r,a,---.r
Ono Is struck indeed BY the para ,ln
which the Midland Hotels are adaDtas !.
various towns In which they stand ~.
Derby, for instance, is as true to the
tOWu . ideal In the plain and su2rerpeIvv-..
virtues as the Queens at Leeds, with In -
decoration and furnishing. its French rss.,-,-.
orchestral music. American bar, and sve7 rs.
ment Of accommodation provided bya IOu5o,,...,
Is significant Of the modan spirit With wh-s :,
chief city Of Yorkshire is imbred. Eouslz.
plete and perfect in appointments and ss-5.s
the Midland Hotel at Bradford. Hisoss..
finest examples Of modern hotel const.c-;0, :.
Bradford would brook nothing inferior to is.,-,
of Leeds. at Liverpool, too, the wrsr
cefYed subtle and local adaptation n =.
Adelphi Hotel 10 its environment, though tn
be confessed It's cuisine lacked the u,ode-, -.
nent Of the Queens at Leeds or the Midlrs,,
Manchester
That Manchester thinks today wnss E,ysrs
links tomorrow has its eTidenee IN ths vczs.
ion Of this wonderful Hotel. Z LondOne.s v-a
pnly admit it, Manchester Is the cnte-S..
md Governmental affairs apa--ot The Gssa
Feb of English life. within 3 radius Of SOM.
rom Manchester there is a population Of 7,EoM
persons, including such towns Is Braas,a
Halifax. Preston, st. HeIea's, Buxton, Bdu
Bury. Rochdale. Stockport, Glossop, and EN-
liverpool itself It is the very mems Of E..Hs
Industry, and as such IS the Mecca Of rss
ioatins population Yet until the Midlz,d Ri.
vsy Company erected its Hotel, Manens,s,s
accommodation for visitors was Of nosodsys
evil that foreigners and Americans having IN.
seAs In Manchester made Bradford OF L57e7rl
their headquarters. An that has not onIy bsa
changed By the creation Of the Midland HoL,
but this institution has itself reToiudoaizsd L
whole idea of what England expects an hOsA b
be. Combining the latest aud most essc4n
features Of Continental hotels, it IS GziA
and miniature world In one. Tt yisis
pendant Of Manchester's infamous weather, e,
is ventilated by air which is washed, fltered, ID
heated before being forced into ths III,
corridors, and rooms. Its pivot, IS It Ess
Is the central octagonaI court with It's cos-zsa
delicstely tinted marble and lofty white aai ga
dome. On 70 this deboach the courts. ouriasz
and dining rooms, the superb CoTee Rou1+
retain the hallo~ed phrase Of old hota "a
though it is irrecognizsble as applied 70 =
coutly saloon, richly paneIled n nahog1T :
tapestry, aud the Louis Quinze Restaurant, s.ss
to theexposition of the art Of great Psrlsn q
whose dishes for ever shatter the idss tAss q
cannot dine out of London Great French E1lS /
open from the Restaurant to the priTsss tz--z [
beneath the dome and overlook the Gsr1en y +
its orchestra, sests,.ard little tables Of q
chGntdrt In It's enclosure Of Towering sn1 ~
ing plants over the steel treIis- The t1prss1
Is exactly thst Of an outlook TO the open -
yet it Is the very heart Of the Hotel unas's /
dome. The tea and dinner concerts here ;! =
Robert Drescher's Viennese Hof ks2els -
become an institution In Manchester LIE y
for the visitor they provide q feature As AZ
delightful In provincial hotels. 4 new con0es
OF the functions OF an hotel, az least Is isf5
Provinces are concerned. is embodied By ne -
land at Manchester. It is not limited toi1s
vision Of board and lodging. It's -four III
bedrooms, Of whose appointments II IS ulns'SS
TO saw more than that each Is fitted with 81
phone its English, French, and 70
restaurants, each under the ulanaSeEaen'
national cook, its American bar, snd ne -
and modern completeness Of the decors'A1
furnishings throughout do not co1piSN
functions. It includes "a exquisite Conc<-'
and Theatre in which Sir Charles WynSlN
Mr.. Edward Terry have played with u'-
palies, Post OHce, the only complete -
Office in an English hotel, DaSnihceh'
bath Travel Bureau, where one may 00'A
passage to any part OF England or 'ns -
great laundry. and the means CT s4prS-
visitors every need or luxury. From -
tive duty Of merely lodging and feealns -
the Midl4nd Hotel has enlarged It's spos''
viding for his entire life during bis reSilA-
constitutes revolution in the oonSIf0s- -
management Of hotels and their place ana - -.
in English provincial life-foS it eoaOoD's
novel features Of American and
hotelsslwith notifications aud new r'p'''' "a
suggested by Mr. Towle's vide and loss ~
as manager Of the hotels of the Midland = -