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wfoocheu corner tlu morning When, II you
do not leave the house In n rage. he may
give you good room. This writer was
once gently led to a chamber in the SER
wants quarters, where he and his wife were
kept awake one-haf the night by a scream
ing baby in the next room and the other
half by the smashing Of baggage and the
crashing Of dishes. And the next morning
the director blandly said that he would
surely have a better room at IL o'clock.
And he did not.
III you are wise you will refuse TO remain
In any hotel which cannot give you a room
at once. Furthermore. never agree TO take
room till you have seen II and are salts
fed that IL will suit you. Be careful to
inquire whether 1t is quiet. Many travel
lers sleep so soundly that they do not caro-
whether they are In noisy place or not.
and landlords are not to be blamed II they
do not consider this. either.
This particular traveller once arrived in
Rome at midnight and turned in for a rest
ful night In very pleasant room, but,
behold, just around the corner was a cafe
at which certain lewd fellows Of the baser
sort roistered until A. NJ, sitting at tables
on the sidewalk and apostrophizing Victor
Emmanuel, Garibaldi, Cosmo di Medicis
and various others in stentorian song.
In the morning the landlord was asked
FOR quiet apartment. and he had not less
than half dozen up his sleeve.
To return to the matter Of price, the
stranger in Europe should know that this
depends chiefly on the distance from the
sidewalk. Despite the fact that elevators
are now installed in nearly all the good
hotels, the landlords continue to base the
price of rooms first of all on the floor on
which they are situated and secondly on
their position on that floor. The most
expensive rooms are on the floor above the
Office. This is called in most houses the
first floor. The fourth floor is on the ffth
story. and. as this is usually the top story,
here the cheapest rooms are to be had.
Some OF the hotels publish circulars giving
the range Of prices for each floor. This 10
an excellent idea and helpful.
high priced Berlin hotel, much fire.
quented by Americans, offers this schedule
Of prices: Single rooms, first floor, from
marks; second floor, from z marks; third
floor from Q, and fourth floor, from marks
80; double room, first floor, from IL; second,
from 10; third, from o, and fourth, from
750. Sitting rooms are quoted, first floor,
from 27 marks; second, from rs: third, from
23. and fourth the same As a matter Of
practice, however, you will find that IL is q
rare occasion when you can get a double
room at any Of the bottom prices. Az q
rule the tariff begins at ~ marks.
At one Of the best hotels in Vienna-and
for that matter one Of the best in all Europe
you can get a delightful double room
excellently furnished and with the best
Of service for 10 crowns 20 heller, or $2.15
Of our money. This room will be on the
fourth floor. Of course, but the elevator
service is adequate.
In Rome, at the newest, finest and most
expensive hotel in Italy. the prices for
rooms are as follows: Single, from 8 to
20 lire (or francs); double, from IL to 80;
sitting rooms, from rs to 20, and baths,
from 2.
These prices naturally include light,
heat and attendance. The tariff does not
always include these items, and hence
the traveller should always ask whether it
does. In Paris one Of the newest and
most favorably situated houses has this
tariff: Single bedrooms, from francs up;
single bedrooms with private bath, from
l5 up; double rooms, from Is, and with
bath, from rs. A suite composed Of sitting
room, bedroom and bath costs so francs,
or $40 a day, which cannot be regarded az
too much.
Most Of the European hotels which are
seeking tourist patronage with any SEM
blance Of enterprise have published small
circulars or booklets giving ample iniorma-
tion about prices. The traveller who is
planning his tour sufficiently in advance
Of his departure from this country should
write to those houses which he contem-
plates visiting and ask for booklets. Those
who have not time to do this can obtain
most of the printed matter at European
hotel agencies on this side Of the Atlantic.
When writing for a room the traveller
should specify the floor on which ne desires
to be placed, for in this manner he puts
a limit on the price Of the room. Europe
has plenty OF hotels in which the prices
are far lower than those above quoted.
Usually the houses mentioned in Baedeker
as Of the first class but less expensive
than the foregoing are the most de-
sirable OF all for travellers who do not
belong to the millionaire class, to the smart
set or to the fringe Of the crust Of society.
Multimillonaires, climbers, snobocrats and
bndrpttb lnFdIidDiy BO W tuc uOubeb WHICH
charge the most, and in spite Of their pres
ence such houses are frequently the most
for persons Of quiet tastes
and sufficient means. But in the majority
Of cases the traveller Of the average type
will be most satisfactorily served in the
first class house Of the second order.
One other point must be taken into con-
sideration in calculating the expense Of
European hotel living. In some countries
the landlords demand that you shall eat at
the table d'hote. This is particularly true
Of Italy and Switzerland. II you do not sp-
pear at least three evenings out Of four at
the dinner table you are likely to find the
price Of your room will be raised. In some
houses a notice to this effect is posted In
each apartment. 1t is advisable therefore
to inquire about this matter when engaging
a room. On the other hand. in the Teutonio
lands it is customary for most people to dine
outside the hotel. In these houses the eat
ing department Is treated strictly as a res
taurant.
This will enable you to save not little
money, for the table d'hote dinner usually
costs from 81 to 81 so Of United States money.