New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

detect the lchen Of earlier days grow
ing round its baseboards, so dank II
was. and chill. For this accommoda
ton we paid the equivalent Of 500
month. Our month Of tenure was Au-
gust. | used 20 reflect sadly that IN
America we could probably get Mr
Charles Schwab's mansion on Riverside
Drive for 800 during August, and yet
that period is as much out of season IN
London as II is az home.
We had a fat valet and wlzened
maid. whose services We had 20 take and
pay for over and above the sum named
They were neither of them supposed TO
do the cooking, with the result that
got breakfast, and they quarre!led so
over who should wash the skillet that
ended By washing II myself. one o.
the lures 10 taking this apartment was
to be able 70 have dinners OF ones own
providing, cooked over ones own Kitten
en- range, and thereby reduce the cost
Of living while improving the fare.
A dinner, according 70 our computa-
tions, of like delicacy and nourlshment
would at the Berkeley grill cost 50.
We got one such meal at home a an
experiment. Il consisted of four lamb
chops. four boiled potatoes IAN Engiis n
maid would not cook dinner that dlc
rot include clammy, boiled potatoes j.
peas-rot enough peas-salad, cheese
and coffee, and il cost $3.50! The cnops
were 50 cents apiece, and the peas o
cents, The maid did not have her din
rer with US. nor did the valet nat
would our living expenses nave Oeeh
with them 20 board
As soon as possible we went PACK 20
the hotel. and the first night there mao
a guest for dinner-an American, Jus
over with an American appetite. We
had the usual English course dinner
and when We came 10 the mutton inc
nortions consisted Of the narrow, new
noon-edce Of meat curving round a
lido area Of fat. II conservative you
.o,'1d mako three bites of il. sent the
u,aitress-rnen walters are rare birds
N ENGLAND now-to ask the manager
n we might have another helping. We
might rot. so his answer came 20 US
hut we could have an egg. Nltnout
onv visible relevancy 20 the remainder
~ N. dinner, one poached egg apiece
uas added 10 our dietary for the even
ing. .L..,. a.
oFcar in khaki at the table next 70 us
asked for a piece Of toast. The next
1,in,te -be manager appeared and
looked curiously over his table. y our
toast-weren't you served with toast
he questioned. u;or
y,ro-ad tbe officer. earnestly. The mar
ac,cr tool him at his word and sent the
otber half Of the slice which lawfully
constituted his second piece, and the
matter was ariicably settled.
An Australian woman Just in from
Switzerland with her two children said,
With the iaunty assurance Of pre-war
DAYS: "Some more bread, please II
was IN. maitre d'hotel she was address
ing. l., .,;
\. assumed an attitude OF such deci-
sion that II made him look angular.
"No more bread. madam. You have
had your two ounces. The country's
on a ration
arriy. AZ your table you md your lit
tie oblong portion on your bread plate
and II rests with you TO conserve il so
that il lasts through a five-course din
ner.
The residents got so they used to go
out TO a bakeshop on Piccsdilly and
buv rolls. They carried the bag with
them into the dining room at dinner
time. and they looked funny when they
did so. attired, as they usually were, in
evening dress. Those bags they de-
posted on the table beside them, and
when dinner was over, II any rolls re-
NAMED unconsumed, they took the bags
back with them 70 their rooms.