Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1884 — The British Hotel. [ARTICLE]

The British Hotel.

The ensuing autumn will probably be the finest season ever known for the proprietors of British hotels. Let us hope that the landlords will do something to deserve this extraordinary bit of good fortune, and abolish some of their customary extortionate charges. The fine of sixpence for every one who has an ordinary “tub” in his bed-room is a disgraceful imposition, and ought to be at once discontinued. Since Albert Smith wrote, many years ago, his “English Hotel Nuisance,” attendance has been charged in the bjll. This means that you have to pay double for attendance which should cost nothing. The old system, after all, was the best. You tipped the servants for services rendered, and they were content. Now, you tip the landlord and the servants; neither is satisfied, and you seldom get proper attention. In addition to this, the commissariat of most hotels throughout Great Britain wants improving, and then - tariff is in need of revision.— London World.