THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 18, 1907. ! ! i i ! j POINT ON EUROPEAN HOTELS How Americans May Enfaje Rooms When TraTelinf. PRICES NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT Doable fleans Nat Nruirllf Twlrt , Mack ae lagle Table d'Heta la One Tkin ta Rimrmtfr. f NEW TORK, Aug. 17-There la a wlde V spread belief that European hotels ara de teriorating by reason of the great stream of American tourlata that pour through tham. Thla belief la not well founded, aa ex ( perlenced travellers on the continent will readily testify. On tha contrary there are mora thoroughlygood hotels In Europe now ; , than thera were ten or twelve yeara aio. Moat of them have been built to meet i the- demand of travelers from England and j America, and while thry are not aa luxur- lous aa American hotela they are quite good I enough for people who know how to make 5 j use of the features which they offer. The : persona who are uncomfortable and who ' re continually grumbling are thoae who demand that the hotels of Italy, Prance . and Germany shall be conducted on the same plan aa those of New York, Boston r and San Francisco. On the other hand, there are altogether S too many poor hotela tn Europe, and the' J traveler who relies on Baedeker for his f ' Information has no way of finding out Jjst I what their character Is. Baedeker, as f ; tourists well know. Is altogether Impartial j In thla matter, and he does not accord the f i honor of a star to any house with which I he Is not personally acquainted. But he Is I .. 4 a pretty well known personage and his 4 representatives csnnot candy steal Into any foreign hotel without detection. Hence there are some very pretty little tricks practiced for the benefit of the guide, phil osopher and friend of the traveler. Bat Nat far 7.e Americana. ' In all the continental countries there are mall and delightful hotels frequented by Europeans, but not by Americans. At these houses rooms are cheap and nearly as good as those In the middle class houses most i ' . ' sought, while the cooking Is of the soil and ? j not cheap and uncanny Imitation of I ' I some other land. But all these houses are ! hot for you unless you can speak tho Ian j, guage. i .Raader, In Florence, that blessed city of 1 " ' Immortal maaterpiec.es and celestial homes, . of polite cab drivers and enchanting public I! parks, there Is a certain albergo where the j rooms are spacious, floored with . snelent ! tiles, festooned with Venetian curtains and i pierced by windows of ancient respectabli I Ity. The beds sre of French mahogany I j Inlaid with mother of pearl, and there are I I intrusive, but welcome electric lights. The restaurant Is famous among Florentines. t haa a glass roof and palms and a foun I ln and deferential waiters In long snowy i nnkinr I mire Italian and he chlsntl was made for the godsof high ' Olympus. ? But thera Is or was lsst May-not a soul In tha establishment who speaks a word I ,of English, and only one who knowa a few , phrases of French. There Is no polyglot I porter at the gate to explain tha mysteries ! of cabs and streets to you. There Is no I ' head waiter to turn your orders Into Ital 1 ! an for his myrmtJons. The burden all 13 rests on you, and so there you may not go i unless yon can manage at least few phrases of operatle Italian. If you have those, you may shout with Duma' hero, "The riches i . of Monte Crlsto! The world Is mine!" i Its name? Not for worlds shall thla para dise be ruined by, free advertising, lfoar Luggage Won't Walt. '( Wnfti'yow asrlve at a European hotel. If ou have not engaged your rooms by Ict r let the luggage remuln In the cab' till iu Inspect the apartment offered to you. ou will not'aways be able to do this. In any places you will And that despite your rectlons the luggage will follow you to a room and the man with the registration Ip will be at your ebow before you have id time to look about you. Pay no attention to such things. Insist pon examining the room and If It Is not your liking refuse to tuke It. Be es- 'rd that every effort will be made to i -event you from getting another or from ; avlng tha house. If the director has not 'iOwn a high regard for the truth In his ? -presentation about the room demand a letter one. Tell him you are sure that he ui give you something more attractive tha same price. he says to you, "I have no other va ,'nt room at present, but If monsieur will ndty wait till S o'cock I shall doubtless ve something better," leave the hotel at 'tee and seek accommodations elsewhere, hat director knows when he Is talking to ou exactly what rooms he Is going to lave at 3 o'clock. In almost every hotel n Europe you will find posted a warning "hat guests about to depart must give no ' tlce at the office not less than half a day before going, on penalty of being charged for another whole day. rfcedake at Gaests. In many hotels a blackboard is kept on which the scheduled departures and room engagements for the day are posted, tio nd look at It and you will And that the landlord knowa wither he will have a to sen at I. What he la trying to do In most instances is to keep you hanging about his bouse till night and then stow you In some wretched corner till morning when. If you do not leave the house In a rage, ha may give ou a good room. Thla writer was nc gently led to a chamber In the ser vants' quarters, where he and his wife were kept awake one-half the night by a creaming baby In the next room and the ether half by the smashing of baggage and the crashing of dishes. And the next morn ing tha director blandly said that he would surely have a better room at 11 o'clock. And he did not. ' If you ara wise you will refuse to remain in any hotel which cannot give you a room at once.. Furthermore, never agree to take a room till you have seen It and ara aatte fled that It will ault you. Be careful ta in quire whether It la quiet. Many travelers sleep bo soundly that they do not care whether they are n a noisy place or not, and landlords are not to be blamed If they o pot consider this, elthsr. 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Rome at midnight and turned lr for a rest ful night In a very pleasant room, but. behold, Just around the corner was a cafe at whith certain lewd fellows of the basest sort roistered until 4 a. in., sitting at tables on the sidewalk and apostrophising Victor Emsnuel, Garibaldi, Cosmo ll Medici and various others In stentorian song. In the morning the Isndlord was asked for a quiet apartment, and he had not less than half a dosen up his sleeve. Haw Prices A re naaged. To return to the matter of price, the stranger In Europe should know that this depends chiefly on the dlstsnce from the sidewalk. Despite the fact that elevators are now Installed In nearly all the goud hotels, the landlords continue to base the price of rooms first of all on the floor on i which they are situated and secondly on their position on thst 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 flflh 1 here the cheapest rooms are to be had. Some of the hotels publish circulars giving the range of prices for each floor. This Is an excellent idea and fs very helpful to the traveler. A high priced Berlin hotel, much fr?i quented by Americans, offers this schedule of prices: Single rooms, first floor, from 8 marks; second floor, from 7 marks; third floor, from 8, and fourth floor, 4 marks BO; double room, first floor, from 11; second, from 10: third, from , and fourth, from T.Sn. Sitting rooms are quoted, first floor, from 27 marks; second, from 15; third, from 23, and fourth the same. As a matter of practice, however, you will find that it Is a rare occasion when you can get a double room at any one of the bottom prices. You will And that aa a rule the tariff begins at 12 marks. t At one of the best hotels In Vienna and for that matter one of the best In all Eu ropeyou can get a delightful double room excellently furnished and with the best of service for 10 crown 20 heller, or $2.15 of our money. This room will be on the fourth floor, of course, but the elevator service Is adequate. Mltaatlnn In Old Rome. In Rome, at the newest, finest and most expensive hotel In Italy, the prices for rooms are as follows: Single, from 8 to zi lire for francs); double, from 14 to 30; sit ting rooms, from 25 to 70, and baths, from 7. These prices naturally Include light, heat and attendance. The tariff does not always Include these Items, and hence the traveler should always ask whether It does. Tn Parts one of the newest and most favorably situated houses has this tariff: Single bed rooms, from 8 francs up; single bedrooms with privste bath, from 15 Bp: double . ... . . a u . rooms, from 16, and wun nam. iroin . ulte composed of sitting room, bedroom ani bath costs 60 francs, or II" a day, wnicn cannot be regarded as 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 Informa tion about prices. The traveler 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. Thos? 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 traveler should specify the floor on which he 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. One Point of Interest. 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. Thla Is particularly true of Italy and Switzerland. It you do not appear at least three evenings out of four at the dinner table you are likely to And the price of your room will be raised. In some houses a notice to this effect Is posted In each apartment. It Is advisable therefore to Inquire about this matter when engaging a room. On the other hand, In the Teutonic lands It is customary for most people to dine outsido the hotel. In these bouses the eating department Is treated strictly a a restaurant. This will enable you to suvc not a little money, for the table u bote dinner usually costs from $1 to $1.10 of 1'nlted States money, whereas In Austria and flermany you can dine a la carte in a restaurant, and dine well, too, for about 75 cents. Rut of this there may be more to say In the fu ture. , Many of the large hotels In Europe are managed by syndicates, which have houses In numerous cities. Most of these are good hotels, and the tourist who has been plessed at one can go confldenlly to other houses under the same management In other cities. But both Italy and Germany boast of one syndicate each, of which the hotels are always Jammed and the man agement utterly regardless of the comfort or convenience of guests. Many Americans go to these houses and seem to like them. But the American traveler In Europe Is a very humble and easily trampled being. Scared br a Rat. Fifty girls, spending their vacations at the Young Women's Christian association cottage at locust Valley, four miles from Oyster Bay, started out to satisfy an un controllable desire to see the president. He had been Invited to lunch at their cot tage, but declined the Invitation. They were told that they might catch a glimpse of the executive when he took his dip at Lloyd Neck, and they started out for a picnic on the Neck. On the way through Oyster Bay they could not resist tne temptation to stop at Dr. Bnouder's drug store for an Ice eream soda. Fifty of them hovered about the good-looking ciera. ana tne place looked like the bar gain counter of a department store. At that moment a ptt rat, chased by three dogs, sought shelter In the store. The scene that followed need not be described. After the girls had been corralled again and hysteria banished, thsy drove to the Neck and arrived just in time to sea a man plunge Into the bay. When they got 10 me spoi ne was loo yards from shore. A second man came up and told them they would be arrested for watching the president bathe. They went away satisfied, and no one in the village had the heart to tell them that the president had taken his swim while the rat was In tha drug store. Is an ordeal which all women approach with indescribable fear, for nothing compares with the pain and horror of child-birth. Thethoutfht PC n rjrn Trnn r-m JIW U UVULUH Tines S3 J If? II lr "J 3 Bfs&-.SSH L Jl I V4nr oWsira Sg8 Solid Oak 8.98 Dresser, You will appreciate the hand some appearance of this dresser. It Is very neat and pleasing In design. It Is made of best solid oak, has 3 large roomy drawers, French beveled mirror. You can't possibly equal this value elsewhere In Omaha. All Goods Purchased During This Sale Stored 3 "ree Solid Oak C Q C Morris Chair.. eJreUeJ Tills chair Is of unique design, having large carved dog heads on arms and large ornamental head across front. Both posts are also ornamented with carvings. May be had in oak or mahogany finish. 55 S2 Massive Iron Bed In any Desirable Color 5.95 1 This Iron bed is of handsome design, as you will note from the above Dlua tratlon. It Is massive, strong und durable. Has ornamental ' joints and posts. Heavily enameled, the enamel being baked on, and Is, therefore, of great durability. It Is 63 Inches hlph at head. This bed la specially made for the great Hartman chain nf stores. No other concern In the coun try can possibly match this value. Gleanings from the Story Don't Take Array Their fins. H. HARRIMAN," said a New York broker, "talked the other day of the decline In the values of securities. He said we must be careful not to legislate too harshly against the country's vested in terests, or the prosperity of these Inter ests, and with It the country's prosperity, would be Impaired. "He Illustrated his meaning with a story. There was a school teacher, he said, who exclaimed Impatiently one afernoon: " 'Johnny Jones, what are you fumbling with there?" "Johnny hung his head and was silent. But the telltale of the class spoke up: " 'It's a pin lie's got, ma'am.' '"Well, take It from him,' said , the teacher, 'and bring It here to me.' "This was done, and then, in a mollified voice, the teacher said: " 'Now Johnny Jones, get up and recite your history lesson.' "Put Johnny did not obey. He blushed, hung his head, and sat still. " 'Johnny,' said the teacher, 'rise, I tell you.' "Then the little fellow blurted out dis tressfully: t " "I can't ma'am. That there pin you took Is what holds my trousers up.' "New York Tribune. Jerome an Colored Evidence. District Attorney Jerome of New York said one dsy of a piece of suspicious evi dence: "It Is evidence that has been tam pered with, colored. It Is like the lady's report of her physician's prescription. "A lady one day In July visited her phy sician. The man examined her and said: " 'Madam, you are only a little run down. You need frequent baths and plenty' of fresh air, and I advise you to dress In the coolest, most comfortable clothes nothing stiff or formal. "When she got home her husband asked her what the physician had said. The lady replied: " 'He said J must go to the seashore, do plenty of automoblllng, and get some new summer gowns.' "Washington Btar. fr ont af Her Class. A member of the school board of a cer tain Pennsylvania town relates the sad case of a young woman who failed to pass her examination for appointment as teacher In the public school of that place. The mother of the disappointed young woman was asked by a friend whether the daughter had succeeded in running 'the gauntlet of the examiners. ' No," was the reply In mournful tone, "Jinny didn't pass at all. Maybe you won't believe, sir, but them examiners asked tha poor girl about things that happened years and years before she was born." Harper's Weekly. Big Tins Lifted tha Lid. Seven words spoken by Timothy D. (Big Tim) Sullivan In the assembly at Albany killed a bill for tha passage of which the ways had been well greased. One of Sullivan's colleague, wbo had op- !BS3. -LET August Are Extraordinary in Point ot Value After all it's value you want the bip:cst values forthe money that you can get. What store can give the greatest values f-that's the question. "Where can you get, the most furniture for the least amount of money f Th Auguxt Salt Special mintionsl. in thin ftnnouiceminl thon'A imirew nn an finq fipteniid values. Theatoin are of biikt o'i'irto'ervioBrior in cjnntr'irtioi at d fin. ts. l'iie pries art low umma'lit n. You r in' 'i i'.? m; r i ', eUiipfrT; to-ile wirri yi miy . We ask you to study the offerings compare the prices and you can Quickly satisfy yourself as to which store will give you the most for your money. All Goods Marked Plainly at If&rtman's Mart man's Imperial Brussels 12 x 8 $15.75 ladles' Ma- n i? fioganyPeskl We believe this to be c ne of the handsomest and best made ladles' desks ever offered you at the price. Solid oa!c or ma hogany finish, beauti fully rubbed finish. Width of desk la 26 In. 14141416 aaast posed the bill at previous sessions, but was now supporting it, was explaining his change of attitude, "in previous years," he declared, "I was unable to support this measure because the slimy trail of the lobby was on It. These worms of the cor ridor were offering stocks and bonds for votes for the bill. This year, I thank pod, the bill In new hands, and no one charges that stocks and bonds are being distributed to effect Its passage. "No, Mr. Speaker," "Big Tim" Inter jected, "this year It's cash." The bill didn't pass. Albany Journal. -Dividing (he Responsibility. Early In Baron Huddleston's career at the bar he shared rooms with another barris ter. Bodkin went one evening to take tea and wine with the future baron, and he particularly noticed the dirty, slovenly ap pearance of the clerk who waited upon them, and of whom the host had for the once assumed exclusive possession. Bodkin strongly advised Huddleston to Insist on a change In the treatment of the youngster's person and appearance, and said It was scarcely decent to have a per son In that dingy condition about him. "I do not much like to interfere," was the reply, "he looks upon Mr. T. as his master, and at the utmost I cannot claim 'more than half of him." "Then," said Bodkin. "I would, at all events, mske him wash my half ot his face." Bench and Bar. Precautions For. Nat Against. "Lieutenant Frank Lahm, who is now the world's champion balloonist," said an aero naut In New York. "Is a young man with a muscular figure and a resolute face. He Is remarkable - In aeronautics for his skill and his prudence. "I once heard an Inventor describing to him a rather poor Invention In the way of a safety anchor. " 'A safety anchor, eh?' said Lahm. Well, with that anchor I should be about as frightened as the old lady In the skyscraper hotel. " 'On being assigned to a room on the nineteenth floor, she asked the bell boy nervously if the proprietor had taken any precautions against Are. " 'Yes. ma'am.' said the bell hop; 'he has. The place Is Insured for three times Its real value.' "Los Angeles Times. Tatron Saint of Lawyers. This story Is told at the expense of Fran cis H. J. Maxwell, a well known lawyer. The members of the Taunton Bar associ ation thought they ought to have a parton saint, but after much wrangling they could not hit upon any particular saint. Finally a committee, of which Mr. Max well was member, was appointed to make a selection. They 'made a trip to New York, and there visited a gallery where most of the sainta were carved in marble. 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Hartman's Special FedestaJ Extension fl F7S J Table, Solid Oak. 82 GREAT STORES THROUGHOUT - 1418 Douglas Street m Teller's Pack in Wonderland," used to tell this story to Illustrate the average mathematician's con tempt for poetry: "In the course of an argument about poetry with an Instructor In trigonometry he gave the instructor Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' to read. " 'There, read that," he said, 'and If you don't find It full of beauty I'll give in.' "The Instructor sneered, looked at the page, and began to read: " 'Half a league, half a league, half a league' "Then he threw down the book. " 'If the fool means a league and a half,' he snorted, 'why can't he say so?' "New York Tribune. $ Her War out of It. Rev. Anna Shaw, president of the Amer lean Woman's Suffrage association, said In an address In Chicago: "An excellent cure for false pride Is a little college settlement work. By false pride I mean the belief that tne poor re- B)lr(j one , noble and fine because one happens to be rich. Servants and depend ents have to encourage this false pride in us, but a little settlement work soon un does the mischief. "I know a Philadelphia woman. She Is proud because her great-grandfather, a carpenter, happened to own land that Is now worth millions. In her haughty way she did some settlement work during Lent. "There was an old woman whom she vis ited every few days. She carried the old woman Jellies, tea, olives and suchlike luxuries. And she was secretly pleased with the attention she attracted as she passed up and down the narrow, squalid street. " 'Your neighbors stare at me a good deal.' she said complalsantly one morning " 'I'll be bound for that,' said the old woman. " 'I suppose they are very Inqiiisltlve, ch?' ' " "They certainly are, the busy bodies,' the did woman grumbled. " 'No doubt thry question you about me a good deal?' " 'Indeed they do, mum.' " The visitor smiled again. " 'And what do you, tell them?' she asked sweetly, " 'Oh,' said the old woman, 'I just say yer me dremmsker, and let It go at that.' " Searching at Meals. Lawrence Mott, author and automobilist, condemned scorching at a dinner. "I condemn," he said, "scorching and the scorcher, but I don't condemn the scorcher unheard. 1 don't condemn the accused man hastily. Hasty condemnation Is always a mistake. "Once on a Canadian railway f got off the train tor a five-minute luncheon at a rail way rating bar. "There was a man beside me gobbling ama and when he flntshsd I heard him say bitterly, aa he took out his purse: " 'Call that a ham sandwich? It's the worst ham sandwich I ever ate. No more ta, ,n,n sawdust, and so small you could hardly see It.' " 'You've et yer ticket.' said the waiter. Thla here's" yer ham sandwich.' " Phila- delphia Bulletin. 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