A STRANGER IN CHICAGO.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 269, 6 August 1908, Page 8

A STRANGER IN CHICAGO.

The correspondent of "The Times" at Chicago offers some comments; on • the lighter aspects of the recent Republican Convention. He saj's:—The hospitality ,of the'.citizens of Chicago to strangers,- especially foreigners', is -as boundless as the vast prairies from which it draws its wealth. 'The hotels aro ample, and, I suppose,' considering tho circumstances, reasonable. -I was charged £4 a day for board during the-convention for a medium, room* with-bath, in an hotel on the lake front. True, the: blankets were , a foot' short on both sides' of the bed, and there was a similar inadequacy in-the sheets. The. counterpane, however, -covered these shortcomings by day ; .-.and 'during the last ddys of' the'- convention' blanket's were ■ the least of .our dilemma. / ; ;.I. never. realised_ be-' foro, why certain American State Legislatures—and 1 probably Oklahoma's Constitution—regulate -the size -of the blankets and sheets' in hotels. 1 The. service .in - Chicago hotels, from the Auditorium; downwards, • is of tho "wait on yourself-and telephone" order. In spite of the enormously high prices' paid for everything the , service 'was. abominable, and one - had a, ; constant: struggle - inorder to get tho barest-necessities.: -The voracity for tips. in America; is insatiable. In Chicago even the lift boys seemed to hesitate to open the doors to let-you out till you had tipped them. .. It j is; nothing . unusual for the boy who brings iced water, to. linger and say" Anything else?" ' " Nothing, than you," you reply.- MWhat, nothing else?" "Nothing,' good-night." Another painful pause. . The bov retires,- slamming tho door violently, and the key falls on the floor. 1 ■ " : . AN' EXPERT'S OPINION, ■ Ladies who aro troubled with 'superfluous hairs will bo pleased to hear the opinion of Now' Zealand's leading toilet specialist! ' Miss M. M'Elwain, of. Auckland, writesl know of no preparation for the removal of superfluous .hairs from the face, neck, and arms to equal Milos Depilatory. It is cleanly to use, leaving no redness or irritability of the skin, and its use cannot be detected. I havo t-sed it oTor and over again with the greatest success, and to the greatest delight of my clients, andean thoroughly recommend - it to. anyone afflicted in this way." Buy a jar to-day, price ' 55.. Gd„ at your chemists, or post: free from' Miss. M'Elwain, 254 Queen Street, Auckland, N.Z., agent for Milos Toilet Co. Use Milos Skin Food for a beautiful skin.-l. • CGSO Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at Ox-, 'ford at a meeting in support of tho WolfeMontcalm memorial at, Quebec, said that it might be found true in'the'evolution of events that South Africa would bo. tlio sceno of another unification similar to that {Cheers'.)