A "TIPLESS" HOTEL

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1909, Page 13

A "TIPLESS" HOTEL

"I am delighted with the success that has attended the opening of the Strand Palace Hotel," said Mr. Joseph Lyons, ; when seen next day by a press repreI sentative. "The real rush began as early as 10 o'clock in the morning, and ever- since then our staff of seven hundred waiters, cooks, porters, page-boys, stewards', chamber-maids, and others have been kep on their toes, so to speak, The residential portion of the hotel was quite full before we opened our doors Extra police have been on duty keeping the crowd in hand. A large number of j people who telephoned or telegraphed for rooms from the country last night were sorely disappointed to find upon their arrival to-day that every room was engaged." The manager, Mr. M. Gluckstein, said he was of opinion that the abolition of [ "tips" had had a great deal to do with [ the rush. Two thousand luncheons were served during the day, and at 8.30 many people were dining. "We cannot promise- rooms definitely until the beginning of October," he said.

Now that "scouting" is becoming a popular pursuit with the lads, they will probably welcome "Yarns for Boy Scouts, Told round the Camp Fire," by Lieut - General R. S. S. Baden-Powell, C.8., No. 2 of the Scout Library, following up "Scouting for Boys," by the same author. The paper-covered edition of these books is published at a shilling, and this one has a capital coloured wrapper repres-einting the experienced scout relating his reminiscences to an interested group of uniformed lads seated round the camp-fire. The matter is mostly reprinted from the Scout the organ of the movement, and ihe "yarns" and illustrations are just such as will appeal to the boys for whom it is intended. Among the extracted matter are pafepages from Fenimore Cooper's "Pathfinder. '' Published by C. Arthur Pearson. (Whitcombe aud Tombs, l