CURIOUS HOLIDAY
STUDYING, HOTELS
A young man and his wife, who until recently wore clerks earning £:3 a week, out of which they had to keep houso and pay for the. husband's university studies, have recently been living like a prince and princess at one of London's most luxurious.hotels.
The couple are Mr. Edward D. Ramage,.aged 27, and his wife, Clare, of Bloomington, Illinois. They have toured Europe, staying at the finest hotel in each capital, and they have not paid a penny all the time foj their luxurious accommodation. But when the tour is over, Mr. Ramage will have to find work—and he will look for it in one of the luxurious hotels he knows so well as a resident. Tho key to the puzzle was given to a "Sunday Express. representative by Mr. Kamage himself. "Clare and I are having a second honeymoon of the kind you see on the movies,? 5 he said, "because the New York State University, where I have been studying hotel ma.ll--agement, sent me to Europe to learn about methods here. It was my reward for writing a paper on hotel economies. . ' "Tho trip, of course, is not meant to be a holiday, and I am now seeing how English hotels are run. My university studies are over, and when wo return I shall have to look round for a job in some hotel. "When I have an ho'tol of Hiy own in the States, I shall be careful not to make too much fuss over the Englishman. He hates elaborate politeness. I shall see that he has afternoon tea— and bacon and eggs for breakfast. He has a passion for bacon and eggs. The American makes a poor breakfast.
"I shall be careful to see that the trousers of my English guests are not steam-pressed, but are given personal attention by a valet. The American has his trousers spirited away in the dead of night, and they are mechanically pressed and cleaned. The Englishman insists on explaining personally to a valet exactly what ho wants done to his clothes."
Special accommodation is provided for (he dogs of patrons at one South London cinema.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 3
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361CURIOUS HOLIDAY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 3
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