A BED IN A PALACE FOR TWOPENCE.
GENERAL BOOTH’S HOTEL IS A BOON TO THE POOR. * j A bed for two pence a night is what General Booth, of the Salvor tion Army, offers to the workless of London. He has opened a veritable 1 palace far the poor in Middlesex street, off Bishopgate street, in the | East End. The building cost £lO,- ; 000, while the cost of the fitting, i (over £4,000) was contributed by I George Herring, a philanthropic broI ker. ; Three hundred men are provided j with ordinary shelter beds on the j first, second and third floors. Seaj weed stuffed into American cloth on ; a spring mattress makes a comfort- : able couch, while a thick blanket and an American cloth coverlet furnish | warm covering. j On the ground floor are 150 beds of ' a better class usually found in workmen’s hotels. They consist of ordinary bedsteads and sheets are supplied the price askdd befog sd. A kitchen is at the top of the building and wholesome food is offered at the lowest price. Hot and cold baths arc free.
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 22, 8 January 1907, Page 6
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