A BED IN A PALACE FOR TWOPENCE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 11, 5 February 1907, Page 2

A BED IN A PALACE FOR TWOPENCE.

GENERAL BOOTH'S HOTEL IS A BOON TO THE POOH. »{, A bed for two pence a night is wtuit General Booth, of the Sulvartion Army, oilers to the workless of London. He Ims opened a veritable palace far the poor in Middlesex street, off Bishopgale street, in the East End. The building cost £lO,000, while the cost of the fitting, (over £1,000) was contributed by George Herring, a philanthropic broker. Three hundred men are provided with ordinary shelter beds on the first, second and third floors. Seaweed stuffed into American cloth on a spring mattress makes a comfortable couch, while a thick blanket and an American cloth coverlet furnish warm covering. 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 aske’d being fid. A kitchen is at the top of the building and wholesome food is offered at the lowest price. Hot and cold baths are provided free.