English Hotels Sir,—having Read Your Paragraph In The...
Tourism with much interest may I point out one serious drawback our hotel keepers suffer from. In 1931 on a short motor trip in N.E. France every hotel, even in the small towns,......
Sta,—it Is Perfectly Useless To Think Of Attracting The...
taffic to this country until the standard of cookery has been raised from its present deplorably low leveL Only in those hotels and restaurants where foreign chefs are employed......
Sir,—i Should Like The Question Of Percentage On Hotel Bills
more thoroughly gone into. " Janus " touched on it. I stayed at a Trust House and met it for the first time. The more extras one orders, wine, tea if not included, &c., the......
In My Garden
It is a sign of the times (or the interpretation of the times?) that the seedsmen and nurserymen have been substituting flower advertisements for vegetable ; and the public has......
Country Life
WE can now look back at the harvest and sum it up. It produced one botanical marvel. Here and there in the wetter belt the uncut ears sprouted green on the top of the straws,......
A Question Of Orthography
Sta,—Twice on p. 8 of your July 7th issue you use the word " practice " as a verb. Is this a slip for " practise," or has it now become good Prof. of Physics. [The word occurred......
Many Hundredfold On The Subject Of Wheat I Wrote The
other day of a yield of two- hundred fold. This, of course, is very much above the average, especially since modem drilling of wheat rather discourages free tillering. The......
The Tipping Problem Sir,—with Reference To A Paragraph In...
issue of September 15, 1944, under " A Spectator's Notebook " apropos of hotel tipping, in my opinion " Janus " has omitted to complete the picture. I am a traveller who has to......
Queens In Quantity
Wasps are still attacking apples and plums, and proving a nuisance at the breakfast table. They have been so numerous, and greedy, that they have robbed many hives of the better......
Sanctuary Tactics
The National Trust is about to celebrate a notable anniversary, and its possessions have never multiplied more rapidly. The nation (which as such has unfortunately no......
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