Show A stranger gets his first impression of any city he q hotel clerk should happens to visit from the show more friendliness hotel at which he registers I 1 born bom in new york N Y was by alfred T hoffman brooklyn but have traveled in europe and have traveled considerably in the united states with fow few axce exceptions p eions the hotel clerk in this country seems to think thai aba he is doing you a favor in assigning you to a room at from 3 to 5 per it is different in the old country in most of the larger towns of europe and particularly in london the hotel man recognizes the fact that the person who registers is a guest the hotel is the host and should act accordingly in london the person who re represents P resents the hotel at the desk makes you feel that you are welcome if he say so his manner says 1 I am glad to have you here in new york and throughout this country north and south sout h the th e stranger is not as a rule greeted with any degree of welcome in new tork two or three of the new hote hate i are realizing the importance of play mg aff 0 the real host some one at the desk is ready to le 0 be and to make ithe man who registers feel at home all the hotels in this country should do likewise e which course would make the stranger have all the better opinion of the city in which he is visiting for the first time |