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The Westminster Gazette.
SALISBUR
SQUARE, E.C.
Cutting from issue date
19 mar 14
To Make Commodore Peary Feel at Home.
Commodore Peary (the discoverer of the North Pole), discuss=
ing hotels with a Washington reporter, said : "Modern hotels are
becoming more and more luxurious. Every bedroom now has its
private bath and dressing-room. These hotels can't do enough to
make you comfortable." Commodore Peary stroked his moustache
and smiled. "In fact," he said, ' when I stopped, just after my
return from the North Pole, at Simeon Ford's luxurious hotel, Mr.
Ford bowed and rubbed his hands, and said anxiously : 'We shall
do everything to make you feel at home. Would you like a nice
Targe cake of ice in your bed, sir ?
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