All the World and His Wife The Majestic Hotel was opened to Shanghai last Friday and Saturday evenings, with a ba invitation on Friday for all who were carly enough to secure tables on Saturday. The hospitality shown by the management fon the former evening was lavish and most excellent. There was a destipper and every detail was rided to with the greatest care, from table appointments to menu, from wines to waiting, from cloak: room to ear disposition. The floor was a wee bit sticky ar a new one must be, but the music more than made amends.
The hotel, which was fully thrown open to inspection, is almost beyond imagination beautiful and we doubt whether anything more exquisitely. appointed could be found in any part of the world. The origin-mansion was well-known. for its combined beauty and good taste, and these two qualities have been' admirably preserved in the alterations and additions. A more beautiful ballroom could not be found. The general rooms for every day use by people staying in the hotel are charming and the suites rooms upstairs are fully in keeping with the public parts. Art and Veomfort have been combined us they very seldom are, On Saturday evening the crowd was enormous 1,100 people were present altogether, tables _hay-ting been reserved for 800—dancing necessarily somewhat incommoded. But everyone was agreed that the management }for such a mass of patrons was as good as it could be.
Tt is a comfort also to have space in which to park cars and the messenger boy organization is speedy and efficient,
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