No Want of Accommoda'ion Now The hotel shortage, which was one of London's grave post-war inconveniences, is at an end. One can get rooms now in almost any class of hotel, finding a little difficulty Perhaps in regard to some of the cheaper place, which have many people as permanent residents who cannot afford houses or flats and servants at the present rates, During the last years of the war, and after the Armistice, the inadequacy of the hotel accommodation in London was very marked, The Government had seized a great number of hotels to house their superabundant staffs, and t normal, hotel accommodation w: seriously' diminished. At the same time, demand was greatly increased. There was an influx of relatives of serving soldiers from the Domitions, and a large floating population of Service men on leave; yet other seekers for hotel accommodation were provincial visitors down on more or less necessary Government business. The hunt for shelter by people visiting London for a night was an anxious one.
It was a matter of common experience to have to sleep in a passage or a dining-room, and one line of accommodation developed by the officer on leave was to spend the night in a Turkish bath.
Now the floating population from the Dominions has gone, and with it most of the other elements which made up the abnormal influx. And the Government has released all the commandeered hotels, and most of them have been cleared of the red-tape and the tea leaves and the other signs of departmental activity, and are open to the public again.
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