QUIET HOTELS PROPOSED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 8, 2 October 1937, Page 15

QUIET HOTELS PROPOSED

"Hush Hush" Badge of Merit

Active preparations ara now being made in London on a very "busb bwsb'' proposition. Tbese activities concern tbe organisation of a group of $Uent Hotels, wbere visitors will be free from radio, orchestias, garages, road noises, and all tboae bundred-and-one mysterjous early morning corridor eounds tbat disturb tbe quiet of more tban one hotel. Tbe council of tbe Anti-Noise- League bere is busy approvijig certain hotels as "Silent Hotels" and a spccial deviee is being chosen to be bung outside approved hotels as a sign of silence, TbO scheme was first suggested at a meeting of tbe League by Sir Christopber Robineon, well known in IreJand as lawyer and magistrate, who advocated tbe intrpductioa of oxterior signs for approvcd boteis wbieb. purgijed a policy of eliminating unnecessary

noise. Later, tbe journal Quiet of tbe league deelares, Sir Cbristo|>her was invited to put bis suggestion on paper for detailed consideration. Sir Cbristopber's suggested "examination paper" for hotels wisbing to hang up the silence djploma stipulated tbat there shonld be neither radio nor orphestra-in the hotel, tbat there should be no refreshment rooms for char-a-bancs parties, tbat the hotel garage should be out of ear-shot of the bedrooms, tbat the partition walls should be thick enougb to prevent neiglibours hearing each other snoring, tbat the management should impress upon .the staff the virtues of silent service, The Anti-Noise League bas adopted its own set of standards to be applied to silent botels, but these are not yet digcloscd.