Reading Observer 04-1920

THE ,READING

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Readin g, D O le ss than other busy towns. has caught the hustle
feve r; in fac t. it became so aHected some lo ng t ime ago. . Th e need for

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this and that has made itself known. and now Reading is as well
equipped t o 's tand ,the s tra in as it c~n be.

reasonab le l otice is given , birth day,
parties for
comfortable

, Exhibiting enterprising bU5iness acume n. R. V. Hurden, Ltd ..
saw t h e nee d 0 I a h Ouse were
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art isan an d professional. could obtain a re ally S il bstantial meal between

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lished in ' the

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fifty and sixty
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cooked hom J.fed ham or chicken, nothing is easier .50

H ence the snack.bar and dining rooms were est a b-

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notice is ·given to Mr. Burden. Further. now that
wilf shortly be .with us it would be a. well to know
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difficulties 01 prep~ring the luncheon basket need
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That was about a month ago. but still
improvements of a Carl ~on o r Ritz-like nature are belI'ig made. Th e

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the Carltoo or Mon ico.

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dining rooms up stairs ha~e been deemed by Mr. B urden to be in suf.
fic ient to meet al1 requi reme nts, so the s nack -bar downstairs is to be

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trade . He I:s prepared to provi de. the bes~ food. cutlery
and will h j Ve it delivered wherever reqUIred. As I
orders for t~is class of cateri~g have al~ea'dy bee~ recei ed. 1

made into a comlortable dining roam as well.

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Ever.Ythi ng on the menu is cookee! and prepared on the premises.
whil.e even the bread is baked ' there . De luxe is the key -note at
Burd en· ~ . For che l they h ave a ma~ who has been chef at New
'College and Wadham :ColI.ge. Oxlord, and who has 'catered for s uch
great men as Andrew Carnegie and Winston' Churchill. No dish is

tea , rooms olne caD find in the town, an d the waiting service .is ·

beyJw his culin a ry

efficient.

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Do J ot let it ' be understood that dinne'rs onl
rooms are exquisitely arranged as the

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and he can prepare a ten-course din n er quite :

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the, best of

~usic is provided

dinner: .· In iconcluslOn, ,B urden

as das il y as one o f two courses, and quite as iaintily as any dinn er
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LUNCHEON AND SNACK BAR.
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