by the white-garbed chef turning over the red-hot morsels.

Opposite the door is the old-fashioned bar, with a broad staircase
winding up by its side to another dining-room above completely
partitioned off into compartments with still another grill and a
spotlessly robed chef in evidence. Up another flight of stairs we
come to yet one more dining-room recently decorated in the old
style, with oak-beamed ceiling and surroundings to match; with
lantern lights suspended from the oak beams, grandfather clock,
warming pan, pewter plates and odd pieces of furniture in keeping
with the period it all seeks to recall. It is called the "Pickwick
Room," and this metamorphosis was carried out by a city business
firm for the accommodation of its staff at lunch, and its good
friendship toward them admirably reflects the Dickens spirit. Here
the members of the general staff, both ladies and gentlemen,
numbering about 170, daily gather for their mid-day meal; whilst
a small cosy room adjoining is et apart for the managerial heads.
On occasions, representatives of associated houses in the city and
from abroad, calling on business, are cordially invited to join the
luncheon party.

There is an interesting Visitors' Book in the Pickwick Room, wherein
guests are asked to inscribe their names and designations; also a
private or business motto. Custom has it that a man only signs the
book once, however many times he may visit the Pickwick Room, unless
his official position has altered through business promotion.

This being the floor tradition has decided was Mr. Pickwick's
bedroom, it is suitably decorated with Pickwickian and Dickensian
pictures and ornaments, all tending to remind the visitor of the