At Madison, Wis., met the Gideons,* otherwise known ... President Boggs, of Philadelphia, praised the Gideons for placing the Bible in every room of every sizable hotel in the U. S. and Canada. ...

July 25, 2012— -- Are hotel guests more interested in reading "50 Shades of Grey" than the Bible? One British hotelier thinks so. And that's why, even though he says he's never read E L James ...

There, he asked if he could leave a Gideon Bible at the desk clerk’s station. Instead, Bailey was asked if he could supply 25 Bibles, one for each room, in an inaugural move for the Gideons.