The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-20
YANKEES IN OLD LONDON |
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appeals made to him were quietly grant
ed by him or by his personal friends. But
the American Society will look after all
that sort of thing this fall.
THE AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON.
Weeks ago Regent street began to bear
a strong resemblance to Twenty-third
street between Sixth avenue and Broad
way in New York. The visiting Ameri-
can girl stands out from the throng of
shoppers as distinctly as If she were
dressed in the Stars and Stripes The
American women are as well dressed to-
day as the women of Paris, and far, far
ahead of the women of London in this
respect. Their clothes fit better, as
rule, and there is general smartness I
and breeziness about the American girl (
that the brightest of London girls lack
1t is heresy, know, but l am compelled
to observe, on the strength of the testi- /
mony of many experienced American
women, that the American girl who is
counting on having her dresses made in /
London and Paris this summer would do
better in fit, in quality, in style and in
price if she We're to have the work done
at home-unless, of course. she is an
heiresc.
1t is far easier to find an American in
London when you don't know his address
than it is in any large American city.
The chances are three in five that you
will encounter hlm in the afternoon on
the east side of Regent street somewhere
between oxford circus and Piccadilly cir
Gus. Half way down there Is an Ameri-
can candy store. and IN one afternoon
| there last summer, in the length of time
| it took to get real American ice cream
soda" l saw there the Countess of Cra-
| ven, who used to be little Miss Bradley
Martin; Edna May, who, in spite of all
| her denals, is likely to out-title the
naughty little countess presently, and
Mrs. Paget. who is almost as much of a
power here as her mother, Mrs. Paran
! Stevens, was in New York in her day.
The west side of Regent street is other
wise just as interesting as the east side
but after watching that side of the street
rather curiousIy for several seasons
solemnly aver that / never yet saw an
American tourist there.
HAUNTS OF AMERICANS.
If the American you are looking for
is not on Regent street in the afternoon
look for him on Bond street, block
further west. That used to be the promo
enade of the beaux in Brummel's day,
and even now you will find better dressed
men on that street than any other in
/ London, except Piccadilly and st. James.
1t is narrow and dingy and unpretentious,
but behind its shop windows are the most
costly wares to be found anywhere in the
metropolis. II your American is not
sauntering by these shop windows, try
for him in Burlington arcade-unless he
has brought his wife with him, in which
case 1t is not necessary to look for hin
there. In the morning the Strand, be.
tween the Cecil and Trafalgar Square
would in the season turn out American!
enough to populate good-sized town. II
consequence many of the shop Windows
in that region display American prices a!
well as English.
For some reason two-thirds of all tn
American visitors to London who do no
stop at a hotel grav.tate toward Blooms
bury, and lodge somewhere within half
mile of the British Museum. Russell
Square has lost most of the patriarcha
character it had In the days when dear
stupid little Amelia Sedley lived there an
George Osborne made love to her. Will
Becky Sharp laid snares for Joe. 1t
running to boarding houses and hotels a
fast as anything so solemn and dignifie
could run, ard block after block of tn
streets leading off from it are occupie
by an uninterrupted line of fairly high
priced boarding houses that have becom
hotels by virtue of fancy name on
large brass plate. From now till Octo
Der they will be given over wholly (
Americans. who pay there anything fror
s. to SIS a week for breakfast, tea, Dime
and one comfortable room, usually get
ting their luncheons out. I venture to sa
that If straw vote were to be taken
Bloomsbury any time this summer be
tween Americans and Britons the Amer
cans would have it by a large majority
HOUSEKEEPING MADE EASY.
i For some strange reason the Bake
" street region in the vicinity of Regent
b. Park is also becoming strongly Amer
y canned, and when the Queen drove thu
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t London l counted half a dozen America
flags in one block. 1t is to this reggie
q that any one who is going to stay in Loi
don for one month should come ar
plunge without preliminaries into hous
keeping If he has brought his family. Tt
suggestion may sound a little odd to ar
one who is not familiar with one peculi;
phase of living in London, but the sehen
is perfectly practicable. All you have
=, do is to take at moments notice fiot
consisting of two or three rooms in al
one of the many houses of the Bak
street region that are dedicated to tn
apartment life, unstrap your luggage al
proceed to be as much at home as if "
had lived in London for an age. If 1t
chilly. the maid has a fire burning for W
in the CRATE, and if a. is in the afte
~ noon she IS serving tea before you ha
~ fairly had an opportunity to observe tn
the place is even provided with a plan
You go around the corner to the groc
and the green-grocer 1.-TWO wholly sepa
ate personages), the butcher, the poulte
- er ana the dairyman. and order VIII
you like for dinner. They, send it arou
to your cook. and presently, without yo
- giving the matter any further thought
q is served in your own dining room.
& CHEAPER THAN BOARDING.
4 never could understand why me
x Americans who are going to stay a f,
x weeks in London do not try this plan
Z ready made housekeeping. You have g
y solutely no responsibility worry exec
q buying whatever food you want, a
4 struggling with the English curren
< system. 1t is quite as cheap as boardir
you avoid the horrors of the boardi
Y house table, have two or three roo
4 aside from whatever you choose to D
q for food of from $40 to SIS a week for I
\ fairly comfortable rooms, and as mu
K more as you want to pay for more ella
Y crate accommodations. For two perso
Y or two and a child, IL Is consideral
@ cheaper than boarding-unless you are
4 too great hurry about counting W
< change.
Y 1t would be interesting to estimate h
Y much good American money, translat
@ into English coin, will be left unnec
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