Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21
BREAKING DOWN
OLD TRADITIONS
Tall Hat and frOck Coat Not Nee
essay at Sandowo Park
HE VOICES PUBLIC OPINION,
Lord Ronald towers Annual Protest
London Tropical Zone AmrTi-
can Jacll Iafs Attract Attention,


London July 2l-lC Copyright 1900 The
Associated PressD I'VE are requested
TO state" said me Times on Thursday
Chat the tau hat and frook coat which
had hitherto been recognized as the
costume .or saudovn Park ON vhc oc-
casion Of the royal visit may De dis
peusod with tomorrow and Saturday ia
favor of the straw hat and other cos-
tune more suited 10 the present tropi-
cal weather"
A few days of intense heat have done
more TO break down the established
traditions of England than would q
dozen reform bills Long established
rules ot state. social. business and poo
ltlcal etiquette have been swept To- the
winds. or rather into the humidity
which the lack of wind produces I'M a
land where "a few years ago sunstroke
was almost unknown the hospitals are
now crowded with cases of that dos-
cription. For the first time Ia the his-
tory OF parliament one OF the front
bench members Herbert Gladstone. has
appeared at ST. stephens wearing a
straw hat. TO the amazement of the
members of the house. Royalty driven
GO desperation by the hottest weather
England has ever known and Obliged 90
appear at public functions has COM
p.otely discarded the usual forms of
dress.
VOICES PUBLIC OPINION.
Lord Ronald Covers annual letter TO
the Times inveighing against the TAN
hat instead of being "a useless protest
This week voices public opinion with
remarkable unanimity Well known
men of fashion are frequently 90 be
seen 40 the West End wearing white
duck or flannel trousers with immaCu-
late frock coats and SIR hats. This
latitude of dress extends also To ser-
wants. BepoWdered nunNes thick with
gold lace may be- seen gravely sitting
upon the boxes wearing sailor hats of
varying pattern and fashionable nurses
have given up the hot yeU and bonnet
In favor of the Hight straw headgear.
In brief this metropolis of the world,
with It's countless arbitrary forms of
dress and procedure, has. iu the short
NN|NlN NI a. WNNhf NHrIN ANN lAiA ANINM
turvy The serious phase OF the matter
is the rapidly increasing death rate and
tbs prophesied continuation OF the heat
wave. The papers never tire OF point
inc out how utterly inadequate are the
provisions TO- deal with the present con-
diUons. Ice is luxury. obtainablc by
the rich only and by them In limited
quantities For the poor there is no
alienation not even the opportunity
90 battle The idea of flooding the
heated streets has not yet daWned upon
Engl5uds municipality. The supply of
facilities az the London hospital TO
deal with heat prOstrauous is ahsurdly
inadequate. Hence 10 is small wonder
that business is practically suspended
and social functions are cut short and
made as informal as possible TO say
nothing of AN the mauOeuyers al Alder
shot being postponed.
LONDON a TROPICAL ZONE.
Even the CHASTITY news from China
ELECTS but hall hearted interest in
nation which finds Itself suddenly
transferred from temperate TO
tropical zone. with al the disabilities
of sub-arctc clothes and institutions
LOulons method OF transit under
ground trains inside buses. etc. never
well ventilated, can now only be- des-
CrlDed as sweat boxes
What with the Christian Endpavor
thousands pemeatiug London this
week, the American Invasion may be
said 90 have reached It's zenith Scarce
ly any event connected with American
enterprise has created such general in-
terest IN England as the proceedings az
Alexander Park. The bishop of London.
RI Rev. Dr.. Mandell Creighton, while
facing the thousands that waited 10
hear him speak turned 10 one OF the
Americans that was on the platform
and said How wonderfully YOU do
these things In America The trans
portation Of such an immense c0utin-
gent so many thousands of miles had
tremendously impressed an prominent
Englishmen who have come into con-
tact with the delegates.
AMERICAN JACK TARs.
Another class Of visitors 60 London
attracting attention on the streets Is the
men of Che United States training ship
Saratoga. who have come up on leave
from southampton Commenting on
thes. the Chronicle says
They 100 about DO tWos and threes
and conduct themselves 90 the adma-
ton of an although there Is no officer
90 charge"
This Is In striking contrast with the
behavior of many English tackles. The
Saratoga goes to Calais. when the app
prentices VIII have a chance TO see
Paris
English harhors are dotted with
American yachts A. southampton
alone. are the Josephine. Enterprise,
calanthe ana Eniym.on
Prominent Americans are here in such
large numbers as almost to cease to at
tract attention William g. Whitney
spent the week watching his horses run
at Newmarket lie win go 90 Paris
later. Henry Phpps. Andrew Came
giles partner. has taken Beaufort Cas-
DE, Lord L0yats splendid place ln Scot
land. tIll October when lord Ioyat.
who o. in South Africa. expects to re-
turn. Beaufort ~ noted as one of the
finest deer stalking grounds 40 the
United Kingdom.
with reference "a the published hint
that be had become naturallzed as q
subject Of Great Britain Mt phlpps
said 90 the correspondent Of the Assoc
c'ated Press
y have not the least intention Of be-
coming a British subject ] simply
want a nice place 90 stay until the end
OF the summer"
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
IN view OF the wars IN which the |
world Us engaged, "a curious and almost |
pathetic interest attached Go the meet |
Ing this week Of the Parliamentary |
Union for the promotion OF information |
al uHnIHHnHInn nlHfffl
member Of parliament for Burnley /
presided. Forty members OF the British |
legislature expressed a willingness 10 /
attend the international Arbitration /
conference 10 the hall OF the French /
senate July 81. Between 400 and 900