The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-20
YANKEES IN
OLD LONDON
Thousands There This
Season.
ENOUGH FOR A BIG CITY
All Home Coming Vessels viii to
Crowded in the FalI-llasy
Housekeeping.

LONDON, July 5.--'Dear old London
Is one of the big American cities this
summer, and ought to have high rank
in the United States census district. The
resident American population of London
is estimated at 10000 But in July. this
year the city Will contain somewhere be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 Americans. Some
5000 will be here primarily to attend the
worlds convention of the Young Peoples
Society for Christian Endeavor. about q
600 more will be the regular army OF sum-
tourists and business tr.ppers, and
the rest will be sojourners here on their
way to or from the Worlds Fair in Paris
So far as America is concerned London
is going to profit more than Paris by the
Paris fair. Nineteen out of every twenty
visitors to Paris coming by way OF
Southampton and Liverpool, and the
! twentieth will be quite likely to come
by Glasgow, Plymouth Hull as by
Havre. Furthermore, the stay in Paris
is going to be shorter in most cases than
was originally intended, unless the Paris
ptilSlODS COut away ,uO"H piiSt hbu
the Paris. shopkeepers return to their
senses before it IS too late. Two friends
Of the writer who were sent. to a fairly
good Paris pension, OR boarding house, in
January, paid II francs so day. When
they returned TO the same lace last
week after a tour on the continent they
We're informed that the price was 20
francs, and the place was not crowded
either. es
But steady going old London is sticking
10 the original pr ces, not from any par
t.cular far-sghtedness or spirit Of gener-
osity to the American cousin, but simply
because London always does what Lon
don always did. So the tourist agencies
report that their patrons are going to
get back to England from Paris as soon
as possible. One feature Of the season.
so 1 told. is to be the unprecedented
, invasion Of ireland. That Is partly be-
cause the Irish railways and resorts.
hitherto preternaturally Indifferent to the
advantage of husting for business. have
at last condescended to make themselves
heard, but chiefly because of the aged
|. Queens visit to Ireland and the adver-
tising Erin got in consequence, and the
stimulus that seems to have been given
n to everything and everybody there, espe-
cialiy in Dublin.
1t is believed that more Americans will
be in England tnis year than in the record
= breaking year of the Queens jubilee. They
r began early, and, Judging by the steam
= ship bookings, the rush will begin a week
: or two after this letter is published. and
n will increase steadily till the middle OF
8 July. Then the stream will pour the 9TH
:. ef way.
y TROUBLE GETTING HOME.
r, There Is going to be trouble about get
e ting back to the United States for those
L who have not bought return tickets. Al
/ ready the principal steamers from Lon
don to New York are nearly full. for Au-
, gust and September. In the jubilee year
many who would have gone back first
10 class were glad to go in the steerage. and
IL many others ran short of funds while
ic waiting for chance to get home In any
In fashion whatever. THIS year 1t would b
u worse even II the crowd were to be M
&c greater, for the British Government ha,
80 "commandeered' number of the 1arg
v est passenger vessels in the trans-Atian
$ tic service, and even II the war Is owe
T in July they will be needed for bringing
n home the great army now in South Africa
IL Therefore, IL any of the readers of thi
- article are coming to Europe this sum
mer without buying return tickets, let u
r paraphrase the aovice OF Punch to thos
OF about to get married and say, "Don'tf'
re 1t will be lucky thing for many
IN stranded American this fall that tn
as American Society in London is now bug
eS organizing a benevolence fund. The 90
or business has exiled in London, and VIII
are making so much money here tina
they can't afford to go home. They hav
been pestered individually for years b
fellow-citizens who have come to grie
"a over here. Sad to say, rather larg
uroportion of these feliow-citizens wer
not deserving of The help they got. an
lin after time Brother Earle, who Is pres
dent of the American Society. and Brotl
er yansichlan, the secretary. and Nj
m gan Richards and the rest OF them. ~
on came somewhat tired on find ng, whe
1e they got together to compare notes. ths
each had been giving five or ten dollar
~ to the same person on the same plea
on they started fund, 10 which most OF tt
up members of the society have contribute
nd ard have established a mild inquisieto
~, Consequently, If you go broke in Lo'
eet don this fall and apply for aid to an
ain prominent American here you viii be r
led ferred TO an official, and must not
on annoyed If he asks good many que
The tions, and perhaps looks UP your antec
dents bit. This new move will affol
Fas much relief at the dlngy. gloomy offic
lhe on Victoria street, which are the be
elr that the United States chooses to affo
I've his exceiiency the American Ambassadc
er' 1t used to be that scarcely a day pass
vas without some American coming In wi
Iol- tale of Woe Now, II Is no part of {
Use Ambassadors business TO pay board bf
lao and buy steamship tickets for unlucl
py fellow-citizens, and. II 1t were not
OF this new departure Of the American
10 c.ety Mr. Choate would not thank
lin