The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-22
ENCLAND'S INTENSE HEAT
Is Forcing the Adoption Of Common Sense
Methods Of Dress.
UNDERGROUND CARS ARE SWEAT BOXES
The Hospital Facilities for Handling
Heat victims Are Absurdiy In
adequate In London.

fCopyri ghtsd, 1900. By Associated Press.
London, July 21.-"Ws are requested
70 state" says the Times on Thursday.
..has the tall hat and ffock coat which
had hitherto been recognized as the cos
tune for sandown park on the occasion
of the royal visit, may DO dispensed with
tomorrow and Saturday IN favor OF the
straw hat and other costumes more suited
90 the present tropical weather"
A few days OF intense heat have done
more to break down the established ira
eitions Of England than woald dozen
reform bills Long established rules Of
Dtate. social. business aud political ell
luette have been swept to the winds, or
Father into the humidity which the lack
OF Wind produces
In land where few years ago sun
stroke was almost unknown, the hos
pltals are now crowded With cases Of
that description For the hrst time IN
The history Of parliament one OF tho front
bench members, Herbert Gladstone, has
appeared q. st. Stephens wearing a straw
hat, to the Amusement u the other mem
bers Of The house Royalty, driven 70
desperation by the hottest weather Eng
pear at public functions, has completely
diBcafded the usual forms Of drsss.
Lord Donald Covers annual letter %
tho Times inveighing agalast tho tall
hat, instead Of being q useless protest
Ehis year, voices public opinion With
remarkable unanimIty. Well known men
OF fashion are frequently to be seen at
the West End wearing white duck or
flannel trousers WIN immaculate frock
coats and silk hats
This latitude OF dress applies also %
servants Bepowdsred nunkies, thick
with gold lace. may DO seen gravely sit
ting upon the boxes wearing sailor hats
Of varying patterns. and fashionable
curses have given up the hot veil ana
bonnet ia favor OF light straw headgear.
In hsief this metropolis OF the world
with It's countless arbitrary forms Of
dress and procedure haa, Ia the snort
spacs OF a week, been turned topsy turvy
and has become ns free and easy as a
Hayden village Ia the height Of SUM
uer.
The serious phase Of the matter r.
the rapidly increasing death rate aud
the prophesied continuation Of the heal
wave The papers never tire Of point
Ing on, how utterly Inadequate are th'
provisions TO deal with the present con
dluous Ice IS luxury obtainahle b,
ne rich only ard by them in limited
quantities For the poor there Is 40 al
lewiston. rot even tho opportunity Y
hattie. The idea Of flooding the hea's
streets has not yet dawned on gugisl
municipalities. The supply OF iaeilide
at the London hospital to deal with hea
prUstratious - Bbsurdly Inadequate. Hsnc
Il is small wonder that business Is prac
kioaliy suspended and social function
are cut shor, aud made as informal q
possible. to say nothing OF all the NIL
tary manouyers al Aldershot being pos'
poned-
Even the ghnstiy news from China OF
its bur haif-heartsd interest In matte
which hnos Itself Suddenly trausterre
from q temperate to a tropical zone, vii
all the disabilities OF auDarctic CLOTH
end institutions Londons method
transit--undergroun trains, inside 'buse
etc.--never we'll ventilated. can now on
be described as sweat boxes.
What with the Christian Endeavl
thousands permeatiuR London thus wee
the American invasion may be said
have reached its zenith. Scarcely any eve
connected with American enterprise h
created such general interest In EE
land a. the proceedings at AleNandl
park The bishop of London, RI RI
pr Manden Creighton, while lacing {
thousands that waited TO hear him spea
turned to one Of the Americans "a
was on the platform and said. "Ht
wonderfully you do these things In Anne
ca"
The transportation OF such an imme1
contingent 80 many thousands OF nj
has Tremendously impressed all promine
EngIishmen who have come into co
tact with tho delegates.