The Saint Paul globe., 1904-07-10

of a patron and preserver Of historic
associations.
Mrs. Lawrence Mcclure and her
daughter. together with Charles West
ing. of New York. have arrived in Lon
don for the season. They have been
seeing the sights and enjoying the hos
pitality of a number of the Irish men,
bers Of parliament, whom they have
met in the States from time to time.
They were guests of William Redmond,
the brother of the Irish leader at the
house of commons, on recent even
ing, and enjoyed the much coveted lux
ury of tea on the terrace of the houses
of parliament. After doing" London
they will see the. beauties of Derby
shire and the lake district. They will
go to Killarney on their way home.
Proprietors of some of the big hotels
in the vicinity of the Strand are COM
planning that their American guests do
not patronize the hotel dining rooms
For that reason" says one of these
BonffaceS, 'fwe are not so keen on them
as we used to be and much prefer ca
tering to the travelling Englishman.
The latter as rule, both eat and
sleep at the hotel, but within the last
twelve months it has been especially
noticeable that most of the Americans
Of the tourist class who put up here
merely engage bedrooms and get their
meals elsewhere. We call them one
liners because there is never more than
one line on their bills every morning:
bed, shillings. The popular notion
that American travellers spend their
money much more freely than those OF
any other nationality is no longer true,9
Man for man we make more money
out of our English patrons than out
of our visitors from the land OF lib
erty'" The explanation of this lies in
the fact that for the last twelve months
an American restaurant has been eS-
tablished in the Strand and American
visitors who lodge at hotels in the vi
cinity much prefer getting their meals
there to partaking of the fare that
their caravansaries afford. The COM
plaint of the hotel proprietors is really
a tribute to the superiority of Amert-
can cooking and to the greater variety
Of American dishes. 1t will not be
long before some of their English pa
irons find this out Some of the pro-
prietors will then probably seek to
provide remedy for their waning re-
ceipts by importing American chefs
and reorgauizing their kitchens.
Since It was discovered, after st.
Amant won the Derby. that his owner.
Leopold de Rothschild. carried New
Zealand lucky stone" In his pocket,
among the smarteSt there has been
quite a run upon Bond street jewelers.
for them. and they have been much In
evidence at the Ascot meeting. But
those who have displayed such eager
ness to possess themselves Of this en-
blem of good fortune lose sight of the
fact that Leopold de RothschiId's faith
in its efficacy was not sufficiently
strong to induce him to run st. Amant
for the Grand Prix and risk another
encounter with Edmond Blanc's horses.
Like his French opponent the sporting
scion of the house of Rothschild backs
his Judgment and not his luck. How
ever, fashionable jewellers are catering,
to the popular fancy by laying in a
stock of these pretty, translucent green
stones, carved to represent acorns,
shamrocks, pigs, ducks and other var.-
Gus fantastic creations, and 1t Is not
unlikely that they may catch on"
across the Atlantic. The native name
given to the stone in New Zealand is
''Pounamu," and geologists know 1t as
a species of slade The Maoris usually
wear It suspended around their necles.
and when thus carried it is known as
the .hei tiki or neck god They credit
it with marvellous powers against evil.
as we'll as great potency In bringing Its
owner good luck. Lady Mary.