Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29

\ 1t would be difficult to conceive a more
pleasant and more comfortable mode OF
good noits of TBS are 1inss WIN hnt in
many respects the Metropolitan has gone
one better. The new trains are composed
of spacious corridor cars, having motor
coach at each end. In contrast with the
Central London line, which. like the New
York elevated, has only one class, two
classes are provided, the superior class
being rather more elegantly furnished and
decorated. The carriages are brilliantly
lit and comfortably heated by electricity,
and am l. the appearance Of the gaily illuminated
lights Is as curious a contrast to the dis
NAL rolling stock 1t is about to supplant as
the present evil-smelling tunnels and dingy
stations will be to those of the near future.
The great generating station for work.
ing the whole of the Metropolitan system
is under construction at the suburb OF
generating machinery. each having a ca
pacity of 5000 horse power, have been
erected, and are producing current for
working portion of the twenty-seven
miles IF railway over which the COM
pany's trains will eventually be operated.
Other units have still to be installed. 1t
should further be mentioned that all the
stock has been built at Birmingham and
Manchester, which pIeases the Britisher.
Notes.
The new Coliseum was exposed for the
purposes of press view yesterday. It will
not rival the architectural glorfes of the
great amphitheater in Rome, but it is GER
tainly the largest and most sumptuous
building devoted to the entertainment Of
the public in London. 1t covers. roughly.
as much space as any five ordinary West
End theaters put together. 1t stands in st.
Martins lane. well within the area which
Mr.. Labouchere in this weeks Truth is
afraid may yet be the scene of some seri-
Gus disaster owing to the congestion of
the streets when SO many theaters pour
out their audiences at the same hour every
night.
The approach of Christmas is evident
in the crowded state of the streets, eS-
pecially in the shopping districts. The shop
windows are being fitted up in the old
time way with carpets of cottonwood and
gistening crystals to represent climatic
conditions which are now almost traditional
and conventional. 1t may be due to the
fact that Christmas comes but once a
year that people do not make an effort to
strike out an original line in celebra ting
the occasion, but still cherish the methods
and manners consecrated by immemorial
usage.
After cheap newspapers cheap maya
zines. The Pail Mall Magazine with the
year will be reduced from shilling to
sixpence, but all the old features of the
magazine are to be maintained, and 1t will
therefore be very good sixpenny worth
Whether this example is likely to be fol-
lowed it is impossible to say, but so far
all the reviews of the weightier and graver
type adhere to their old price.
West End with the view of dethroning
bridge from the supremacy it had ac-
quired in the amusements of the rich 1t
is not merely that the pursuit of this game
has led to excessive gambling and severe
losses. but it has also done much to destroy
the pleasures of social intercourse. After
dinner no one now talks. No sooner is the
meal over than an adjournment is made
to the card room, and the rest of the
evening is wasted in the distraction of
bridge L. H. MOORE.