Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-02
RECORD BREAKING
CROWDI IN LONDON
MORE VISITORS THAN EVER IN
cITYS HISTORY
MAJORITY ARE AMERICANS
Woodruffs Entertained by Sir Thomas
Llpton-Mr. and Mrs. John Hays
Hammond Guests Of Duke
Of Argyle
Of Argyle

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, July 1--According to old
residents London now contains more
visitors than at any time in its history,
not excepting the coronation and jubi-
lee years.
OF course the great majority Of these
are Americans, and never have there
been so many foreigners-French peo-
pie and Germans. The big restaurants
in the evenings are almost towers of
Babel. so many are the languages
heard.
Americans arriving by the big steam
ers during the week learned this in
many cases to their great discomfort.
In some cases they found the hotels
where they had bespoken rooms were
filed to the utmost. 1t has been next
to impossible for the West End hotels
to take care of their regular patrons,
so all the hotels in the outlying dis
tricts are doing a tremendous business.
The manager Of one Of the fashion
able hostelries says one reason why
there is not more room at the hotels
this year is that many English people
have given up having town houses, and
thus fill the hotels at the time when the
more liberal Americans wish to be in
London.
The popularity of the automobile is
really impressive. At any time of the
morning half a dozen are standing in
front of the Carlton or in the court
yard of the Savoy and about the en-
frances of those hotels where Ameri-
cans are staying.
Plans Of the Tourists
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, who has been
here about a fortnight, left for the con-
tinent in her car, with her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Armour of Chi
cago left on the Oceanic having auto
mobiled to Liverpool the day before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Gates and
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Martin of New York,
who have been five weeks at the
Savoy, left in an automobile for South
ampton on their way to America.
General and Mrs. c. M. Spitzer of
Toledo have left in their Napier auto
noble for Paris and will make an ex-
tensive tour on the continent.
Mrs. ]. A. Bostwick and Miss Zog-
baum of New York have returned to
Claridge's from Paris for about a
month. The two ladies had a disagree
able experience with an electric broug-
ham the other day by suffering two
breakdowns. The last happened in the
middle of Regents park and they had
a long walk to find a cab.
Anson Phelps Stokes and Miss Stokes,
who recently returned with a twenty
four horse power Panhard from Con-
tinental tour, have left in their car for
a trip to Scotland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy L. Woodruff
and Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Woodruff had
a very pleasant experience at the week
end between yachting and AUTOMOBILE
ing. Sir Thomas Upton took the party
in his automobile to Southampton and
joined the Erin. The yacht cruised up
and down the Solent, the cars following
on the shore, and at intervals the party
landed for trips into the New Forest.
They came back to London by diff
ferent route early in the week.
Mr.. Woodruff is now jubilant at the
prospect of getting his new car in Paris.
F. Morgan, the American consul at
Cairo. Egypt, has returned to the Savoy
after trip through England.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lewisohn of New
York have returned to Claridge's from
Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Fairchild, Gen.
and Mrs. Huddleston, Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. c. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID.
Sloane and Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harper
have sailed on the Oceanic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Carolan Of San