Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
"HUSTLERS'' ON HOLIDAY.
How Americans ''See" London In
Two Days.

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From the London Mail.
I'VE must do Westminster Abbey in
twenty minutes" said one of a party of
four Americans, who alighted from an
omnibus at the corner of Parliament street
on Saturday.
The party consisted of a man and his wife
and two grown-up daughters, and it was
one of the latter who made the remark. She
hurried her three companions toward the
great north door and glanced at her watch
twice on the way. They were members of
the advance guard of the army of American
holiday makers who from now EDWARDS
through the summer viii be invading Lon
don with the purpose of seeing the capital
OF the world in three, or 1t may be two.
Drief days. Cinematograph celebrity is the
Keynote of their proceedings, and after a
voyage of 1900 miles they have In some
cases only fifteen minutes to see West
minister Abbey.
great many of our Americans visitors
make England their first objective in a con-
tnental tour and See London in two DAYS
before they go on to Paris. Some of them
are In their own wonderful fashion seeing
II now. They have no time to waste. They
have come here to see London in two days
and they do ii with systematic rush that
would leave the English provincial visitor
GREATNESS. AS rule, the two days are
scheduled out beforehand. The little party
or three OF four sweep out from one of the
large hotels near Charing Cross after break
fast, and dash into their days program
with the set purpose of those who are face
TO face with an arduous but inevitable
duty. And the curious thing is that they
thoroughly enjoy 1t. They want to see as
many sides of London as they can, and in
pursuit of that they sometimes start out
before breakfast.
A Sample Hustle"
Here is the program for day of one
recent party.
Morning:
700. Covent Garden Market.
500 Breakfast.
600. st. James Park and Buckingham
Palace.
9:45. Apsley House.
1000. Omnibus ride along PiccadiIIy.
1920. Walk through Pail Mall to see the
clubs.
HOO Westminster Abbey and Houses of
Parliament.
Afternoon:
12:15 Tower of London.
1:45. Lunch at Cheshire Cheese In Fleet
street.
800. Omnibus ride to whitechapel and
walk through Petticoat lane.
400. Bank of England and Mansion
House.
500 British Museum
700. Dinner at hotel
500. Theater
1870. Bed.
Americans who have not been here be-
AoiS Aoi iH stiOtiS likes anu U1SDkeS at once.
They like the panoramic advantages of
seat on the top of an omnibus, but they
are filled with disgust at the slowness of the
horses and the frequent stops. They greatly
admire the London policeman. "A real
gentleman" they call him. The leisure
hness' of the people in the streets. how
ever amuses them. There is no leisurei-
ness about the visitors. A young American
on Saturday found himself with Just a
day on which to see London. He char
tered a cab by the hour. Here is the time
he set himself to see some of the sights:
Buckingham Palace, 3 minutes.
Hyde Park, 10 minutes.
Houses of parliament, 20 minutes
Bank, minutes.
Monument. 3 minutes.
Lords cricket grounds, 10 minutes.
His program, OF course, allowed him little
more than casual outside glance, but he
was perfectedly satisfied, particularly as he
was enabled without wasting time to take
In good many sights as he Travelled about
In his cab.
Pedigree Hunters.
favorite pursuit of visiting Americans
is teh hunting of pedigrees and they search
diligently many of the Old church regis
tiers. MY name is Jones of Ohio" said a
middle-aged man to the verger of a city
church last week. II had an uncle living
here hundred years ago. Colonel Jones'
Ever heard the name? colonel. you know.
Not heard OF it7 No; well am surprised"
There was another American who. arriving
during the week. said that he had already
picked out his lineage and had discovered
that considerable property belonged to him
Il find he said. that Peckham belongs
to me. Where is this Peckham? A vii
lage, l suppose
Northumberland avenue was thick with
motor cars yesterday afternoon. Most of
them contained Americans. One of the
latest methods Of the hustling American
holiday maker is 20 hire a motor car for
day or two. or two days or, 1t may be-
week. and to do" the sights in a motor car
The two-day visitor covers London while
the man who stays q week or more rushes
over some of the principal sights in the
country.