Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-20
MlLLIONAIRES FLOOD LONDON
Hotel Prices Are High ana Desirable
Rooms Are Taken Long
in Advance.

LONDON, May ly.-(special Cablesram to
The Bee. IAN army OF American million
aires, with the usual accompaniment Of
pretty daughters and open check books,
is swooplng down on London and creating
a record in lavish expenditure.
The keynote Of this campaign of extrav-
asance was struck this week by a man
from Philadelphia, who walked into the
Carlton and said he would just take an
entire floor for himself and his family
Subsequent arrivals were informed that
there was no more room
The great West End hotels are already
crowded. yet the rush has hardly begun
Every steamship is fully booked for the
next three months, and so great is the de-
sire to spend the winters profits in Europe
that hundreds OF tourists are cheertully
paying nrst-class rates for second class
berths rather than walt until the season"
IL over.
More money will be spent by Americans
In London this summer than ever before.
They are coming prepared to scatter dol
lars with a reckless hand, as the last year
has been one Of unexampled prosperity in
the United States, and many men have
Jumped from comparative poverty into
afiuence. All the steamships arriving at
British ports brought well-known Amerl-
can mllllonaires and their families. Among
the Cedric's passengers were DR., Seward
Webb, Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. Hanan and Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Carstairs Of Philadelphia,
all of whom are at the Carlton.
Among the other Americans at the Carl
ton are Mr. Rodman Wanamaker Of Phlla-
delphia who engaged the entire floor afore-
said; Mr.. and Mrs. Havemeyer. whose
fortunes represent the great American
sugar interests, and Mr.. w. b. Henderson
Of Boston.
All the great hotels, such as the Savoy,
the Cecil, the Carlton Claridge's tho Rus
sell and the Great Central, are crowded
with Americans.
Many millionaires had the forcthought to
engage apartments months In advance
Others. who ind themselves without ac-
comodation, are offering fabulous sums for
suites with bath
Even the Bloomsbury district where num-
srous embryo millionaires lodge, realize
that this is to be a record year for Ameri-
cans, and hurried preparations are being
made to provide extra sleeping accomods-
tions at most OF the large boarding houses.
Picture Dealers curio dealers and book
sellers see a prosperous season ahead. The
old furniture industry is already boom
ing, and It is believed that this years out
put OF antique" Chippendale chairs for
American export will break all records at
the midland factories
There will be many kinds OF mlllonaires
in London In the next few weeks. Fash
ionable millinery and dressmaking estab-
lishments are already executing orders for
American millionalresses. who are buying
in London and less in Paris every year.
Even the cable companies will profit
| greatly by the invasion. for all Of these
millionaires who have made their money
overnight, would not consider a trip to
Europe enjoyable unless they could con-
duct their financial operations by cable.
There will be many personally conducted
tours, In which the gentle "school-marm'
from the New England states will pre-
dominate. School marms Of the pie bolt''
have only one ambition. and that Is to
do" England, the home OF their ancestors