Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
FOLKS ON TRAVEL BENT
MuItitudes of American Tour
lists Throng All Europe.
MANY ~OTHERS ON THE GO
No Longer Social Crime to Midsum-
mer in London.
NUPT1AL CHIMES RING MERRILY
Numerous Fashionable Affairs-very
Dry in Hyde Park, Mean
ing the Grass.
NUPT1AL CHIMES RING MERELY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

and, conversely, this promises to be a rec
ord season in the matter of foreign travel.
Tourist agents are agreed that they have
seldom, If ever, known so many people to
go abroad on holiday. To Switzerland the
exodus has been especially heavy, but
Paris, Normandy, Brittany and Norway
have all done fat trade out of the tour
ist especially as one can get a week end
return ticket to Paris for S4.35. In fact.
nearly anybody can go to- Paris now, and
increasingly large numbers of French peo-
pie come here.
A few years ago you could not be guilty
or a greater social sin than to be seen in
London in august. People who. for one
reason or another. had to remain in the
metropolis lived in the back rooms of
their houses. the blinds carefully drawn in
front, and they stole in and out in guilty
consciousness of a social enormity. Two
friends meeting apologized one to the
other for being In town, and in profuse
terms explained the accident"
Ever since the coronation year. however,
1t has ceased to be sin to be found in
London during the eighth month; indeed.
driving about In the park Of an afternoon.
The queen and her daughter have been
taking the air and driving in as much
state as though it were the middle of
June. Princess Victoria's party at EarTs
Court, too, was, by all accounts, as great
a success as II 1t had come off six weeks
earlier.
Peers Son Marries.
The fashionable wedding list Of the
month has been fairly long one-headed.
too, by that Of a peers son. OF all days
Lord Haddo selected Bank holiday for his
marriage. At some Of the best hotels the
American millionaire 10 nearly as preva-
lent as he was in May. BY the time next
August is here 1t will clearly be the
thing" II you want to be ultra smart, to
dwell in modern Babylon for that month
But though 1t may be true OF section
Of society that 1t no longer considers it
a social solecism to be seen in London
during August, the tendency to get away
to the seaside and the country earlier In
the summer than is now the custom is
growing among the classes that have 10
perform their usual round under the try
ing climatic conditions Of this month.
It is now almost certain that parliament
will in future always rise at the end OF
July and that autumn sessions VIII
shortly become permanent part OF the
parliamentary system rms example VIII
he followed and it is now said that next
wear the law courts will suspend their
sittings at the same time, to meet again
early in October 1t is not only that the
lawyers themselves object to remain IN
town until the middle of August, but the
greatest difficulty is experienced IN nnolhg
juries and in procuring the services OF
witnesses, all of whom wish TO De with
their families, wherever they may De.
Still. one cannot say that as yet the IDEA
of being in town in August has exactly
'caught on" as cluband and the west End
generally are. deadly dun. Inc ciups ar are
empty. and the Travellers and Junior Carl
ton. usually busting with life, might TO-DAY
be deserted mansions in Herculaneum OF
Pompeii The charm of Pan Mail, OF
course is in the season. Then stroii
tbroneh the famous and quantity named
thoroughfare brings you into literal touch
with half the celebrities of Europe-prlnces,
ambassadors archbishops, peers statesmen
A,,1 1ci6
is better than being on the curb or on the
doorstep.
HYDE Park a Wilderness.
Az for HYDE Park. it is a parched wilder
ness. its grass the color Of hay, its hy-
drangeas dropping forlornly and its myriad
seats unoccupied. The Serpentine dogs
wait in vain for people to come along and
throw sticks into the water for them to
swim after the tea garden walters are
listless persons who ponder over the prop
lem of feminine capacity for ices Even the
ubiquitous American cannot make tne
place look aught by dreary ana deserted
He Tolls about with his family or he drives.
in hired coup& but of himself he cannot
make the great parade which is the Ssht
of the season. NStors and broughams pass,
but it is too evident that in many cases
their occupants are merely my lords butler
and my Iady's parlor maid making the most
of their opportunity while my lofd ana my
lady are doing the cures or the moors.
Many of the thousands of our country
people. who come here yearly will be glad,
am sure, to learn that at last London IS TO
have hotel where tips" are to be aboi-
ished. 1t is the new Piccadllly Hotel, now
being built on the site of the old st. James
restaurant in Piccadlly, which is to follow
the lead of the Popular Cafe opposite by
abolishing tipping. There is no doubt that
the absence of tipping has condueed to the
objection of the public to this pernicious
system will also insure prosperity for the
new hotel.
that it is impossible to abolish tipping is
proved to be entirely groundless by the
practice at the great clubs. TIPS are for
hidden at all the best clubs, and should any
servant be seen accepting a gratuity 1T in
sures his instant dismissal. The tipping
member too, will be made to feel that his
fellow-clubmen resent his conduct, and
should he persist in it he will probably be
informed by the secretary that it would be
well for him to conform to the rules or seek
another sphere for his generous instincts
1t may be said that the annual Christmas
box is in the nature of a tax upon the men,
berS 1t is, however, not compulsory to
subscribe to this fund; and the stories that
are told of the revenge taken by walters
and attendants on notwithstanding MEM
bers are, 1 suspect, entirely mythical.
Moreover, there are few men so churlish as
to decline to give a little recognition to a
club attendant at Christmas time for any
little attentions ne may nave received
throughout the year.
Will Open Christmas.
The hotel, which will cost some 81 10000
and will be ready for opening about Christ
mas next year, will possess some rather I'M
usual architectural features. The upper
floors will be recessed with coupled col
umns and a long, handsome colonnade, and
on the top of the building there will be a
large terrace, following the American fash |
ion, open-to the sky, where visitors may |
promenade. take luncheon or dine. The |
building will be set back twenty-eight feet |
from the present street shop frontages, |
making the width of Piccadilly eighty feet. |
In the near future portion of the Circus |
and adjoining property will be demolished, |
and the London county council will seize |
the opportunity to set back the new build |
ing line so that the thoroughfare will have |
a uniform width. with certain exceptions, /
from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Cor
ner The widening scheme was assisted |
by the office of works, which. to relieve the |
congestion of traffic near the park, gener- |
ously threw into the roadway consider |
able slice of the Green Park.
Extensive Building.
American visitors to London this wear