Evening journal., 1907-06-13
WHAT'S What
In LONDON
Miss Sue |. Fountain Writes
Of Happenings in That
Metropolis

Miss Sue l.. Fountain. former Del
aware girl. writes entertainngly from
London to The Evening Journal. II
is q hodge-podge letter, mailed week
ago. touching on subjects of interest
in dear old Lunnun." Miss Fountain
was born in Dover ana was educated
at the Friends School i'm this city
She is now connected with a large
publishing house in London, and has
made her mark IN the literary world
Before she went to London she was
engaged in literary work in New York.
Miss Fountain is known personally to
many Delawareans, who doubtless
viii read her letter With interest. il
being as follows:
The loveliest thing in London this
week has been the Flower Show in the
Gardens Of the Middle Temple off the
Strand. Every body went to see,
there We're crowds OF people Almost
anywhere else. even at an animal show
the spectators afford a certain amount
of pleasure and amusement to one an,
other But at tho flower show
the show is the thing and OF an rhe
show. the orchids. The orchids are the
aristocratis. the cultivated. the highly
individualized class of horticultural
society Poses and tulips, however
beautiful, seen in great masses. there.
are masses; the orchids. myriad in
number, are stlll individuals, exquisite
~ distinguished ana interesting. And
the more one looks the more interest
ing they are. and it is easily to be
understood what a Fascinating fad the
cult Of the orchil must be. Appalling
l. expensive. too-Derhaps that is part
Of the fascination. A man pointed
out one little plant with a modest
spray of starry blossoms. that being
the only one Of its kind i'm existence
had Just been sold for a thousand
pounds. There were wondarful tulips
siant heeonias and dwarfed trees
which the Japanese had Kept i'm minia-
ture for two hundred o1d years. A
great group Of clustering rambler roses
dehed the COURAGE and color box o.
an adventurous artist to reproduce it,
/ saw one trying to do it. He had
set himself down in tho midst of the
crowd and worked patiently despite
discouraging comments.
Besides the joy it is 10 ones eyes q
visit TO the flower show strengthens
one faith TO believe what one sees
The new and marvellous blossoms ther,
make flowers I'm the women's hats seen
/ possible except perhaps gray roses
! (there was gray iris there). Millinery
blooms with such lots OF strange bios
SONS this spring. English women Low,
to wear them, and are blessed witt
/ complevions to bear the color. The
shops are filed with lowered hats
and all the shops in London ar,
beautiful now. ready baited for tn,
J American shopper. The enterprisinf
people show alluring goods in IN,
, windows, with prices marked large II
American dollars and cents below th'
English pounds and shillings
Very many Americans too are ex.
pected to make good the money an,
effort expended in producing the his
| torical pageants becoming so popular
a summer Dastime among old town.
of England. These out-of-door per
forniances are surely the most delight
ml expressions of the modern zeal foi
relating the past and advertising IN,
present elories of places. St. Albani
and Bury ST. Edmunds have each ar
ranged for an elaborate display to las
! for several days in the month of July
and Cook reports their booking.
/ among Americans TO he already yer,
/ heavy In this connection an amus
/ ing controversy has been going on con
/ corning the impersonation Of Lad,
/ Godiva. In one pageant this legend
ary lady is to appear in the fesl
whether i'm anything more than that
and what is the question.
Certain newspapers seek to enliyeI
! by discussions of whether or not wo
men visitors are welcome in men.
| clubs, and vice-versa. Anybody VIII,
likes is having his say. and in tn,
multitude Of counsel there is at leas
4 the wisdom OF permitting every one tC
relieve his mind on thes ubject, whicl
is in itself great wisdom. Then each
one win go on doing as he or she likes
even as they did before.
More serious than ,his is the dis.
cussion Of the workings Of justice. IT
several notable cases recently befor,
the courts and sharp words are fiyin,
about the head Of Mr. Herbert Glad.
stone, the Home Secretary. because OF
his decisions I'm two sensational Grim.
inal cases recently Whereas tw,
months ago he commuted the death