The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-18

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until there Is not single hungry soul
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GENTRY AS GUIDES
London Plans to Furnish Sightseeing
Aids.
London, Nov. 18. - In musical
comedy now running in London and
New York various members of an
effete British aristocracy arc engaged
as the domestic servants of an Am
erican millionaire. Henceforth any
American who is able to pay from So
to IS day for the privilege will be
able to "hire" the services of some
Englishman or Englishwoman "of
good social position" If he wants
somebody to serve as his guide in
London.
This, at any rate is the ideal sought
by remarkable organization recently
formed by two British army officers,
Maj. Walter and Capt. Dennison
Adams. These gentlemen have got to-
gether q new corps Of guides. all Of
whom they guarantee as of blue blood
and good social standing and emin-
emily fitted to act as guides, mentors,
and friends, to whonsoever has need
| of their services. The men are drawn
exclusively from the ranks of army
and navy officers. or equivalent
Sources" to quote the circulars of the
association, while the women guides
are likewise highly recommendanble
in both birth and hreefljng
Speak Many Languages.
1--WE have men guides" said Capt.
Dennison Adams, "who speak most
European languages fluently, and who
are experts in all sports and pastimes,
from big game shooting to billiards.
Our lady guides are women who know
how to dress and where to do shop
ping, and what plays to see, and, in
fact, have all that knowledge of the
right things in social life which can
only be acquired by moving in good
circles. &~
I'VE shall not touch, and do not
want to touch. any such existing or
ganizations as Cooks guides. But you
will easily see how useful our people
will be. Parents want their children
taken to the Tower. or to a panto-
mime, by a lady in whose hands they
will be safe. A visitor of sporting
habits wants to get into the English
hunting field. to go to race meeting
without being fleeced, to get into the
English sporting set Of the highest
| class. American and colonial visitors
want to go to the right hotels. the
best theatres, and to know something
of English society. Well, our guides
will do all that for them.
Our men have been specially train
ed. What they do not know about
! London is not worth knowing from
every point of view-social. histori-
/! cal, artistic, geographical-and they
are prepared to act as private Sec
retaries. companions or confidential
i friends, and to undertake every detail
which will relieve visitors of expense,
worry, and trouble. One lady, who is
g. countess in her own right, speaks
five languages"
Pokes Fun at Organization.
A good deal Of fun is being poked
at this highly meritorious organiza-
ton. A radical paper suggests that
it SHOULD lead to admirable results
unforeseen even by its promoters. If
an American lady wants to play a
good hand at bridge, one of the social
guides might teach her how to face
even dowager duchess with courage
I! and a cool head. If e. foreign gentle
man desires to be initiated into the
mysteries of poker, the scion of a
noble family would oblige him with a
series Of scientific lessons.
Dukes who have been ruined by the
! nd
to their talents. The younger sons of
peers will, by enrolling themselves in
the guides, meet rich American heir
ces. Colonial pork packers and 9TH
ers may become paying guests In old
ancestral mansions, where they may
who are poor but honest. Rich par
venus will be able to get easy les
sons in the etiquette Of high life from
people who are to the manner born.
The doors of Mayfair will be opened
to them 'on moderate terms by guides
provided with latch keys. Our Eng
lish aristocracy, threatened by this
nasty wave of socialism, may econ
omize their resources by giving pri-
vate exhibitions Of the customs and
habits of the smart set.
Undoubtedly there will be rush
for enrollments in the social guides.
We may expect to see beautiful peer
esses waiting at Charing-cross to
meet the boat trains, and ladies of
high degree conducting parties from
Chicago over Westminster Abbey and
Nine. Tussaud's. Young bloods late
of the guards. will be found lunching
at the Savoy Expenses paid) with
daughters of copper kings. Retired
generals who once led our armies to
victory will now be found leading our
colonial cousins to Victoria station.
Indeed, the service of the London So
cial guides suggests all kinds Of hap
py possibilities which will increase
the pleasure of our visitors and put
moderate fees into the pockets Of q
deserving class"