The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
SIDELIGHTS ~ EU ROPE.
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suit in London il designated a. a 'lounR'
suis. and in each 81 the principal hotel
II "A large room with sofas and egsv chain
designated as lounge There are I
number 81 small hotels that do not adver
tise. hut derive their patronage from thOs'
who are attached to their comfort anC
desire the kind Of attention that j. not al
ways ohtainAble in the great ho-telrie-
This all indicates the Englishman's love
Of comfort. and To the tourist in England
comfort Is perhaps the prevailing note.
The oysters served on the half shell
are small they coat from 81 Tn 81 80 q
dozen, and in some places are accom-
panied by a small printed card which
contains the name Of the brand. a GER
titioate Of the place where they were
grown and assurance that they have been
specially selected II il said that NJ a
restaurant an American once ordered
sweet potatoes and got Saratoga chips
sprinkled with sugar At least one
Of the noted restaurants serving table
d'h0te dinner darkena the room at ~
o'clock or thereabout and displays a
series 81 motion pictures for the enter
tainment Of the guests. After the theatre
one Saturday evening in the restaurant
where our coterie was having a small
supper the lights were put out before
tn. bill was paid and the waiter brought
a lighted candle 10 facilitate this essentia
ceremony This 10 both the law and the
custom in London which observs- sun
day more strictly than any other large
city on earth The lights in the res
taurants on saturday evening must he
put out at a quarter to twelve. and az
/ 0A..,- II t.ks
! Al the London theatre when the young
woman shows you To a seat she asks II
you wish a programme II you do you
( pay siSI~nce in the orchestra or dress
circle for programme handsomely
printed IN fine paper The price ranges
down through -thrppence' and -tup-
pence A. the galleries ascend, to a penny
in the cockloft The quality 81 paper and
the general artistic merit - the pro-
gramme declines with the price. hut sx-
actly the same Information ~ conveyed
for penny as for sixpence. The fastidi-
Gus theatregocr mi ght prefer to pay dime
for neat and simple programme rather
I than to have bulky bunch Of advertise
ments gratis A. in New York. but these
London programmes. although not so
thick ~ those ~ New York. are not
devoid 81 advertisements This gives
the purchaser the feeling that he -
being worked at both p. l. A lady re-
minds me. however, that programme in
New York theatre costs her ten cents.
as the smeary printing ruhs on on her
white gloves. the cleaning Of which costs
a dime.
The quality 81 tho performance AZ the
better London theatres certainly aver
ages no higher than that at similar thea
tres IN New York The music halls ar,
the resort OF the great middle class and
the still greater fair To- middling class
These ara great auditoriums with tier
on tier Of galleries the seating CAPACITY
ranging perhaps from 800 - SGp.
fellow American and myself wanted ="
60 20 "A music nall of the kind W. used
tn read about where hoodltyns ia the
galleries guy the performers and throw
things at them. whsre II a man should
appear in a top hat they would smash
IL down over has ears. We were directed
u shepherds Bush Empire. hut this was
ordcr!inezs its-lf The great alG,.. nee
was made up very largely u family par
ties that seemed to ENJOY heartily the
mediocre singing and dancing and Hat
one act So called farces. 4 call WAS made
at Scotland Yard for the purpose of ascer-
tanning where the real thing could he
found 4 policeman who had boxed the
compass % all London during his thirty
years service smiled at the inquiry and
replied. That KIND Of music hall il of
the past. We haven had any trouble
with them for many years. except that
at the close ~ the Boer war tho returning
soldiers livened things up a little But
II you arr really hunting trouble perhaps
you can find 1t II YOU will 60 up into the
gallery sotne Saturday n ght at the Surrey
In BIackfriars. or the Canterbury in West
minister road and then you might go out
u Wonderland In whitcchapel. where
they have the prizefghts
We took an automobile one Saturday
night and went u the Surrey and then To
thc Canterbury. and found the audiences
quite like that at shepherds Bush Empire 4
The only demonstration was enthusiastic .
aud prolonged applause and a rrady join
ing in Nv pretty much the entire audi
ence in the r-frnins of the topical songs
While on" singer who was 40 great "A
favorite that she had engagements 10
sing Ia two or three music halls at diff
ferent hours on the same evening WIS
keep tn" refrain Of her last song going
until shs reappeared Wonderland was
rud" wooden structure quite filed with
"A thousand or perhaps fifteen hundred
men. among whom doubtless were thugs
and thieves Two men were boxing with
gloves on an elevation in the ccntre Of
the baro room we'll played blow or
a bit Of vigorous fighting WINS received
with tumultuous ch"sring clapping Of
hands and stamping of feet that might
at times have become disorderly had
u not been for the half dozen or more
officers scattered through tho aisles
After watching half a dozen rounds Of
the bout We started 70 go Near the door
way the manager beckoned to a police /
man and asked him Tn $50 -tha-e gentIa-
men To their carriagp whether that
was for protection or simply "a courtesy
We did not know
Every Saturday afternoon ballad |
concert IL given in Albert Memorial Hall. /
and there is always a large audience To !
enjoy the singing of the tender songs Of |
the olden time. NJ well as new songs which
the music publishers who father the con- /
certs wish Ia introduce II IL n better !
FnafhnI than havin1 th.-,