Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-25
LONDON TRYING
TO Be BOHEMIAN
Moral Reputation Of City Los
ing Money, So She's Bidding
Again for Tourists.

LONDON, July 25.-Aside from last
wear when the coronation, like a circus
rorade. attracted visitors from all direc-
tions London has reason to complain that
+he number of tourists visiting the city
eacb year is dwindling and those who are
Interested in the influx of foreigners anx
ions 10 get rid of their money have begun
"a look for the reason why London ap-
nears less attractive to tourists than
continental cities like Paris and Berlin
After many deliberations these people
most unwillingly have come to the result
that London is too dull, that 1t holds out
few promises Of amusement to visitors,
who do not like to be forced to go to bed
when the hour of midnight rings the cur
few bell and when gaiety begins in ear
nest in Continental cities.
If it had not meant an actual loss Of
money London would have liked to con-
tinue to pose as the most vtrtuous and
moral city in the world, where even
naughty foreign visitors were forced to
he good, but as the tourists evidently pre-
ferred to avoid imprisoning themselves
even temporarily in an incubatDP of NOR
ais 1t could probably not be considered
q deadly sin to give these people, who
7id not want to be good, chance to de-
bauch themselves in London, and so ex-
rerts were sent to Paris and Berlin to
find ont what kind of sinful amusements
seemed to attract the people most.
Cabaret the Proper Thing.
The experts returned some weeks ago
With the report that in both places GER
tain quaint and rather unconfortab BILE
cafes generally hidden in cellars or sheds,
and in which people talked to each other
without being introduced ard on the
whole acted very strangely, according to
English ideas, seemed to attract tourists
more than anything else after the hour
of curfew These places had all kinds OF
absurd and ridiculous names as 1.-The dead
rat" or "the gay rabbit" but on the
whole were known as cabarets.
# was then decided that Lorhon must
hava cabaret, a very Bohemian one,
whore manners and everything were to be
free and easy and where everyone pos
sessing true Bohemian spirit, and NOBODY
else. would be welcome. And as eV ry-
thing in London must be club, the Cab
aret club was formed and plstce called
"Tbe Golden Calf was opened, into
which YOU can not enter unles you pay
five glineas for being a member, thus
nroving yourself a true Bohemian.
So. London from now on is with Paris
and Berlin-it has its cabaret. Lon
doner went down there the other night
with the most optimistic expectations
People Very Uncomfortable.
1t was not easy to find the cave which
Is hidden in Heddon street, off Regent
street, of whose existence he had hith-
erto been hlissfully ignorant, but he noted
an open door and a rickety wooden stair
leading into unknown depths 1t was the
place, and strangely un-Londorgike did
II look. The iron Orders of the how cell
ing had been painted green and yellow
and an army of futurists had been turned
loose on the walls.
The floor was well filed with little
round tables and at one end level with
the floor was a stage with q blue curtain.
AS a tourist resort the place Isl so far
evidently a failure There were quite
few people in the audience, but single
glance told one could see they were Eng
fish. The men all looked as II they were
cooling a very hot potato in their mouths
and the women never once dared raise
their eyes from the floor. Then, oficourse,
they were all in evening dress for 1T was
not indeed after six in the evening.
Everything, however, was Bohemian
except the audience, and little Bohemians
on the stage toiled desperately for three
hours to soften the starch of the conVen-
tional BrtiSherS alltin vain.