Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-28
INVASION OF LONDON
ON EARLY THIS YEAR
Tourists Pleasures CurtaiIed,
However, by Activity of
the Suffragettes.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON. May IL, 1918
The invasion of London has begun a
little earlier than usual this year The
other day. III the National Gallery. sam
oes OF most kinds of English people. ex-
cept LOndoneIs. We're found Half an
hour in the one of the show places would
correct the delus on about the standard
zation of clothes England does not dress
All alike yet-the gallery was full OF cos
tunes of cut and color never seen in
London except when the season brings
the country to look at us.
The foreign stream has set in steadily.
Americans have begun their summer in
vasion already, as they know that Eng
land is best in May or June. and COM
pact little reg.I ents of Germans were
patrolling the rooms. each sightseer
ciasping Baed' ker in its leather cover.
and Frenchmen with blue Joannes were
hardly less numerous The noble gale
ries housing the Brit sh School. opened
about year az seemed to be a new
pleasure to most tourists and the reRu-
latiOn which foi YOU to give up sticks
or umbrellas a, the door was new and
no, welcomed Is this Al pr 1tea Ion
more embitte ed feeling against the
militants than To find some of our choic-
est IONS secu. ely Gagged away from view.
Tourists Pleasures Curtailed.
Londonels and London visitors have to
thank the suffragettes for a serious cur
tailment OF their pleasures ii present.
Because of the fear Of outrages by the
women. the ord chamberlain has closed
the parts of Windsor Castle. kensington
Palace and Hampton Court usually
shown to the aubiic. We can still pass
through Ham, on Court to the garden
and the maze. 1T the great hall and the
picture gallei:es are closed. We can ST IL
see the most i..:-ric parts of the Tower
but the level Dom IS locked up lest
some feminine .mitator of Col. Blood
should try TO deat ~ the regal!a Blood
whom history Si. .tts of trying 10 steal
the crown jewel, al the instigat:on of
Charles III. VINO m we'll have wished to
pawn them. did lii lie harm beyond dou-
bling up the scepter. But the wild women
might blow up the whole treasury. and
its guardians do not intend to give them
the chance.
Luckily they cannot blow up Hamp-
stead Heath or Richmond Park. and Lon
duns workers will still be free to enjoy
then se,xes there If the weather allows.
But at Kew the lighthouses are closed
against all ordinary visitors, the Turner
water colors in the basement of the Tate
Gallery cannot be seen. the china loan
sington Museum are locked up. and no
body is permitted to climb to the whs
pering gallery at ST. Pauls. Such
strictons are really very annoying, and
the news of them is certain to keep
some OF the Americans from staying at
all in London this summer Per contra,
the police have succeeded in getting two
more public halls closed to the suffra-
gettes, but that is poor consolation.
Hyde Park Recovering Glory.
Hyde Park is recovering something of
its old glory-a glory which threatened
to pass with the passing of the horse
drawn carriage. BY her early morning
rides in the park, Princess Mary has
brought back the tide of fashion To the
Row, and the bright spring mornings
have prompted dozens of society people
To try the novel joys of an openair
breakfast in the park. During the last
few days the early hours of the morn