The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-18
AMERICANS WILL
 REMAIN IN LONDON Lady Suffolk, Long a Hotel Dweller to Take a House WANTS TO GO TO FRONT Tony Asquith, Prime Ministers Son, Tries to Enlist Despite His Youth.
 Patriotic Society-Maids Off,
 fer to Scour Floors
WANTS TO GO TO FRONT
By LADY MARY

London, November 14.-(Specfa1.)
 London seems to be the capital of the
 world for the moment, and for, once
 there are scarcely enough houses in
 the desirable quarters to meet the
 want. The house agents are doing a
 roaring business as from all parts
 distinguished and interesting foreign
 CTS, not to mention all British society
 and Americans by the score, seem to
 be settling down for the moment.
 Grosvenor Square houses, mostly in- habited by American millionaires. show many signs of life--a thing un- precedented in the annals of London,
 Americans having nothing short of a horror of town in November.
 I hear Lady Suffolk is going to have a town house at last. She keeps a suite of rooms all the year round at Ciaridge's so she has come to the con
 clusion she might as well have pied
 ccterre of her own now that she is con-
 stantly in London.
 Young Asquith Wants to Enlist Tony Asquith ran away the other day to enlist. His governess missed him, promptly gave the word and in a few minutes the would-be young war rior who, 1t seems, has since the be- ginning of the war been threatening to become soldier Right enough he went to the recruiting headquar- tcrs where quite eloquently he ex- piained his mission and gave his name l Indeed it was telephone message from there that informed his mother of his whereabouts. the sergeant in charge having the tact to keep the boy until
 he was fetched by Mrs. Asquith as the | orly person likely to be able to get him away. This is not the only adven- l tare Mrs. Asquith had this week. As she was going round one evening to | spend an hour with the trees, her automobile ran on to the pavement in | the dark and knocked down young | soldier and a girl. Mrs. Asquith was
 profuse in apologies and, believe, in compensation.
 Governesses and mothers have their l hands full at present watching all the small boys who seek an opportunity of stealing out to enlist. I met a poor little nursery governess almost crazy the other morning having lost her charge aged seven, whom she would | have 1t had gone to enlist They're all doing it." she said. You can't leave them out of your sight for five
 minutes but they are trying to find a recruiting station" In LOndOn society last season there was no young man more to the fore than Sir Richard Sutton. who has been
 badly wounded, his injuries including
 the loss of two fingers. If ever man
 had money to burn it is Sir Richard his property in London Including 6
 nice slice of Piccadilly and Mayfair
 The Junior Naval and Military club called the 'In and out" because these
 words stand so conspicuously to lnti- mate the directions for vehicles to take in the courtyard, is his. mansion which brings in a sum of several thou sand pounds a year. Willing To Be Ward Maids
 | Several of the society girls who find they cannot do nursing because oi "nerves' or too much emotion say they
 gre quite willing to become ward maids | if only they will be allowed to go tc the front. for in no circumstances will | they be permitted to take up Red Cross | work unless they are thoroughly quail. fled and have passed the examination ! in connection with even the lowest ! branch, stringent law made py Lord
 Kitchener. Among society girls now