Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-23
EVIDENCES or WAR
EVERYWHERE IN LONDON.
Seems az. If Two thirds of the Women
Are Gowned in Black.

London. Oct 23.-"Can you get away
from the war in London2" lis often
asked by Americans in private letters.
-Or /. is everywhere in the forefront %
IN answer t,can truthfully be said
mat II would be a most thoughtless
individual who could forget the war IN
London While the mourning dresses
are not so numerous as in Paris, where
II seems as IL two-thfrds of the women
are gcwned in black. they are in
creasing here as the British death roll
lengthtns. But the war is omnipresent
IN countless manifestations
Ifere has been no society as II
was known before the war. for over a
Year. Even the dinner party and the
theatre party have passed away ex-
cept those OF the most informal char
acten More than halt the men in the
stalls at the theatres are In khaki and
only few Of the ladies with them
wear evening gowns.
Incidentally, the theatres are one by
one putting on revues. the demand be-
Ing altogether for trivialities and not
dramatic excellencies. as a relief from
the strain The men on leave or those
about TO start for the front care only
Tor amusement OF the highest character
and go only where they can. smoke. As
result, there are more revues and
more theatres permitting smoking in
London than ever before.
The, shops tell Of the national turn
Ing away from luxuries.- An American
woman says the Bond street jewellers
viii allow one almost TO tx his own
price. and the fashionable dressmaking
establishments are either closed or de-
voting most OF their small stats &c
mourning or street dresses
One lucky class are the photogra-
pners- The cheaper studios are rush
ed to keep up TO their orders for pho
tosrsphs for passports. while the 9TH
ers say every officer evidently Is
Obliged to leave his picture with all his
relatives and friends and to take away
with him photographs OF them This
makes business brisk. and as a rule
the Englishman is not inclined to have
many pictures of himself taken
In the shop windows are the rolls
| of honor"-the list OF employees Of the
/ esta bliShment who have already died
The railways have these in the waiting
rooms of their stations, and even the
| theatres are beginninfl to show these
lists Incidentally II there Is a male
chorus. the programmes contain ar
/ apology in the way Of an explanation
i that none Of them are eligible for mill
! tary service
/ rs for the daily papers. It is hardly
an eyaggeration to say that they pub
/ lish nothing that does not directly OF
indirectly relate TO the war. Here and
/ there is a paragraph or two that II i,
not fair to classify as relating to the
Il
| of-the-way corner, as IL IL were a mer.
space-filler. The. small ads .continu,
| their stories of wars effects. Here are
Shree from a single issue of the Times:
Young officer. leaving again for tn,
front. Is anxious to meet someone whS
| win guarantee his mother and invaliC
sister the necessaries OF life whil'
4 away
Gentleman. ruined through war, and
| about to Join army, would be glad Il
meet gentlefolk willing TO adopt two
little sons in event Of being killed
Anxious" r,t
! Owner win lend old manor house
furnished. in .Midiands. for six months
to British. French o. Belgian officers
French Want Jap Submarines,
Toxic. Oct. 93.-According to Toxic
newspapers. France has approached
Japan with proposition to take ovei
two submarines which the japanese
government ordered at French ship
yardg before the outbreak Of the war
Only the Question OF price remains e
be settled ..-.