The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-09
LONDON STEPPED.
r. IN WAR SPIRIT
Everywhere One Goes About
British Capital He is Re-
minded Of Conflict

Z LONDON, October 25--(Correspond.
enee Of The Associated Press) 80 Can
yon get away from the war in Lon.
don't is often asked by Americans in
private letters cor is it everywhere
in the forefrontf1' sst .
In answer il, can truthfuHy be said
that II would be a most thoughtless in.
dividual who could forget the war in
London. While the mourning dresses
are not SO numerous as i'm Paris, where
Il seems as If two.thirds of the women
are gowned in black, they are increas.
ing here as the British death roll
lcngthens, But the war is ommpresent
in countless manifestations.
There has been no" society,"" as it
was known before the war, for more
/ than a year. Even the dinner party
and, the theater party have passed
away, except those of the most infor
nal character. More than half the men
in the stalls at the. theatres are In
Khaki and onlyg,a few, OF the women
with them wear evening gowns.
Incidentally the theatefs are one by
one putting on revues. the demand be
ing altogether for trivialities and not
dramatic excellencies, as relief from
the strain. The men on leave or those
about to start for the front care only
for amusement Of the ightcst charac.
ter and go only where they can smoke
As q result there are more revues and
more and more theaters permitting
smoking in London than ever before
The shops tell of the national turn
ing away from Injuries. An American
woman says the Bond,street Jewellers
will allow one almost to fix his own
price, and the fashionable DRESSING king
establishments are either closed or de
voting most of their small stats ia
mourning or street dresses.
One lucky class are the photograph
ers. The cheaper studios are rushed
to keep up to their orders for photo
graphs for passports while the Others
say every officer evidently is obliged
to leave his picture with ALI his rela
tives and friends and to take away
with him photographs of them. Thi,
makes business brisk, and as a rule the
Enplishman is not inclined to have
many pictures of himself taken.
Tn the shop windows are the "rolls
of honor the list of employees of the
''S'dpiloH"tHI WHO nave hIFtduy uttu
The railways have these in the wait
ing rooms of their stations and even
the theaters are beginning to show
these lists. Incidentally if there is Il
male chorus the programs contain an
apology in the way of an explanation
that none of them are eligible for mill
taTy service.
As for the daily papers il Is hardly
an exaggeration to say that they pub
'i"h nothing that does not directly OF
indirectly relate to the war. Here and
there Is paragraph or two that it il
not fair to classify as relating to the
war, but 1t is consequently in an out
Of'the-way corner as if it were a mere
spaee-iiller. The "sniall ads" continue
their stories of wars effects. Here
are three from a, single issue of the
times:
+" Young Officer, leaving again for the
front, is anxious TO meet someone who
will guarantee his mother and invalid
sister the nccessaries of life while
away"
"Gentleman, ruined through war and
about to join Army, would be glad ia
meet gentlefOlk willing TO adopt two
little sons in event of being killed.
Anxious. -
"0wner will lend old manor house
furnished, in Midlands, for six months
to British, French or Belgian officers.