Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
GETTING ENulGn TO EAT
fKOh rs 10 nj. PROBLEM

During all ar'nstic- week. 5he mos,
diihcu!t things 10 manage were .cttin.
anythinG 10 eat AT restaurants. and
SECURING seats at thcalurs and music
nails. The scenes at the fashioninl,
restaurants really bcrgar dcscriptiou
and II YOU had been SO lucky as TO en-
70 arise ivc minutes later than tac
nonr al when YOU said YOU required
IT., inc possibilijy OF waiting anoihc.
honr until somebody else had finished
WAS the only alternative that on, had
pclWecn gong away hungry. or moving
of 10 the quiet haven O! hpnl. wrf'T
no one seemed 10 wish to do during tlr
tc!eora IionS., !rop!c who probably l..d
never dreanf,.d .; going 10 restatir.,nt.
ana DehaNinG as II they Mere quite ont
OF their minds. all seemed 10 appear
ahu aud 10 the general confusion and
noise that rciencd cvcrywAcrc and
eNerEbody shook hands with everybody
quite irrespective Of whether thev
hnc% tacH othe: or not II was n
, monoeTini Wsek and PEOPLE did tho
nost ridiculous things Without seeming
70 realize that they We're at All oui
OF the ordinary.
one evening after a riotous nor
ioTnance n lHuSlc-han | divea in; ~
=; suh"ay station with some friends
"a o'o t 70 %No!d tremendous crush
Mt, , accadi'!y circus The station
piattorm was crowded. and the trains
100 ful! TO accommodate any more mas
sthEcrs We're Passing through wi,iour
stopping but The forty Or nv nnnJ,is
waiting on tho tunnc! platform ala ~,
WorFE about any such detail as tn:,i,
tnSE had their own amuscncnt4 Two
o' cnncer i9rined an orchestra. one Win
~ 49,! INA ana The other with /.
lnouth organ. and everybody :,t oDca
pr99Geeedeed 20 dance in an imp.ompiu
Dailroofn that surely was rhr nide,
that London had ever before rro,.iio,
Inc musicians seemed 70 Know ali H..
!atest rags from New YORK. alrhnupL
lpey happened 10 b" British To;nr,iss
ana IL was really great sport So
eral trains stopped and a fcu pass,,,.
gers got on and som" got on but H..
dancing still continued until IN
Candsmen were exhausted. and ,hr
dancers warm but happy Then cv.ry-
hod| took W collection for the band.
and at last got on board an incoming
train. after havin. spent the best nari
or an hour under tho most auluSiru
SlFcunstances IN this suht"rrancuu
dancing palace.
MANY AMUSING EPISODES
&C., OCCUR IN SOCIAL SET
! could III columns Win .a!es If
musIng episodes that occurred durf,r
iLondon's JOY week but dare say You
pratiohs ana your own experience Do
vas intensely amused wntn Vas
toid by pretty l'reuch girl a; pres
cnt living in London that Oh Inc Tncr.
day after that wonderful "TonS., :,
she. had been some what amb,rrosU.i
When as she was walking alcf.E I:.rrY,r
Pr wh,n French flag pinned on
HEr shouldcr she was surrounded D.
group of American. English and Fron,l
soiniers. who All Insisted upon shakin,.
hands win her. Some a,noor. ~.
s soiaer : spirits KISSED her ~itb mu"h
ed. she told me. 'Su, also s 1 ii,,iI
GLAD; ~ seemed so wonderful 4 thine
70 happen in quiet Old London" Nnrl
mat is just 1t. ''oId London" seems -
naSe become young London" latc!y
and the spirit OF youth mat has inf,y,,..i
US VIII do no harm in the future.
Our royalties are among tho biisI.s,
people in the Kingdom JUST now. M,
naem TO be here, there and cvciywhnr.
n2o one sees quito ordinary pcople
sAaking hands with the king and n,ir"r
ard receiving smiles and bows ana
ga !utes from princes ana princceras
Inst rs IL they also were among Tie
eyery-day folks There are ALWAYS
vas: crowds at UNEXPECTED places SURF
shaking hands with The King and Queen
Mary. Or the Prince Of Wales. while
T. really think these great ones OF the
oarth arc rather enjoying the happv-
Ee-lucky intimate touch into whicl.
they are coming with the people
7. The other afternoon when ] went "a
SecaIhe English version or .LAiglnn.''
IN, which Marie Lohr played the role
d