Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-26
LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS
At PREMIUM IN LONDON
British Metropolis Crowded by Tens
Of Thousands OF Visitors
From Everywhere.
DOMESTIC HELP is SCARCE
Women Accustomed to Regular
Hours Decline to Take Service
Where Their Hours Are Indefinite.
Grand Duke Michael Has Job.
BY LADY MARY.

BY LADY MARY.
LONDON, January 25.--London is
filled full to overlooking. People who
ICONS For hoidsy ime o were II Hopetoss
Jar as transient living accommodations
or soprse The fac. +, That sa;I large mum
Condition Of things, and When this fac,
is taken into c1nsideration.s together
that are, CONSTANTS. arriving for, bust
ness and pleasure. the congested state
s slno r her SpTpe be in
thousands u soldiers are being sent
and Far East, who must Of necessity
make make n heel,ing place or JUNCTION, or
own. near OF. distant homes:
AT any rate. we are FUN up" and
Of can be ng ans S
n aSf e esiss. 'n"' practically do
Everybody who happens to have one
relations or friends must, in tho name
else foreed to sleep On "a Billiard hiiHpi pP Fable.
or IN bathroom at some hotel. whose
abie 10 be hskS sno snd or ami
mediation at an eSorbitant price.
RITZ oVERFLOwISG
Ar LUNCH TIME
the other day. and found the place sim
ply OVERLOOKING with people. All sorts
o % unexpected rooms as we'll as the
ballroom on the foor below 'i have ,;e" been sen
turned into annexes to TIT dining
! am told that the management no
lS raEE. lets suites OF dining rooms.
sosinnsaii ;hs sna Hs;sI sd
being now in use as bedrooms.
MI, In the principal dining-room 1 saw
pssaaee so,s fepast quite after the e good
Michael, of Russia. who. we are told.
Is perilously near to being hard up,"
n nnd who new earns a more or less mu-
,,;.s, ! noticed looking quite satisfied rssi
inE w ihf ThGsd nq, then he vas
saire Baron wernhcr's son a Year or
Me ds duke snd lis ff sm a., that the
ten ssnna III, !. tale. tale CeriajnIy their nstive
for Ramsnoiaf in these aah days habitat
sERhIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
AND WIFE WE'RE PATRONS
aa9iher Interesting table on the day
~ and Madame Slavko tiroui;ch. pe
IS now the Serbian Foreign Minister.
friends in London, Mndame A Grou it,H
ms the terrible wartimes in a" Ser ro
iis ant nnnio many couraseous and bril-
Red cross and Tie rassSs of with the
and tortured men and women Se"'eu
Am an2Sner very popular and charming
Serbian minister and his wife, wasLa tre
G Lave the wife Of Sir John Lavery.
SSns ein, our most dlstingnished Royal
ens OF t themes NEST nicturesquG and beau
eietW or SreS ,so;a women In London So
sne was wearing most thrilling dress
,ninSS ! Sori or tunic OF mole-colored
h go sf ,r. se pa.hss Is hGii"S stitched
81 sfeo ,no The knees with ! narrow band nd
tight 'o "sSinf, wniGh ten over a very
esored satin EEsS, e was % OF dpl sold
tnls hish.crowned toque of r "ee"
tissue Wiz WHY m oHsfd w' shss golden
r.eo punch Of black and guii and
,hat her l'n Slices orchids of and Noticed
s ssG rose-rsd heels and buckles of f" Gn!i
MRS. VERNON CASTLE
MAKES SOCIAL SUCCESS
20 nave made a consider ablc Social sn"H
orss ~ London She is 10 be seen
inr SWnTr e and no really smart ds ne,
.nh s'GTt! - complete without her I,r
SoWns are Immensely aGmirct nnd
S geis men stand in queues in order l."
down upon her program FOR All, i"inca
saw her or.e night last week nj tho
a HuyL Gdutooosfir Club wearing n Won
hg a tuniS OF hne black jc,. Win thig
inss. ana white stock
gran anot snscox AmerGan yho is having =
nusoand Is one OF tho sccretsrics ~ tSs
beautifully dressed, and sDnci, III,waSs
niscu her the other evening In = 49, -
Gne eoJd ,ac issue over 4 patticoat OF
=
s,r Enfilsh women. having triumpbantIv
ss,finSS!ized their freedom and thotyy
cn6Sanns pE voting on the dnv of H.
S Msrai election, seem to have bncnnno
fev.r OF ~, less the victimes OF a sort Of
Frequently charactorizes uanw on ~, Shy
ehcrsies Of the sex nm, ~ oi w.
IRE reisase OF women WHO hnya Nc ~, -,
lianinons Whr work Is their almos,
Tic service. ~" 70 tonnes
" has been stated b.. one cmpIoy,oer.
shc,hangt Thai not a aius!n' ,Sn ~,
ng employment had pnt dow" ~ ~.
The dav ' place as servant since
omen who have been acrns,o, - 81 ne "a.
ring nara during definite ho,rsu 80, ."
WI recreation during cous IL d, ~
situa tjioousH' VIII not consent TO ,nkc
hours Of work are VAGUE ar, | ,i' the
ttpeItF sun moro uncertain 'o"' I"
FoHMING "HousEHoLD
~ Inc royai borough of Esrsi,,'.,.
nIn puoitc'sp:r!tcd and sensii,l =, 80, toi'
IL ~ ehoeaHDring TO solve M. ,,r'p
..ri oy lhsusutaiine Wnai thay -,
ys ,ne household Orderly CornsI, So n.I
ee"' out TO work during csr
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