The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-16
CIVIC CLUB ADDRESSED
BY MAJOR ]. D. FULP

The ClVlc CluD neld one Oh lCS
most interesting meetings in recent
months at the home of Mrs. W. P.
Greene Thursday afternoon. Major
J. D. Fulp, superintendent of the Alb
beville schools, addressed the club,
his subject being "reminiscences of
London.
1t was thoroughly personal touch
that Major Fulp gave to his address.
He told of his experiences in the Brit
ish Capital during his five months
stay there, the customs he found, the
people he met, the places he saw and
the spirit in which he and other Am
ericans were received by the English
people.
After Major Fulp's address the
proper English atmosphere was pre-
served by tea and sandwiches. AL
together it was a very pleasant occa-
sion.
Some extracts from Major Fulp's
address follow:
"The habits and manners of edu-
Gated people are now so cosmopolitan
in character that little need be said
on English usages. The English
forms of politeness are, on the whole,
somewhat less ceremonious than those
prevalent on the Continent of Eu-
rope, and probably a shade less so
than those of America. Men do not
raise their hats to other men, as they
do in France, do not uncover in
shops, picture-galleries, nor always in
the restaurants and cafes. The after
noon is the proper time for formal
calls. The usual dinner hour is be-
tween 7:30 and $50. At fashionable
houses precedence is more or less OBJ
served in the order Of going in to
dinner. The tall hat has to a large
extent gone out of use,. except for
strictly formal occasions. Evening
dress is usual, but optional, in the
stalls and dress circles of the better
theatres and in dining at the fashion
able restaurants, like the Criterion,
Trocadero, or Regent Palace. High
necked dresses are quite in order at
any public dining or theatre. In all
hotels, when you take room, you
get bath, breakfast and shoe shine
included in the price you pay. Just
leave your shoes outside your room
door and you will find them elegantly
shined the next morning. (Only they
are not shoes, they are boots.) You
are expected to tip everybody you see
on leaving your hotel. The first floor
in England always means the second
floor in America. Of course every
body takes tea between four and five
in the afternoon. You may get an
excellent cup of tea and toast in hun
dreds of tea rooms all over the city
for tuppence ha'penny. (5c)
"The best known shops are on
Bond St., Oxfrod St., Regent St., and
Piccadilly. The largest department
store in London is Se!fridges, Oh Ok
ford Street. This store carries every
thing from bologna sausage to air
planes and is owned by Americans. A
former bookkeeper for Marshall
Fields in Chicago, was the instigator.
In Selfridge's may be found one of
the three soda fountains in London.
Even at this one they do not. know
how to mix soft drinks properly. Ice
cream is seldom seen and is "bob"
dish when you do find it. The shop
windows of London are marvellous
works of art. Even the rather con-
servative shops have elaborate win
dow dressings and especially just
before Easter are the displays of
feminine apparel in the West End
shop windows sufficient to break even
Rockefeller-if his wife and daugh-
ters like to dress up. Business is
suspended at one o'clock on Saturday
afternoons in West End; on Thursday
afternoons in the suburbs. The law
requires every shopkeeper to display
in conspicuous place roster of his
!erks and the afternoon each week
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