Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-06

Square and the Haymarket. Best
location in tow yet the cheapest
Meals are also cheap.
London is the most messed up,
chopped to pieces, unfathomable
maze I've ever seen. I've prided N.Y.
self finding my way round numerous
American cities, but / give up on
this one. 1t is hopeless. | carry
map and refer to it constantly New
York is up in the air London is
spread out. don't believe there is
an eight story building here But
those that are here have architecture
in them and look like something.
| have seen the Houses of Parlia-
ment, Westminster Abbey, Bucking-
ham Palace, The Pail Mall, the
Bridges, Trafalgar Square and one
or two other places. | am going
! back to examine them more closely
before I go and will tell you about
them then. | saw them in rather
rambling way yesterday.
| | am struck with the number of
disabled men I see. These people
! bore the burden of the war. Dis
abled men are everywhere, beggars
and rich men alike. ] have been to
two or three theaters. We sat high
up and it did not cost US much. By
the way, they have four galleries or
/ levels in all, instead of our three.
You should see the crowds gathering
to go in the pits, section of the
heaters where first come, first are
served though reserved seat. They
start gathering at 6 o'clock for all 8
o'clock shows and form lines block
or so long, three or four deep.
The English have US beat ] believe
on acting. Their stars are marvel
Gus. But we certainly have them
beat on music and the like. | have
not heard a decent piece of jazz
since | have been here and the other
music is not pretty. Besides most
of their music is American hits.
The most striking thing to me
about the theaters is the serving OF
tea between the cast at the afternoon
performances and coffee at night
The automobiles here are the most
measley, ugliest, smallest looking
things you ever saw, except their
first class cars and they beat ours.
The Rolls Royce is beauty and you
see a good many. They still honk-
honk their horns. 1t sounds funny.
Of course. you know they all run to
the left. nearly got run over once
looking to the right for passing cars
| A London paper published a pic
ture of us but l don't know just
which one and, when. | will try to
find out and send it to you.
The weather today has been cloudy
and rainy as I have always heard 1t
was.
Mock is from Cleveland. He is a
fine fellow; makes more acqualnt-
ances than anybody l ever saw. A
waiter. a waitress, cop, newsboy,
a duke, a lord, a girl, it makes no
difference to him. He goes right
ahead and asks or says what ne
pleases. He has a head full of sense
and is up on every subject He got
an up-to-date American paper yester-
day and I thought he would eat it up.
We got along fine.
The service you get every where is
remarkable and they "sir" you all
over the place.
The Y. NJ. C. A. had dance last
night here and we went for little
while. These girls (or the ones l
saw can't dance as well as our girls
I've heard this since I've been here.
the girls themselves even say 1T. the
| men seem to look upon all women as
their interiors in every way and are
quite boresome. The girls like the
Americans because they treat them
more as on their level. I've watched
men at the theaters with girls and
they all look bored to death, The
girls do their best to entertain their
eeo~rts but the men seem to make no
effort.
i've never in nv life seen such
color as these girls have. Their
cheeks are rosy red always and not
sneck Of painJ 90 ron see-hardly
any on the stage even. They all
dress sensibly, too. There is a
strong feeling against them by the
men. however, because they haye tax
en- the mems jobs. But some how.
thew don't seem to me to nave the
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