The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-18
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to Shed Coats

LONDON England's most re-
markable summit ~ half n century
is drawing to a close. Two or three
such summers and ice crcam par-
Tors would blossom on every corncr
EaEi!shmea would YEA Palm Beach
suits. instead Of staring NJ them IN
wonder, rcfrigcrators would appear
In every home. ana John Bull would
take to drinking Ice water like a
civilized person, instead ~ making
the obtaining Of any drinking water
mt all n problem that would BATTLE
a Sherlock JFNmcs.
For England hos had n comfort
ably hot summer. Enrihnd mas sur
fcred. Americans In England have
reveled IN the sunliEht. lived In
yomfort ana chortlcd at the diatom-
fort OF their Engliah friends.
For years lmmemoriai the Ems
1ishman has pulled the leg ~ his
American friond for freezing In eng
lands summer time This year the
tables have turned. Tho Nnnk has
twitted John nuli for swcltoring IN
what has really been-cNccptinE for
a few days - really comfortable
warm weather.
The newspapers have given John
some solace. Hardy travellers who
have vcnturcd into Americas heat
belt, In the Vicinity Of Forty-sccond
street and Broadway, wrote back
almost daily to the press. giving
melting accounts OF a much hotter
land.
Actually Removed Coats.
The heat has had its rccompcnse
for the EnEllFhmam lie IL an out
door animal, AS far Ms his weather
will permit. He has never before
had 40 much perfectly ueoblc out
doors. For months not n drop OF
rain fell, Never was ~ much ten
mis- and cricket and golf played
Never was the Thamcs-from the
point OF view OF amusement the
most used" river In the world-eo
constantly encountered with pleas
ure craft.
The A-mcricnnizing OF the island
d. continued. Folks who hadn't the
slightest idea how Ice cream was
made, who hardly knew whether 70
Yves made from milk or water.
bought freczera, Then followed dip
fomatic advances to tho "fishmon-
ger" The fishmongcr became n
man OF importance, to be smiled
upon. Folks wanted Ice. whether
they had freczerB-"ice machines"
they call 'om-or not, English poo
. pie actually were wanting ice. You
have 10 live In England TO under
6tnnd the marvel OF II,
There s"upcrvened OF course. an
ice famine. Something always super
vcnes In England Mt the time one
wants something the most.
Furthermore. the English, who
have no front porches or back ones.
for that matter. began 10 talk OF
different kinds OF housea -- Ameri-,
can style, specially designed for thr'
hot months.
Crop- su~ffer--Sports Thrive.
E~ngliahmen actually took OFF
their coatsl Sometimes even In their
offices. Nothing short Of Il miracle.
this.
The reverse side OF tho medal was
the crop and the gardens. Crops
suffered badly, OF course. This
meant money and concern 10 the
farmers. but the state OF the gar
dens meant something to everybody.
For. when Il isn't ralning-bctwcen
showers, as II were-England lives
in It's back garden, which IL. prop
erly speaking, its front garden, for
the houses face backward, dining
room and perhaps "smoke.run" In
front but drawing room facing the
garden.
London, n city Of greenery ana
blossoms, became scared and brown.
There was, az course. a water fam
me: IN many parts the water pipes
yielded TO the turn OF the tap only
during n certain part NJ the day,
while everywhere II was against the
rules or tho water companies To use
q hose.
Herculcan efforts were made TO
Keep the gardens green, but II was
useless. England IN drifting into
indian summer, already taking on
the colors OF fall.
nngRgV. a.. .....t-
England, on the whole. has liked
IT'S sample Of American summer
weather very much. It's helped
John Bulls play. and play Is an
equal partner with work hcreabouts
or perhaps IA majority stakeholder.