The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-14
HOTF|RST TIME,
BR|TONSREALLY
TAKE OFF COATS
American Weather Invades Eng
land Along With Yankee
Ice Cream.

| LONDON, Sept. 14.-England's most
remarkable summer of half a century
Is drawing to q close. Two or three
such summers and ice cream parlors
would blossom on every corner; Eng
lishmen would wear Palm Beach suits,
instead OF staring at them In wonder:
refrigerators would appear In every
home, and John Bull would take TO
drinking ice water like civilized per-
son, instead of making the obtaining
OF any drinking water at all problem
that would battle a Sherlock Homes.
England Suffers.
For England has had a comfortably
hot summer. England has suffered.
Americans In England have reveled
in the sunlight. lived in comfort and
chortled at the discomfort OF their
English friends.
For years immemorial tho English.
man has pulled the leg Of his Amer
| lean friend for freezing in Englands
summer time. This yeaS tables have
turned. The Yank has twitt cd John
Bull for sweltering In what has
really been-excepting for a few lays
really comfortable warm weather.
The newspapers have given John
some solace. Hardy travellers who
have ventured into Americas heat
belt In the vicinity Of Forty-second
/ street and Broadway, wrote back al.
most daily to the press. giving melt
| ing accounts Of much hotter land.
Actually Removed Coats.
|. The heat has had it's recompense
for the Englishman. He Is an out.
door animal, as far as his weather
will permit. He has never before had
so much perfectly disable outdoors.
For months not q drop of rain fell.
Never was SO much tennis and cricket
and golf played. Never was the
Thames-from the point Of view OF
amusement the most used river In
the world-so constantly encountered
with pleasure craft.
The understanding Of the island con.
tinued. Folks who hadn't the slightest
idea how ice cream was made. who
hardly knew whether II was made
from milk or water, bought freezers.
Then followed diplomatic advances
became a man of importance. to he
smiled upon. Folks wanted Ice.
Whether they had freezers-''ice ma
Chimes" they call 'em--or not. English
people actually were wanting Ice. You
have to live in England to understand
the marvel Of II,
There supervened, Of course. an Ice
famine. Something always supervenes
in England at the time one wants
some<ein the most.
Furthermore, the English, who have
no front porches, or back ones. for
that matter, began to talk Of different
kinds Of houses-American style. spe-
cially designed for the hot months.
Crops Suffer-Sports Thrive.
Engiishmen actually took off their |
coats! Sometimes even in their offices.
Nothing short of a miracle. this.
The reverse side Of the medal was
the crops and the gardens. Crops |
suffered badly Of course. This meant |
money and concern to the farmers.
But the state Of the gardens meant
something to everybody.
For, when II isn't raining-between !
showers, as II were-England lives In |
it's back garden, which 10 properly |
speaking, its front garden. for the
houses face backward, dining room |
and perhaps ''smoke-run" in front, |
but drawing room facing the garden. |
London. a city Of greenery and bios
SONS, became scared and brown,
There was, Of course. a water famine. |
In many parts the water pipes yielded
to the turn Of the tap only during a |
certain part of the day, while every-1
where II was against the rules Of the |
water companies to use hose.
Herculean efforts were made to
keep the gardens green, but II was
useless. England Is drifting into In.
dian summer, already taking on the
colors OF fall.
Despite the "grousing" at the heat
England, on the whole, has liked tn,
sample Of American summer weathe
very much. It's helped John Bull
play. and play is an equal partnc
with work hereabouts or perhaps a