Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-02-16
Mrs. Emmett Writes Again
From London.
Strand Palace Hotel,
The Strand, London, England,
January 4, 1921

January 4, l92l.
My dearest Mother:
Although this is "the end of per-
feet day" your letter must not he
left out even if an appendix has to be
added to get it in. If you knew how
much we had walked today you would
agree that my feet had done their
full duty and it is the hands time.
now.
1t was really ten o'clock before we.
got started this morning; this hap
pened because we managed at break
fast to draw young English girl in
conversation and she entertained and
amused us SO much that we let all
sightseeing possibilities slip by for
time at least.
But our new made friend of yes
terday called according to schedule,
and of course we answered prompt-
ly. We started off on the top of q
regular London bus, taking in streets
and buildings you've read about all
your life, until we reached the tower
Of London. Of course we wanted to.
go through every nook and corner
here-everybody does-but to de-
scribe it all is job past my powers,
though T can imagine few things in
the world more interesting. There are
guides well informed who tell you
much. that may or may not be true,
and imagine what they don't know,
they can "put over" if the traveller;
is not too well posted on history. AS
we were coming out of Bloody Tow
er" rather amusing thing occurred.
You remember those stories (Which
are facts of course) about the little
princes who were murdered or
strangled there. Well, as we passed
out / saw young school boy looking
from side to side as though he had
missed something. Coming over to US
he asked in a tense whisper Where
is that bloody tower thing, I want to
see it." We assured him he had just
walked out il and 4 u; disapss
pointed kid I have yetfto see. He was
looking for regular blood and thun-
der stuff and found only harmless
looking cell.
We stopped at noon long enough to
so somewhere to eat, and found a
real fish eating house where we had
PAIGE for dinner, a fish which is very
fine and belongs to these waters.
Beer or something stronger always
accompanies every. meal here. i ani
glad we are not that kind of people
at home, for I don't like the CUSTOM
and I will venture to say it is not do
ing England any good either. Com
ing home l was struck by a parade
bearing down upon us, and found 1t
was an army of the unemployed car
rying banners with the wording.
somewhat like this:
1914 = = - WaMed
1916 Praised
1921 - - Forgotten
eve are willing to work; what
is England going to do about it?''
You know that is one of the serious
problems over here just now, and is
causing much of the unrest which:
seems to come with reconstruction
everywhere. 1t seems that women"
stepped into good many of the jobs:
belonging to the men and now after
the war won't step out, and this IS
teh cause of much of the dissatisfac-
ton.
We brought our friend to the hc-
tel with us for tea before we would
consent to his leaving US. This tea
business over here is as regular as
the sun. An Englishman would sooner
miss heaven than his cup of tea, any
where around four of five o'clock In
the afternoon.
Seated in the Lounge with an er-
chestra playing, and plenty of little
cakes or buttered bread, male and
female alike sip their tea and smoke
their cigarettes until you wonder
how they ever get anything aeesHa-
plished. But it is rather nice-the tea
drinking and music part / mean
and don't mind adopting the custom
as a vacation dissipation pro tenn
We've had delightful day and a
most delightful companion in EE-
Long, who is cultivated, refined a-e
III hoe