The Washington herald., 1922-08-28
Touring Europe,
Day BY Day
By o. o. Mcintyre.

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LONDON. Aug. s7.--A page from
the diary Of modern Samuel Pepys:
Up early and with my wife to welk
along the Strand. Thence to the
Savoy for breakfast, where came r.
Hunt and we read the Agony Col
umn in the Times and all highly
amused. s
BY petrol wagon to Piccadiily Cir
Gus and there light and stroiled out
the narrow. crooked side-streets and
by and by came to the Thames and
saw the Parliament Building and
heard Big Ben boom the hour.
After that by whitehall and It
was pretty to see the sentries In
their red surtouts and high plush
hats with chin straps. but Heaven!
how worn and shabby the build
ings aree and how slowly the peo-
pie move along the paves.
To lunch at the Cecil. where came
some fellow scriveners, pressmen they
are called. three of whom labored
with me IN the States and I. drank
two Scotch and sodas and was we'll
nigh toppy. but dignified withal.
In the late afternoon with my wife
to Wimbledon, where we saw some
tennis games. not very good, and
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the English version of Sally" a
musical play. and found II well act
ed. Strolled through the brave moon
Shine and watched the night coffee
and watched the night coffee and
sandwich venders. 30 home and to
bed.
One gets the swank Of London with
bang BY registering at any Of the
big hotels. At mine-the Savoy
all wear boiled shirts and cutaway
coats and 30 do the bell boys. \ II
10 rather difilcult to tip a bell bow
In frock coat. especially when he
II full-grown. but 1t doesn't Seem
very difncult for him to take Il. The
elevator men-pardon. lift men-are
all old and white-haired They bow
you into the elevator as II announe-
ng your presence before the King.
Inc little page boys take the eye
with their cooked. chin-strapped caps
and buttoned corset coats. They do
not expect more than a tuppence
tip for any errand.
The dance places Mn London play
almost exclusively the popular airs
OF American composers Some Sum
ny Day" and stumbling are the
favorites just now. The dancing is
Just little more conservative in
It's swing. although a few ESSAY the
smmmy In the Broadway fashion.
Many OF the side-street hotels be,s
have signs reading Temperance Tav-
ern. The proprietors say they gain
much additional business from Amer
lean tourists because of the signs.
All OF which upsets the theory that
americans come over here to 20 on
the loose.
The first night in London a heavy
fog-the biting. chilly kind-swept
over the city. 1t Is impossible 10
distinguish lights across the street
everybody seemed to be whistline
II Is London's way of warning of
an approach during a fog. In an
entlre day l saw only one straw hat
ana IL was worn by an American.
recognized him as a passenger on
the same ship with me. Most of
the Britishers wear fat derbies and
In the late afternoon the young nuts
dudes, We call them-promenade in
their high toppers. Young men of
16 and IT are plentiful in this style
OF headgear. Incidentally. I have not
during my first day seen a beauti-
ful or strikingly dressed girl or wom-
an. It may be that 1t is because
II Is not the London season. Every
body Is away to the summer places.
only the yokels like myself are in
town.