The Washington herald., 1922-09-04
Touring Europe,
Day BY Day
By o. o. Mcintyre.

LONDON, Sept. "A page from
the diary of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Up and fairest weather
I've seen and to walk with Forbes
Fairbairn, the journalist, to Leices-
ter Square and bought a peari-white
hat. very gay. for 20s Sd. Then to
the Savoy for breakfast with Sir
Marconi, the inventor, a, pleasant
fellow he is and modest.
Took coach with my wife and
drove to Tower Hill to see the Lon
den Tower and London Bridge and
Lord. what small bridge 1t is, the
poorest in all the city. Thence back
to Westminster Abbey and to 10
ming street and out Mayfair to
see all the fine homes.
Lunched at Birches. among the
money changers. and 1t was pretty
to see the young clerks with their
button hole. bouquets and braided
coats and then along Bird Gag.
Walk. where the King did stroll
with his canary bird.
In the evening to Oddenino's for
steak pie. very tasty, and then to
see the American Revue "Chuckles
Of 1922" at the Oxford and laughed
heartily too, especially at Bobbie
Clark. q comic. Afterward to a
dance place until 2:30 in the morn
Ing. And 30 home and to bed.
Perhaps the most DISTINGUISHED
journalist in London IL Harmon
swaffer. who 10 known to the pub
lic As "Swaff." He writes q column
In the Daily Graphic and knows
London from Limehouse to Mayfair.
He has a flair for word pictures of
the unusual. He was one of the
nrst to see the possibilities Of
Charlie Chaplin. when Chaplin was
a music-hall performer. In those
days he wrote: Chaplin will some
day become the worlds greatest
comedian"
London Is agog with the gossip
of two American actresses, sisters.
| who created a decided sensation
here year ago in a revue. Now
they are appearing In a second-rate
theater in Manchester and their
/ standing In London is such that
they probably will never appear
here again. They had been invited
as entertainers to attend an after
theater party given by a wealthy
American woman at which the
Prince of Wales was a guest. The
prince was interested in them
| merely because Of their art, and
| while talking to them In one Of the
parlors a servant arrived to tell
him that dinner was waiting. A
brash press agent for the actresses s
circulated a story along Fleet street
| which was headlined something like
this: Charm OF American Ac-
tresses Makes Prince Late for Din
ner." The English public is sensI-
| tive about such things. 1t believed
that the young girls had taken ad :
| vantage of a purely personal incl
dent to seek notoriety. The prince
| Is popular. He Is a symbol And
the engagement of the actresses in
| London was suddenly ended
After the worldwide cordiality
of the. reception given to A. S. NJ
Hutchinson's "If Winter Comes"
his latest novel. This Freedom" ;"
has met with a chilly reception by
reviewers in England. But there is
no need to pity Mr. Hutchinson. He
Is at this moment lost in England.
walking from Hindhead to Edin-
burgh. Solitary walking tours are
his holiday. He has not read a
| single review. Nor will he. Sir
James Barrie once told him never
to read reviews. He holds that they
cause the sincere artist more pain
than pleasure. Mr.. Hutchinson has
taken Sir James advice and he
knows nothing of the unpleasant
things that have been said about
This Freedom"