Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-10
CLUBMEN COMPLAIN
DINING is RAPIDLY
BECOMING LOST ART

| AONDON, OcC. .. - NAHI = NAuNAlA0h
are complaining that dining is rapidly
| becoming lost art.
The establishment of a full fledged
revue at the dinner hour in one of
London's largest hotels has provoked
no end of protest. Theaters complain
that hotels are really becoming show
houses without having theatrical lie
enses and gourmets say the day of
artistic dining is over.
"How can one appreciate delicate
dishes and fine wines when there are
all sorts of distractions in the dining
room?" one frantic clubman asks.
Jazz orchestras were bad enough, but
now one gets mad revues and between
acts a lot of wild folks dance the
Charleston in and out among the tables
and make it impossible to eat in
peace"
Cafes which had no music and no
dancing are gradually falling in line
with the demand for entertainment at
meal time Midnight follies and after
theater revues have been numerous for
some time, but the dinner hour revue
is a, novelty.
Henry Gay is mourning the loss of
his gold fish-not one, but 100000.
Gay deals in gold fish, A consignment
of 125,0OO, all in good health was re-
ceived by him. Two men, who asserted
they were interested in gold fish, called
to see them. After they had gone Gay
went to dinner Returning sometime
afterward, he found the fish were dying
by the score. Although the water was
changed very few recovered.
Gay says he believes one of the men
deliberately put poison into the tanks
tion Scotland yard has been called in
to help solve the mystery.
Lord Ruthven's debutante twin
daughters continue to dress identically
and are so similar in face and figure
that even close friends cannot tell them
apart until they speak. A portrait of
these two bobbed misses in modish eve
ming gowns was one of the features
of the British academy exposition last
winter, and raised much discussion as
to whether it is possible for an ARTIST
10 paint artistic full length portraits
of women in modern short skirts.
Most of the old time portrait paint
ers agree that modern modes are
death to artistic effort, but the ultra
modern young painters insist that the
scant raiment of the modern miss is
quite in keeping with art standards and
will not date pictures as definitely as
Victorian styles did. They believe
women will never again wear the long
heavy gowns of past generations.
The little patch of a flower garden
in st. Pauls church yard in which a
flowered text, chosen each year by
the DEAN is grown has taken an added
interest to Londoners and visitors. In
this years floral design there are two
crossed swords over shield. Several
persons assert that at nightfall they
have seen one of the swords rise and
stand upright as they passed.
The beadle who looks after the gard
en- says a possible explanation of the
illusion is that as the ground slopes
away from the road, the sword, COM
posed of silver leafed Alpine plant,
appears to lift and meet fast approach
| ing observer, such as a bus passenger.
y
particularly conspicuous late at night
| because the glistening of the leaves
| wet with dew.
British movie producers are putting
more effort into their work and film
! fans throughout Britain are jubilant
over the announcement that several
British made films, which have been
| shown privately and are soon to be
released, are really of outstanding
| merit.
Mons" is the most notable of these
1t is the British answer to "The Big
Parade" and was prepared with the CO.
operation of the army council. 1t is
an epic of the great retreat. 1t is the
work of Walter Summers, who has pro-
duced NELSON" a photographed
story of the great naval hero, in which
Gertrude Mccoy plays the role of Lady
| Hamilton and Eric Hardwicke is Nell
son. The admiralty assisted in the pro-
| duction.
| "Mademoiselle From Armentieres"< is
| the work of Maurice Elvey and Estelle
Brody plays the role of the little