Evening star., 1942-09-14
lis Always a Rush
On British Railways,
American Finds
Only Seasons Are Six
Months Of Winter and
Six Of Bod Weather
BY WARD MOREHoUsE,

BY WARD MOREHoUsE,
FOREIGN Correspondent Of The Star and
North American Newspaper Alliance.
WITH THE AEF IN ENGLAND
I have learned to drive a jeep,
taught by a North Florida husky
who knows all its tricks and whims,
and now, in consequence, and along
with the rest OF the Americans In
England, I have a yearning to ac-
quire one for personal and peace
time use.
The jeep, you know by now, is the
master Of every variety OF terrain.
1t can take sand dunes and bitches
without murmur. The Louisiana
mud would be no deterrent, nor
would the quagmires of the red-clay
country of Northern Georgia. The
jeep would be handy and hardy
vehicle for cross-America haul,
and such Is my notion for the not
too-distant future. My young Flor
AStd 0dOol, o SOlO1CI wiz hllOWS lilS
mechanics and who can take her
down and put her back, drove me to
the railway station in the afternoon
and there I took the train for Lon
don to see 1t. Comdr. Vining of the
United States Navy, to keep an ap-
pointment with Noel Coward and to
see that all-important person, the
ny1
from the town near our camp you
stand and hang from a strap all the
way. Every hour is rush hour on
English railways these days.
Arrives in London in Rain.
Thursday-If you've beheld Grand
Central Station on a holiday eve,
London's Waterloo Station presents
the same spectacle every day. :.
I arrived In cap and khaki. 1t
Was raining, naturally, and all cabs
were filled Two United States SOL
diers finally caught me, pulled up
to the curb In front of me, and
said, Going our way?" I was.
=. "Tell us one thing. will you?"
said Pvt. O'Hanlon,r who enlisted
from Illinois. What in hell is that
green armband you're wearing and
what's the white c for?" "Cor-
respondent" I said. That's what
I was telling Mac here" said Illinois.
II told him you didn't look like
any Commando"
Friday-The early morning roar
Of great city astir swells up to
my shuttered window, and the only
thing bright about this new day
Is the shiny face of the dininu-
tive page boy who delivers the Lon
don papers. Still talk and COM
ment on Dieppe and the press is
crammed with tidings of the cam
paign in the east. Noel Coward
is acting again in his own "Blithe
Spirit" and for the first time in
six years. Boys of 16 or so serving
rs walters In bars. Men OF the
1893 class, the ferty-niners, register
ing at the employment exchanges in
compliance with the law.
King Peter of Yugoslavia still
doing the town. Americans are
In the Strand, uniformed, and other
wise. Paul Trench phones; for
merly OF the staff of the New York
Sun and now film critic of the Eve
ming Standard. Dorothy Claire, for
merly of Broadway and Hollywood,
phones; she's been living here since
1888 and loves it. :. To lunch with
Quentin Reynolds, Richard Watts,
jr., and Maj Joseph Phillips, and
later to the Ministry of Informa-
tion, which is press headquarters.
The New York Suns bureau is very
cozy and wen-equipped. In the
evening to see Emlyn Williams in his
play. Morning STAR" which is beau-
tifully played.
Saturday-No night callers, no
strangers in the skies since my ar
rival, and most Londoners will tell
you that the respite from enemy
attack will probably endure for some
time. They expect, however, that
an effort will be made to renew the
blitz attacks, although the Germans
surely know that RAF by now
is something magnificent and grow
ing in power all the time. Neverthe-
less the blackout, getting earlier all
the time, is as carefully observed In
these quiet times as it ever was.
-. To soldier dance at the Astoria
with two neutenants from camp
John r. Goddu of Chicopee, Mass,
and Robert T. Poynter Of Memphis
The Astoria is mobbed-girls of
Britain and soldiers OF the Allied
Nations. The band giving the crowd
American tunes only. "We haven't
got much of the new stuff" said
Morris Little, drummer director
"but nobody kicks about the old
ones. No jitterbug stuff is allowed
and no drinks are served here. The
soldiers really go for lot of the
old tunes. Haven't got a more pop
ular number than Irving Berlin S
Always Had three requests for it
already" To the Palace for a
chat with Lee Ephriam, the London
New York producer, who is gen.
orally believed to have been born
in the British Isles. Not at all
His home State is Kentucky, town
of Hopkinsville, and he's glad to
have you know it.
City Quiet on Sunday.
Simday-Strolled the embank-
ment in the early gray morning
and found it still, quiet and peace
like. Uniformed men of the United
States have stayed over for the
day, some don't have to return until
Monday reveille. There are rumors
and rumors about our camp troops
they're to be getting out very soon
and going to a more important sec.
tor-another step closer to combat
-. Maj. Richard E. French-Dixie
French of the John Golden staff
to all who know their Broadway
called for me in staff car for g
drive into the country. The city
as of q Sabbath, presents streets
as quiet and empty as those ol
downtown New York; the country
however, is thronged, a country.
side Of Sunday pursuits and worle
at peace, seemingly.
The greens are the greenest yo,
ever saw; Britons take to strollint
In the sun, to bicycling (there are