The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1945-01-18

aren't worrying about comfort.
The driver is usually a middle age
to old native Londoner who knows
every street, building, and historical
point of interest in the city.
In nice weather the top can be slid
back to provide new angle on no.
draft ventilation and increase the
scope of ones panoramic view. Fares
are quite reasonable averaging about
fifteen or twenty cents for short
run.
PEOPLE
London is one of the most cosmo-
politan cities in the world. People
of almost every Allied or neutral
nationality are to be seen daily along
the crowded streets.
Standing across from Hyde Park
in Oxford street we see uniformed
men and women of Russia, Czecho-
slovakia, Poland, Norway, Belgium,
France, Luxembourg, New Zealand
and Australia, as well as multi
tude of Yanks, pass by in. the course
of few minutes wait for bus.
Practically all Londoners are cour.
teous, polite and hospitable. They
go out of the way and spend pre-
cious time informing you about
points of interest.
Communists, Socialists, Laborites
Liberals, and every shade and hue
of political and economic thinker are
frequently to be found Grating OF
their pet theory, doctrine or philos
ophy in Hyde Park.
Prospective disciples and advocate.
numbering anywhere from a handful
to several hundred may heckle, ca
jole, reproach or applaud as their
tastes and satisfaction dictate.
Little cockneys in tattered and be
grimed garb with their peculiarly
distinctive brogues, working at the
wharves and docks between Londor
and Tower bridges on the Thames
offer sharp contrast to the elite
citizens occasionally seen strolline
along Whitehall, Regent and Fleet
streets, or in the Hobbies of fashion.
able hotels in their immaculate pin
striped trousers, westcoat, Ascot ties
and glossy black shoes.
Picadilly circus, Leicester Square
and Trafalgar Square, only a very
short distance apart, are the center
of London's entertainment and amuse-
ment life. Cinemas and theatres
are to be seen everywhere here
Long queues are commonplace after
tea-time at 400 in the afternoon.
Latest Hollywood pictures are be-
ing exhibited along with a sprinkling
of English productions.
The censors are invariably harsh
toward most of the Hollywood fare
but the public seems to approve in a
big way. Bing Crosby's "Going My
Way, and "An American Romance"
are enjoying extended runs.
Street entertainers are to be seer
at every large queue. They are
jugglers, singers, acrobats, violinists
and tumblers all plying their trade
in the hope that the waiting crowds
will be generous enough toward them
with their spare pennies and per-
haps a few silver coins.
Madame Tussaud's exhibition, a
world famous wax museum, is the
daily attraction for interested thous-
ands.
Remarkable wax figures of famous
English and world renowned char
acters are to be seen in amazing life
size hkenesses.
American personalities on exhibi.
tion include Lincoln, Hoover, Teddy
Roosevelt, F. D. r., Lindberg, Jack
Dempsey, Don Bulge, Helen Wills
Bill Tilden, Gene Tunney among
many others. Many of the figures
are so natural they give the impress
sion that they should speak.
We find the taxi tour of London
at six shillings (S1.20) the best way
to see the historical highlights OF
the city. They arc run morning ane