The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-12-15
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south Syaenham Hill on the
night Of October ~. light VAS
burning and TAN youns man.
srchcaded rAme out 20 Welcome
four guests from America who
raa come 10 the World Youth
conferenoo There we're four Of
Us Russell Jones young minis
Tor for. Harmory Village Nir-
einia Alexander Narp Youth
secretary OF tae Columbus rban
ieaene end Lsrf, nay a youns
craftsman from Nashincion. y.
Who Vas he only White mem-
ven ~ our part, snd myself a
weary md recurcratirg sea
s.ck ,oyaser fson Detroit
This IS ~ SAID oar host We
rlid ife driver fNo pounds.
vnich We ned srreel 20 pay be-
fore he would transport US from
ne conference hesdduarters at
pont street on Nests !e London.
our ARRIVAL At II 90 pm. from
NE homie .-cut Waterloo station.
introduced US 70 London HE on
SATURDAY nisht Everything clos
rs AZ eleven o'clock IN the eve
sans and raNis are very difficult
10 So Our residence VAS IN the
sGn,s,s shout six or seven miles
from the knlehrshridse Under
round Steinn cab fare IN the
lnred states would have been
81 40 ard ny more than two Gol-
lars Il you vented 70 Zip the
tSrci hbefellv FIR carving you
% say Eish' Mile Road But in
LcrJo whcn Won ask cahhie
- take YOU rat fsr he suddenly
ct,elcns sclrcliv Or petrol Ceasl
rr'l you are willing 10 pay his
pice
So We arrived Mapp took his
,rnk down on he TOP Of the
I waealed into tho house
with nv ''tfes bags suitcase va
Use and typewriter. and the 9TH
ers dtaseed Their lue-ae~ in'o
roa5l' expansive old En1hsh
" r~icn tim'y u, and slehtlv
aamp ~ the insie The soune
"an leslie vsre Who greeted
rs Areuch' the four newcomers
into ,hn parlor combination
s,i'irv room and dining room
vnero rrichf tire was hurn-
ins We later learned ths, The fi1o
fa rla' fireplace vqs tho only
bear ir ne house our hcdfooms
we're without heat
Mrs vane a srrich'lv and
k.afly olc woman The mother n
Leslie made us welcome Won
Won h7vs have some teAv she
said ~ iollv cold outside We
didn't Liow what timr W We're
srriviar fhev Just called un
fror me place ana fold M to
make ready for me ruesf-
There we're three hcds in the
room and An army COZ Later the
cot was replaoea with another
I'D We flinpeA coin 10 decide
vino pould ocepnv ne coi Napp
lcs' arr took over Vol to make
? long story short 10 learned 70
s'eon 20 tho cold dress IN a cold
bedroom ard do many other
things we did not dream NO
rosid 70 We had heen harmed
that English food wnud ba nm
nourishinc but 70 wore totally
urprerered for our SUNDAY morn
ing eakfasf canncd means or
'oes'' Mrs Nane apologved for
~ hill ~ fare stating that she
Vas ro' rvpecfng US until Tines
day and f'erythirg vas rationed
We secured en.eteoncv rations
from ne ration lcard 90 Monday.
and thereafter the food was bet
tar All excent fhe coffee Mrs
Vane never learned 10 make cof-
FOO She didn't even have cot
Zee pni but made y Wv boiling
ne w'ter IN pitcher with the
coffee 4. bag The stuff tasted
IKE hoilod weeds she finally
found some coffee substitute
Vnirh could he made Nv adding
boiling water tried coffee In
: sov"rei o'her places and dis
covered that mo English lust
cant make coffee: mother can
W. male Tea
They have tea for breakfast
ia Tor lunch tea after lunch
, Tea at forr oclocs- Tea at io.oo
pm CO into any of,ice govern.
mont business or social insuin.
'ion or oven The American I'm.
h7ssr. aid you viii SOC tho en-
rloyes win cup ~ iea and
saucer Of cakes on their desk
IRVINE 70 handle a telephone con
verseiion. or interview client
Everything doesn't stop for tca
pnf tea must moi be stopped
our hosts were verv much in.
tsresfed IN America ard par,icu-
larlv ne race problem They had
some vague idea about American
prejudice but did not know too
much about our social conflicts
They we're perfectly willing 10
accept us - equals and tried a.
host tney could 10 make our stay
pleasant within m. limits ~ their
hospitality We soon learned that