Show elevator making slow headway with britons although the centuries old great tower of windsor castle whose topmost floors are the repository of state elate documents Is to be equipped with a modern elevator or lift as they describe it tn in england that convenience of modern life does not appeal to a large number of britons lord Han banworth hanworth worth master of the rolls who la Is sixty eight thinks the government should fix sixty five as the age limit for using elevators ile he never uses the elevator in the law courts because he finds that the exercise of walking up and down the stairs Is beneficial to his health but oldfield thomas a distinguished scientist who died a few years ago at the age of seventy four left in ills his will to In install an elevator in the natural history museum lie ile had tolled up two long nights flights of stairs at the museum dally daily for 40 years frequent appeals were made to the government by the museum authorities to appropriate money tor for a lift but none was forthcoming sir air thomas then began to set aside some of his own money for that purpose A few days ago this lift was opened to use by the museum staff it was on this occasion that on behalf of the trustees lord Ilan worth received it and spoke disapprovingly of the use of such contraptions by persons under sixty five nevertheless the elevator idea Is Ep spreading reading in britain now and then one still runs across even a new building of four or five stories unequipped eq with lifts probably because the old buildings replaced had none f an fn n the majo rity ot of cases however they are features ot of the new lures for higher rents can be charged where they exist new york sun |