Show nADITIONSAREBROKENI i Torrid Weather in London I Sweeps Etiquette Aside r ALL ON ACCOUNT OFOLD SOL II I I In a Land Whore a Few Years Ago Sunstroke Was Unknown the Hospitals Hos-pitals are Now Crowded With Cases of that DescriptionProvisions are Utterly Inadequate to Deal I r With Present Conditions Ice is a S Luxury Obtained by the Rich Only and in Limited uantiticsh I London July 2L Copyrighted 1900 by the Associated PressWe are requested re-quested to state said the Times on Thursday that the tall hat and frock coat which has hitherto been recognized I I recog-nized as the costume for Sandown park on the occasion of the royal visit maybe may-be dispensed with tomorrow and Saturday Satur-day in favor of the straw hat and other cpstume more suited to the present tropical weather A few days of intense heat have done more to break down the established traditions tra-ditions of England than would a dozen reform bills Longestablished rules of state social business nnd political etiquette eti-quette have been swept to the windsor winds-or rather Into the humidity which the lack of wind produces In a land where a few years ago sunstroke was almost unknown the hospitals aro now crowded with cases of that description For the first time In the history of Parliament one of the frontbench members Herbert Gladstone Glad-stone has appeared at St Stephens wearing a straw hat to the amazement of tho member the House Royalty driven to desperation by the hottest weather England has ever known and obliged to appear at public functions has completely discarded the usual forms of dress S Lord Ronald Gowerss annual letter to the Times Inveighing against the tall hat Instead of being a useless protest pro-test this week voices public opinion S with remarkable unanimity Well known men of fashion are frequently to be seen at the West End wearing white duck or flannel trousers with immaculate Immacu-late frock coats and silk hats This latitude of dress extends also to servants Bepowdered flunkies thick with gold lace pay be seen gravely sitting upon the boxes wearing sailor hats pf varying pattern and fashionable fashion-able nurses have given up the hot veil and bonnet in favor of the light straw headceor SIn S-In brief this metropolis of the world with Its countless arbitrary forms of dress and procedure has in the short space of a week been turned topsy turvy The serious phase of the matter Is the rapidly increasing death rate and the prophesied continuation of the hot wave The papers iiQver tire of pointing out how utterly inadequate are the provisions pro-visions to deal withithe present conditions condi-tions Ice Is a luxury obtainable by the rich only and by thorn In limited quantities quan-tities For the > rjoor thfre is no alleviation not even the opportunity to bathe Tho Idea of flooding the heated streets has not yet dawned upon Englands municipality The supply of facilities at the London hospital to deal with heat prostrations absurdly Inadequate Inade-quate Hence it Is small wonder that f business Is praptlcally suspended and social functions arc cut short and made IllS I-llS informal an possible to say nothing V of all the maneuvers at Aldershot being I postponed Even the ghastly news from China elicits but halfhearted Interest in a nation 1 na-tion which finds itself suddenly transferred trans-ferred from a temperate to a tropical zone with all the disabilities of sub Arctic clothes and Institutions Lon dons method of transit underground trains inside 1 busses etc never well ventilated can now only be described as sweatboxes |