Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-07-10 | Page 14 | 'Atmosphere' Gone from Gay Piccadilly

ATMOSPHERE GONE FROM GAY Y LONDON LONON Jul July 10 Goodbye Piccadilly farewell Len es er square quare The constant repetition of or the war honored has evl- evl got on tho timo nerves of or these two wo old thoroughfares for they are arc arct areat at a t present kissing th themselves goodbye chances changes are boin being effected ef- ef in Leicester square The Emir Em Em- pir ir and Alhambra from which tradition tra- tra diton demanded that every young youngblood youngblood blood should be thrown out at least cast once before ho he could be considered considered con- con a n true graduate of ot Ia la vie Boheme arc extinguishing their Youthful ul enthusiasts who gloated nightly over o er tho the charms of or In flesh fesh pink wl will have to o do their gloating over Mary Mam Mar Pickford Pick Pick- ford ord In plain black and white In place of or both these theno theatres Londoners are promised something ultra Ura In tho wa way of Piccadilly too has been bitten by bythe bythe the he movie bu bug Devonshire House HOUM he the home of squires and dames pedigreed pedigreed greed and md aristocratic will m become I ho tho London home homo of ot Chap Chap- un in up to date and democratic To hundreds hundred of or men who are nrc tacking stacking up their little piles ples In the wilds of or Africa the jungles junKIes of or India India or the tea ten plantations of Ceylon the news will wi bring brinS pangs of regret Tho The Englishman miles mUes away awny from the mother country es a n homecoming homecoming home home- coming which will wi land him right In n the lIe heart hert of or London life lre as heIm ho he Im knef nef f It Il In the days when he was ws such a heck of a fellow To him Piccadilly and Leicester square have an atmosphere sl signifying London In n lt its UI entirety gleam entirety gleam gleam of or footlights sparkling eyes red Jed lp lips lobster mayonnaise mayonnaise mayonnaise may may- and fizz fIzz a ia o London pregnant pregnant preg- preg nant with memories But London has ha divorced Its Is old time Imo voluptuous love and taken taleen in her ier stead tho simpering cinema