Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 26 | The London Letter

I THE LONDON LETTER LETTERI I By ARCH RODGERS United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON DON April 20 The 20 The Hub of the World has s a bigger and better basement It is the largest underworld underworld underworld under world of its kind in a existence a subterranean system m of tubes tunnels tunnes tun tim nels nes passages and und escalators three stories deep deep time the new Piccadilly Circus underground station A game of cricket could be pla played ed edIn In the booking hall hail which is at least large largo enough for a 3 baseball infield It measures by 14 6 feet Six entrances feed the station through which Londoners will pass annually The eleven cleven escalators escalators escala escala- tors are the largest in Iii the world word and ancl run directly from the train platforms the platforms the lowest tube is feet below tIme the street street to to the booking booking book bool ing hall hail level Walking is reduced to Lo a minimum and passengers may reach the the- street two and a half minutes sooner n titan thau an they could from the old station The middle tube is eight six eighty six feet below street level Two trains a minute will be bethe bethe betl tl the e rush hour hOUI capacity of the station sta sta- tion The walls valls of or the booking hall bali hallare are lined with shops and show windows win wIn- dows clows offering a new field of ex exploration exploration ex- ex to Londoners Londoner's and visitors to the elt city poor pedestrians who former formerly dodged through the one one- way traffic O of or the Circus may now pass In iii peace underground and md make a few purchases on the time way The station Vas was tout lour earl vears in construction con con- str at nt a a acost cost COlt of of half a million mil fl- fl lion sterling The he chief f difficulty I was to build this station supporting support support- lug ing the roof ot Piccadilly Circus CIlcus f j. j 4 4 r e r without disrupting overhead traffic Officially 1 the excavation of the hall ball hallwas was accomplished by a series of ot methodical So much for fot official statements ns in London 5 Alls All's fair in love and war is ob obviously oh- oh not the motto of ot the Brigade Brigade Bri En- gade of Guards one of the oldest traditional military ml institutions tIon in England The guards not only ha have hae e e their own ideas about war but a standing long rule regulates to a certain degree the love affairs of the officers An officer must re resign resign re- re sign his commission if he becomes engaged to an actress Naturally resignations due to this rule are not rare One of 0 the Ithe lat latest st was that of Captain Archie Grant of the Scots guards whose engagement to Miss Teddie Gerard of revue fame automatically automatically auto auto- brought his military career career career ca ca- ca- ca reer to an end Happiness before hidebound nd reg is the n way Mr Grant late of the guards looks at the situation Stage folk foUt are a in their emphatic deal more great s-reat comments The They consider the regulation regulation regulation reg reg- an insult to their profession Some have called It a relic of oC the time dim ages and other things An actress actress actress ac ac- ac- ac in the discretion of ot the tress may lord loid chamberlain he ho presented at court but the tho guards don dont don't t seem Mem to care about that In these da days s 's when members of the tho pe ra e are ared many the theatre connected with v.-Ith d directly a strict application of the tho guards guards' ruling may lead to ap amusing or om embarrassing embur em- em bur mm In ij i