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I Richard RichardA Richardis is A Abercorn in f L London BY RICHARD DA n 1 London May Ia lf 18 This This the tho record Amer American nn st season ea aon on for fot London is already already al al- ready providing a rich harvest st for West WestEnd IH End shopkeepers American visitors are arr noticeable among the shopping cro j crO In Jn Bond street He Regent ent street and Oxford street more than e jO was spent SIH-nt In two hOI hours n by 11 four small parties 8 of Americans who mho ho visited the Bond street shops r Jewel Jewelers rs and amI tailors are arc lh the tradesmen 4 mos most patronized l by hy Americans Americana in London t l The They buy pearl necklaces d jeweh-d watches and brooches and especially dia monds Americans says Il n a Bond str et ct I jeweler are very fond of diamond from London they think th they get set a better bc assortment assortment assortment as as- here I London tailors make mak special efforts fort to attract American custom knowing that thaI 4 tho the visitor from the tho states will probably pa pay the best prices and give t l In large laige lIe orr or or- dens demo En English lIsh leather Ic trunks franks ar art c n also r Iso I sold soh in lar large c quantities to Americans a K American plays and players have captured captured cap cap- the London stage this season There were never ne so many New OW York acl actors r rr In London before and British Brit Brit- S 'S I ish h pla playgoers have o welcomed them I a as as asS as'S s something methin new and attractive I Miss lIss Julia Marlowe I E. 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Sothern rn and their company compan from the tho Lyric theatre I 3 I 1 A New nt York lork have ma made e their season son at the till x aldorf Waldorf a triumph Although h it was an f h Initial mistake to open tt with wIlh Ith The Sunk Sunken n 5 5 could understand 5 Bell which no one c S th they have ha made ample compensation with their charming performance in Shakos Shakes I perean pIn plays At the Waldorf's twin theatre the Ald- Ald wych another American A company compan with no Robert crt L deson and Mary Boland Doland as stars y Is showing London a u picture of American Can C'an coll college c life In SIron and anti people are are already Interested in ht the question at ot Should the Indian Indin Marry th the Iri r. r Mrs Irs of the Cabbage Paten is II isi i drawing great audiences to 10 Terrys Terry's theaS thear thea thea- r S I tre Ue Although lIhou h the rustic rustle types typos presented are arc entirely I new nee W and strange e to London 1 playgoers here cannot help being im- im impressed ft- ft pressed b by the tho cn careful character stitches of or tho the actors and nul actresses s s Londoners 1 i f are arc Interested to learn that Mrs Ir Madge c t. t rt rt r Carr Cook is an Englishwoman who vho has f been acting In lit America for many years N 0 Beards are arc to bo he fashionable a a again ain r f. f I v after a l quarter r of oC a century of or taboo 1 The Tho shaven clean ven era cla among London London's s glided gilded youth Is giving place to the till culli cull eull i 1 o of or tho leant bennf ami fo fashionable young m men n q are x withholding lIn Ih the lIto razor r from m i t chins t f The rhe correct form Corm of beard I Is not lot the th ther r Crimean HI ehl chest t protector which rf reigned d n l fort forty or un lift y years ago t o hut but a n small close trimmed close esthetic looking adorns adornment adorn adorn- s- s ment parted in the center r Th The beard beam cult cull is malting headway in spilt Spite of the campaign of ridicule which Frank Richardson the humorous writer who Is himself a man of fashion Is carrying carrying car car- arring whiskers In form ring on against el e every It is said to have originated with ayoung n a i young man who let his b beard ard grow during t an Illness and on recovering found foun that t it was rather an adornment than otherwise other otiler- S wise The beard is much affected by by the young Guns aristocrats who play a at t business on the tit stock exchange but arm officers f are arc debarred by the Kings King's s 's regulations from rom so o disguising themselves art t A The rho healthfulness 1 s of mud ud flats flat Is lR the latest latest 7 medical discovery h. h cr co The Tho district around n slon a a. lying low region on the coast of ot Lincolnshire e. e Is 19 remarkable for the sea n deposits of or mud and andor for or thea the a Jon longevity of oC its fiR Inhabitants One village fen e Is a ver vel veritable table Hable community of octogenarians and while a neighboring neighbor village vii vil lage lase Is developing Into a health resort i When the he tide Is out a deposit of mu mu mut t fi if i i left which gives ofT off gases a lg with vivi f tying ing properties and Invalids sent t tr breathe the mud flat air ah have had wonderful won won- wonderful recoveries The The craze for glittering evening frocks I 1 which last t season took the form o of se- se quips I Is now diverted dl tinsel Tinsel powder i is now applied to dresses just as asI asit I it Is li used for picture postcards A A West st End Ind costumer says The most iti delicate effects dart dan be he obtained tl on dresses by tinsel powder We Ae c are making makinI a debutantes deb deb- gown own for the next drawing room of or white while chiffon on which UfO arc scattered tiny silver sll tinsel ro rosebuds ebu g. g Gold Golli tinsel A poppies on black tulle Is al alto also o one of or th the latest designs ns The he tinsel craze has also arf affected millinery mil mil- and flower toques arc are noVo now ma made e ethe the center of oC each blossom bel being g lilted with silver sliver gold or jet powder An amusing ca case cac e has been heard In the d London courts court ending In an award of or 1 1200 0 damages et against Lady Rose hose Drum moral Clarke for forlan slander lan The plaintiff J was a n. young man who calls himself Due Duede de do I hut but un until III recently recently- was a 0 railroad clerk earning 1 a i year t The Duke Duk whoso num name Is la Otway 1 i Cuffe Cuffs' says Hayn h ho he was Introduced 11 to lad Lady Clarl Clarke at a fashionable skating rink In inthe tho the West Mt End The he lad lady who ho was w CO I years CalI old and a widow 7 proposed marriage mar mar- ria e lo to him and anti after he had refused S tl J began persecuting him with outrageous postal cards earls and slandering lan him In conversation conJ conversation con con- J r atlon with various people This annoyance ana anI an an- I a cc and the damage to his reputation was was' v as as' as valued by the JUT Jury at the Lon London on sheriffs sheriff court at al O Ot a Otway Ic is a young youns- man and antI of of or an excitable nature He lie claims the 1 title of duke through his hit mother who I II I belonged on c-on d to lo an nn ancient aristocratic S French family Some months month ago he hc was 1 In Incourt court a again aln charged cd with firing a l I r revolver at Robert FItzroy an anI I electrical engineer This affair which arose aroc ov over r a I girl Irl took place on the Parate Parade Pa Pa- j rate rade at ut Brighton and escaped with i being beu bound d over to keep the peace |