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Show CIO LONDON SCRIBE-EPICURE FINDS CHARMS GONE i London. Aug 21 (Correspondence) (Correspon-dence) A reporter for a London ! newspaper who considers himself an1 pa ure has Just finished an extensive 'study of London restaurants and I aft C bed the conclusion that English, 'nataurant cooking has degenerated to an extent almost unbelievable- He complained that he could not find t good old fashioned English teak, that :l juicv mutton chop with n piece' Of kidney attached was difficult! (. obtain that the pastry of the meat Dti s the Englishman loves so well no longer la light and fluffy and that the omnlpi es"iu Jellies lacked their old-time old-time taste. The famous Soho eating places, too I e lost much of their ld-tlme 1 1, arm. Soho. says one writer, "Is that ' ii.'trlet famous for I's league of mem, ' lor its chtldren-loe-eyd swarthy b-am-l binos Its lithe shawled Madonnas andj Itf little restaurants" ft Is the Latin. iuarte r of London Soho Is reaping a harvst beeau o many people are "e ating out" owing to the high cost of maintaining a kitchen but It Is doing It M the cost of losing the atmosphere the real habitue habi-tue enjoyed And many of the ' regulars" regu-lars" have hod to give up their fno 1 ite places owing to Increase In price and b cautu- tba disliked to dine near people who do not appreciate perfect- iv prepared food an.l who neeer seem to assimilate the etmoatphers of these quaint places. |