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Show HEAVIER FOGS COVDtLOHDGN LONDON, Nov. 18. (By the As-j soclatcd Press.) The proverbial November No-vember fogs swooped down upon Don-i don this week with what uninitiated Americans would call a vengeance, but with seasoned Ixmdoners reluc-tantly reluc-tantly concede are of .slightly unusual j density. Newly arrhed mcricans, groping through tho soupy atmosphere atmos-phere complain thnt they cannot see the tlmo of day on Big Ben After hearing this familiar explanation explana-tion over and over again, th Americans Amer-icans are beginning to believe that perhaps there Is some truth In It, and consequently try t.. make the best of what they consider an endurable situation sit-uation Every Americas always hopes to see at least one of London's famous fa-mous fogs ono which eves the Londoners Lon-doners themsolves consider unuf.ua! but only one. After that tho novelty weirs off. Watching from the bus tops the faint glimmers from djlscouraged street lamps around which swirl great clouds of sooty mist, ono heaves a welcome sigh when at last a few faint sunbeams appear. It Is estimated that .luring the pat' few days, Londoners have breathed hourly 20,000.000 particles of soot out of from 60 to 10o tons of fog suspended sus-pended over the city und environs oo |