Show HEAT lat weather is that of a tropical country copyright 1900 associated press london july 21 we are requested to state eald the times on thursday that the tall hat and frock coat which bad hitherto been recognized as the costume tor sandown park on tho occasion of the royal visit may be dispensed with tota orrow and saturday in lavor of a straw hat and other costume more suited to tho present tropical weather A few days of intense heat have done more to break down the established traditions of england than would a dozen reform bills long established rules of state social business and political etiquette have been swept to the winds or rather into the humidity which the lack of wind produces in a land where a few years ago sunstroke was almost unknown the hospitals are now crowded with cases of that description for the first time in the history of parliament one of the front bench members herbert gladstone has appeared at st stephens wearing a straw hat to the amazement of the members of the house royalty driven to desperation ly the hottest weather england has ever known and obliged to appear at public functions has completely discarded the usual forms of dress lord ronald gowers annual letter to the times inveigling inveighing inveigh ing against the tall hat instead of being a useless protest this week voices public opinion with remarkable unanimity well known men of fashion are frequently to be wen at the west enal wearing duck or flannel trousers with immaculate frock coats and silk hats this latitude of dress extends also to servants be powdered flunkies flun kies thick with gold lace may be seen gravely sitting upon the boxes wearing sailor hats of various patterns and fashionable nurses have given up the hot veil and bonnet in lavor ot the light straw headgear in brief this metropolis of the world with its countless arbitrary forms of dress and proceed ure has in the short space of a week been turned topsy the serious phase of the matter is the rapidly increasing death rate and the prophesied continuation of the heat wave the papers never tire of pointing out how utterly inadequate are the provisions to deal with the present conditions dit ions ice is a luxury obtainable by the rich only and by them in limited quantities for the poor there is no alleviation levia tion not even the opportunity to inathe the idea of flooding the heated streets has not yet dawned upon eng lands municipality the supply of facilities cili ties at the london hospital to deal with heat prostrations prost rations is absurdly inadequate hence it is email wonder that business is practically suspended functions are cut short and made as informal as possible to say nothing of all the manoeuvres at al dershow being postponed even the ghastly news from china elicits but halt hearted interest in a nation which finds itself suddenly transferred from a temperate to a tropical zone with all the disabilities of sub arctic clothes and institutions londona Lon dons method of transit underground trains inside buses etc never byell ventilated can now only be de as sweat boxes what with the christian endeavor thousands permeating london this week the american invasion may be said to have reached its zenith scarcely any event connected with american enterprise has created such general interest in england as the proceedings at alexander park the bishop of london rt rev dr mandell creighton while facing the thousands that waited to hear him speak turned to one of the americans that was on the platform and said hoai wonderfully you do chese things in america the trans port atlon of such an immense contingent so many thousands of miles has tremendously impressed all prominent englishmen who have come in contact with the delegates another class of visitors to london attracting attention on the streets ia the men of the united states training ship saratoga who have come up on leave from southampton commenting on these the chronicle says they go about in two and threes and conduct themselves to the admiration of all although there Is no officer in charge f this is in striking contrast with the behavior of many english jackles the saratoga goes to calais the apprentice will have a chance to see paris english harbors are dotted with american yachts at southampton alone are the josephine enterprise calanthe and endymion prominent americans are here in buch large numbers as almost to cease to attract attention william C ehlt aey spent the week watching his horses run at new market he will go to paris later henry andrew carnegles Carne gies partner has taken beaufort castle lord splendid place la scotland till october when lord lovat who la in south africa expects to return beaufort is noted as one of the finest deer stalking grounds in the united kingdom with reference to the published that he bad become naturalized as a subject of great britain mr phipps eaid to the correspondent of the As press 1 I have not the least intention of becoming a british subject I 1 want a nice place to tay until the end of the summer in view of the wars in which the world is engaged a curious and almost pathetic interest attached to the meeting this weak of the parliamentary union tor the promotion of international arbitration philip james stanhope mamber of part lament for burnley presided forty mea aws of the british tho arbitration to attend inference Sn ference in french senate july and members of various european parliaments will on that occasion be received by president loubet the english delegation includes lord and sir albert one of the most touching incidents ot the war in south africa occurred this week when captain received the first victoria cross bestowed by the queen tor valor in the veldt captain earned the distinction by attempting to carry off col downman who had been wounded under a hall of bullets lie was unable to do so and lay heslie atan and kept off the boers all night until help came by that time col downman was dead captain was blinded in both eyes by a bullet wound on wednesday captain was taken to windsor and led into the royal presence by his wife where he knelt at the feet 0 his sovereign who was so much overcome at the sight of the blind hero that her aged hands could scarce pin on the most prized ot all british decorations the queens jcak words of simple praise of his gallantry and thanks for bis devotion wore spoken so low as to be almost inaudible and when queen victoria was jed out there was scarcely a dry eye aaning the officials present the marquis of lansdowne minister of war referring in the house of lords to lord roberts telegram announcing the death of the two young canadian officers bodden and birch in defending the british position in the engagement on july 16 paid a glowing tribute to the canadian volunteers saying when we think who writes the telegram and with what feeling he must have written it I 1 think we may say no more touching tribute could be paid to the memory of the brave young representatives senta tives of our colonial forces the jearl of carrington compared the patriotism of the colonies to an australian underground river that disappeared in the bowels of the earth came up again and rushed onward in a mighty torrent to the ocean it would always be so the earl continued it perfect equality were preserved between the british colonial troops after a keen election for the vacant associate membership in the royal academy frank millet the american artist was defeated by jos farquharson the vote beag 28 to 20 |