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Show AN EAR TO THE GROUND ' in London, Eng. HOW me thi'i stumling up to ((, these men uho (imde pcop, . i-.mi iilmnut rcunil the Mhl,',' ol London ? 1H XK GOI.Ds. r ll'0V7' his been out amnnj jrc them, triing to find out . . pv 1111, o discoeer uhut it is thaiy imiivs the visitor turn round I01 a second look. ... BIGGKST jot) for tliefl' guides it fms, sjul sixitbintt fl(iwn Amfri-jM, cans frustrated in tllnirje desire to sit in Sir Winston's H' FYoiu Bench place In the I House vf Caminons. That and answonne questlnn.! liko: "Is the Quern's SlaL coach l.ullct-pt'X'I, n"d. 1 li'.i.n whv not, ? " let And- "Wlicfo d"(s Ihe QtiPcr,(lr Ma i v dock in London ? " Tistol men, at least jm iniiiaiMii a unnaian Pp Here is how the visitors vrarat to o'hor l'iiis around lowri:-,! .,1- i.iii mil hrlicve that tii.nll Crown Jmu'ls have hern takpclm to and from the Town- of'lii London bv private car and shno:.f v ing brake. Tliev think anlur armoured car with armed ou:.l'J i':d"t's a minimum security. pr Tltey are irritated bv slol s ?ervie,'i in British hotels and th.ive Briton's habit of unhurnpwi eatinrr. P"'1 They are amazed hp ti1" price of London theatre SM'.res (but t.he Cont.inonlalsarc tnrlomthr at the hifli price of Louring wines). f10 Thrv hale our collee, an'!-' most 'won't drink it. f' Monocle makes the dayf IIMIIII1llllllllllillllllMI.il 1 MIMMMIIIIIIi J Thov deliRht in the City gm Willi 'bowlers i pronounced, o:.. course, durbies) and roll-iH unibrellas: and laugh uproar:jn ouslv when the Riiides lell their.. ,., that Cltv silk hats are worn flo,f bank messengers but no! by ban.;,,;,. mannRers. i An Enf?hshma-kPl with a monocle can make anj tourist's day.) list Thrv admire (1) our cloa-, j streets (Americans .'ask wi'-jn surprise " Wherever do you kw:;r0 vour garbage cans? And whihe picks up the paper so iphckly ? " (2i Our general courtesy 'w strantier.s. CM Our hon (though some have found exOT, tions. An Italian woman twl! taxi at Victoria Station, askM' for the Grosvenor Hotel. driven round side stw " a charged 7s. 6d. and did not fin ma out. till nest dav that the ho''; Nl is part of Victoria Station it-self v? Tliev comment on the quiet ft rj, London trafTic. and canti'd. understand how English drive, sit patiently in traffic .lan-r... without setting up a hopktn; I I chorus. r ' BUT all guides Insist thjpV' this is true: Nine qtistiot. out. of 1cn, y.iien nrti "j prompted In snmethivti i-ptle view, ore ahovt th-Gi-'.cA f and m embers Of h ' 'c-family. 'c-family. j1- |