SIX TO EVERY MAN

Hawera Star, Volume L, 23 October 1930, Page 7

SIX TO EVERY MAN

*—— LONDON’S WOMEN VISITORS. LURE OE THE GREAT CITY. London seemingly lias an a'd-powerful allure tor the women of other nations ims year liras brought to it a larger number than ever ni years gone oy, says a woman correspondent ol the •~ Mail.’ 5 Every boat and air-liner brings fresh contingents of foreign youth and beauty. One vessel alone, the White Star liner Laurentic, in a recent voyage from Montreal aiid Quebec had 8(10 women passengers out of a total of 90S. Loudon has indeed become the City of Women. Every hotel, dub, and restaurant shows big parties of foreign women visitors, the majority of them unaccompanied by men, and lor every German, American, or Frenchman one meets there are six of his countrywomen to ;be encountered'. The writer inquired at several West End hotels as to* wlia.t was the proportion of women among their guests, and in most cases was told that it was about two-thirds. And all of them invade the West End stores, shopping, sightseeing, admiring. The shops have the* quality to gladden the* heart of any women, whatever her nationality. They are lovely to 1 look at, their wares are tastefully displayed. the* assistants are courteous, and the prices are lower than in many other cities. For this reason, coupled with the excellence of the workmanship qf Eiigilish garments*, these foreign visitors buy vast quantities of clothes in England nowadays. At a leading hotel the statement was made that larger wardrobes have had to be installed in the bedrooms on account of the many purchases made by women guests. The writer talked; with an American . woman who made her first visit to London last year. She loved it—and on this visit has brought five other women from her home-town with her. She said; “Women in London seem to he so completely unconscious of the* freedom they have. I have wandered about ■ 'daces that woifkl scare me in the* United States and no one lias harmed or bothered me. This is such a safe cit.v for women. One can go* everywhere without an escort.”