THE MAN WITH THE MEGAPHONE.
NEW AMERICAN WAY TO SEE LONDON.
NEW YORK, March 1
On May 1 London will be invaded by the sightseeing motor char-a-banc, accompanied by a megaphone lecturer, which is a feature of New York. Five companies are operating here and doing a great business in showing country visitors the sights by night and day— "seeing New York" it is called. . - . A company which is coming to London with 15 motor wagonettes is preparing to run four distinct tours around London, including all the sights of the rich and poor quarters, the historic and fashionable districts, and Dickensland.
Each car will be accompanied by a guide with a megophone. That guide will also be a comedian trained, according to the New York system, to point out prominent buildings and make arnus ing personal comments, besides providing gossip and criticisms when indicating notable houses or personages. The experts will all be Londoners.
The companies' operations will be carried on in London during the season, and in Paris, Berlin, and Monte Carlo afterwards. The operations will be extended if successful, until eventually wherever the tide of fashion flows tjie voice of the "man with the megaphone" will resound.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 1 (Supplement)
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