HEAT IN LONDON.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 137, 2 August 1911, Page 3

HEAT IN LONDON.

An Australian in London writes:— I (Sixteen "not and sunny days.” 'temperatures have exceeded Mb London is in stressed. and excited. Farmers are in despair. Soon we shall nave prayers tor"lain. The Australian smiles at these records of 82 degrees, lint in this country of lower temperatures the suffering and the concern are real. The heat of the past week nas been reminiscent of the full tropics. The damp soil and the young vegetation of .June have given olf vast clouds of moisture, and the air is heavy and oppressive. Then the Englishman’s house and food and clothes are not for the hot weather. Ventilation is bad, and food and clothes are heavy, in the city these days yon find ofhee after office shut up, as though we were in mid-winter; in fact, many windows are sealed by their last coat of paint, and are fixtures. The majority of men wear the same dark clothes, except for their top-coats that they wore in March, and they eat the same heavy meat meals, and drink the same quantity of alcohol with their food, it is interesting on this point to notice that the Australian who dines with London friends in the city is nearly - always singular for his refusal to moisten his lunch with a lot of liquor. Ho pleads that the drink makes him dull in the. hot afternoon. The Londoner has no such fears. Ho takes his pint of ale or stout, or his couple of whiskies and sodas, or one of the “Cup” mixtures for which By mm’s and other noted eatinghouses are famous; and then, having overburdened himself, ho goes hack under his load of clothes to his closedup office, and swears at the heat.