The impact of the refugees on London life is evident in more than one sphere. For one thing, it looks if they are gradually changing our eating habits. I have already referred to the new restaurants opened specially to cater for foreigners, and largely patronized by my countrymen as well. Now 2 have discovered that Continental customs are finding their way into quite a number of the existing establishments.
At one quiet but rather exclusive West End restaurant the other day I noticed a wide variety of sausages displayed—tempting! Obviously foreign, yet they looked fresh enough. I thought. On enquiry I discovered that they were made in London by refugees. There was also a Tree Cake, which is delivered about a yard high and is cut down in hori-ontal slices, It is made by a refugee was once a lawyer.
Other immigrants are educating Londoners to appreciate all kinds of fancy breads, as well as many cheeses formerly made abroad and innumerable dishes hitherto strange to the average English table, The home of clubs for a hundred years and of one club in particular, the Sports, for nearly half that period, No. 8, St. James's Square, London, has closed its doors for demolition.
It was here that England Test elevens were chosen, when Lord Hawke was a power in English cricket, and it was here in more recent times that the English Rugby Union Selection Committee decided upon representative teams.
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