England's reputation for traditional pageant a non the world over, and while critics of other nations often deride the maintenance of such medieval customs as the ceremony of the Keys, beating the bounds ceremonies, the traditional trials for the Dunmow Fitch and many of the more impressive, but not so ancient pageants, there i& no doubt that they are London's greatest attraction, specially to the foreign visitor, many of whom forget their scoffings as they become enveloped in the full glory of the reliant uniforms which decorate all of England's traditional displays.
On any summer's day a sight so familiar to he Londoner that often he walks by without a glance, is the usual crowd of awed ntseers who appear to be held spellbound the rigid, scarlet-clad guards on duty at the Horse Guards in Whitehall. More often n not the attraction for most of them is fact that the horses upon which they with such a minimum of movement are well trained as their riders, and, except a slight shaking of the head at short they stand as still as the soldier on parade.
There is no doubt that London's reputation as a holiday centre rests upon its keeping alive all these time-honoured customs w hich prove so interesting to the provincial and foreign visitor. Without them the teeming metropolis would be comparable with any large city in the British Isles or in other countries, and while, perhaps, it would possess added attractions of which {He places could not boast, much of its glamour would depart and with it would go increased trade, introduced by the thousands of visitors with money to spend during their sojourn in the city.
Perhaps the greatest attractions for itor to London are the numerous brilliant military spectacles which may be seen almost ery day and in all weathers, when Britain's net-coated guards demonstrate that their fame for being the smartest soldiers in the world is no myth, but a reality.
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