Regular visitors to London usually have their favourite hotels to which they invariably return. Not infrequently they develop a preference for certain rooms in those hotels and feel cheated if they have to accept other accommodation.
A magnet to visiting celebrities, providing they are wealthy, is Suite 412 at the Savoy. A surprisingly large number of Indian maharajah American "kings" of commerce, film celebrated singers and, in fact, /in all walks of life, ex-re to stay in this parti-when they come to town.
size it is the most expensive in London.
Consisting of a sitting-room, a bedroom and a bathroom, suite 412 costs 6 guineas a day. and that does not include food. It is seldom vacant, and is worth more than £2000 a year to the hotel. The latest occupy ant was Gigli, the Italian tenor. The rooms command one of the finest views of the Thames to be found in London.
The double windows through which the view is obtained are never opened. for the hotel is air-conditioned throughout. Any degree of tem-against Germany, but also the Yugoslav Army can be brought into action against Germany; the possibility of bringing the Yugoslav Army into action against Germany, supported if possible by British troops and Czech "Freikorps," will automatically result in rebellion and unrest in the former Czecho-Slovakia, possibly also in Austria.
In such a situation Germany will either bow to a military and political capitulation; or must face the fact that she will be attacked from practically very side by a superior coalition of forces, with the certain prospect of the total military defeat of the "Third Reich." Even if during a defeat of Italy, German revolutionary unrest could be suppressed, this will hardly be possible during a general offensive against the Third Reich from all sides. When once the German people see that the "world-power" dreams of the Hitler system cannot be realized, they will quickly lose their nerve and their faith as in the autumn and summer of 1918. perature can be produced by pressing a switch. The windows keep out London's noises as well as London's dust It is possible to be really quiet in suite 412; even the bath water runs silently.
Guests who have stayed here include the Maharajah of Patiala, who engaged another 25 suites as well; Tetrazzini, who is reputed to have entertained an income tax collector in the suite, before handing him £1,500 in notes; and such diverse personalities as General Smuts, ex-King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Wallace Beery, Ivor Kreuger and the late Duc d'Orléans, who claimed the throne of France.
Keeping an Eye on the French In these days of the entente cordiale it is strange to reflect that Britain still employs a man to keep a look out for a French invading fleet. Twice a day for more than 50 years Mr. Fred Barden, now 80 years old, has gone to his lookout post at the Cinque Port of Winchelsea, Sussex, and scanned the horizon for French pirates in the English Channel, ready to raise the alarm should they appear.
Not once has Mr. Barden discerned an enemy from France; his father, who held the office before him, had no more results for his watchfulness. In fact, the last unfriendly visit was 500 years ago, when marauders from across the Channel sacked the town—an attack which led to the appointment of the watchman. But the good folk of Winchelsea are not taking any chances! On Easter Monday they re-elected Mr. Barden for another year, his salary to continue at 22564. per annum. s
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