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not up to date; devices which have become standardized in U.S. even for cheapest underwear seem to be unknown yet. What strikes me most in London that so little if anything has changed since I was here [[strikethrough]] 10 yea [[/strikethrough]] 15 years ago, nay 40 years ago. The horsecab has disappeared except for this there is no apparent change.  Same houses, same [[strikethrough]] buildings [[/strikethrough]] streets same life same men and women all orderly and quiet and well behaved, many antiquated devices in hotels, [[strikekthrough]] ch [[/strikethrough]] shops and restaurants but everything kept in good working order as a contrast to France, Italy, Spain etc. where many things exist but are not working. Where the elevators do not elevate, the electric 
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light does not light or gives out at the wrong moment, where the water closets do not water, and the [[strikethrough]] runmi [[strikethrough]] running water in the rooms does not run. The English are slow to change and tenaciously stick to what they have and seem to think that what they have being the best and standard English, it is not worth trying to change or improve but in the mean time they take great care to have everything and perfect clean working order. We may make fun at their conservatism and their point of view but one cannot fail to be impressed by their stability, and reliability and orderliness as one of their greatest elements of strength. In the mean time the weather is cold and