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54/ [[left margin in red]] London [/left margin in red]] After his departure went to walk along [[red underline]] Serpentine [[/red underline]] River in the Park. A [[underline]] very well [[/underline]] behaved Sunday Crowd. - No litter, no rowdyism. I noticed two large ^[[edible]] fig trees in open ground which were bearing a mass of fruit, still green but about the size of large pigeon eggs. I wonder whether they ripen? The trees must have quite some age because their four or five branches were from 6" to 8" thick. I was also astonished to see on a little artificial Island of the Serpentine river, a group of black Cormorants and some large white pelicans. - This is the first time I saw these birds on fresh water. [[left margin in red]] London [/left margin in red]] While walking back thru the hotel I went into a Cinema for resting a while, but by sheer luck I saw an excellent film a story about Bali, filmed by René Roosevelt and very well arranged to bring out the charms of the life and traditions of this enchanting Island: - this was followed by an excellent German film, "War is Hell", which has great merit in showing the absurdities of war and exaggerated Nationalism. - I hope the film will be shown in the U.S. After the show I walked back and a little further in one of the largest Cinema places of London I saw announced in large blazing electric signs: "Scarface, - the Shame of a Nation". - this was [[end page]] [[start page]] 55/ [[left margin in red]] London [[/left margin in red]] an American film based on the story of [[red underline]] Capone [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] it seemed to appeal much to the taste of the public here because there was a group of men and women waiting [[strikethrough]] pol [[/strikethrough]] outside patiently to be admitted. The group was half a block long and five in line! [[strikethrough]] All [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] European countries like to hear bad news from [[strikethrough]] overs [[/strikethrough]] the U.S. [[/red underline]] - Formerly they liked to hear bad news from England, when England was ^[[the]] most envied country for wealth. [[underline]] June 27. [[/underline] Bought a few shirts and 2 light overcoats from [[red underline]] Selfridges, [[/red underline]] which is an enormous and very busy department store. - Seems larger and more active and more crowded with vanities of merchandise than our department stores. [[red underline]] Selfridges [[/red underline]] is erecting a large store, alongside this. Almost everything decidedly cheaper than in the U.S. Bought a very handsome light overcoat (rainproofed) for 9.00$, and another of darker color for about $8.00 Excellent white cotton shirts [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] best quality for about $1.70 a piece, similar to those sold for $4.00 at Burdine's in Miami. Excellent cotton undershirts at 35 cents! Walked down long Oxford street which is an almost continuous succession of stores catering exclusively to women's wearing apparel, and everything for women. Stores are open here till 7P.M Took supper at [[strikethrough]] a place wh [[/strikethrough]] the restaurant "The Monico" which had already an excellent reputation [[strikethrough]] intem [[/strikethrough]] in the middle of the eighties when I first visited London. The place has been much enlarged and modernised but has excellent meals and service and a good string orchestra which plays good old known music [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] instead of this intolerable Jazz, which has spread all over the world.
