Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-12-03
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LIFE IN LONDON.

Mr.. G. s. billiard, in one Of his graphite
letters to the Boston Courier, thss de-
scribes club" lie in London:
am At No. 81 ST. 9.m.s street live
you the street and number because | wish
~ recon mend the house; have . sitting
room, bedroom and dressing room, for
which pay guinea and half week.
They are 10 the fourth story; the rate Of
payment lessons as you g. up, and the
same accommodations on the second story,
or frs. floor, would be more than double.
Besides the above amount, pay . shilling
: day for attendance Breakfast and tea
are furnished when desire; very good,
aud at reasonable rates.
| In this same street Horace Walpole once
lived, and Byron, before his marriage, once
lodged. Out Of my window can see the
house in which Gibbon died. A few rods
off is ST. James Square, in which George
III. was born, and where the Duke Of Rox
burg lived, and collected that memorable
library, the memory of which is SO precious
to every bibliomsnic. In King street,
which leads from St. James street to 81.
James Square, the Emperor Of the French
lodged when ~ exile 10 England. A cab
stand 10 before the door; post Office is
close by; the Wellington, one of the best
restaurants in London, is nearly opposite !;
so that all the wants of o stranger and
way-faring man are easily supplied.
Ny way Of life is that of hundreds and
thousands of others in London, no, merely
sojourners, but residents many of them.
men Of birth and breeding, but not pos
sessed Of al income sufficient to enable
them to marry--tor marriage here upon a
small income is a solemn ,hing-who have
no homes, or rather houses, OF their own,
and pass their lives in London, varied by
excursions upon the continent or visits 10
n friends house. 1t 10 a manner of life
not without its dangers, and not very con.
ductive to the growth OF the higher quail.
ties Of the character; its isolation, and the
custom OF living by ones self are apt to
engender habits Of hardness and selfish
ness. But there is one element in the life
OF such a man which have net stated {:
he would almost invariably be 4 membe-
Of some one Of the many clubs in London,
which are such characteristic features Of
London life. In his club he would find
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urious home, ut a very moderate expense
"a well chosen library, oil the leading re-
views. magazines, and newspapers. foreign
and domestic pen, ink and paper the
attendance of wel.,rained servants and
besides these be may take all his meals a,
the c!ub, aud upon any scale of expense
that he chooses.
These clubs are successful applications
Of that principle Of aggregation OF comb
nation which lies at the bottom Of SO ma
ny Of the sociaiislic schemes of the pres
ent dag the principle is right, and the
only question is how far can i. be carried,
any farther than it has been done in the
! London clubs. The prnci pie is that what
/ can be done for many can be done more
cheap.y, in proportion to the numbers.
than what WAS done FOR one; you can feed
or warm a hundred for q sum less than
| hundred .imes less than wha; il takes TO
warm one. thousand persons club to-
Gether aad pay seyen,y five dollars each
/ Til, will erect and furnish large and
handsome building, and then each Of these
persons will pay thirty dollars year,
which will supply an income to carry it
on. Thoash a thousand persons have a
| right to use the club, yet not more than
! G'tv or a hauifed are actually using il at
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