, 1874-05-31

of pretty spring raiment sbout her can only be
reaped with tho golden sickles that mon call
soyeregnB.
IT., after this warning, any readers Of TIE
TRIBUNE persist il coming to London OIL small
MEANS my advice is, thxs tiley eBcheT boarding.
houses aud go into lodgings. For temporary So
ourp, orfor even long one il one is not especial
anxious about the a1is:ocratic character Of the
d1stscs ne lnhabits, there are many streats wlero
one can live at less expense than have indi-
Gated above. In some OF those loading from the
Strand to the river, Norfolk, Arundel, or Surrey
Streets or some OF the lodging. house streets Of
bloomsbury, near the British Museum, Bedford
street, Woburu Squire, Montague street. OF even
Store street, rooms may be found at reasonable
pr1cee. can tell you Of an art-studont who
came from Boston Last year with ample
means to make her European experience
one one Of luxury and costly elegance, had
on boarding keepers, millincrr, aud jew
olers- But to such enticcnonts OF the desh al
they put forth she was Adamant, though both
flesh and spirit wero wax before the temptations
every sido. So her dollars melted as in fur
nAee, whio hor store Of rare bits OF Sovres
china, quaint relics of medieval Majolica. dainty
mednllions and costly cameos, adorable busts,
bronzos, and paintings, ray1shing cabinets and
jewelcases Of inlaid ivory, and pr1cs1css bits Of
antique sculpture grow to fill her rooms to re-
pletion. So s,a went into lodgings to oconomize.
aud is now living in h1ilmont street. whcre for
$4.50 week gno has two neat, although tiny
roo7nn.-a breakfast-psrlor and sleeping ROOM
with the food, that she provides herself. cooked
for her, and e1celleutly served at her command.
RENTS ARE A TR1rLE CHEAPER,
comparatively, in London than in Chicago, ouch
a house az two years ago would let OH Wost
Washington or Vest Adams street for 81, 200, in
4 location of the Same degree OF eligibility in
London, will Let for $780, These houses viii bo
as large those in Chicago, and occupied by
families holding an equally fair position
in the social scnle but will be invariably
less convenient. lacking almost ALWAYS
tho bathroom and water er-conrcnienccs that
Americana consider so essential to comfort.
Neither will they be as elegant for the English
comprehension is Inadequate to the dimension
of tho idea that tasteful wallpaper is no more
expensive than hideous, or that roya1ly-born
artistic thought in house -fpi1hing Is quito as
so moderate, servants wages coming out Of tho
pockets OF the guest Instead OF the proprietor
(housemh1ds receive but 50 mouth from their
employer. sucking twice that amount from the
victims OF tips" to scquit London boarding
house-keepers of tho charge OF fleeing the pub
lio it must be proved that actual market ex-
penaeR are higher than anywhere else on the
facs Of ths globe. Meat is very expensive !;
butter is quoted at ~ cents pound; eggs 80
cents dozen : milk 10 cents quart garden- d;a3
cago quotations. So it seems, in con-
alteration Of the fact that the London
boarding -house-tablo is such as would in Chi
e.go .ia. The houss in ruin in menth because
to fried eggs and bsoon, and nothing eise s65
mornings Of the year, that tho London board
ing-houao-keGpor is not only publican, but
likewise sinner, in his dealings with the pub
lio. Just at this writing remember an incident
in point. Two Amorican ladies hired two rooms
-pnrlor and bedroom-at Margata- One night
the invalid siater tossed so restless1y upon her
pillow that the other, to get \ little sleep her
self. took her own carriage-robe and lay down
till morning on the sofa in their parlor. When
they tn came 70 settle their bill, tho macnnnimous
landlord oblieod them to nav one shilling for
tb.t fr.oTnant NJ \ nivht on the sofa. declaring
that the agreement bstveon them only included
tba ,aa ~ fha aof. d,.-;no Nie Gnu-{iue
Va hava hsen Ionv enough in London to eee
Ill 1he sights thnt ;" Murray" describes, and
many thai he neyer mentione. We have sneot
bonrx in
vra7,,rss7rn .anrv
a-.,r,;n. d-..1,a ~ sao;,,tr r;.a,a r+r an
nv ~ 1ns rt 3;et TINT aftor hsyinv rnused littla
my M, m.ca1,vs s,s tA t,hat sat doWu on,ant
unn, :. .a+taa ~ raat and ~ cs1m tha mikes
~ .hrohhed ~ ran;5,v with tba raa1izarion that
ts - 1ss+ - sttar a. msnVye.r. of 1onginu rss
Tarn,tt a. IN hod, tn e,}er tha sacred fona where
~ .n;r;+ rod rn.nv m,ny t;nnoa nrecadod no
I va aittinu thus rrapt in nv own thoughts.
vhan T hsconn. conoc;oua that Marty ri Amer
;raos %a9s ou;da'boo ] IN hand ve1a ann.Tsntiv
.s.Tchinc for sonnthinr in.t 4. thax an,
rha5v Rti]1 ayi9anffv AAArcfinr juVn1un.
tpar;iv p ' c,.nced downward to see il
vhai.vaT thav had lost might not bs
At nv feat, And there gav-
Ia.w white marble slab sot in the stone nave
ment of the Abbey. upon which some worshiper
- oen;ns had Iaii m wv wreath gon,n1ed with
st.9Tv vI,ita h1oszoms. and which was inscrbed
in oiIt iattars. vet undimmed by time-Charles
Dicienss Died June, 1870.
MD nv nnlees grow calmsr then do Won think ?
n;3 t1,s Anan of = iov that was escred and OF a
oleehs
Would it from, yours,
Often. when tired Of shopping in St paul's
c1nrchyard where. by the by. goods arc tauta-
1izinoIT nrattv and che.nl ve wander INTO
ST. pA11.'a cArBEDgAL
- ra.t and T., listan to fla maiegtic orran-music
s.,,;eh ,s.l. ,hronoh thst crandeur of conso
crat.d "n snsca naarlv srerv foFenoon. Rnt re do
~ sd,n;ra 81 Psn1'a ~ Va do ths noble Ab-
her. T. il ton co16. too empty. too
.,oy'd ~ ~. ao,1f,,I e4n7oaslon that snaaks from
~. .cntot',rod walls apd inacrinad peyemeuts OF
the e "J hhbev Va feel chilled in tbs Cathedral,
W - ;n swfn1 remotaness from the God who is
~orah;nad ~ thare and when re 20 to Drov. our
otan. Vii ayer tnrn from st. panl's Cathedral to
Wostn;natar 4bhev.
" bsva eaan eyerrtbinc frono tho British
nrraonIn ~ The Works. We saw