The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-12

This is termed lunch. Two tiny wine
glasses of sherry wine (the cheapest wine
sold in Englsnd), one shilling; piece of
gooseberry pie "a small piece at that htty
cents: total, three shilliDgs, or seventy
five cents OF our money. fne train va
ready to leave, but L saved the bill, as
expect to pay q visit there on my return
to Goods country" as Fsirchild calls
America. II you should take lunch or
dinner here while passing through, unless
you are q permanent boarder, you must
pay twelve cents extra for having
your dinner served you and six
cents for lunch or Breakfast.
and vet the walters expect fee besides.
should you ask q little vinegar extra, 1t Is
II cents; a sheet of paper with the hotel
advertisement on 1t, two cents, and an en-
velope two cents-so they advertise through
the mails and travellers pay their bills tor
paper, etc, etc. a bit OF Ice in glass OF
ater in the public restaurant Is pence
cents of our money. 1suppose at that rate
. pitcher of Ice water would cost so cents.
Tney don't charge for the use OF the ink
bottle, but IL pen Il poor they
Will sell you one. 1 forgos to state they
don't charge for soap. There is my pen
picture of a hotel where these charg'
have been In existence four years, and
sm sure am not the first to bring them TO
the attention of Americans who contem-
prominent doctor from BaltimcrA, who
was victim to extortion, wrote letter
more descriptive than mine in ). Bulle-
tin of that city concerning this famous es-
Establishment, where
CIvILITY Is AN ACCIDENT
and outrageous charges its only virtue.
TIE London trains that run from London
to Liverpool are exceedingly neat and
the day; for instance, three express and
three slow. The scenery on the road is
beautiful, all the land being laid out in a
state OF high cultivation, fine hedges, deep
green pastures, strawberry beds, sleeping
hills verdure clad, shady valleys wstered
with clear streams from the hillsides.
Here and there pslatisl residences peepiDg
out behind grand old trees. All
leave q delightful impression on the
mind before reaching dingy London.
One objection 1 have to this railroad to
London IL, your baggage Is never checked.
The name of the station where you land
Is pasted on it, and when you reach your
destination you have to stand with Gense
crowd and find your own trunk. Great
attention has TO be paid, particularly by
strangers, otherwise the first parvenue
may claim your trunk and walk off with
it, and the company will not be RESPONSE
bic. So, as they say in London, "watch
your box" The underground railway in
London is excellent, but the 'busses are
dingy, oftener dirty, and the fares
for short distances four cents for twelve
| furlongs. Their cabs are dirty and inele-
CANT in upholstery, but they serve the
people at reasonable rstes-six pence q
mile, equal to twelve cents of our money,
and about sixty-two cents an hour. The
"hansom cabs" are all very nice; they
| accommodate with ease two persons, and
the charges are very reasonable. The
American horse cars here, called trsIiwsy,
are neat and clean, but they are limited TO
| certain quarters of the city. Fares, OF
course, are double what they are in Amer
lea. So that with the exception of the I'M
| derground railroad we are far ahead of this
great metropolis In travelling comforts and
prices.
| COST OF LIVING IN LONDON.
Rents-A little less than In New York,
and furnished houses and apartments con-
siderable less-for instance an, excellent
house In good location costs about 81 &c
per month. and has many domestic com-
iorts. Large houses in fine locations cost
even as high as 800 and upward per month
Miss Nelson, the actress, who resides al
| Hyde Park, pays the neat sum OF IS SOC
i
very dear in London, and in fact ell kinds
| of vegetables. Straw berries are very
scarce, and sbil ings plate is asked
Shopping in London is an art, for there is
nc ci y in Europe where one can be SO
readily imposed on. Speaking the Eng
lish language DOES not help one in this
great ci Y, and Americans, regret TO say
are legitimate prey. They are supposed
TO earn their money so easy there is DC
harm in max ng them spend it freely
Even at Swan 81 EIgsr's, one Of the b, s
dry goods establishments in London, ask
"a much as any house in New York,
Their seal skins, their closks and silks,
not to mention their ribbons
aud fancy articles, are in COM
parison dearer than In New York
We are less misrepresented in the columns
| OF the newspapers than we were, even
three years stree. We are not quite 80
savage. so sem+Indisn as formerly. There
! is everything attractive in London as far
as art, science and smusemeDts are con.
cern+d. But 1 must defer my visits to
''objets d'lnteret," and cross the dreadful
channel to see "Ls Belle France" So, su
revoir. MARIE T. G.
L