The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-16
SUNDAY ON THE THAMES.
tsogNEs ON THE RITER THE LON-
DONERS ENJOY.

I,orpoy. June 2s.-what tho Hudson
la 10 New Workers tho Thames is to hohuon-
Isrs. but more 80. For young England II rnoro
sountio animal than Young America; nc esp"os
yoftener 60 own asmart boat than smart ou4R,
hyhilo a. to neat yacht or light steam 'au"V"'
vt 10 the top OF biz widest ambition As ounse-
Apuenoe tho Thames Il moro to OXFORD, btoh'
and London than the jerome PARK road $50
uo,bau,. A summer Sunday Is the day Of all
others to see this river, to see 1t crowded. crawl
Ing with nfe as " bred by the hot SUM- In fun
.urrent one tin touches one tip, aud nice steer
sns Ia necessary NJ riaces to avoid collision; In
Ana sh,llows and bends sunburnt swimmers pun
and tumble like q school Of young whales. Lon
don Il sabbatrian everywhere but In her public
b.uses and on her rivers when an Enelshman
drinks he forgets the whole decalogue; and
when he steps into boat he leaves the fourth
commandment ashore. In that reckless boy
hood. for which no grown man should be hold
Tsspon sible, long ago. myself have often trans
crossed In the matter Of sunday boating But
u was with ill-conccaicd fear, It with tremb-
ling lovity that tossed the light oar or spread
tho festive sail nj a swell on the water Of pass
Ing cloud, l shivered rs at an impending Judg-
pnent.
Last Sunday tried IL could renew the sen
sstions of tho past. pleasure steamer runs
from London bidgs to Hampton Court Palace,
twsnty or twenty our miles of the Thames. We
Isft the bridge at 10 A. NJ, passing the yet
smoking warehouses; on Brooks's wharf, sill
streaming with tho water which for nearly a
woek the fire comp mics have been pouring into
the burning block. Bridge after bridge we pass
with noisy paddles countless bridges, iron.
slouc, observation-disclosures aff after wharf. pier
ffter pier, ana then the great embnnkments In
rf tKe granite masses, studded with the iron
head Of toe useful ltOn mere made 70 hold boats
VITA The rope in his teeth.
HAPPY PAIR
We pas Wesfminster, the countless spires
and Windows, he Drown chsnneied walls, just
% iiet as u there were no Eastern question to
Anlt mons brOws and shrivel the pockets OF
Turkish bnudhodcrs. Opposite ring the sweet
rnimes of Lambeth Palace, hair past ten; but
the old red bricks keep their own quiet secret
oitoriured Lollirds In the past, OF heart burn
inls of Episcopal convocations TO day. Our
boat has evidently its secrets too. Charles ku-
rustus aud his Sordphita, the London clerk and
his sweetheart, are here IN half hundred cou-
pies Sweetly hlusnes Seraphita as CHARLES
murnurs at her ear IN the language that the an
tiise To tiino the black or golden hair that the
lriNer breeze dlsturbs, and tnen dabbles uDcon-
tciousY with his cream like gloves In the Bills
terod tar Of the bulwarks. But. a. Charles re-
marks, when he finds out that II Ia In the nature
al pitcn To denle, " hats the holds SO long as
were .dppy-wot day we're avn, Saityl"
At Putney 1t becomes doubtfulii We can IN axe
a wav through the crowd of darling racing
boats. Doubling up and straie hteDine himself
IKE a bit 81 bronze machinery, the - champion
sculler of Australia drives his knife-edge OF a
Aklu l4st our BOWS. ullDWel by Nelly, the
posing cnampion,' both training for a race on
Tuesday. Two oars, four oars. eight oars every
KIND OF lean boat thst human muscle car turn
Into oit OF floating lishtenins, and every kind
OF lat ~ boat That can float under fat and
Jolly people, all are in excitement, In motion,
Ike thousand shuttles weaving color and life
tnto the river. Here and there a uirtv swan. In
A JtghI, Mustered and indignant state, has taken
- the bank Ia the interests OF dignity and
safety.
"Orders. gents, orders ,"-it Is the seductive
roioe Of the promena aiding barman. The sun Is
fetrbltiyely hot, and the sinful pleas OF
bottled beer are added To tue iniquity of the
daT. George Augustus does not drink alone
theJ manage things better than that IN Engla nd.
lnn0eently hut earnestly the lips OF Seraphita
are glued 10 the neck of bars her white throat
thrills about the Bass Of Alsopp, as II Jonn h.
Gougn had lived In vain. as II Mother Stewart
a never been born.
Beautiful lawns. shaded by great trees, slope
70 the wsters edge. Quaint villas, with angular
red-tied roofs and dormer windows peep
through centennial ivy. Chelsea. BatteTsea,
Wordsworth, Putnam, suburbs, villages. sue
coed each other vi IA villas between; every
where trees, green grass, water, boats, cottages.
girls In muslin, blue, pink, aud white, young
nen III WHITE flannel suits, pathers IN llgnt-
marching Indian costume, or In more retired
hooks cad In nothing but hitle water when
IN The nver, and when on the bank clad with
tue tour quarters OF heaven. Between Putney
aud hOrtiAke We are on the track Of the annual
oxford and Cambridge boat race. The river
banks ure trooden yet where few weeks ago
Oil i1ndo On stood u see the contest with Its
Wild rush Of boats and pulses, two universities
ALd their champions. the galley slaves OF glory.
The suu barns hotter aud higher; are We ap-
prosching the torrd zonr, or is 1t that unmen-
tlonaole come 70 torment US Def re the tine for
hins me piis SAUNA "wi'h ice, gent. o
Who can resist icef Every body drinks and
wills; Collars lose Their staren; the moisture
trckles from every hair OF ones head. There IS
Another commandment broken, for everybody
Is onvying tue COO comfort OF the swimmers
who roll through the water, UNANIMOUSLY happy
90 eSorY side.
FAMOUS POINTS or INTERSsr.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. villas, narrowing
river, with isiets called ats gu the Ihames)
.FeVoTk klOUiuE lawns under the shadow of
summer houses ana trees the tents OF picnic
tic duck begins 10 compete with the arstocratic
swan. 1t Is more than noon. On our rgnt We
pave lon Honse, belonging, some one SAYS, 10
1.-THE Duke OF Drthumberand, any way "A huge,
yellow irick box Of Il house, It's 10 yer story cup.
ported on arcnes, terribly suggestive OF big
brewery. On the roof a monstrous lion thfusts
i)is stony tai out straight behind biM, ike
misplaced mop. On the level lawn, brindled
COWS OF much more peaceful character go 10
ana fro. more or less excited ny Bsai -zebub, the
ieoa of flies. Round another bend of the river,
ANA also On TIE right bank Iwickenham comes
IN sight the lwic&euham where lived tue poet
Alexander fope-tnis Is the spot This pillow
IA ansloh, with the wings aud the boat house is
on the Veri lawn where he trOtted up and down
WIN Lazy Mary Mont igde, VINO N ade al awful
fool Of poor x4nder. lie wrote his "Abelard
lthe hci"ise iof her ; but somehow OF other he
lAdnt the right secret. lie "lisped In numbers,
for the numbers came" but Lazy Mary kept
away. Through my tears saw tue river mar
row. punts nlled with anglers and beer Jugs
tilddeI ne waves. swallows clipped the waller
'Lefo ai.. there mailugg IOriOus slaughter among
niond 800 our left stretches between and beyond
is bn Er-. Costly mansions, sweeps Of iawn,
'weTei in vcliow, red. and y cen, lovely women
liaiih- uimrY raiment over dusty walKs, happy
itlatht rus ih the trees, happy Jewellers under
them' % tue hiii behind tne town rise the Ia
hSu9 NH ahG lhe yet now famous hotel tho
in'aI am u iTter,luNnnous, thousand Widowed
Muile IN beliow ~ INST Tie green trees, above
iuegefahum beds that name out into the thick
IfAss
swans, ats" boats, houses, loungers Pic
hehris, eddiugton Lock. through the great
49, Ida- Kingston. past SurOitan past Dttou.
90 = Pee TIE IRON rhiiings u Hampton Palace
y Hil huN. uy Cardinal Thomas WOlsey, Henry
WI aud William Ill, beloved by everybody
Slu ESPECIALLY by foreigners. IL there Is a
Iiostn ~ " German IN London whom you
uut know where 20 End, Try Hampton Court
OF sunday. prim place, Tut beautiful after
an Zoo square In the angles perhaps too
tHahch 'tlcal IN It's ponds, paths, and flower
b'us 40 matter The lines, the ch0stnuts, the
guns are Older than the Revolution. George
ahnih<tOn's ancestors prODa 1lypiCnicked here,
a. any rate that exemplary defender of the
iAlth, Henry VII. often did billing and
G'oihs with Anne Boeyn or Jane Seymour, OF
tatheflne Howard, or Catherine Parr or VINO
ever was unfortunate enough to be his wife at
We time luf King Hal" by the by, stole
WIS palace iron " olsey, who stole the money
- buill II tsuch pfrt as was then builU from tue
AeOple blun III a asked" Wolsey for IT, aud
q, the CARDINAL loved his head better than
aintlon Court, he presented" the court 10
LIS worthy kng.