The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-10
THE COCKNEY Walk.
Peculiaritles OF an Englisman's Method OF
Carrying His Arms.

Peculiarttles OF an Englisman's Method Of
| Carrying His Arms.
Richard Grant White in the Atlantic.
Most EngItshmen of the lower mid
die class and tho lower class in cities
have way Of walking which is a dis
tinguishing habit ofcommon life. Had
| observed 1t in Englishmen of this sort I'm
the streets of New York, where could
tell them by it as fur as could see
them. They lay themselves out in
their walking, rs if they were doing a
days work. They walk not only with
their feet and legs, but with their hips
and thcir shoulders and their arms, not
sWinging the latter. but arching them
out more OF less from their sides and
putting them forward stifHy as they
stop. Witbal they look conscious Of
their walking and seem well pleased
that they are doing the correct thing.
This gate and carriage of body is most
remarkable in the soldiers that one
sees about the streets of London and
OF garrison towns like Canterbury, and
IN tho vulgar creature who has come to
DC known by tho generic namc larry.
You will meet two soldiers frightened
up to the extreme of endurance in
thelr scarlet shell jackets, with little
HAT caps so far down the sides of their
ueads that you cannot sec why they
hesitate at coming down all the way,
ana these two fellows, one Of whom is
pretty sure to carry rattan with n
Jaunty air, will takcup tho room of
three men by the set-out Of their four
arms from their four sides and will
walk as if tlloir loccmotion, instead of
being by human muscles, were by
clockWork and steam. The number
of their imitators cannot be told. but
an English gentleman has mono Of this
tollsome swaggcr. Ho walks quite
easily and unconsciously and general
ly with good, manly stride, lust as Il
man of corresponding condition in life
in Boston, New York or Philadelphia
will walk. But in those places Won
will It see, in persons of inferior con-
dltlOn that strange mode of locomotion
which l have cndcavored to describe.
w ASIIINGTON'S Observation-Disclosures
tary Evarts, accompanied by party,
went to Wcstmorciand county, Viz
glnla, the residence of the blood rcla-
tlVes OF General Washington, to in
spccC the site of the proposed monu-
ncnt to be erected OH the spot where
the rather of his Country was born.
The Old chimney, which alone marks
the spot Of the house in which Wash
lngton was born, is between Nfattox
ana ropes creeks. The ground on
which 1t stands is a slight elevation,
commanding fine water view. Sever
al large trees encircle the spot on
which the house stood, and near one
or them was the window Of the room
in which Washington was born. A
visit was paid to Wakefield, mile
distant, Mr. Nelson's residence. There
the palt5 were rex eivcd lby Mrs.
Saliie Washington, the granddaughter
OF Augustine Washington, General
Washington's half-brother. She is
the widow of her cousin, Lawrence
Washington, and mother of Mrs.
Bette Wilson, the mistress of Wake
field. Mrs. Washington was born in
l199, q fow months before General
ashington's death. She is q matror-
~, finc-looking lady. Her face strong
ly resembles the familiar face of Mar
thu Washington. After short STAY
at Wakefield the party visited The old
family cenntery, on the grounds. II
has been neglected Of late wears. and
is overrun with weeds. A depression
III the ground alone marks tile loca-
tlon OF tho old vault, which fell in
years ago. Near by are two brown,
tmn,c-Worn> slabs, on which, will,
dlihcuity, can be deciplercd the name
OF Mildred Washington, who died in
1926, and of Jane Washington, the
tirst wife of General Washinoton's
father, who died in 1929.