, 1881-08-06
PETTICOAT LANE.
A Remarkable Quarter OF the City
-. Of London.
The Especial Street Belonging To the
Jew Of Shakespeare.
A Busy Ptaoa-c|1ap1datad Clothing, Broken
Furniture, and Diamonds.

hlItf III Ill AElG1lCan cltylt III Ln0
heart Of Tie City proper. 1t is probably the
llirticst spot oil the globc.
IL ls tito cspecial street belonging 10 tho
Jews. Not tic Jews we have In, America,
The bright, busy, active men, who iiavu left
their impress upon every spot they have
who have dono no much to mako
America. .wllat 1t is,-i1ut tho wcll-drcssed,
leader In business and every.
kind Of Jew; the jew OF Poland. with ti,o'
long beard and long cont very like tho
gabordtnB Wo sec In pictures and on the
stage; -.,-........... q.
THE JEW OF R1lAKapEAnE;
the Jpw who Will tratie IN anything, and live
In q way that no other race or section Of n
race oil eartl, can 1ise. 'rhoro Is n dcnser
population III Pettfcoat 1nla, l vcrlly be-
lIeve, thnn anywhere else on the globe, out
Bttie OF China, and 1t Is ntl Hebrew.
You want 10 60 thore Sunday morning,
which Is their especial day, and YOU should
gut there about 10 O'Clock to sec It In nlt lis
glory. -.
All placcs for selling liquor in London arc
closet part Of the day Sunday, except III tlIls
street, but hero they arc all 0pen and III full
blast. "
Its the busiest place ever saw. The
strcols nre crowded. not the sidewalks only,
but the streets. to tho very centre. You SEQ
III llurse-drawn vehtelcs-it Is people. Bar
rows and carts drawn by people, 1nen or
women, nre the only vehicles. There would
bo nj room for my other.
If there IL an articlc on earth-that Is, n
secondhand arltcle-.-that Is not bought and
sold III rattlcoat lane On Sunday morning,
have not seen It. You cnn buy onythtn9 You
want there, provided you want 1t sccond-
liundt from knltttug-needle to slips ar.
chur.
1lcre is a hideous old woman on the side
walk with her stuck in trade under ller eye,
and sharp eye It ls,. arranged along the
curb. What Is 1t? a few dozen or moro
pairs Of boots and shoes,
IN ALL srA0Es or D11.Ar1DAT1oN,
carefully polished, and mado to look rs re-
spectacle rs possible, any pair of which (by
the way, they are not always matcs) you
sllnll buy. II you desire, at any price ram
gtng from a penny to shilling. No matter
what the nncient dame ,ggts for them. sEe
has made profit. Slle picked them up 0n the
streets, save a fow that she may have bor-
r0wcd when the owner was not looking.
What anybody wants OF these remnants,
thesc goss OF .foowear .s s1nt !. co,seye
mated easily after the cl'aifuring Is over The
purchaser pays the woman, l1lu sheds tile
WORSE ones lle has on, md puts on. his ac-
quis1tl0l, n11u wenls hts way. Probably III
~ he,,r e he would 20 glad to trade back but
Next to her stands Q cart which Is aporta-
bic hardware store. Theirs atB hinges, natls.
oil secondhand. cnrpeAter's tools. axes, locks,
keys, and all sorts Of ironnonKery, and no
aid l,e gets his price. As these things were
collected as were the, boots, the vender Is
happy at every punnysworth lho sells. :.
uef1 Is clothing merchant with hls stock
laid conveniently on the sidewalk. 1t Is
"A MOTLEY stAss,
and bis manner Of 'sposns Of t. Is p5ce;SsHy
He liz has W evarything that one can conceive
Se e. sossfy t ex s Sse M
and wont down and down through all tho
grades nf snclety, till they finally landed III
pelt!coat lalle. where they will be sold for q
slillnRs and tlis purchaser will tear tho tails
warmth and IRE simply In Tia way, and coill-
Portable Jackets will be made OF them. One
coat snw sold for a penny, tho ycnder orig
innlly asking two slttl!lngs for It.
Next 70 this merchant Was man Who @ had @
4 Wilson, Wilcox i Gibbs. tbs Domestic,
Singer, all tie American maohines were re1.
resented; and ho sold them, too, People
come there to b4y these things. They went !,
neoratlce, actually paid SG for q Wheeler Il
S;asoI3 WllsonI3, aud was not above carrying 1t OH
in Tetticoat lane they don't have wagons
gent street aud elsewhere, nor do they sell
on time. You buy, and pay for What yDtl
buy. and to prevent mistakes you pay Tor
JUST BEFORE you GET THEN.
Tha b 'f farnltuPss luz steres-all s on the sidewalk
are curiosities. i lid not notice d whole
piece Ut furniture III the lot, There was
clthera log Kone or two iegs, or the top, p pr
he sSSl'stK must q gonss ~; o
Ill you hef 10 do .lsll to get dot Icy put 81.
anti Its shoost ash goot ns new, atery bit"
The strcetycndefs Of eatablus formed no
small portion Of the traffic that was going on
leessantly: Yoq can eet siice & o. Foast t,as
ple cult cahDngc, aud. by the !yny, thay call Q
lelnol,Nde.a .'luin0n sQiiasl'') for n penny,
and you shall sse u cut from The jolnt, 11her-
wise you Wouttln't know what 1t was. There
e @ iolay frut' d; ia and sissi i slss st
British public eats, all on the street, which
Is convenient, tn say the laast.
Sharpers were not wanting to complete
tns asl s xs sSsae ba1N ae eonSd e
penny, so Us to harm0nize with ths general
cheapness OF the locality. and, 70 keep u y.
perfect accord, Ills portable table and lls
thinl6lcs Wcro secondhand. rhaTo were
Eans, huEdy-eurdyS. street singers, a,id tho
Inevitable street brass band, made up Of four
sad-looktng men.
HOW THESE rEorLE LIVE