The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-23


t.nsely cold snow lay on the ground. Yet the |
crowd IT nristocratic carriages and fashionable
ioupprr- WIS great. 1t was ono afternoon near,
christmas suddenly bcggar. with haggar,
cv,s trembling with cold and fever whose sharp
sh,ullrrs pierced through some namecss gar
mani and whose naked crippled feet dragged
in the icy mud. passed u.s. Almost at the same
moment a most lovely girl. with sngularly
brilliant Dyes, fair and beautiful hair and
,onsumptive complexion. clad in clean but UNI
scasoulbG clothes was hanging about tho
back entrance Of millinor's shop. Tho beg
gar knew: he had formerly been bold cavalry
officer in an Indian regiment Drink and dis
spaton had dragged him down to his horrible
condition. He has died since in workhouse
on the other side Of tho river. The girl knew
also. She was one Of six daughters of Cap
tain in the merchant service who had deserted
his wife and children, leaving them entirely
unproviled for. In order to live ut Liverpool
with girl he had scduced. The young person
| had Just met was working day and night in
order to help her family. In the spring she
was received rs an indoor patient at the hospl-
tai for consumptves ut Brompton. which she
has long left for the place where all rest
TO some. London is onlya city of money and
smoke; to others Il place Of excessive folly
tempered by the dullest amusemcnts. In
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of contrasts. In no other town could we see in
tho same short space Of time what l had thus
witnessed. IA it were at n single glance. Lon
don contains the extremes Of everything. with
all tho countless shades which separate
thom: imeNhaustible wealth with insolent
luxury. unparalleled poverty with amazing
misercs. the best and the worst Of all. There
are many foreigners. both those who come
of their own accord with tho idea OF
sharing in its riches and those who do not
como SO willingly and would have stopped
in their own country il 1t would have kept
them. Strange things happen sometimes
among the Httor. Parties and opinions
have ephemeral lives. and cbnpucrors and con-
quorrd have often been seen landing here In
quick succession. Not long after the Paris
Commune saw the Empress Eugene publicly
insulted i'll London by handful of rough COM
munardS. On the other hand. frequently en-
terins 1t that time different restaurants and
other pubic meeting places, / was struck by
the brJthrrly relations existing between the
political refugees from Germany and those
from France; they ate together. talked to-
.gethcr. and generally associated MS il love had
long made one country OF the two. Their re-
lations have not ceased to bo good. and
habituhlly. when there is any important reyo-
lutionary meeting. speakers of these two
Citations OF their respective Governments. II II
ball or concert Is given by one revolutionary
section OF refugees at HAMPSTEAD Heath. in
Grafton street at the Hall Of Science at some
democratic club. or WhitechHpel tavern ref
ugees OF all nations receive invitations TO at
tend Strange IL the sight OF these people. men
and women. and sometimes children. coming
from all parts. and only brought togeth
ceived ticket of invitation to a ball given by
the Social Democratic Association u few yards
from fitaroy square. The meeting passed on
M lad
at ilrst sight 10 IL stranger the unruIy class OF
people he happened to be mixed with. At the
same time. II not Knowing what to say to the
young French woman he might have been ask
ing for IL dance he had by chance mentioned
tho name of Ganbetta or of any moderate Re-
publican. the revelation would have come on
him with vengeance. He could then have
easily inncied himself i'll dream. interviewed
10y the angel OF destruction. However. there
was no row. and every one dispersed a.
peacefully us If 1T had been MARLBOROUGH House.
Meetings of that kind do not always maintain
to the end their orderly character. l rccoliec,
some years ago rather trn.:c AFFAIR ut n pub
SOCIALISTS and II few friends had assembled in
most conNI;inl and frateinal style and which
ended in q FREE light with chairs and knives.
foreigners Eah!nnIiy settle IN some special
quarter. Evor since the tirst French rcvolu-
ing from those parts to Iottcnnalu Court road.
have PROVED. very attractive TO III French and
to many other foreigners. When walking
through some Of those streets one cannot fail
to be struck by the number of French or other
foreign niliIoS which are written over the
shops. French laundrcsscs from Paris. French
bakers. Partisan conicctinnors, French and
German sausage makers and chcSscmonSers.
French or Belgium shoemEkeIS abound there.
There Is also Il French butcher. and there was
some years AGO in narrow pasSiEn ~ not lar from
Newport Market. suspicious French Centq'ip.
where rcmember to have taken n cup Of
equiyocal cpiI.e in the midst of some very
rouglI-!ookins custo.Lcrs. This establishment
was kept by a woman Of petroleum renown. II
has long crIsr! 20 exist. In those streets you
meet young women wearing neither hats nor
m, n ~ al
shaped feet in not less neat slippers: boys and
girls clad in overwhe inning iinaforrs; mcn with
lmitab.e gesticuaitlon. number OF good and
cheap, enlin. places, are also found there.
entrance and windows decorated with few
evargreens or other plants, ~ III Continental
towns. Tho population of those parts Is cx-
ceedlnGly miAed. In the same little street
lined With small and decrepit dwellings suS
.gesiyc"f vice and crime, have often met at
nightfhll on the same pavement the impressive
French Snur 10 Charlie whose convent is
hard by, bound on some charitable errand. and
the bold courtesan bent on drum ken rcyeiry.
Those houses in which it is not always
varied aspect. Here is a china dealer
beautiilcd old mansion, the fine staircase
of which must have been assembled u, the
time oil George L.. by many great and handsome
ladies ana illustrous men. Not a hundred
yards from there you ontcr, or rather you had
bcttor not enter, that small house which is ut
the corner OF an unfreIuentcl street and
narrow passage. -Four white balls crossed by
two billiard cues are painted on me Eroqnd
,luentei b. the inferior class Of German wait
'ers out of place, and mechanics OF the same ma
tionality. How men can live, eat, drink. play
cards, and curouse in those two small rooms
on the first floor. in such II foul atmosphere
how they can ever find their way there, by, n
staircase steep rs jacobs ladder. and dark
.ened by those dense clouds Of tobacco
is my Would but be re SasE Ss
the stained walls q the rickety bouse. 4
they could speak, There is another small
hotel kept by u Frenchman. He is not very
active himself. but look at his stout and band
some wife hard 1T work in the kitchen yondcr.
beyond theidining room. 1t would be impossi
bio even at Mnrsellles TO breathe u more UNI
mitignted odor of garlic, and perhaps to get
bettor proyengnl fare. Many times already
have the excited communurds assembled
at dinner NJ that other, place not far on
under the folds of the red flag. to commem-
crate the birth and the exploits of the Com
mune, 1t IS in those and similar inns Of the
same neighborhood that many foreign murder
ers and robbers have often found temporary
refuge. and where many have been easily
traced by the English detective. who knows by
experience where those foreign birds OF prey
mostly hide and nest.
Although many Italians live in the ncighbor.