Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-03
| From Our Regular Correspondence
Our London Letter,
LONDON, Sep. 10, 1883

ioasoh' tne past summer In London W
be remembered with pleasure. For Il
first time during many years the create
ut capital in the world has been able to hol
IS Its own in the matter of outdoor anus
N ments, thanks to the complete success
is the fisheries exhibition. The story of Lot
n don's dizziness and despair in the holida
IS season has become wearisome from col
, slant repdlition. That London is empty
@ OF course complete fallacy. As man
people pour into it during the month @
n August as go out 10 take n change in olhe
capitals and on other scenes. Amer
a icans' country cousins, foreigners from
s every cline fill up the gaps occasioned b.
3 brief holidays aud long vacations. Hitler
r to- however, the hospitality London ha
been able to offer her guests has been i'm
perfect. The emancipatei clerk can EMO,
an open air concert in the Champ Z s e,
in Paris; he can smoke bis cigar anc
drink his coffee under the trees disturbed
only by The buzzng of the "hannetons; -
Inc released lawyer will find mixed music
and pleasure in the park at BRUSSELS, II,
the Prater in Vienna, or in the envirop>
OF every Dutch, French, or Germ IN capi.
tai. There is not Swiss city. even of
secon larry Importance, which does no,
tempt its visitors to The lakeside or to tn,
Hover gardens in the cool of the evenino
when the dinner hour is past. "Wha
would London be like if she had only thu
enterprise or the public spirit to initiate
her continental rivols?' has been the
thought suggested again and again by the
concert cafes of unprecedented cities, places
where 1t is not eratuitously assumed that
the public assembly for quiet and recrea
ton necessarily means riot, confusion.
dissipation. and disorder. People start on
on continental travel. They enjoy th,
luxury OF music in the air and refreshmenI
under trees; they watch the simple life Of
ne Inhabitants, and naturally think OF
London, with its vast resources its thous
ands OF visitors, its enormous population
condemned to spend eve"y summer with
out relief of single flower garden or Il |
park where it is considered doubtful |
policy to encourage music, and amosI |
to suggest refreshments.
The fisheries exhibition has proved
godsend TO unamused London. Thanks to
ludlclous management and heal thy lioer
atty, those doomed to remain in town
during the hot weeks of a lovely summer
have seen new pleasure opened out tc
hem. No one will pretend that the com
plete and emphatic success of the fisheries
exhibition was due to science. II would
Dc Precautionary, ridiculous-to contend
hat ropes and spars, boats and cables.
models and nets, smacks and costumes
we're the sole attraction to those crowd,
which have poured into South Kensnglo,
district since this show was ipnuyera,ed
me midsummer success of the Gsherip,
Exhibition was due to the fact that, for
nee in way, Londoners and their guest }
we're permitted to eni " themselves in
heir own fashion They went ther,
ecause in the heart of London had beer p
rovided pleasure garden, spacious il
xtent, fantastic in appearance, witt Il
siuge for wet weather, and accommoda
ons for dry; place PRETTY Illuminated e
here II was possible to smoke a eliza I,
hhout being nsphYxiuel. Organz al
II very desirable and proper Owl &C
i'm instruction ut the elbow of any ON, II
eking for it, with every excuse TO h
lprovIng the mind should such IN exec, i
nj thing seem desirable, the G,herlp. II
hlhtlon WIS taken IA u deliplriul Il
'velty by those who erj " the evenin. -
l4ust hours in those pleasant gardens II
Ne travelling Americans, the mtn,
relgners who visit London in the sum
er lime, the country folk tempted to
wn ny The pac,rds that appeared Il
cry wayside railway station througbou "
e Kingdom, flock to IL charming re Or Ma
I'd hus countless thousands gladly to, k for
vantage Of an almost priceless boon. ne