The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-24
STREET SHOWS In LONDON.
Queer and Quaint Exhibitions To Be
Seen in the Great Metropolis.
The Horse Guards Parade-The May Day
Festiyity of the Chimney Sweeps
Evil Shadows Removed.
Correspondence of the indianapolis Journal.

Correspondence of the indianapolis Journal
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s'RULE BRITANNIA" AND GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"
LONDON, May 12-When / write the words
'London shows, don't let your mind drift into
the direction of ''side shows" and dime
museums" which are comparatively unknown
on this side of the Atlantic Within the past
few months however, one of these peculiarly
American institutions has invaded the respecta-
biIity of Oxford street. and since we are initial
ing many things that American, one may
yet see the side-show established in London. /
hope not, for my own part. There are SO many
institutions on your side of the water which are
better worthy of attention here than side-shows.
The cocktail, for instance; if we only knew how
to make and when to take cocktail! To-day,
at the opening ofthe Inventions and Music Exhi-
bition," at South Kensington, noticed an Ameri-
can bar and as the Prince Of Wales passed that
way / observed what thought was smile OF
approving recognition in his genial face. 1t was
pleasant picture, the royal party doing the
round of the exhibition on the opening day,
amid the cheers of thousands of well dressed
people and to the music of many military bands.
The sun shone gloriously, and the Princess
looked wonderfully well. She and her husband
Are additionally popular at the moment on &C
count of their visit to Ireland. When they came
INTO the Vaudeville Theater the other evening
shs audience rose and cheered them-avery un-
sual thing. But there is certain amount of
political electricity in the air. The nation is
reused It is emotional 1t is full of fight
and loyalty. It is anxious to demonstrate,
wants to "let off the steam," and any oppor-
tunity which gives it a chance is seized upon.
National airs are cheered at the opera and the
theatres; national ballads are sung at the music
balls; bands Of army recruits are met every
whore, and ships of war sail out daily from
the ports with flying colors and men who long
to be let loose upon Russia. So, as l said be-
before, we are rather emotional just now, and
the country would rather have war than peace.
Admiral Keppel, at the Irving banquet, said
both army and navy were like brace of dogs In
leash, longing to be let free, with Russia as
their quarry It is not surprising, therefore,
that when holiday crowd hears military band
play "Rule Britannia and God Save the
Qneenn it thinks of the national songs as battle
music, and wants to rally round the flag as
You did when shouting the battle cry of free
dom" in those terrible days of the war. The
Russian Court carrying on the succession Of
Fisheries and "Healtheries') is empty, but
close by is wonderful display of English guns
and torpedoes.
1.-THE HORSE GUARDS
Bullet US talk of Londow shows, the cheap
sights of London, the shows that are national,
the shows which strangers like to see. One of the
daily entertainments is the parade of the Horse
Guards, rendered Just now more popular than
n
Afghan business has aroused among all classes
The Horse Guards parade every morning at IL
o'clock The show is the admiration of the
street bows. They stare at the shining black
horses and the dazzling Announcements of the
men. and resolve to be soldiers as soon as they
are old enough. A crowd is invariably attracted
BY the cheap and interesting show. The country
man who has been in London only few days
elbows his way to the front and stares. He is
not there by accident The Horse Guards are
one of the many sights of London which he
has come to see, and he has been all the morn
ing, with map in hand, searching for Whitehall.
There is the Frenchman talking very fast, and
hitching his shoulders up and down AS though
his arms we're worked by string pulled from
behind like pasteboard clown. When the
cigar is out of his mouth he chatters as though
he were pronouncing one long. unintelligible
word all the while suiting the action to the
word and the word to the action 1t is a favorite
rendezvous too, of nurse maids, who look upon
agnardsman as the acme of all that is hand
some and excellent in man. They are evidently
very much of the same opinion themselves and
very fine fellows they certainly are. They are
the Queens guards and warlike as they look
they seldom fight. The institution of guards
for the protection of the sovereign is of
the most remote antiquity. In the Bible we
read that Potiphar, the Egyptian to whom Jo-
Reph was sold, was captain of the guard of Phar-
Oah; that King David made Benaiah commander
of his guard; and that King Rehoboam commit
ted the brazen shields which he had made Into
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the door of the Kings house, and that Nebu-
zarden was captain of the guard of the King of
Babylon. Herodotus states that from each Of
the two classes into which the Egyptian army
was divided. thousand men were annually Sc
leeted to serve as the body-guard of the King
4. The Persian monarchs maintained mounted
body guard of mobiles who were called the Kings
kinsmen, and also corps of foot-guards,
magnifcently armed and attired. The
most celebrated guards of ANTIQUITY
were the Roman Pretorians. The Emperor
Augustus augmented their numbers to about 10
900 men, The French Kings at a very early
period, surrounded themselves with guards in
imitation of the Roman Emperors In all the
campaigns of Napoleon from 1900 to 1885, the
guard bore distinguished part. BY decree of
May l. 1854 the Emperor Napoleon Ill re-es-
tablshed the Imperial Guard, with nearly the
same privileges and the same uniform as the
guard of the First Empire. In Russia the Gear
Ivan Vasilievtch the Cruel, in the latter half of
the sixteenth century, formed body of guards,
termed in Russia strieletzi tarchers), whose
number rose sometimes to 1000 The
Austrian Emperor has body guard
of mobiles, which in 1859 consisted
of 600 men, In the Prussian service the guards
form two divisions, and constitute large and
complete army corps. The horse guards were
originally gentlemen chosen for their bravery to
be Entrusted with the guard of the Kings per
son. They were divided into four troops The
first was raised in the year 1861 and the COM
mand given to Lord Gerard: the second in 166i,
and the command given to Sir Philip Howard;
the third in 1893, and the command given to
Lord Fayersham; the fourth in 1902, and the
command given to Earl Newburgh. Each troop
had one colonel, two lieutenant-cotonels one
cOrnet and major, one guidon and major. four
eKempts and captains four brigadiers and lieu
tenants, one adjutant. four sub brigadiers and
comets. and sixty private men. Thefour troops
wore afterward turned into two regiments of
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