Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-08
LONDON
ss and lncldsats IN the Worlds
Metropolis.
Quarters Occupied BY Foreign Rsfh-
IS and Their Manner Of Life IN
John suH's Land Apty
Described.


chester square and entering Gran
e street, as if you had an appointment
vent Garden, you will most likely no.
on your Left a narrow opening under
tSt floor OF 3 dlfident dwelling. If you
it. an inscription viii appriss yoO
this is Ryders court, a short cutting
4 Newport Market If you feel Asci-
BY its s9uallor you will, after coasGng
q few houses Of evil aspect and q feE
llaneous stores Of un4sthetic presence,
On a foreign soil where Freuch and
an are mostly spoken. and where you
also hear some English.
er since the emigration Of tue Hugue-
after the revocation Of the ediet Of
es, JUST 200 years ago, this part Of Lon
extending TO Totteuham Court road
Ttzroy square, has been the fsvorits re-
II Continental outcssts. The French
re OF 1859, the Italian cSrbOnsri, the
bHcan exiles OF 1913, the CommunSrds,
ierman Socialists, the Nihilisss have
turn stranded on this h~Ospitable shore,
Z more than once, have / met in one
J other Of the small foreign restaurants
bowed in the street Felix Pyst, Csussi'
Floureus, Most, Hartmann, Jules
IS Louis Michel, and many others,
: dark meetings Of which the police
Fever heard have been held there. a
mixed and curious colony, the mem,
Of which, however, are not all conspt
5, castAways, and ~oourtesans, as it i
times believed, lives there. On the
hold or on the staircase Of the same
e you may bump against q fierce Pouo
of 1871 or one Of the eonhdsnts o.
. On the ground floor Of that dull
ing in Greek street lives q most re.
able widow, . fast, going.to-hesven old
/ and above her head sn aged syrsn
niDg the other way. Many travellers
the European continent respectable
unafiuenS are hArbored in o or the
of the numerous small inns Of the 10
:, nineteen out of twenty Of which are
by Frenchmen, Belgisns, Swiss, Ger
n Italians, Dutehmen, and Scandrns'
ii Numerous foreign rogues, defslcs
and murderers also pitch their tents
and this explains the eaSe with which
Metropolitan Police frequently run
down. As soon as Scotland Yard is
d from Paris, BRUSSELS, or other foreign
5. and told that q wanted bird of prey
nging toward London, it sets on its
rs, who know the covers, and they sell
miss flushing it in Or about the Alham,
he London Pavilion, the Hotel de Yer,
$. the Hotel des Parenees, the Hotel
Restaurant international, or some
b or other gssthaus cropping to the
. &c in these parts. There are SlnIs'
rookeries about there, and rlbSld To-
res, but there is also . convent OF
ch Sitter, who do = great amount oi
table and educational work, and the
lie Cathoique de Ia COlonie Franchise,
9 lay masters do not linger behind the
nuns. Imagine the work the former
all day long they teach about eighty
OF all nations. and creeds, and when
veuing comes they open two classes
rom . to 8 for imperfectly educated
2 clerks, and another from 8 to 10 for
Among the students Of the latter
is a freshman who is past so. Only
who or whose parents can pay give
thing toward the support Of those de-
q men, who otherwise have only to rely
Divine Providence.
had a long talk in Ryders court. in one
b OF which this humble institution is SIT
p 18th one of Its two directors. We
S2taHk inside because the boys were
]. and when the boys are there the room
.cked. Ii was bitterly cold, yet this
Gilman, 9 young, bright, and happy
ng fellow, in thin slippers and without
would insist upon volunteering al
of information, although | was a per
tranger 10 him.
out Fifty yards from this spot having
, a mistake in the number one evening
cred a most forbidding house opening
dissuading court As it was not i'm
able that the person | had to meet lived
/ groped my way in, and, with the
p of a lucifer, footed the staircase. While
lding it | heard q tumult OF voices, and
/ TO knock three or four times at the
facing me on the landing before re
a attention. When it at last opened i
passage to q stream Of tobacco smoke
4 took me 3 minute or two to make on
occupants of the apartment. They
four men Of various ages, and 3 younl
ni6cant looking woman with short hair
i~pparently busy with letters and papers
E6ody s1Cre numerically in German
soms one else rooted himself between
nd the door. | was asked; "Wer zuu
Il Dist dur and how | had come in.
lgetically explained that had pushe'
ont door open, finding it UNLISTED, an.
we'd myseh in the house where Mr.. d
II NV friend, Mr.. H., was no do9b
ably known to the strangers; tor OF
no his name one Of them told tn
egist who had rooted himself before IN
nee to see me to Mr.. q. to ascertain
her / was Q "mouchSrd' or not. Whs
inhospitable Teutons were | doa'
but / guess, and l was wonderful.
' 10 have such q reference as Nr. d.
is astonishing how easy it is for per
suddenly to disappear in London. Thi
dined at the Hotel ct Restaurant de.
J Amis, I Old Compton street. kept b.
.Veuve BloDdel. / had q very goOC
Ion, q nice fish, . nourishing slice o
90, with potatoes and salad, apiece o
ere cheese, half q bottle of ordinary
I, and q cup Of black coffee for Is. sd
O was we'll filed by . mixed AM
" company of small bourgeois, auC
nded one, BY its general aspect and tht
aerin which the business "a conducted
Q cafe restaurant in retired parts o
As | was having a little gossip owe
ounter with Nine Blondel one Of he
)ns came back from some errand, sp
atty as pumped as 9 breaking dow
did you find him. s~nxiously sske'
Blondel, meaning q traveller who ha'
out after dinner.
10" pulled the blown waiter.
lut this is very slarmsnt," continues
Bloudel "You know he carries a lot o
~ with him. He is completely gri
lk / and be is showing his gold to all
fel. shall try again" replied the kinC
u IT, Anld NJ A. q nnhha hnnsA I'M