The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-25
SCENES IN LONDON.
TIE Qsarter Oceupied By Foreign Refugees
Apply Described.

Garden, you will most likely not notice on
your left narrow opening under tho first floor
OF difllden dwelling. II you notice 1t. an In
scription will arprize you that this Is Ryder's
court. q short cutting toward Newport Market
II you feel fascinated by its squalor you WILL
after coastin0 along few houses OF evil aspect
and . few miscellaneous stores OF unwsthetic
presence. land on foreign soil whore French
and German are mostly spoken. and where
you may also hear some English
Ever since the emigration OF the Huguenots
inter the revocation Of the odict OF Nantes, just
400 years ago this part OF London. extending
to Tottenham Court road and Fitzroy square.
has been the favorlte resort OF Continental
outcasts. The French Protestant pastor. the
French emigr6 Of 1889. the Italian carbonari
tho Republican exiles OF 134S. the Communards,
the German Socialists. the NIhilists have all In
turn stranded on this hospitable shore. There
more than once have met. In one or tho other OF
the smnli foreign restaurants or elbowcd In the
street. Felix Pyat Caussidiare. Flourens. Most
Hartmann. Jules Wales. Louise Michel. and
many others. Many dark meetings Of which the
police has never heard have been held there.
most mixed and curious colony. the members
OF which. however. arc not oil conspirators,
castaways. and courtesans. as 1t Is sometimes
believed. lives there. On the threshold or on
the staircase OF the same house you may bump
n
confdnnis OF Most. On the ground floor OF that
dull Dwelling In Greek street lives m0st n pe
dame. and above her head an aged syren
hnstening, the other way. Many travellers
the tss
OF ths numerous small inns OF the locality
nninetsen out Of twenty Of which cha arc kept by by
ians. Datohmon. and scsndinayians. Nqmer.
GUS foreign rogues. deialcators. and murd,er,crs
the ease with which tho Metropolitan Police
frequently runs thelp'down. :, AS soon as Scot
other ioreign towns. and told that a, want;
cd bird OF prey is wiuging toward
Enos III. IT eov ss and IL ssdsm Ths
flushing 4 in or about the Alham,btra. the Ign
dSn the hof ds onG ns 4 o
ternational. or some Dutch or other gasihaus
cropping TO the surface in those parts. There
are sin strous rookories about there. and RI
bald lupannres. but there is also n convent OF
French, Sisters. who do great amount OF
"Ecole Cntholi1ue dc la CoIonie Franchise"
whose lay masters do not lnger behind tho
All day long they teach about eighty boys OF
all nations and creeds. and when the evening
Tor mp peril s edScatsd Young ' clerks. and
another from 70 10 for men,, Among the
students OF the later class ass, IS lreshman who
can pay give something toward tho support OF
those devoted mon. who otherwise have only TO
angle Of which this humble institution is sit;
uated. with one OF its two directors. We could
not talk inside because tho boys were there
and when the boys are there the room is
man. young. bright. and happy-lookng fei:
low. in thin slippers and without u hat. would
ton although was terioct stranger TT" to him
About d1ty yards from this spot. having
maae osi hs pnS
that thu tho person hnd to me meet lived ' there.
rvaIsn I'm nd 1vit h, hnl ut = t,,
Siier footsd the staircase. While ascending il
heard q tumult OF voices. and had to knock
the first landing before / received attention.
When 1t at last opened 1t eaye, passage to
The apartment They We're four su1 men o various
nxes and young; inSignificant.io9k wo-
letters and papers. Somebody swore unmerci:
fully in German. and some. one else rooted
ASKED: Yer znm Tsufs bis. ste da ""' and how wi
had come H., l apoiogetically explained thnt
unins ensd. and believed myseIf f in the house
where Mr.; II. lived My friend. Mr.. H.
s Nc the
stratngist who had rooted himself before the
TO to M f. to mos ssee WITH
those inhospitahie, Teutons were don't know
but l guess; an. and ! was Tondertully happy to
1t ia astonishing how easy it is Tor persons
suddenly TO 1hisaRpsar in paondon: THIS geek
=
9snss S"dc ps" S very r esa' bS Ss Se
potatoos and salad. . piece Of Graysrs chsese.
bali bottle Of ordinary ciaret and cup Of
ilied by a mixed and orderly company OF small
bourgsois. and reminded one. by its general
Was 1 n bs ~ weh ,hs
tired parts Of Paris. As was having n little
h.r 1s sosn"r VIII Mme n"nd"
rand. apparently as pumped as u breaking
% %own f Ms You and him s%xioS;y
No" .pnfIch the blown waiter.
But this is very n!n,1naa." continued Nine
VIM him: ii. is eomple,%i! sris ilrSnE Ii' and
he IL showing his gold To ALL;
waiter They told me at a public house in
sn s Of rs @o aw hm had
Do try. Jules" she eoaxed. You RENE mber
what hapHPened to the other yoyageur last Year,"
with Refreshed spirits.
hMn nsE ad MPPnn to taS other voyageur
Well. sir. he came here ono day some months
ago. and. as many OF them do carried his
ner how he wore it here and there round his
waist and between his shoulders. and don't
coffee he went ont. remarking that he would
DO BE- back early However. he did not return for
Of h9 chnS an my
estabiishment; and inquired i I was Nine.
BIondei. having been satisfied on the latter
point, he told me that the card had bee found
on tho body OF IL man picked up dead a few
hours ngo in one OF the streets leading out OF
Ssven Dials. with n mortal wound in tho back
Nothing save tha, card had been found on the
corpse. and could identify it2 We went to the
mortuury. and it WAS tho unfortunate voynyeur
Of the previous day. As he had only been stay
ing at the hotel a few hours. we did not even
know his name; His handbag. tho only lug
gage he had. did not contain anything which
could supply the information; SO his I'M
claimed body. described assons OF an unknown
person. was buried in tho common grave"
= What strikes me most In these foreign res
taurants is how clean they generally are and
how superior IN quality; in culinary merit. and
In choapnnss. compared To the English eating
places. Now. hero is the Restaurant des Ar
dannes In Firth street kept by Nine Lecerc.
The dining room Is very small. Nine I.ecerc
kindly explains to me that it could not comfort
ably hold more than thi rty- Ave people. She is
helped by u Rarcon whose imposing features
and carriage would be the making Of an as
pirnnt 10 courtiy diGnitios. The tables arc OF
an exquisite cleanliness, and everything is ap-
petizing, For ono shifting Nine. Leclorc who
10 nimble and sharp manag tr. will produce a
la Al N IA ~ nG,,.l ,fa aaE