Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-08

ullcftulate OlASC " INC PE0fAoao NeIs
AZ he had only been staying st the hotel for
a few hours we did not even know his name
Bis handbag, the only luggage be had. did
not contain anything which could supply the
information; 90 his unclaimed body describ-
ed 80 one Of m unknown person, was bur
led in the comnon grave"
What strikes me most in these foreign
restaurants Is how clean they generally are
and how superior in quality, in culinary
merit, and in eheapRess, compared to the
English eating places Now, here Is the
Restaurant des ArdenneS, in Firth street,
keptbyMmsLeelerc. The dining room Is very
small Nine Lecletc kindly explains TO me
that il could not comfortably hold more than
thirty.6vs people. She Is helped By . gar
con whose imposing features and carriage
would be the making Of an aspirant to
county digpities. The tables are Ot an ex-
auisite cleanliness, and everything IS arps-
tizing. For sne shilling Nine Leclere. who
is a nimble and sharp manager, viii pro-
duce q table dhote dinner composed OF q
osup, a 6sh, q slice Of roast meat with one
vegetable, and o slice Of cold meat with
salad which will 6x you up for an act OF
virtue. For another sixpenee she will torego
. halt bottle Of a good win ordinsire, and If
you are thinking Of matrinony, or are 9TH
erwise rsshly disposed, she will lash yon On
to your presumption by adding to the above
menu, at diner de s~ociste, one plain sweet
-un entrements de cuisine.
Nearly everywhere in Soho you can get
in one Of the foreign restaurants . plat du
Jour for four pence, and q fair plate OF bouil-
lon for q penny. In Newport street, at
Nine. Repaire's, who has long been q cook
in various establishments in London, you
can get q dinner for ~sixpence, VIZ q good
dish Of roast or boiled meat with cabbage
and potatoes. While she Is explaining to
us that some provisions are somewhat
cheaper in London than in Paris, but that
rent is higher here, 8 consumphye youth,
trembling with cold, white as q sheet, and
With a nose so red that it seems coated with
paint inquired at the door if we did not
want some one 10 day to wash the plates
pour laya Ia ~vaiselle. This is one Of the
numerouslittle trades carried on in this part.
1t is fairly paid-sbout q shilling for three
or four hours work. It saves q servant.
II. YOU ike Partisan confectionery there
are three French pAtissiers who, for halt the
price you would pay in other districts, will
sell you excellent and fresh buttered patry.
You can get music and singing lessons BY
Italian, German, or French masters for q
shilling an hour, and, il you want French
novels or foreign journals you can get them
among other places in Old Compton street.
at Politicians who tells me that his small
house is 80 fayorably built tina! 1t could be
burnt to the ground by the time | sneeze
and am myself again. Pvtijesn sells at
least half q dozen newspapers which you
would vsinly inquire after all over London.
He daily disposes of large stocks OF Lin
trsnsigeant, l. Etoile Beige, llSecolo Gazetta
di Miiano, La Petite R~epubGque Frsncssie,
ard lie Cri du PeuPle.
There is a number Of Polish coifeurs,
where gentlemen can get their hair fashion
ably cut for t~hreepenCe and easy shaving
tor I'D. Ii seems, however, to me that on
this ground the championship and belt
must be given TO a Briton. Mr. Wilkins,
OF Dean street who, in q very decent par
lor, will shave you, aud sponge and powder
your face, for n penny; ditto, with clean not
water and sop rinsed oH, tor l4d. Mr.. vii
kins will then neatly cut your hair to any
fashion and brush it by machinery tor three
PENCE, and shampoo or curl it for another
~threepeuce. He Rill dye it for sixpcnce to
sny hue sou fancy. Mr.. Williams is par
ticularly snxieus that il should be known
by al, as it is exclusively for the customers
advantage, that be is prepared to give clean
hot water to each shave. Last, but not least,
if you want TO set apart some surprise for
,c,r wiGa or otharWisa carry on a mysterl-
Gus correspondence, Mr. wilkins viii receive
your letter or telegram for a fee Of a penny
and let no one know.
Once, not q thousand years ago, dwelt in
these parts Sir Isaac Newton, Oliver Crom-
we'll, then Captain Cromwell; King Thee,
dore, Of Corsica, who died q pauper, and
whose funeral expenses we're provided by
an GILMAN; John Wright, Catherine Sedley,
mistress of James H.: Byron's Countess
Guiccioli, Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Dry
den, William Hogsrth, and many other his
tOrical persons. '. DE '.