The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-15
IN LONDON TOWN.
Mrs. Kate Drownlee Sherwood on
Her European Tour
Palaces and Poverty side BY hide---phe
Duke OF Mudford---nyde Park
DemonatFation--M
O the Republic,

by the Reyolnti0nists, we left Paris
aud came across the channel 10 Lon
don.
After the beauty OF Paris and tho
splendor OF MHfaailles and the requisite
finish and polish OF tho whole Of France,
we were not agreeable Impressed with
the hOpyards OF England and the
smoky viataa Of London Town. A fog
hung over the city, as We approach
ed, II had been raining and the streets
looked dlamali the portela aud the cab
men ameled of bad whiakey, aud the
Custom House OlACera illustrated tho
beauties OF free trade by making ua
pay two ahllllnga apiece on two small
bottles OF Lubin's Extract
Our lodging place 10 truly "Engllah,
you know with black tea and bread,
with q bit Of bacon or an egg, for break
fast, some roast mutton and potatoes
for dinner, bread and tea and
marmalade NJ live o'clock and supper,
consisting Of cold dishes lud water for
q nine o'clock supper or oour6d there
IN stout, or ale, or porter, or port wine
for those who wish III but collee 10 IN
unknown quantity,
London II huge, monumental Ia al2e
and might ada la ita bold contrast OF
wealth aud poverty spleudor aud
BQualor, charity aud deoauchery, Drum
konness OF the lowest sort prevails here
and the "gin palaces are the Devils
own brew"
Never In my life have seen the low,
est forms OF drunkenness, bOth men
and women, tho ragged starving chlld
zen, the wreichedneNa aud squalOr |
have seen In the low haunts OF London,
And yet the city Is honey comOtd with
charities from end TO eud, There Ia u
screw loose somewhere, 10 one com,
ing from the peacelulnts8 OF Paris the
contrast suggests tbs query whether
ID isnOt alcohol that ii behind II all,
II the people reign IN Paris, n Is
Royalty that reigns In London, You
feel u everywhere, this fearful clutch
OF hereditary privileges, II will DO a
great day for this country when the
Sovereign and the lord,y hordes that
hem her round about will be called bf.
fore the common people, IN Treeialgar
Square and swear fidelity 10 a c0nsutu.
lion that knows no reserved right,
Down gt C0lept Garden the Duke OF
Bedford owns u large tract Of buildings
IN The heart Of London, from which ha
collects hiB yearly reugts, We went 10
the Corent Garden market and n worse
sight no QUO ever saw, with les crowded
streets aud contuglou, it5 bloW'eyCd
wOmen aud blJIted men,
'"Atake yourself very small, said the
E0gllBh womln OF our patty "Or you
Will got lnsOlence'
Aud we needed 20 make ourselves
small, for In every direction were carts
oil turnips and carrots gd clbbUgcs,
horses feeding, beggars ! umiug und
all of us stopping throuBu mud and
debris up TO the shoe.top,
"The Duke Of Bedford 0wngGll this"
said the Enplish woman" and Punch
has given min the name Of THE Duke
MuuIUTN,.
London aIn aggregation around
"lAe Hlty pt Lpudou,' where the Lord
Mayor ielgus governed by % council,
10 chaOut uUlunbed, hpaflug the
unurs of old lanes and rOaes u, Com.
mon Road "Egst0u Road Up SL
Martins Lane etc. The reason 10 Is
not built as Paris is, by fine, substau-
tial houses, is because the old buildings
are owned by Dukes and Lords who
had given long leases, and who never
make an Improvement 80 long as The
lease lasts,
The Government buildings from
Westminster to White Hall, and the
Houses Of Parliament, are palatial,
crowded with art treasures, All the
royal abodes Of the reigning houge are
supported M public expense, the whole,
including S3s5,0OO pounds sterling 10
the Queen, and q large appropriation
to the Prince Of Wales 10 gamble ava
In Baden Baden, amounting TO one mil. !
lion dollars per annum. And yet Her |
Majesty Victoria, Queen Of England |
and Empress OF all the Indies, worth |
10000 pounds sterling In her own saw
ings, has torn up the Houses Of Parlia. |
ment by asking that an annuity be |
pledged to her granddaughter Louise,
who is 10 marry the Earl Of Fife next
Her Majesty had the young man
made Duke In time for the occasion,
aud now wants them comfortably quar-.
tered on the people, But the people are
getting restive, and LaboucAere has u
large following In opposing further
royal grants, though Gladstone has
nedqed and wants the present appro
provided Her Majesty will
not ask for more.
AGAINST THE ROYAL GRANTS,
went TO the great Hyde Park Lib.
,ral aud Radical demonstration on
Sunday. where | heard the most vigOr.
aus use OF the Queens English have
heard since the old war days In Amer.
ca, There was speaking from five or
,ix stands, with three or f0ar mem.
Ders of Parliament represented. The
speakers were limited to three minutes
each and the oratory was feryld and
,corohing. The downfall Of royalty was
and the Republics OF Amer.
ca and Francs held up as models Of
pouular government. The Prince of
WALES was severely denounced for his
immortality and gambling, and the
Queen for her greed when, rs one
speaker said, "Forty I've thousand little
children go to school every morning
without their breakfast
One speaker drew a vivid contrast
,etween the Queens grandchildren, in
Inc qr,lse of Royal beggars, and two
title children Of poverty, arrested on
London Bridge for begging. In the
after case the father had been sent TO
prison for not providing for the chill.
iren. The speaker said; "If this poy.
,rty stricken man was sent TO the Old
Bailey for not caring for his children,
when he had nothing TO give, what
shall be done with the Queen, who begs |
for her grandchildren, with millions
each year at her commandY" And the
cry was, "IIell "'Hellp
This strikes us as pretty strong Ian
Ruaqe for the Britsher, who betrays |
himself by his tongue, to use when
Of his Sovereign, but simply |
iiluatratea the march of the idea of pop.