Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-19
WAKEMANS WANDERINGS
THE elPslls OF LONDON AND ROUND
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wAkemGn. tho "GorEio Chal." or GIpsy's
Friend. Contributes Another Entertain
ing Paper Upon the Nonads OF Eng
iand-Grades and Clnsses, Curiou. IIab-
i,atons, but No Idlcrs Among Them.
Their Hannts and uandicrau In Lon
dou.
Copyright, 1879, by Edgar l.. wakemanl
LONDON, Oct. 3l.-'Io me there Is some
thing incxpressibly pathetic In the unyary.
Ing good humor and Kind hoartedness u
English Gipsies when their hard and bit.
ter though self chosen mode OF life Is con
sldcred. Aud this ~ nowhere on earth
made so plain and emphatic ns when you
hnd them In aud about London, all the
brightness OF the summer roads and lanes
but memory. and the cruel doprivatious
of wintcr-genenlly winters battle for
existence with q million other lowly-star-
ing them squarely In their stolcal faces,
Crafty, wary, hard, unwoyhy yagnbond
though YOU deem him ms h9'confronts you
and mankind In this battle for lie and
those he loves, he truly has another side, a
CHEEKY, good and manly one, too. that,
without one iota Of the prompting 20
often CLOVIS with kindness, generosity,
helpfulness, good cheer and spirit Of pos.
itiye loyelincss.
There is quality OF sincerity and ten.
derness In their dolngs with each other
that Is ever simple, ohildliko aud beauti.
ful. Their mirth, merriment and jollity
are all eonsdernte, Raillcry Is tolerant;
wit never murderuus weapon. With
them good cheer IL seldom license; merry.
making leaves little sting; liberty never
knows iewdness.
There are undoubtedly hundreds Of To-
calities which may be termed "Ginsy
ground' In London and It's fnrreaching
suburbs. | have visited nearly threescore
OF these places Within the past few years.
In some instances they are in the most
densely and forlornly populated sections OF
tho metropolis, Hero In perhaps the sta.
BILE yard OF some ancient historic inn,
among tho sheds and outbuildlngs OF an
abandoned warehouse or mandatory, In
the moldy, cobwcbbed precincts OF some
habltation which has got into ohancery
aud inevitable decay, will be found single
families or little communities OF the RO-
munU folk, All gre working Ia their way
~ II for dear life to sustain life until the
sprlngtime exodus shall free them from
general belief or what any onp may say
none Of them Is idle.
Following up the trail and traits OF Clip
sizes while In their London winter quar-
tiers brought me originally among the az
most as curious costermongcr folk, and
found that there were hundreds of Gipsy
families owning kindred ties TO coster.
VINO sought quarters among this class
md NJ once fell into their manner OF work
and ways. Acquaintance and conGdonc,
soon brought me 10 many OF urse almost
unknown Gypsy and coltcr commuultie.
IN che very henri OF London.
Two Of them az very interesting and his
toTie. II you were wandering about on
aon up hlolborn way aud should come {,
Anelent Furnivm's Inn, You might not,
thGt III decrepit back hangs over the en-
Trance 20 u narrow lane. This is Lepthe
Lane. Scarcely wide enough beneath tn
onoS windows Of Furnivals Inn to perml
We entrance OF u donkey aud cart. 1t grnd
aaliy widens toward Theobolds Row, AM
1the east and west Is itself entered by al