Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-24

the Prince Of Wales brings 10 the place
every swell and noblcmnn Of the great
metropolis, while on tho eastern side Of
the market Is tue National Sporting Club
and tho Pelican Club Tho former was the
notorious Swans Rooms" Of an earlier
date. In thca1 two olubhouacs occur che
greatest glove lghts Of britain.
Ifyou ne stopping at one Of tho old Inns
overlooking the market you are certain to
be awakened by the steadily Increasing
hum of the pllcc, which begins shortly at.
or midnight with tho first arrivals Of the
carts Of produce from the country. This
has grown into subducd roar, though.
thcru IA never any yelling or hnllooing peg
mittcd. " tho sun ~ up md throwing H.
saTrony light through the hazy atmol.
phcro you will nee rs pretty q sight down
there ns eyes may look upon. Every cross
street leading TO the market from Long
Acre, from Drury Lane and from the
Strand. which.by regulation s. completely
given up TO this traffic until . o'clock,
Is iammed and packed TO house doors with
four, five and sometimes nix lines Of oarig,
wagons and barrowH headed Ia or out,
each vehicle. In process o. loading or I'M
loading with every manner Of fruit, flower
and vegetable known 10 London markets,
while the ncven acrcs Of tho market itself,
most OF which Is uncovered space. IA mp.
paiantly n solid mnaa OF donkcys, carts,
hampers, stnokB Of vegetables and with.
ing, wriggling human beings.
Tho rays Of the morning aun bring ont
the vivid cOlors 81 the fruit and vegetables
wonderfully. You descend 90 tho market
and rial, your temper, n not your life. In
forcing your why through the obstinate
masses to the booths and stalls. In this
effort you get somewhat acquainted with
Covcnt Garden portcra rhcy hrc n huge.
hairy. rum brcathed lot. Everything IL
carried from market 10 waiting wagons on
their hcads--from 100 TO no pounds being
considered an ordinary lond. Their head.
gear Il a padded yoke cnclrcllng the fore
head and rcst.ng upon the shoulders. "Car.
ryin, the pad, /" which WINS once the occu.
patton Of Sims Reeves, the famous tenor. Is
portoring. "Doing n turn ~ making ono
trip laden, from market stall TO wagon,
often rs far as the Strand. Each porter Is
licensed, receives twopcncc per turn" aud
usually does from eight TO fifteen "turnsr
Of n morning.
Another interesting class which a. often
overlooked by visitors "a the Coycnt Car
den whip iulndor,h These are usually
women, who FOR halfpenny q wagon take
ehnrgr OF the drivers whips, rugs and the
Hike They also keep teams IN line, llft NJ
wheels, yank refractory horses about Ike
trainers and adIudicnte all differences re-
gnrding street rights OF teamstors. ] snw
ono soundly ttounce u tcamstcr twice her
size for disobcdicnce. At tho corner Of
southampton Street and Strand there "a
one that ~ OF Amazoninn size, and with a
voice easily heard at Chnring Cross An
other. named jenny Williams. has the
west half Of southampton Street In charge
i became quite her favorlte, and she told
mo In confidence that she was really not
Jenny" any longer, but genuinely Mrs
Goneyieve Brown, though the markotmen
must not know Il for tho world, "for,n said
she with n knowing look. "thcy 'as no
pashuns along o miasuscs." Her father,
Joseph Williams, minded tn w'ipsn for
more thun forty years. Her mother tool,
his place when the "old man. gayo out,
and Jenny the hinder" So still here by
right Of heritage.
An hour or 30 among the porters, costcrs
aud countrymen will provide some cxtraor.
binary studies, aud most interesting
place Is reached ON the northern sidg Of the
market, where, at the foot Of mountains OF
cabbagcs and prcclpicos Of wagons and
hampers. you will find several hundred
''peas shelters" sauattlng among bags OF
peas ard working away with marvellous
doXterity. They are usually old women,
fat and blowsy, or soraggy and lean. As
the peas rattle into baskets or pans, the
shelters keep up n fusillado Of banter
among each other and upon all passers,
their sides shaking with laughter a. some
well directed sally calls forth querulous
forshelling tho peas. and each woman will
earn from eight to twelve pence during i've
houra' work In the early morning. Their
labon over, they drink and fight merrlly
during the remainder Of each day.
Tho two most interesting places, inside
from positions for character study, TO be
found In the market are undoubtedly In
the fruit and flower arcades. The flowers
are In such abundance and variety that
one wonders II even in London sale can
DO found for them all. Yet the flower
market IL the very first to be wholly cleared
Of it's contents. The flowers arc crammed
together In such dense masses that one
might almost walk upon them. Astora OF
all colors and OF luxurlnut growth aro the
most plentiful and striking. Roses, stocks,
mulleins, luplns, beautiful bundles Of
heath, tho hibiscus, lobclin, pinks, carnn.
lions, dahllns. mathiolas, marigolds, cal.
colarlas and splendid fuchsias charm and
intoxicate, and contrast strangely with all
,lac In the diniul place.
OF the lugclousnoss and variety Of fruits
here exposed Americans have no adequate
idea. The general understanding with us
IL that wo are far more fortunate than Eng.
land In this regard. Yet saw hero acores
Of varieties Of English and foreign grapes.
peaches IA large rs cricket balls, glossy nee.
tarinca scarlet and blown, downy nprco,s
/ freckled by tho sun, monster plums, lur.
| cious greengagcs, Orleans plums and
swans eggs, glowing mngnum bOnums,
Z pears from the Channel Islands and the
! South OF France, mulberrics, melons, pine.
apples, apples in endless varieties, the au-
bergiue and late strawberries, big a.
] eggs, In tempting bouquets, bringing from
| tenpcnce to n shilling apiece.
by o o'clock tho market Is drowsy nnU
still. The surrounding streets have been
swept and washed. Stallmon are bus,
counting up losses or gains. 4 few coster,
with carts or handbgrrows nre waiting in
the open upaces for bargains IN un,old
loads. All that IS left OF the din OF m,
morning are the FOSTERING echoes al bae
chanal songs In the near resorts Of pgrtcrs
coStors and peas shelters, whore, hal
maudlln, they decry tho tyranny OF capita.
and drink -four ale'!the whole day long.
H., EpGAEll WAKEMAN.
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