Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-19
NYE AS A COCKNEY
William is Getting Quite Used
to Dear Old London
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Lozpox. England
6so6rsy Of Moazouth sAys THAI IN the
49, lio8 bsfors Christ. Brafns. . de-
sp-nd1ns q kns.s. Who v@s the son Of
vsnaA ssnss % England with his com
pHnions Kfssr ths taking Of Troy and
bun.a>t ne ciry Of Troynovznt. which
= nov oslipd Lsndon- After I 100 years.
oarias Which Ne city grew and flourish
60 szcssfingfy. ons Ind became its king.
Nsxs my lodgings and actually against
ny Windows 10 Sc James church i can
bar The sermon o. the music when my
windo-- u open perfectly. This charvh
eo~s not believe IA the divinity q Christ.
I AN led " believe that II ws trace this
MATER back 20 ne dawn % the Chris
tan era ~e VIII understand Why London
h not msntionsd IN the Bible. and Why
Paul did not correspond with tbs arch
bizhop q Canterbury.
King Lnd bnilt walls and towers. and
among other things the famous gate
which gave is name 90 tina street
stiii called Ludgafe. King Lud was
snoceedied By hss brother. during whose
reign julius Cesar. since Decreased. i'm
vaded London aud ths town became Ro-
man Il Was newly fortified by Helena.
mother q Constantine the Great
THIS i the Ge0ffrsy story. with which
Walter Desant does not instantly agree.
He maintains. and. too. with good rea-
SOU. that the people Of London are not
related 20 the Venus family in any way
whatever A family portrait or two OF We
nus nay b. found At the national gallery.
She wa. good looking but rather Wild.
and II shs dressed In London a. she did
for thess pictures. she must have suf-
Tered good deal from pneumonia
I40ndon. az a Roman town. was called
Augusta. and where now one meets the
gentleman IN high hat and frock coat.
the Roman senator climbed 10 the top
OF penny bus while his meagre togs
fapped In ths fresh breeze. Where now
the highland soldier in his rum uniform
and purple knees gayly HES him 10 tho
Moore and burgess Ministries AZ Sc.
James hall. the Romans 1900 years ago
sat with bowed heals and shed tears
oyer the same jokes.
Kind cords can never die.
Never die, never die:
klad words can nsver dis-
No. never die.
n Il the sans with . joke. What
more enduring monument could one
have above his lowly tomb than well
t2xiderrnsd jokss
Al 81. jams hall the other evening
the following songs were sung by the
sompanyi '-Oid Black jos. Some Day
"White Wings The Picture That Was
Turned Toward the Wall" "Lorena,"
ssslver Threads Among the Gold. and
ssSwees Belle Mahcne." I went on that
special evening because IL WA the new
programme for 1861.
Mr.. Moore. the head Of the firm, Il the
fussly celebrated and refined father IN
b calhd Pony Moore. Pony Is 90 odd.
but 10 still the end man At his own show.
snd - popular today as that undying
knmorist who Is supported by his wife.
Judy. and tho dog Toby. Punch and
Jeiy will probably play To standing
boom only 20 long a. Big Ben and tho
Tower shall remain. and possibly centu-
Fies after.
In 40 A. u. the Romans went away
hon London. for the reason am told
That . young woman on Piccadilly one
evening when IL was raining spread her
umbrella over a Roman senator. chucked
him under the chm and said. ''Hullo.
CharIeyF Mind you. vi tout ever h4v-
ing met him bsfore. and his name not
being Charley eyether.
He told the other Romans about the
lncidsut. AMI tho next morning every
one q them was az Chsring Gross sta
non On their Way home. A Roman sem