Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-12
wAKRMAN,s WANDRRINGs.


 Some Great London Holiday Resorts
 -Mighty Tides Of London Holiday
 Seekers That Sweep Along the South
 and East Coast and Crowd Within
 the Near Suburban Resorts-HaMp-
 stead Heath, the Nearest Great
 Gathering Place of London Lovgly Its Winsome Uncouthness, Bres-
 zE Heights and Charming Memo-
 ries.
 LONDON, July 29. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The vsstness of London's population Is less felt in its impressiveness from meet ing 1t face to face In London thorough fares than from even the still inadequate comprehension securable through seeing some of Its component parts in Its various holiday resorts for summer outings. In the first instance If one could severslly confront its four or five million inhabi tsnts along Its seven thousand miles of streets, the monotoDy of the experience would detract from just perception of Its tremendous import. But when you might pass an entire month, indeed perhaps an entire summer, without being able to visit, with the most careful disposition of time, any large proportion of It's immediate re- sorts, finding at each outing crowds num- bering from hundreds to almost hundreds of thousands, the immensity of the totsli- ty of those who are "outers" and those who are not, begins to dawn upon the ob- servant mind.
 There are more than one hundred popu- lous resorts, from thirty minutes to two and a half hours distancs from the Strand, beginning at Bournemouth and following the south coast with circle of the Isle of Wight to the east coast, including those of the north and south shores of the lower Thamee, and thence up along the channel to Great Yarmouth. On every pleasant Saturday half holiday, ca sunny Sundays and on Bank holiday and other full sum- mer holidays, every ne-of these places is thronged. The rich, the well-to-do idlers and the families of comfortable tradesmen are found in these. I believe quarter of @ million of ''outers" of all classes are at the same time afloat upon or lCuuHiuS oCblu0 tAo 4uhLucs, HUH mar gate to Windsor.
 As an experiment in seeing London outing crowds, in one days travel found perhaps thirty thousand people in Greenwich Park; ss many more at Brigh. ton; at lesst ten thousand overfowiug Royal Kew Gardens; fully forty thou sand in Hyde Park, where 1t seemed that ell the open-air speakers of England were haranguing crowds upon every eonceiva- ble social, political and religious subject; from forty to fifty thousand on and about Hampstead Heath; and from one hundred thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand disporting themselves in the sun and shade of ancient Epping | Forest On this one day I secured al least glimpsss of crowds that in all forms of holiday making must have numbered more than three quarters of a million souls.
 | Unquestionsbly the greatest two resorts | for the London middle classes and the lowly are Hampstead Heath and Eppine Forest. It Is but a pleassnt walk from the heart of London to Hampstead Heath for its farthest reaches can be no far. ther than six miles from the Strand while an Epping Forest to-and- return fare is but one shilling; and the myriad London coetermopgers and other posses sors of tidy carts and traps find 1t ar easy jog for their donkeys or screws tt either of these recreation grounds. Int result is that in both of these resorts yor invariably find hordes of the "commor people" filled to the brim with horse play, -four ale" and good cheer. The, are vigorous In their merry-making a
 children loosed from school. They ar' grudgingly but good-naturedly fierce il
 the utilization of every moment-of tn
 holiday in some sort of rugged diversion
 And altogether they furnish scenes of tn
 heartiest, easiest provoked, most unctiou
 and vociferous holiday enjoyment to b
 found in all the world.
 But who can properly describle thi
 ancient Hampstead Heath and its quain and picturesque surroundings, or ftl
 tell its weird and pleasant memories ] ssme bloomin' donah d fade to hange
 eff didn't jog her upon tn 'Eath wonc ! week CT 80, Cor bli me, so she wouldl That was his idea of its exceeding utility
 'T'd rayther hs' g mouthfu' O tn 'Esth al than the best wittles my missus do mes . 1 togethert" observed & tram. car driver O ! the Ksntish Town road; and that was hi glowing tribute to Its fine salubrity ], "We'n yer goes in for reg'lar lark, reg |. Tar lark, mind, watts easy to git, an swes | as Essex milkmaid to remember, ,AmI stead 'Eath's tn parydise yer wants te keep yer heye onl" was the brisk and ar . thoritative remark of 6 green grooer's ma ! upon its ethical and diverting advantages
 as ruminatively trudged into old HamI
 stead town. All these fine encomiun
 brought me with cheery enthusiasm to tt verge of the enchanted holiday region. -i The Heath Is trife west of north ( b the heart of London. It is not more ths
 three or four hundred acres in extent; bl o as 1t comprises the highest and wilde l. hills rising out of the valley of the Thame O the railways have had to stop at its edl
 and leave the region for the people, almo as nature fashioned 1t. The High stre 2 2 of old Hampstead town, winding up tl 2 2 last steep of the first hill which has stet o q rampant against London encroac
 ment, gives charming views of sneie houses, old streets which have held the old names, old courts and avenues of linn l, and elms so old that the midday light h T. meath them is like the saffrony gloamil
 of eventide. There Is 6 pensive hush d these streets and laues aurpestiye of sple