Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-24
CHEAPsIDE, LONDON.
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Chespsisle a Q street, and busy one |
the busicst, I dare ssy. Of tho whole
world Of streeta II IL NOT long; itis NOT
beautiful; 10 II mot the rc~ort Ut the
fashionable; 10 II busincs thorough
fare from first % last, and II has moro
history crammed into its short stretch
than other treat thorvughfary~ have In
their hined long onea Cheapside b.
Ing not ut thu side Of anything In the
prc~cnt era but at the heart OF all thing
being In the heart OF London. has Wy
Important p's~ IN c'uc sh
what they call an Artery on ~
asphaited into the bargain ma sno
Ing inRrr~s and ext - between tne c.'y
and the regions west III nn quarter
OF . mile TO its length. ~ ms q mucn
~ 10 can legitimaie'y Claim, ma even
that includes little siioc ~ .ns e's'n
end called the 'fouitry' ute wn'ch
signifies local purpose IN tho p'c'uf'
e~lue past
Cheap~ide has ~ one end the fouiny'
but this need not bs counten Ma@H
rate entity And af the rouitry ena -
the Mansion housc Wnefe h',r 'ne 'uu
mayor IN Rolu isce s,a'" Sncai-'.o
bumps into Thrcahn"nie Sre' up '"
the steps of the Royal Exrhanke ana
against the walls Ut the bank of Eng.
land. institutions which are both useful
and ornamental AZ IN" other emo ot
CheaI-ide there u statue oi sir hoosH
iNel Hut venture 10 say 'hat haii the
people who pass there every DAY 90 nov
know whore statue 10 II. and of the 9TH
er half nm inounsidcrable fraction will
have some accurate notion n Ia who Sir
Robert Peel REALLY WA the balance ie.
Ing able TO suggest only that he had
something to do with tho police
CheaT~ide IL To London what lower
broadway IL To New York. trtween the
pc-tofficc and Wall street. SHOPS shoT-'
SHOPS, insurance companies, great mer'
camille houses. restaurants o church.
Dick Whittington's-that is TO say'
Bow church. where the bells still tinele
these are the stationary ingredients OF
CheaT~ide Omnibusr-, human beings,
cal. and carrier vans arr the movable
ones Chcap~ide IL like tho channel OF
tidal rivcr-at Que time OF the day the
current sets In one direction. ana 81 AN
other time u ebb- to the oppo~ite cour.e'
The street has many funny little IND.
utaric>. with funny little Names brcah
street, Friday sfrcc, lronmonger lane
and Old Jcwry being some Of the-e-
narrow pas~ag'~ where In days more
primitive than our own opposite neigh
bors leaned out OF windows and shook
hands acro-s the street, while from the
pavement they could scarcely have secn
the sky. ~ closely did the overhanging
stories approach To the roofs thereof.
hut there are no dwellings In Chcap-ide
now. nor In the adjacent tributaries
The buildings are all for business pur'
po-cs only. The old vogue - oyerhana
has bsn long dispensed with. and
sprightly moiern air IL worn by tho
commercial architecture
One kind ~ commodity Cheap~ide has
In more abundance than any other place
ON the whirling fcotstool-jewelry. II
may not h. the most sumptuous jcwelry
that ever was made, 10 may not compare
with the golden fligree work II "a.
mara, but IL IL jcwelry nevertheless and
Of q good surt for the moderate clas-~
And there IL - much IL IL that u over.
flows the contracted cmporiums and
flows In cascaie~ and Niagaras ~ watch
chains. necklaor~, fantastic guards, b.-
hind the plate glass windows
II seems 20 Ia trick 81 Chcap-ide's
shops to display all their TREASURES TO
the prccccupi,d eyes Of tho-e who herr
march In legions along Oh. pavement.
They pour their wnrcs into their win
dows with q rrcklcr- profusion suggest
i've u the orient-that Is 10 say. the
orient you read about, not the orient
which actually exists The jewelry OF
CheaI-ide Is mainly silver jeweiry, and
the radiano. 81 the windows u the whi'e
raaiinncc which furnishes with sueh nap
loss result In the London log.
Chcap-ide II bs~t -sn between y
and 10 In the morning OF between 8 and
; In the afternoon. either when every
body IL coming to az going from his oc'
cupation- hut all day long the -'ree. Is
crowded run emo 10 .hh' ~ crownea
that You cannot anywhere cr~s u Jul
safety. except at the points where con-
stables are stationed to regulate the traf'
hc
One OF the odd features OF CheaT-ide
Is the line OF PEDESTRIAN. who stand IN
either gutter. stringing along the cafp
ana vending ca'ehirhny Joys ines
merchant. are an amusing lot IN 'he,,
way in.ir hMahgu,s aro .''''S MN
1 nat Whnl1v lacking I'm vii. although
,h.ir language 4. moi altoo,tber parlia.
n.n,arx Tb.v ell thu mo.t wonderful