Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-11
oTFFR AND TOTHRR PIPPERCHlRP.

..IHN Nv AhA -
4 A,,ne with noble char.ots; not Il
IN ehintz drawing rooms and neat
,,hlss. A land over which hangs an
i,g oceasioned by much tobac-
,,na Of chambers, billiard rooms,
4 :. roms, oysters; a land of song;
a 4 vaere soda water flows freely in
4 rsnipg. land of tin dish covers
4 nr.rus, and frothing porter; a land
.,,,aiing with lots of pepper;-a
IA ~ men call each other by their
+ Al rames; whore many are poor,
= host all are young, and whore
+ 4 oldsters do enter, it is because
sp preserved more carefully and
II than other folk their youthful
and the delightful capacity to
+ vas ''the joyous neighborhood of
4 It Garden London, as Thnckeray
"A 4 and wrote of it in his time.
n pleasant land today, somewhat
. roaIdabout with mighty pillars
.Iofic entlblatures; rather stately
venerable foOtmen; when the din of
Market and its ClnmOrOus coster-
y rs 4 hushel. it is now often startled
a It's drowsiness by the rolling of
y i carriages; land still mist-hung
N he wreaths Of much tobacco smoke:
~ land of chambers, billiard rooms,
ID Oolns, oysters of "Reminiscences,
81 aad OF song; a land now of an
4sllyer covers from ancient taverns.
Mn a land of humble ale and froth-
tfter; o land where men still call
n other by their Christian names:
y few are poor where almost all
II q; and where if a few Youngsters
Her Il Il reyercntially and because
'|hare learned to love tne spot for
h It gave to Pepys and Evelyn. 10
d, Addison and Steele, To TnacS-
And to Dickens and all that noble
tnspired host who gave the world
|st aud mellowest literature In our
b since the time of royal Anne.
II the Covent Garden region now
+ Ay q land Of olden inns; of inns
4 ci the fireplnccS are huge, cavern
~ ret-at-ablc; the chambers warm
4ory; the halls low-ceilinged, but
Il and full of fine old settles and
n whose smoking rooms are snug and
A and cheerful with papers and
N whose pictures arc yellow, old and
ID hang In great broad. odd frames,
n they were where they are long
Il the century came in: whose din
i pus are ample and quiet and rich
Hgled with comfortable age; whose
II tlarets and Sherries have the cob
Al the twenties and thirties upon
Y whose. food is wholesome, fine
Nj; whose servants are friendly
" alAy when you wish TO get down
pour own pedestal of reserve or
~ for Il little humanizing patter;
. q whose misses in the Office and
whose rosy faced chambermnids
averse on occasion to q bit of
~ banter, which after all anybody
< frnde. a hermit or a hypOcrite,
: truly enjoys.
the tallest and stateliest Of these
" INNS, built many years ago by
lqhs lnlgo Jones is the SlnvisiOrk,
iyes It's polished mahoganies, its
4 old plate, its heavy cut glass
4 e and glasses the mellow her
z feminiscence Of the days Of the
'lle men Of England. There is
" VINE iiAyOr, an aroma Of juicy
Nc suggestion of olden cheer.
~ and restful amplitude. from
Fl va Old breakfast rooms, its wide
uning Room, its snug little
"a rooms where Prince George used
"a me wits of the town. through
"A spacious, shining, low-ceilingel
y curious and Intricate passages,
LIZ Afge and restful chambers, to
"A .op!nost dormitorics, from which
lleS NILS can be seen, and where
sr Michael Bass always pre-
n % lodge: for the windows open
" leads of roof most convenient
"A srol and smoke. a roof which Is
Nj siuIny anu strong as when laid
RI '-u'd IN Charles the Seconds
came of old and still come the
NJ r. de Coverly Of countryside
III Here the great tragedians Of
" .llnehts aired ihein fine manners
W ,lorlng and conyivinl friends.
f we that "Boxing-night" festivi-
ri Aspt up for generations with
dnsn Iln and frolic as must have
very bones of the ancient bur-
III Nv me Abbots of Westminster.
r. ~ selars, rattle and clatter in
'1N 'he sacrllege, Diplomats have
e ~ secret meetings Of import to
u n European powers. All the
= ~ x African explorers arc found
~ lhoh It's books. Crews of
s'sss'les the great ironmnsters.
= ss.,i and architects. the, scientists.
,11..i'ss and the archneulorists for
H century have gathered h.
!. hoSnitahlc roof ~
FL ~, oaillies, prelaies. mavors and
+. ,ieN ana big mon with big schemes
'll9ggh parliament. are nmonc M
M i,,,aa ullen guests. Stout suuifes
M I y country noblempn
s N " 20 II a bit in London town
~ ueheh at Westminster al
vi an5 w SiayistOrk for kissing
III u AZ lne e.i9,,w port. And most OF
fs,e, ~ SUI! come, little stately mon
III and silent lives, plethorlc az
ron,an .neager Of anatomy, garr,ilons
IA IN n their second chillhooj
W until d 10y old plnes and dwelling
|fnnv eaui steals In upon them NJ,
TN. ~ me moonlight into thcir
+ No. 9 all, old or vonng ,itIai
NJ Mn loving the quaint GA M,
ane5,a t lsepper anil more paesioaats
that NJ rs strange century old
f o. hear5 guest has ever seen he
< M sS6 The rustic of skirts Witbir
4 e INV moss-grown walls N''"'"
be as,. M 50. cnrions and str,rg,
within I, anu rustic OF sSirts M
inre II was not a matter IN ~,
nbrn q concern when IA NJ in'
81 N,lked into the oair, III
sith slps steward OF Mai, ~. o
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esfryiss fnss' cages and b has,. I,
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4 islninssl, sgseested at first gia gp
All speefss,hlFp held Fan Mummy InS.
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Z Y M cs 1, lie was a prim s nea
q ,hersabosSip e three score ,ii. ana ap.
ssl, "a abandshcls NY NY exceeding
rs ne whittier o. white hal
MA anS immense griszl6A rs 2
81 - ~, eoai. biaey ,1i clad i
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