Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-18
SUNDAY IN LONDON.
HOW ITS QUIET AND REPOSE DIFFER
FROM WEEKDAY 6USTLE.


A'efything IL "Closed" In Real Earnest.
How Churches Guarded Against Noise,
A Mild Int Es,cient pol,ca-Th. ro..
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A London Sunday ia n very eola,rr -
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,"' ''f'A'Rer' SLOWS "s austere ana repei-
iahl on the 'SawDath' as this modern
Babylon. To issue from your hotel or
domicile Mt 10 O'Clock in the morning Ia
to enter tho streets Of deserted city. A
few cabs with sleepy horses and invisible
cabmen may DO in tho ranks Of a street
here and there: now and then "a bus NAV
rumble past; occasionally, too, private
| equipayo Of one or two horsepower will
hurry by; and, Of course, men and women
and children will straggle along; but what
movement there is only heightens and in
tensiAes the emptiness and loneliness Of
the monster city's desolation, and one asks
ones self wonderingly, where are tho
crowds and tho confusion of yesterday, the
surging thousands, the incessant stream
of traffic, tho dull, reverberating rumble
of wheels, tho muf1led clip-clap OF myriads
of ironshod hoofs boating the pavement
nnd that inarticulatc, indcfinable hum Of
a great city's babblc? Whittier has it. all
vanished? They only can tell who are tho
particles Of the daily commotiou. Every
thing is closed, AS If men were done with
buviny and selling. even the ,.uubs', bpiny
| forbidden to sell to any one not .tray
eler." though believe onv nerson who
| lives a three miles renoye from tho ..nuh,.
may qualify as n s'trayeler
| But YOU are glad of tho ouiet and renosa
as vo,, walk abroad and apnreciata the
| benetcence Of a tay of rest So universa,Iv
resuected There IL no ten,nta.ion Ia loiter
| In the streets. for tho shop windows hnva
heavy shutters before them or are curtain-
| ed within The tradesn,op docs MT so.,,
to think II worth while 10 cheat bis God
| or iurgle with his conscience Inv usino b,s
win,lo,vs aSa Sunday nd ver,isir, ,,odir,,
He CLOSES nm shon in earnest So ,rita
nothing RI see in the tborougbf,re. Won
stroll into be marks and there vo, eaotho
lower middle class world nh aces dected
ont a IN NcGin,v in its hest su,, og
cln,hes ouit. nj case and banrv id,a
chattv. laughing but TO the fnll deyrea or.
derlv and in no way noisy Won nav boa-
prcscn,Iv tho far resoundiny hoom nj nTi,
Rem, nroclni,n,np from his lofty towe- tho
aging Of tho day. nnd Won will know ,ho,
cathedral. nbbey aud church oro recsivino
their conoreoat;ons and .ha. 500, fro,n |
thons,nds az cbo;rs and nulnits will ascord
tina. spiritual essence OF nhvsical snbmis.
sion which has made tho pine,eenth con.
tury little better than any other cyclo
that over WINS Now. n Won cbanca to
stand IN one az thu hnsie, ,horor,bfaras
nenr f. church Won will note anotber Tor-
don necuIiaritv On tho Iamnnos,s ~ tho |
"reft,,os', in the middle ~ the street arc
placards. hing there only SUNDAYS which
bear tha commend q Drivo cIowIy !, Tho
driver of hus or cab or cart ~ .,,row,o-n
or curriaue mills sharnlv nm n, that rot;co |
and keens his team at n wall until tha
church is we'll nassed. then ba NAV vbjn
into trot AGAIN and 90 his lively wav ~
the next warning Services IN n Iondor
church ara NOT disturhed bv tba,oar ~ ,ho
caro,e,s street, Vbis street nlacard which |
aims Ia snbordinate worldly necoSs;tios ~ I
snirit,,al desiraS md which IN r,.nnor
,vnifes n Iondon SUNDAY ,.or,d va. |
fear have much Influence ,,non tho inde-
nendent nrdor 81 V,nl,ae ;abnS RI, ha,,
n constable stands before the door of the
church. ana thongb he nayer lifts n fnrer
h s
enco / an all sufficient ren;ndor az iavs
that are uncomuromisinelv and surelv on.
forced What marveIops cre,tures fbaso
London policnmcn ara Ia In surc, Oniet
undenons,rative. polite ready their
voices always modulatcd to conversational
tones: no bluster. no clnbs. no knockino
down and droesino off
Yet they give The biceest city in ,bs
world the hest police service nnd nroro
better than arcnmenS may what n rea,lv
civilized community London IL Ev.n
Paris arms her police with a hnoe DAGGER
by courtesy called n sword an instrnnent
of defense ana assault that tho l,nner ,r,,.
darmos arc only too rcodv to draw aud nut
to Use. Sunday does NOT end witb dav.
light, as it does in some communities that
temuorize with religion but ropnds out
the II hours. Therefore there arc no SIM.
day evening amusenents Thcatcrs mn.
sic halls. vaudeyilles concert roons-
everyth hing of the sort is scrupulouslv
closed So very strict are tho authorities
in these respects that it is only With the