Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17
LoNpov, June 2lth, 1897.

fol the Jubileel hey inc lunllttN 80
I'm poor married man as ycu can plainly SEC
Oh this Jubilee will be the death o! me.
The Song Of the hour.
London for the last month has been
suffering from a severe attack Of Jubilee
which hes been more vitulent in its inten'
sity as the notable day has drawn nearer
until the inhabitants Of the slaid solid
cid smoky city wander around in vain
in search of well known landmarks, rub
their astonished optics in bewilderment,
promptly contract that dire infection Of
the malady Jubilee, wend their way
homewards and with feverish haste and
patriotic glee proceed TO stick paper
flowers, designs, burning, electric and
multicolored glow lamps on the exterior
of their domiciles and exercise their
lungs practicng up the national anthem
For be it known That on June 27nd her
most gracious majesty, the Queen oil
England. proceeded IN state 10 Saint
Paul's Cathedral TO return thanks Tor
Gods goodness to the nation during
this reign OF sixty years, the longest in
the history OF the English people.
To say that London has been trans
formed, is to put it mildly. For weeks
past King Carpenter has been lord OF all
he surveys. Grand stands to accommodate
from three to as many thousand specta-
tors have sprung up throughout the ed
tire route OF seven miles. The luck
less pedestrian 10 the meanwhile has
been forced to raise his trusty umbersol.
TO ward of the shower OF sawduSt, ten
penny nails and tack hammers, that mas
been raining on his devoted head.
Needless 10 remark that the knights oil
the saw struck Tor higher wages-they
know a good thing when they have II.
OF course they received what they asked
for and according TO the Daily Mail the
majority Of them have been earning
their eight pounds a week The only
trouble seems 10 be that now the Jubilee,
is over, the carpenters will retire on their
fortunes and tell their late employers
Ito take their blooming stands down
themselves" Fabulous prices were
asked for seats, some being held as hlgh
as 10000 each, whilst comfortable
little corner on a rooi between wall
and n chimney pot, actually command
ing some twenty feet a Interrupted view,
was held for The modest sum OF $500
To illustrate to what extent speculation
was carried: Spencer and Co., the dry
goods people, whose store faces the site
upon which the services we're held, were
offered by Maskeylene. who is the Her
mann OF London, the 70 lowing PROPOSE
ton which was accepted: Maskeylene
contracted to pull down their old pre-
misses. erect huge three story grand
stand, furnished with restaurants, Laval
,or G 4, etc. and for the Of the same to
pull down the latter and erect in stead
a handsome four story stone front store
As he contemplales clearing several
thousand pounds by the deal doubtlessly
both parties are mutually satisfied
1t is only during the last week that
London has assumed a gala appearance.
Heretofore whilst in its chripals stage
the architecture was more alter the
Farmers ward barn order-s,raight
lines and plenty OF lumber; classics
windows stared at one from all sides;
the swell clubmau on Plccadilly stepped
out oil his hanson, barked his shins
on a pile OF lumber, and then mystet-
iousy disappeared, like a Kaitir into
his hut, through small hole in the
lumber chaos and thus reached the
sacred precincts OF his cub; whilst the
merchant in the City along Cheapside
dictated his correspondence in the pres
ence OF halt dozen sacreligious car
penters who were employed in sending
the office boy out for beer and incident
ally erecting a tempuraiy balcony outside
the windows oi the magnate merchants.
The carpenter epoch can never SAID to
have been truly passed, as the majority
OF them were working sundays, day
and night, up to the morning OF Jubilee
Day. The week previous however the
upholsierers took hand and like magic
the upsigh,y. boards disappeared.
Bunting, trimmings, ve,vet hanglngs,
brass railiugs made their ap-
pearance on all sides, whilst along the
entire seven miles on both sides OF the
streets, gaily colofed venetian mass
placed fifty feet apart sprung up like
magic, from the tops OF which were
strung across prouse strings Of colored
paper flowers, eve'gTeens ard flags
above which at right angles further
cords beari1g the flags oil all nations
extending across the streets iluttersd in
the breeze N bewildering promsiou q
color and effect. II would take pages &c
describe the various designs and fleet,
assumed by the patriotic decorators.
THE CROWDS,
But bv far the most interesting part o
the jubilee demonstration was III,
crowd People from all over the worlc
have tlocked to LONDON; the LondoI
street Arab brushes against the ludiar
prince in all his splendor OF silk turbai
and oriental dress; the globe trottnl
American Iubs shoulders with the heath
en- Chinee; the s,alwBrt Australian
trooper hobnobs with the sable IVES
coast (Aijica) mounted police, represen
tatives OF the terrible Turk caron
against the bearded Russian with dc
lightiul impartialiiy; whilst the hahitua
cockney curses as the sightseeing pro
vincial with charming innocence invan
ably keeps on the wrong side OF tn,
Sidewalk. For fortnight past has ihi
cosmopolitan horde invaded the mos
Cosmopolitan city Of the world, setiInl
all rules OF street etiquette at variance
and driving the ove'wotked p0liccmaf
TO the borders Of Gelirium. Bus fare.
have risen in price 800 per cent, Will,
the mob from early morn lll the mex
.fi1lning, takes possess on OF ihe streets
to the huge delight OF the CABIN EN- anI
other ,ehus who see how close they
en- get to cna without running hin
down.
Several -.Eearsa's of the procession