Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-15
LONDON CRIES AND STREET SIGHTS.
Curiosities of Outdoor Life in the Great
CITY,

Curfosities OF outdoor LIE In the Great
City.
Among the more frequent cries in
all districts, but particularly in the
crowded business and shopping Sec
tions, are those Of the cabmen and
omnibus conductors. For example:
s"Pic'dil "Full inside" '"Igher
up" "Keb, sir. Keb, MADAME" and at
the railway stations, "Glawster
Rowds" ""Igh Street." "Kenzint'un, +"
"King's Krauss," "Menshun 'Ouse, ="
ewes Minister, ""S'n' Jimes-iz Pawk,"
"Victawia," etc.
In London, as at home, many sale
able articles are carried on the head,
only London differs from American
cities in this being O more frequent
custom. But in considering this
thought we must remember that Lon
don is the most populous city in the
world, and therefore there are more
statesmen in it, and they must take
their own way to dispose Of their
stuffs. And odd as many of their
customs now seem, the London OF the
last century was more peculiar still.
For instance among the cries of that
period were "Jaw-work up and under
iaw-work; whole pot for half-penny;
hazelnuts!' "New-laid eggs, eight a
groat-crack 'em and try 'em;" and
among the sights was brick-dust car
ried on the backs of asses and sold for
a penny q quart. And "Tiddy Diddy
Doll, lol, lol, lol," the vender of hot
gingerbread, who was counted king
of tradesmen. He dressed as an in
dividual of rank, wore ruffied shirt,
white silk stockings, and laced suit of
clothes. He also wore white wig
and a cooked hat decorated with long
feather. He amused the people who
gathered around him by his nonsense,
some of which was the following.
~ live two steps underground, with
q wiscom, riscom, and why not. Walk
in, ladies and gentlemen. My shop
is on the second floor backwards, with
O brass knocker at the door. Here's
your nice gingerbread, your spiced
gingerbread, which will melt in your
mouth like @ red-hot brick bat, and
rumble in your inside like Punch in
his wheelbarrow!" after which he sang
"Tiddy Diddy Doll, lol, lol, lo!, and
therefore his nickname was Tiddy
Doll.
But we must leave the old and
modern London cries and introduce
the monkey, who is indeed frequent
sight here, aud, like Tiddy Doll, is
arrayed most Enthusiastically. He is
promine nt character, and collects no
end of money for his owner, the organ
grinder. The first notice we have of
his arrival is from his master, who
grinds out the opening notes of
familiar dance or song; scarcely has
he played one bar of the same, how
ever, before the monkey runs up the
hell door before which they are stand
ing, far enough to reach the knocker,
which he lifts, allows to drop twice or
thrice, and then runs down again, and
waits expectantly. In few moments
the maid appears, smiles pleasantly at
the monkey, closes the door and re-
tires, only to appear q few moments
later with pennies in her hand. When
this collection is made, the monkey
runs off satisfied, only to repeat
similar action at the house next door.
Indeed, he does not always wait for
the money to come before leaving, for
he seems to know it will be all right
when the maid smiles, and in his
hurry and greed for coin runs on to
the next door, opened by the time the
money is brought to the one he has
just left. And thus the organ grinder
and his monkey make their tour
around the squares, and when night
has come many sovereigns are often
the collection of a single day.-Har-
per's Bazaar.