Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-09-11
LONDON STREETS.
Some of the Cries aud Sights In Which
They Abound.

They Abound.
Among the moro frequent cries IN all
districts, but particularly i'll tho crowd
cd business and shopping sections, are
those of the cabmen and omnibus con-
ductors - for example, "Pic'dilly, J"
"Full inside, "'lal.or up, -" Keb, sir?
Keb, MADAME" and at the railway sta
tons, "Glawstcr rowd. -" Ugh street, !"
"Kenzint'un, - Kings Krauss. !"
"Menshun 'Ousc," yves minister, !"
"S'n' Jimes-iz puwk, +" "Victawla, :
etc.
In London, as at home, many saia
Bile articles arc carried on the beau,
only LonGcn differs from American
cities in this being Il more frequent Gus
tom. But in considering this thought
we must remember that London is the
most populous city in the world, and
therefore there are more salesmen Ill IT.,
and they must take their own way TO
dispose of their stuffS. And, odd rs
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 un,er jaw work; whole pot
for n half penny; hazelnutsl" "New
laid eggs, eight groat-crack EN- and
try EN-" And among the sights were
brick dust carried Oh the backs of asses
and sold Tor u penny quart and
'"Tiddy Diddy Doll, lol, lol, lol, F" the
verder of hot gingerbread, who was
counted a king of tradeslnen. Ho dress
ed as an individual of rank. wore a
rufled shirt, white silk stockings and
q laced suit of clothes. He also wore a
white wig and Il cooked hat decorated
with long feather He amused the
people who gathered around him by his
nonsense, some of which was the fol-
lowing:
II lives two steps underground,
with q wiscom, riscom and why not.
Walk i'll. ladies and gentlemen. My
shop is OH the second floor backward,
with q brass knocker at the door. Here 8
YOUR nice gingerbread, your spiced gin
gerbread, which will melt i'll your
mouth like Il redhot brickbat and rum
bic in your inside like Punch III his
wheelbarrow" after which he sang
"Tiddy Diddy Doll, lol, lol, lol, " and
therefore his nickname was Tiddy Doll.
But we must leave the old and mod
ern London cries and Introduce the
monkey, which is indeed frequent sight
here, and, like Tiddy Doll, is arrayed
most Enthusiastically. He is prominent
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, however, before the monkey
runs up the hall door before which they
are standing, FIR enough to reach the
knccker, which he lifts, allows to drop
twice or thrice and then runs down
again and waits expectantly. III few
moments tic maid appears, smiles
pleasantly at the monkey, closes the
door and rctires, only to return few
moments later with pennies in her
hand. When this collection is made, the
monkey runs eff satisfied, only to repeat
similar action at the house next door.
Indeed he does not always wait for the
money to come tc.ore leaving, for he
seems to know it will be all right when
tho maid smiles and in his hurry and
greed for coin runs OH to the next door,
opened ty the time the money is brought
to the one lie Las just left. And thus
the organ grinder and his monkey make
their tour around the squares, and when
night has come many sovcreigns are
often tho collection Of a single day
Harper's Bazaar.