Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-09

with the sisn. paftments Z which
means that = room may ~ had 1or the
might with or without meals. These
rooms are invariably clean, neatly fur
nisked and comfortable. besides beinB
much more quiet than public house.
"A person who desires to be economical
may travel through England, zee all
there is to be seen and spend no more
than his ordinary daily expenditure at
home
do not understand why the English
bake shop does not exist In our country.
Baking in England is an art and the
smallest village has its ship with not
only bread, but buns, cakes large and
small OF all descriptions. meat pies, and
what not, to tempt hungry man. The
baking is always of good quality and
much better than that of most OF the
housewives. There is company in
London which has about seventy
branch establishments scattered about
over the city known as the Aerated
Bread Company depots. At each is
served the bread and various bakery
wares. together with tea, coffee, cocoa
and milk. These places are patronized
by all classes Of Londoners. the mer-
chants as well as by the poor clerks,
and most excellent service Is rendered
at a very low price. That 1t pays Is at
tested by the continual growth Of the
company.
The hurry and rush OF American
business life is never seen in England.
The streets OF London are thronged.
h,,f
| they move along with q degree OF leis-
ure that makes an American nervous.
wanted to do something to hurry
them up SO that could make faster
progress, for one can move no faster
than the procession, but could not In
went anything sufficiently startling. A
fire alarm, which starts an American
crowd off on run, only makes the En-
/ glishman stop on the street and wonder
where the blaze may be and IL 1t may
be serious.
/ was in London on bank holiday.
Monday, Aug. z. Many offices closed
on Friday with this notice on the doo-,
This Office closed until Wednesds v
morning for bank holiday" Other es-
Establishments reopened on Tuesday
Imorning. Nine o'clock is the customary
hour for opening business house, in En-
glish cities. The Hollanders never
hurry, but they open their stores and
shops at Z o'clock in the morning. There
are numerous Americans in London in
various lines and doing we'll. do not
see why there may not be many oppor-
tunities for American energy and en-
terprise to be coined into good English
lgold.
1 In the agricultural districts hand la
I Dor is employed very largely in the
handling of grain. did not see now
err binder or stacker at work while in
/ England, but did see much hay being
cut with scythes, grain cut and Graded
and bound by hand and hauled on
aIawkward one-horse carts. The candle.
too, is still used as the common light.
In the inns and all but the very high
i class hotels the candle is the only light
Furnished unless by special request for
n lamp.
1t patron!zed hair-cutting saloon as
they are known in historic Kenilworth.
1.-THE murderous individual who handled
the razor poured liquid from a long
|necked bottle into a quart can and
lheated 1t over a CRATE fire. With this
he made his lather. The one chair In
4 the shop was an ordinary wooden af-
something that resembled the iron rack
I with which the photographer of a score
of years ago kept his victims head In
position. was asked to seat myself or
this chair. Then came the same old re-
. quest. "Sit little higher, please"
moved up until the rack was exactly In
the middle of my neck. This suited the
barber. tToplip?" This uttered with
{ an interrogation point sticking out OF
the last syllable. looked puzzled
Z Then he added Il word: .TopliI
shaved?' / said yes. but he never
touched it with the knife. He wiped
the blood from my face with dry tow.
ell and retreated to the far side Of the
room. He said the charge was 1.-TWO
hay-penny." II he had called 1t q
| chair of torture the charge had beer
cheap at dollar. A fortune certainly
J, awaits the man who introduces al
| American barber chair into the interior
of England.
], One might spend weeks in exploring
) London and find much new of inters
each day. There are many strange ant
i curious localities. especially in TIL,
older parts of the city. / took pleas
ure in noting the peculiar names O
streets In the old quarter. Where els,
than in London could be found sucl
names as Criticized Friars street. Bee
!. street, the Memories, Curtain road
!. Amen Corner, Booksellers Row. Bur.
/ street, London Wall. Finsbury pave
! ment, ST. Mary's Axe street. The Ele
|. plant, Threadneedle street and Ludgat
+ lCircus? What makes the city exceed
ingly puzzling to the stranger is tn
way in which one continuous stree
, bears various names. A new name i
. given each few blocks For instance