The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-02
A LONDON STREETS NOISES.
Record Of n weary and Tormented
Inhabitant of n Days Experience.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

Inhabitant of n Days Experience.
From the Pan Mall Gazette.
They assured me IL was a very quiet
place" and. believing their report,
| sent my books there and rcjoieed before
/ nand In the possession Of den" suita-
ble for a scrihbler whose relations are
lovers Of Gil kinds OF music. The place
in question IL a short street. having ten
demure houses on either side. which
/ forms a secondary Hire Of communication
between two rather important thorough
| fares OF the northwest. There Is a curl
Gus and incxplicable difference between
the characters OF these two roads; for.
whereas the inhabitants OF the one are
almost all the possessions OF downright
British names. the other Is OBJ
| viousiy part Of the Middle
Ghetto. ono OF those many cases
/ abounding I'm duails and window
! boxes which the latter day Israelite ira
verses on his way from the Egypt Of
| Whitechapel TO the Canaan of the West
| End. II is not 80 easy TO define the
jewellers IN the intervening place. which
! Is unknown 10 two out Of three cabmen;
but they are obviously respectable rate
payers and possessed OF a fine patience
I, Is not their fault that struggling army
% hawkcrs. organ grinders. street singers
etc. loiters through every morning. for
on no single occasion, 80 Ear Is my obser-
| Walton goes. has any member OF that
ra4sy, ignohle army done a pcnny's worth
o. business with them. Though. with
the exception OF the large black. green
/ eyed cat 10 whom No. II belOnRs-he
/ n!bbles geranium leaves every day. and
/ that Is why his eyes are always 20 re-
/ freEhingly green. ! suppose--and the lit
/ tle trotting boy in red stockings who
| belongs TO No. none Of these worthy
| people are acquaintance 81 mine. de-
sire 70 express my regret that they viii
have no further opportunity OF studying
my golncs out and comings IN. For. be-
cause Of the abomlnsbie peripatetbc noises
which prevent me from working there
during the forenoon ] have sought and
found another and. 2 do hope. a more
peaceful literary lair
Here IL plain catalogue OF the horri-
DC huiiIbaloos and dangerous targonings
which occurred this morning between .
o clock and noon.
$40 a. m.-The sweep came through
CRYING "Swee-ep"' az intervals OF few
seconds. He soon passed hut his voice
was audible here and there and every
where in the ueighbOrhood for nearly m
| hour afscr his Disappearance. II was not
20 be heard uniesa listened for Il. bat
then could not help listening for it.
s.15 a. m.-Harrol organ No. l. which
played when other Lips and three on
cratic airs which dare not Identity This
Is very old machine
$40 a. m. Man with a hand cart contain
ing lemons aud oddments. accompanie
by small hoy to do his shouting Fresh
lemons. three a penny While traverslng
this short street he repeated the cry TWEEN
ty-eight timcsi Long after he had turned
ffs.s assf. h. T. IA A.
voice a veritable niofquito OF sound, was
stin audible
9.55 a. m.-Processlon OF four dust carts
and interchange OF chan between the
drivers and approving cab. didn't oh
ject 10 that
1910 q. m.-Funereai coal cart dawdled
through. Coal coal, Large coair' was
the chant OF the coal HEAVIER. Tho driver
only whistied
1875 a. m.-After a refreshing interval
Of silence during which ! could hear
somebody playing asaies on broken
down plano somewhere In tho neighbor-
| hood. hawker OF fruit appeared Fine
strwbrsr' was his raucous cry, destitute
| Of voweis and truth.
io.50 q. m-Barrci organ No. .. which
played THE Absent Minded Beggar." DO
the owners 81 the machines that play this
inevitable tune send any portion OF their
daily collection 10 the fund.- IL not. why
not?
u.05 n. m.-Man selling nypaper walks
through and sings his weird little song:
| on. those troublesome flies!
Catch en- alive. OH catch 'em alive. oh
| oh. those tormcntiug hiesl
Catch en- alive. OH catch 'em alive. OH
The hrst aud third lines are sung. the
second and fourth spoken very rapidly.
/ This man has very penetrating voice.
At u.O a. m.-The strains of German
hand we're heard in the southeast. THIS
| fraternity OF cheap musicians with even
/ cheaper instruments Is heard hereabouts
on Mondays and Thursdays only.
At 1875 a. m-Two men with a cart and
PONY. selling lauky plants In small pots.
! HFlowcrsl CROWN fiOwcrsr' was the cry.
| Al u.G O. m-Appearance Of a very
1 frowsy person IN ragged frock coat
singing a most dolcful song about his
/ mother
At u m.-The first barrel organ return
81 In silence. The owner looked unhappy.
| and ! rejoiced 20 think he must have had
an Improbable morning. My morning
1 was altogether Improbable.
| These are all workaday noises ON Sun
/ day the hawkers and the barrel organs
| do moi appear but there are compcnsa-
tons in the form OF male and female
street singers IN great abundance and an
| open air preacher. with q most lugubrious
| voice. who has a friend with an American
| organ The twain held cosey little SER
vice az the corner. During the hot wealth
er these services are frequently met
with voyaring into West Kensington.
for instance. during the time OF evening
service last Sunday l passed no less than
six IN full blast
/ may say that do not mind contin-
uous noise Of traffic. and atm not at all
troubled with nerves. But ! cannot stand
hawkers and barrel organs. The only
really quiet time have ever had here was
on tbs occasion OF the Paddington car
nlval, which Journeyed up one OF the thor
oughfares mentioned above. and down the
other. There was a broad. deep river az
nOses then. which aid not disturb my at
! len1Aonk