Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-14

| who were leading their horses, found my
SELF by the fortune Of the fog, at the top
| of the steps in Trafalgar Square. The way
| to the Haymarket was less dlmcult, ana
| there the wavering fiambeauX above Her
Majesty's Theater became visible, appear
| ing to flame duskily In maid without
| visible roof or parapet beneath them. The
lights on the buildings at Piccadtlly Circus,
| too looked unreal and disconnected. and
| wholly out of their proper perspective
From Piccadilly Circus finally escaped in
and frosty sky further away from the
heart OF things.
Success Of the "DOss-Houses."
In a few months one out Of every fifteen
| of the "dosser" population Of London will
| be able to find accommodation in the Row
| ton houses. According to Mr. Charles
Booth just about 10000 men sleep every
night in London in common lodging houses
of one kind or another. and when the lat
| est of the Rowton houses, that OF White
| chapel Is finished. 1900 men may be COM
| fortabiy housed in them. The new house
| is rapidly approaching completion, and II
appears to be even larger than either the
/ one at the Elephant and Castle, In South
| London or that at Hammersmith In the
| west and therefore, the largest OF the
| FIVE so far built Much as Lord Rowton's
| scheme was approved when he first began
operations now about a dozen years ago.
| no one anticipated the success that attend
| ed the venture. ,
Poor men who have a longing for cleanll,
| ness and decency have been enabled 10 nno
! a comfortable home. How well the require
| ments of such houses had been thought out
before operations were begun Is shown by
| the fact that scarcely any departure mas
been made from the original plans, anu ~ ~
| ALI essential respects the arrangements OF
| the new house are Identical with those OF
| the first one built. The "dosser" Will soon
| be amply provided for. The requirements
| of the Young clerk and the shop assistant
| are no less urgent, but only very lnade-
ouate schemes have as yet been started to
] meet them.
| The Lord Mayors Show.
This years lord mayors show on the sth
| of November promises to be remarkable
| for the extent of the street decorations
Floral arches are to be erected at several
| points in the professional route, and gilded
masks surmounted by heraidic lions and
eagles will be placed in front OF the Royal
| Exchange, where also there Is to be
grandstand for a large number OF school
| children. Although the details OF the pro-
| cession are still under consideration, enough
| Is known Of its general character TO war
| rant one in saying that 1t will be quite con-
! yentional-in other words, that 1t VIII be
| made up Of allegory and aldermen, painted
goddesses and amateur fremen, triumphal
| cars and hired cabs, trophies Of empire and
| trade advertisements. One OF the allegoft-
| cal cars will represent the federation of
Australia.
| Winter Picture Season.
The winter picture season has set In with
unusual severity. and there were SO many
private views yesterday that 1t would have
] occupied an athletic and industrious per-
son the whole day in trotting round all of
them For myself, the AS pictures at the
| Royal Society Of British Artists sufficed.
| There the president tSir Wyke Bayliss) is
| modestly represented by two interiors. in
| which his exquisite gift OF the minute re-