The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-08-18


know no better. The Hampstead IfPntft
throng are blissfully ignorant ot uif-
use of a toothbrush or of the deuiesS *
art. 1t is an unpleasant sign not TO ia
mistaken that the English race Is te$
own Ovcrcrowdcd home is deteriorattaS=
physically. If you call the attention o1
an EnClishman to the universally Sc
caying teeth of young England. be Tss
at once cast up to you the arttheiAE
teeth of So many Americans. Well.
what of Il? 1t is better to have deo-
lists teeth than no teeth AT all
You thread your way among Tie
crowd. Suddenly, no matter how WeiS
dressed YOU are-if wearing silk h2sr-
so much the more liable you ME' TO-
catch it-a deluge of water is spurtesb
upon your head and Grips down ovTr
your clothing An animallike heeuHW
bursts upon your ear, and you look UEs'
and see two young animals with ~
squirt gun. empty. for they have JUsK
discharged the water from it upon y0ds
silk hat. Looking about, you see tha1
all through the crowd are girls. toGet'si.
mon. women and children with siuaitaE
toy water guns. firing them off ut WsR
dressed persons wherever they KFs-
found. This is part of the British 1eSs
of fun.
Every few steps apart are faktrSs-
usually women fakirs, selling tbs
water guns and crying:
1.-TWO for n penny! All the jolly rum
Git yer own bike agyne."
The vender does not mean bieySpF
She means get your own back agHtn-
but the London native pronouueeSs
"back" ms bike" and again TO rhyme
with pine" If in an American p<rs-
one should squirt water from y gUra'
upon any person, n policeman wOuhh'
at once arrest him, and serve hiIti|
right. but here this rudencss goes unaesr
the name of pleasant practical joking
On you go n few steps farToss-
Suddenly upon your hat, not yet dry
down the back of your neck, into your
hair and all over you descends = esUuGI
of round bits Of colOred paper caueuS
Confetti" You peer about to- see-
whence this visitation came. ana De-
hold two grinnng girls of IA. ahFir
front teeth all gone. and they nos
ashamed of it. '.acse are tho efrrEny7
Let ms hone the nuisance OF throwing
pappr confetti will never cross the
Atlantic It originated in Italy, and ~
prevalent as part of social outrsScrS
, diversions In France and southwest
! England. | have seen this paper Wasf~'
inches deep In the street after fere
day. Ii fills peoples houses and makes
necessary n sweeping of them ano a
shaking of rugs and carpets from top
TO bottom.
! On you go. Presently your hat tE-
knocked quite off Another IIampstsez1Es
Heath pleasure seeker has strEeSS tx
with an Inflated bladder. ami he too
is hcehawing ut you. Now you look
around once more and find that se0Fe<5
of people of all ages are pelting eaeiIs
, other with bladdprs. More British tunk
Boy and girl sweethcarts of 10 to -
years walk about with their HrtuS
!. around each other. or. If notithat- A0fQ<-
Pig hands and looking soft and sheep
ish rs "a clumsy way. Now and MEX
they vafir.the lovemaking with a'lt,tlaa
tender horss7!ny. such ms piuehfhE'
arms black and Slse or wrestling EIis-
girl always gets the~worst Of It rrCs
/, not infrequently has her es2thlng torn
!. But who minds a little thing axe tlssgsc
OIL bank holiday? Horscplay IS tlsc
, natural outlet for the spirits. Of. ths-
poor class youthful Londoner-
. Once more onward. likewise upwarfC
; toward the top of the hill. On each
side of you. here aud there. are posts
stuck into the earth. They are aiiGuE
three feet high. and on top, Of FsSeA,
rests a cocoanut. Red balls are fur
!, nished to all who buy chances in thfss
cocoanut shooting gallery. For So
!. much a shot the customer Is allowed Fx7
fire the balls at the post. and If he eEEs
: knock the cocoanut Off the post II is
his prize.
London poverty and low life swarUs
upon Hampstead Heath todhy. Tia
swarm constitutes the most rough: sRgd
: tumble crowd and the worst dressed
|, throng among English speaking pe0-
pies. Yet they are fairly good n0tured.
There is a deluge of brute fun. IT fEn
II be. but there is comparatively litss<
real quarreling or fighting. At thsa
! foot Of Hampstead Heath Is a deeFl
: gully, and rising the other side Of tbs
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