The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-29

| conductor to quicken into lively interest
| and dismay when It's vanishing rear be-
trays the horrid fact that am missing my
very own omnibus, and-at the peril Of my
ife-I give chase.
Bus Drivers Are eAccommodatfnE.
| The omnibus drivers, too, have lived I'm
| TO their reputation OF being kindly to tha
| Stranger l have been struck with the yay
they are affected, consciously or m
consciously, by their environment. A
most gorgeous person. who dropped
MS in quite refined T,v
was my jehu through Park Ian. an5
along Hyde Park to South Kensngton. An
air OF mild gentiuty distinguished the driver
VINO took me to Mazda Vale: the one nm
Totterham road was CHEEKY and taIkatfve.
ana the oiun. nautical soul who pilotsd me
10 Amehouse could have "shfvered his tim
ners' I'm sure. on the slightest proyoca-
uon. But all were alike in courtesy and a
oesire TO help. and-yes. even If, in addition
10 the advertisements the routes we're
printed in Chaldean-I could NOT find II in
my heart to bave any feelings but graft
.uoe toward the kindly omnibus which
OF London NSA1 "oEid
what would a train burrovipS r,5s--
sIound or only stopping above at correct
hs .., % TO an eager person who. after
settins on top at Charfng Cross. suddanEy
sees perhaps. Whitehall shroude5 in 49,
@ oIes OF reckless Stuart gayety and its Mem
s.s y. GRIM Fuftanism. OF course one de-
+ba Eaoent omnibus and peers through
Ine ratings. So closely interviewer 10 -.
commonplace and the tragic that tbough+s
OF Inc Inflated Stuarts are syept auay -,
1ne vision OF the very housewifeIv Mrs
NIotl"eii' who insisted on having littIa e.
oIel passages and trap doors built so mat
oa o-te Couio prowl around and SPY on her un-
.t oUHSious maids, keeping a watchful eve an
the dripping, and nipping firtations I-;tL
traoesmen in the bud -
Charm of the City,
But 1t is the city that draws like .
net the city of Pepys and Doctor Jobnso9
tne TWO figures that stand out most nror,i'
hehtiy Tor me- Doctor Johnson-one csr !
see him as he steps into the Cbeshira
SneeSe .I and meets Goldsmith for the first
tlIhe' The large. gray, bushy wig that
graced his crown" And one can folfo,, -
phllandrtns Pepys on the weekday vix;ts
10 Ine swan Tavern, repenting the sare
On sunday at his old parish church of 81
oiaves, in Hart street. It Is deIightfuI IN |
Dy the same heavy doors through |
VIZ mnen "a ne ana mis- wife passed. to know |
that II was there that he savagelv evs6 ,ba |
oahcins master for ogling Mrs. Pepys
And not far OF Is Star alley. which Iaa5s
INTO sun. leafy graveyard, with nm old
church tower standing alone among the
cIuhoilng tombstones. So quiet it is there
:, '.Ae puisdunB nle outside. A telegraph
BOY whistiing Dolly Grey" a few chirn-
ing, unsubdued sparrows. and inst the
breathing OF the great city are the only
sounds that enter dimly into ones consci-
business. These and many many other
spots are full Of intense interest, and-to
democratic Australian-worth the West .
End thousand times over
Perhaps it is that one who has breathsd |
the free air of the bush rather resents |
lowly green seat in the park while gor-
geous danes sweep by In their carriages
with cold eyes unseeing the gaping gazers
With the merciless criticism Of a vounn,
country one is inclined to judge the indi-
vidual solely on his merits. which some
times interferes with ones sense of propor
lion as interpreted by English relatives.
The passionate delight for the Australian
who has always thought lovingly of
home" is to wander through the London
Of poetry and romance. True, we have our
glorious sunshine, our luxuriant growth |
freer life. perhaps, and more room. but
London holds all that We lack the dignity
of age, the grandeur of hoary buildings
with memories.
London seems to have gathered unto her
self all that England means to US. and To
hold the history of our race She Is linked .
70 US by loving sense Of kinship, and a
worship of that past which she enbodies,
md which is also our inheritance.
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