Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-06

| stock. 1t will be seen. therefore, that there
| will be plenty of scope for him to lay out
| his own money in making his room COM
| Portable, The taxpayer has no occasion to
grumble at this piece of state liberality to
it's defenders because the officers gratitude
will have to take the concrete form of hard
cash in the shape of rent.
Crowd at Foot Ball Game.
British devotion to sport had its exempt
fication last Saturday when over 100000
men and boys chiefly from Lancashire mills
and mines poured into London to see the
final foot ball game of the season.
There used to be a popular story told of
the provincial who. standing open-mouthed
in the Strand was addressed by sympa-
thetic policeman with the words, Busy,
isn't it?" to which he responded. Aye,
there's trip in fra Pudsey' or Smethwick,
or any other town according to the taste
of the raconteur. The joke no longer APP
plies, and 1t is the merry eXcursiontst who
| makes London present an exceptionally
busy and animated appearance each year
on the day of the English cup final tie.
Londoners have come to recognize this Sat
urday in April the day Of the great in
vasion from the provinces, and there Is no
mistake the difference 1t makes in the
aspect of the metropolitan streets.
From early hour the streets were filled
with chattering and wondering crowds in
brakes and on foot, and most of them
wearing caps, who had come up for the
day Many of them had no thoughts of
foot ball, but took advantage of the oc-
casion to see London and met typical
Lancashire contingent during the time of
the match experiencing the sensations of
the wonderful tube.
The road to the Crystal Palace about
noon presented something of the appear
ance of the Epson road on Derby day,
without however, proving so interesting to
the student of character, but by far the
most striking spectacle was that at night
outside the great railway terminal. All the
public houses, refreshment rooms. and
many Of the shops outside St Pancras and
Euston were simply raided. The busiest of
all were the toy and fancy shops. for
nearly every one dropped in to purchase
some souvenir of the visit The crowds
that I saw just before midnight were re-
markably we'll behaved, and not at all In
state of intoxication or even 5ubilation
They were, in truth. dead tired. and l
could not help plying those who We're
lying abo uthalf asleep, waiting for the
trains that were to take them on the long
Journey to Lancashire. The most unedify-
ing sights were the truck loads of beer. in
bottle and barrel, which were being wheel
ed to the trains.
Popularity of Tea Shops.
The West End tea shop. which has be-
come quite an important feature in the so
cial life of London, is waking into season
gayety. Its name in and around Bona
street is legion. and the visitor who strolis
through the famous street cannot but be
struck with the recent additions to their
fashionable lounges, where the student of
human nature may spend leisure half
hour with profit. The amusement bun
palows'' and cabins' are common in the
London streets as leaves in Vallombrosa,
and are left to the patronage of the many.
The "far east" with it's pretty mattresses.
in Japanese kimonos it's Japanese draper
les and almond blossoms has spread from
Bond street to Regent street, and attracts
many weather. patrons. But the old oak
paneled tea room, with old English furni-
ture and at the door small gentleman in
khaki" is for the most expensive.
Some tea rooms have music, as we'll as
high-born lady mattresses, charmingly uni
formed and one of the latest tea rooms,
which calls itself the Tea Tray" adds to
its attractions parlors for manicure and
electrical beauty treatment, so that the la
dies refreshed by tea, can go through the
fatiguing process of having their nails pol
tshed and their faces made beautiful But
we still wait for the summer outdoor tea
shops The nearest approach to them are
the tea tables In Kensngton Gardens. and
the humber venture Of the 'penny-in-the-
SLOT kiosk in the Embankment Gardens.
There the tea procured in the kiosk may be
drunk at small tables placed out on the
grass In the open, within earshot OF the
band which plays there on summer even-
tngs.
Wencker's Wonderful Picture.
To the attractions of the Hanover Gal
lery in New Bond street there has been
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