The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-28
ODD SIDE OF LONDON LIFE,
New York Press.)


you" If he doesn't thank you" If he
viii and thank you" If he won't
THANK" is infected downward, "you"
upward THANK you" means graft
tude, request, assent. command. even
impreeation. as variously applied. A
favor conferred elieits it. of course
But the street car conductor. entering
to collect your fares, begins with a
general thank you" and often re-
peats IL as the pennies drop into his
hand. The barber thanks you If the
profrered bay rum is accepted or de-
clined, and again when he takes his fee
and helps you into your overcoat. The
move on" OF the policeman is euphe-
mistically thank you." while the
thank you" of the cab driver or the
pushcarter as you loiter an the cross
ing conceals meaning that would
blue the air If uncloaked.
Between and 8, afternoon, every
body must have tea. The very busy
man has ii brought from a nearby res
taurant to his Office or store. Without
this post-meridian draught the aver
age man or woman would be irritable,
unit for business, incapable of enjoy
ment
Street railways, gas and electric
plants, waterworks, art galleries,
schools, colleges, gardens rented to
Workingmen, even lodging houses, are
owned and operated by cities
residences in town as we'll as coun-
try are surrounded by high walls, often
topped with spikes, barbed wire, or
broken bottles. Protection against enc
mics originated this; desire for pri-
Vacy continues it. The Englishman is
painfully sensitive into any peering
into his private preserves. Indifferent
TO the opinion OF the passerby in the
street. his house is rarely of ornate ex-
terror, though richly furnished and
with walls literally picture covered,
and his beautiful lawn and garden are
carefully hidden away at the back.
But it should be said that the English
nobility and gentry IN the main show
very liberal hospitality in allowing
tourists TO traverse the grounds of their
country places and even to go through
their houses when not themselves
in residence
The best society,"" broadly speak
ing, lives in the country and is gener-
ically termed the county families" It
is the ambition of every Englishman TO
acquire means sufficient to support a
country place. None voluntarily lives
In provincial town who can afford a
residence outside which would rank
him with the county families. His So
ctal consequence is vastly increased
If he is able to change his residence
from No. is Simpson street, IrontOn, to
Haxham Grange, Tranby-on- the Void,
Langhamshire.
Doctors fees for ordinary visits vary
with the supposed income of the pa
tient, which is indicated by the rent or
the rentable value of his residence. |
Consequently, the ordinary fee may be
anywhere from 50 cents to $5-occasion-
ally more. In London, the locale of the
doctor also affects his fee. Removal
from east to west increases it, as a
rule.
Empty dwellings are not taxed. No
direct tax is paid on an occupied dwell
ing. The landlord pays an income tax
on the rent received, or on the rent
able value OF his own house which he
occupies. The tenant pays a house
duty to the general government and
rates to the town. The amount of these !
is based on the rent he pays and the |
aggregate Is usually about a third of |
the rent. Thus, if a tenants rent be |
$500, his taxes will be about 500. Eng |
lish rents are therefore not so low as /
they may seem to the uninitiated for |
eigner, accustomed to other systems of /
taxation. The landlord, in perfect |
good faith, does not mention rates in |
letting a house. for they are no more |
his concern than gas or water charges. |
So the uniformed renter is unpleas-
antly Jared as the demands for pay
ment Of rates for divers uses are |
dropped into his letter box at different |
times by different officials. The de-
mands cannot be evaded except by Sc
cretly fleeing with ones effects. The |
rates do not attach as a lien upon the |
premises. To escape from them alto
gether, one must lodge In a hotel or /
boarding house. But in any event the /
tax on incomes exceeding $500 a year /
must be met.
Relatively few people own the resi- !
dences which they occupy. 1t is not /
unusual for one to live in a rented |
house who owns several as good or |
better dwellings. 1t is less a question |
of means than of preference, despite
the fact that the landlord, as a rule, /
provides little beyond bare walls for |
his tenant. He mag install gas pipes
or electric wires, but the tenant must |
in general decorate the interior and al |
WAYS provide gas and electric fittings. |
These he sells to the next tenant, If he |
can, at a discount on cost price. The |
renter who moves frequently is thus
heavily mulcted. both coming and |
going. If premises are out of repair, |
the landlord rarely undertakes TO put /
them I'm order. at best merely offering |
to allow, out of the rent, a percentage
of the estimated cost Of repairs.
A general election for members Of a /
new parliament consumes several |
weeks Balloting in each district is
finished I'm one day. but all district do
not vote the same day A man owning /
land in different districts may vote in
all of them. Excluding this class, a /
man must have been an occupier OF a /
dwelling or place of business twelve
months in a district TO entile him TO
vote. A son of age cannot vote If he
lives with and is entirely dependent on
his father, and does him no service. A
coachman sleeping in his employers
house cannot vote; he 0an if he sleeps
in the stable. A dozen clerks lodging
in rooms in g. big store may vote; they
may not if the owner also lodges there. |
Men whether few or many lodging in
one big room cannot vote, though using
separate beds; but If a partition, not
necessarily as high as the ceiling
though it must have lock and Key