The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
JOHN BULL ENJOYS "MAIzYP0P y
Which Proves to Be Nothing, More
Than Yankee Popcorn.
New York Herald

Ever since that historical occasion
when Sir Waiter RaIeigh's servant
dashed a mug of ale into that distin-
guished courtier's face. English Gus
toms, English markets and even Eng
lish palaces have been subject to in
vas on from this country. Beginning
with tobacco smoking the Englishman
has gradually succumbed 10 the infiu-
ence Of innovations that had their ORR
gin In this country, until now almost
anything new that makes its appear
ance i'm London is at once put down to
an Amer can origin.
Latest of all 'invasions" from this
side is popcorn, which was first really
introduced" into London last spring.
In a little over six months the British
appetite has fallen a victim TO the hab
Il, which has long enthralled the small
boy and his sister In this country. as
we'll as those of more mature years,
who seek the seaside resorts in the
summer time.
Not only has London succumbed to
''maizypop," as ii is called over there.
in difference TO English dlction, in
which corn" means any sort of gra II,
but the provinces have been calling out
for ii. and the equipment of The orig
inal factory has just had to be quad
rupled i'm order to meet the demand. ;.
W. Bonsall who is responsible for
launching this peculiarly American
commodity upon the Brit sh public, an
ticipates having TO obtain much larger
quarters in the spring.
Alarmed by Popularity.
Mr.. BonsaII. who is at the head of a
big trunk concern in New York. of
whose wares he is the inventor, re-
turned the other day on the Amerika,
of the Hamburg line, after
months sit 20 London. whittier he
was summoned by a hurry CALI from
his manager over there, who, it APP
pears. was alrnost appalled, at the rapid
growth of the popularity of malay
pop" among the Britishers. To a Her.
aid reporter Mr.. Bonsall told the his
tory of ''maizypop" in England. de-
scTibed his experience in matching
American bus ness methods with those
in vogue In London, and in providing
work for the unemployed" of that city,
Of whom there is so much mention in
the news from Engian dnowadays.
THE idea OF taking popcorn over
there entered my mind during visit
10 London last year" sa d Mr.. Bonsail.
Before l went over last spring with
my manager and a Coney island expert
popcornnaker. I he'd arranged to con-
troll the expectation OF a certain kind of
popcorn, the best on the market, and of
popcorn machinery for a term OF years.
BY letting the people I dealt with see
l was in earnest was soon in possess
sion of a big building in Tottenham
Court Road, and waiting until Easter
Monday. which is a bank holiday in
England. I sent a wagon load of mai
zypop out to Hampstead Heath. where
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holiday-makers. When I reached there
in the afternoon / found TO trace OF the
van. but in a side street near by great
crowd was collected.
Bobby" interfered.
''In the center was the wagon, lean
ing against which was my Coney island
expert, who was weeping bitterly. The
necessary license had been forgotten.
and bobby had prevented the ven-
der from selling the stun. l ordered
the maizypop to be given away. and 1t
was a sight 30 see the mob lighting for
the packages as they were distributed.
This resulted Immediately in the
creation of a demand. Knowing that
the question of the unemployed was a
serious one IN London, I determined TO
obtain my street vendors through the
guardians OF the poor In the different
boroughs of London. I stipulated that
they should supply me with men who
We're in need OF work and willing, pre-
ferabIy those with families, I bought
clean white uniforms, Transforming
these ragged. miserable creatures into
hne, clean. respectable looking men and
sent them out, each with a fresh suit
of clothes every morning. Each carried
twelve dozen packages I'm a neat basket
and was given what they call over
there q pitch that is a certain district
which he was 10 occupy exclusively