The Washington herald., 1907-10-21
Pope's Twickenham villa.

The villa at Twickenham made famous
as the residence Of Pope. and owned by
Henry Labouchere. editor Of Lonaea
Truth. is to be disposed of at auction
Few houses are so associated with his
t0rIc memories Of Steele. Swift, Addison
Arbuthnot and others The grounds Of
the place remain very much the same as
when Alexander Pope lived there. Near
by is the poets famous grotto. and his
body lies in the parish church al
Twickenham. There. too, are % be found
the monuments which Pope raised % his
parents and a memorial DE erected 70
nurse who served him for tbirty-eight
years Pope bought the estate in 11S
and lived in il tiU his death. The estate
then was sold 20 Sir William Stauh0he
The next owner was -Tr. WeIb0re Ellus
afterward Lord Mendlip and at his death
it passed TO Sir John BriscOw and the
Baroness Howe. Lady Howe daughter
OF the celebrated admiral, demolished the
house and built herself an entirely new
mansion hard by the original site. IN
1870 part of this was r3zed. and the re-
naming portion divided into two tene-
ments a third building. still known as
Popes villa, was shortly afteTward
erected by a tea merchant named
Young. and in 1876 this was purchased
by Mr.. Labouchere. 1t has Lseeu regarded
as one Of his most cherished possessions.
and il IS not known why he wants 10 sell
it, as he is supposed to be rich.
LOndon's Thirst.
Londons thirst IS looked after by 4.gSS
public houses. Westminster, with a pop
ulation OF 1S3,M1. has Al public houses,
Stepney. with a population Of 2gS eco. has
432 public houses; while. on the other
hand, Battersea. with a population of
16SFJ7. is content with S3 public houses:
Fulham. with a population of l57 .2S9,
with 45 public houses, and Stoke New
ington, I,247, with 2S In addition. there
are 27S hotels and restaurants, Of which
100 naturally are found in the West End
and g. in the city. Bethel Green. Full
ham, Lewisham. Poplar, Shoreditch.
Stoke. Newington, and Woolwich have
no restaurants.
There are I 1896 beer houses. the largest
number being In Stepney. and 2.7OS of
licensed premises. Altogether there are
over 10000 separate premises licensed for
the sale Of intoxicants
Strikes in Twenty-Five Years.
In the twenty-five years from 1881 10
1865. according to the twenty-frst annual
report of the Bureau of Labor Of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
there We're 36,757 strikes and 1,546 lock-
outs. affecting 100000 industrial establish
ments and almost 7.5C0,OC0 workers
Fewer strikes occurred in 1903 than in
any Of the thirteen years since 1892. In
that year G905) the strikes numbered
2,077 involving S,292 establishments and
1881 wage earners, each of whom lost
an average Of twenty-one days work In
fact that loss applied to 221. $50 persons
thrown out Of work In 1892 the work
days lost by strikes amounted to 4,50O.OO0.
causing a loss Of wages of about $500. -
600. In the twenty-five years the strikers
numbered s7O0.OOO and the lockouts 750.-
000. The trades most affected were the
building trades, which stood for 26 Der
cent of all the strikes and IS per cent Of
all the establishments involved in strikes.
Five States New York. PENNSYLVANIA.
Massachusetts. Illinois. and Ohio suffer
ed So per cent Of all the strikes in twenty
five years. Labor organizations caused
50 per cent of all the strikes. Nearly 50
per cent of all the striking workmen be
longed to labor organizations All told.
about 20o,000,000 days OF work were lost in
the period, which at the low average of
S1.50 a day. represent to the strikers an
actual loss Of money amounting 70 $780,
000,000. The actual loss was, doubtless.
several millions more