The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-04
LONDON LECTSMAYOR
ON MICHAELMAS DAY

into office on the 9th Of November All
sorts of trades are represented in the
long list Of chief magistrates of the
city. Thus Sir Nicholas Wotton. who
was Lord Mayor during the reign OF
Henry ". was a pawnbroker, and had
the honor of serving as uncle" to the
King, who. being on one occasion hard
pressed for money, pledged his Jewels
|, with odd Nick" Thomas Coke, Lord
Mayor i'm 146S, was a bootmaker. and.
to promote his business. issued n proc
iamation ordering the citizens OF Lon
don to wear boots with turncd-up toes
or prodigious length. and fining
heavily all those who disobeyed his
mandate. John Northampton. successor
or that Lord Mayor Walworth who
killed the rebel Wat Tyler. was a bar
Der when. elected but becoming a MEM
Der of the clergy during his term Of
office, claimed the right to occupy the
pulpit of any church in the city he
pleased. Sir Samuel Fleyer. Lord
Mayor in 1881. was .bricl<layer. and
the famous Dick Wilmington was a
house decorator Butchers. brewers,
bakers, printers and fishmongers. all
figure on the list. diapers and gold
smiths. however. being more extensive
~ represented than any other trade.
King Albert who has developed n
tondness for the sea- has determined
upon having n fine steam yacht and
accordingly is having one built for him
on the Clyde. according to the designs
OF one of the leading English naval
architects. 1t will be manned and
commanded by BelEians King Leo
poid. 1t may be remembered. purchased
an English steam yacht. known as the
Alberta, and made much use of it.
Manned and commanded by English
men. 1t was not, however welcome in
the principal Yachting centres OF Eu-
! rope, or indeed in any port For too
OFTEN there was the Baroness
vaughn" tmother of the Kings natural
chiidren), or some other woman of the
same questionable character on boar d,
and the authorities, as we'll as the lead
ers of the local yacht clubs. were i'm a
quandary as to how to pay the rcoui-
site honors to the monarch without
appearing to know of the existence of
his fair but frail companions on board
The Alberta at Leopolds death passed
into the possession of n New Yorker
OF the name OF Jefferson Cohn, who
was concerned in the settlement of the
aHairs of Baroness Vaughn and who
attracted some attention last year nv
inducing lnfanta Eulalie to become his
guest on board
hiiS georges chimney sweep, who
was defendant in a suit brought last
week In the London County Court by
an impatient creditor. gave expression
during the proceedings to COMPLAINT
OF the hardness of the times. and of
the injury done to his particular trade
by the adoption of electricity and Gas
ior cooking and heating. and also of
steam Tor the latter purpose It is. he
declared. driving the old fashioned
CHIMNEY sweeps out of business
In the royal palaces, however, the
old fashioned coal fires have been to
great extent retained, and their care
requires the constant attention OF his
nrm throughout the year. Thus. in
Buckingham Palace alone there are
considerably over 500 chimneys. every
one OF which is duly numbered while
the chimneys of the royal kitchen at
buckingham Palace are swept reEu-
larry once week. by men who climb
up the chimneys in the old fashioned
manner, their eyes blindfoldcd, and
who do the work entirely by feeling.
The Kings chimney sweep added that
he finds 1t extremely difficult to get
any boys willing to become appren-
tees. the result of their school edu-
cation being that they insist upon a
cleaner trade.
The chimney-sweep. with his grimy
habilmcnts. his sooty face has been
for centuries so familiar and pictur-
esque figure, alike in fiction and in
actual life, that his disappearance will
be regarded almost as much as that
OF some popular landmark. This is
the case not only in the United King
dom. but also on the Continent.
AT Berlin each year the British am
bassador gives IA dinner for the Chin
ney-swceps OF the capital. and of their
apprentices. This dinner has been
given annually for the past hundred
years. and is believed to commence
rate the fact that the son of one OF
the former English ENJOYS. who had
been kidnapped as a child In England,
was discovered In the Prussian capital
working as an apprentice to Chin
ney-sweep, who had adopted him. and
had treated him with marked kind
ness
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