The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11
LONDON'S EAST END
PROSPERING ON WAR
TailOrs Of All Nations Arc
Busy Making I informs
for the Army.
FORTUNES FOR DENTISTS
Special Cov,espondence to rnE suS

LONDON, May IA wave of pros
perity Is passing over what was before
the war ono of the poorest districts Ut
London. namely. that part OF the East
END which extends from AldSate 10
I.imehousc. This district has suddenly
been transformed into a prosperous and
thriving community and dllap!dstcd
houses m empty sheds have become
humming workshops. for this locality IA
now the great centre Of the army tailor.
Ing.
The host Of tailors Of all n%ationalities.
but chiefly Russians. who are busy sew
Ing suits for soldiers are not the only
ones 70 have p%rospered. for every one
else In the district has reapcd some
share OF the golden harvest and pun
veyors Of Injuries hitherto unknown In
the East End. including chiefly photog-
-aphers and dentists. are making small
fortunes.
On the other hand there Ia IN tire East
End a group of men whose business mas
been almost completely wiped out Of ex-
istence. These are the emigration
brokers. who work chiefly In connection
with the German shipping lines. Emit
gration from the Eas, End TO America
has almost completely disappeared.
Tit we'll TO DO master tailors a cul-
tivated the taXicab habit, and there are
many more toxicabs to be seen scurrying
along whitechapel lane han IN peace
time.
The public houses. witch In this quar-
ter are largely In the hands o! Jewish
landlords. do only n moderate trade.
Tor the Jews are "a temperate people,
but further east receipts have improved.
Among the curIosities ID al East End
Corner House. an idea borrowed from
Messrs. Lyons's two famous West End
Establishments. During the week pros
porous clothing workers have their meals
locally. but at the week end they go
West and dine sumptuously In the gor-
gsous eating place. where sratui'ies TO
the waitresse s are inadmissibie.
A tremendous home made cigar trade
has developed In Whltechapel. and IA u
speciality Il made Of n very good cigar
At fourpence II compctes successfully
in the popular taste with the seven
penny Havana. W~h,,echlpel and AID
The pipe being ~curIously out If favor
No German sausage Sold.
With this prosperity goes a certain
amount OF economy. 4 shopkeepsr
who used to a a large sign announc-
Ing that he sold various kinds OF Cou-
tinental delicacies. including German
sausage. has not troubled To repaint the
sign. put has merely scraped ~ the
German reference. leaving an ugly hia-
tus. In the Boswell road there is an
absent minded clock firm still advrr,is.
Ing German Ginning clocks.
Ru&irsss~s that have rather Ian.
g1iished are those devoted to the
~omen's clothing trade. II has paid
the proprietors TO shut these prem.ge9 up
ana AASofA tha.nsal.ag instead 10 .litb.
ing orders for the army.
D~iscounting a great deal OF what j.
said as mere idle gossip. II is "a un-
doubted fact that any number o: people
In the East En- rave made small for
tunes out of the war. although tie mar
gin Of profit has lat'erly bsconl, greatly
reduced owing TO a keener business in
stinct OF the War O-ice. ON the other
hand. a number Of tailoring workshops
complain OF slackness due TO the dc-
emulation Of large reserve stocks cf
uniforms. The passage Of ~" rrripu,-
sion bill. however. will mean the ciy.rr
out OF further large orders and his
siackness may only he regarded as u
passing phase,
While the East Erl has thriven by
reason OF the war q is only fair 10 saw
that its r.sou-ceiulre.s has been Of the
greatest possible use 10 the military
authorities. when the men N the
renche called for shespskins i vas
Aldga:e and Whi.echarel that found
them. and the ability of the East End
10 absorb army clothing orders has pre-
vented huge contracts being placed in
America.
Diamonds and other precious articles
~ jewelry are plentifully displayed.
for Whitechapel has Oriental tastes, but
n would he a mistake 10 think that war