The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-19
LANE IN LONDON IS
 AGAIN LIVELY

London, May 19.-(Corresponden of The Associated Press)-Petticoat Lane has awakened from its long sleep, imposed by the war and the rigors of an unusually wet winter and with the coming of spring fairly huns with life, trade and dirt.
 Petticoat Lane is more of a district than a street, for there are a number of streets, and each one carries the same curb markets and the same motley crowd of traders and sight seers- It is within five minutes wall, of the most important financial insti- tutions in the world, and on the edge of that interesting section known as the East End where royalty and others have recently discovered there are slums which are a disgrace to England, in fact to all civilization.
 Petticoat Lane is lined with stalls, some of them covered, some of thers open to the elements, and all of them mounted on wheels. Here may be found for sale almost everything the purchasing public may desire, any thing in fact which might be includ- ed in a list which stretched from, secondhand underwear to cheap jewelry.
 The old clothes man occupies the commanding position almost directly opposite the great Liverpool street passenger station. and some of his prices would do justice to some of the smart West End shops, but prices and sales are not the same thing in Petticoat Lane- If the seller cannot get his price he Is always willing to come down, and if trade happens to be slow he will mount a box and offer his stock to the highest bidder. Then comes out all the wit and hu- nor of the throng, with the auc- tioneer usually lending in sarcastic sallies.
 Art china" fearfully and wonder fully made: men and women.s neck wear in all the colors of the rain bow; fried fish fresh from the skillet; pictures, framed and unframed, and prized because of their high color; ice cream and shaving powder. with a liberal assortment of hair brushes and suspenders; money belts, Mons ribbons and the insignia of every regiment in the British army. These and a thousand and one other things line the street on each side, their leather-lunged sellers pausing only in their appeals for trade to make the necessary change.
 One section of the Lane Is given over to the man who is there to heal the sick and afflicted. He usually specializes in some particular dis ease. His appeals supported by an open bottle of his particular medi- cine, and for a penny one may sam pie the remedy and know for himself whether he wants bottle. And it is surprising how many bottles are sold from the sample, on which the thrifty doctor" makes much more profit than he does on the larger amount
 Not far from the Lane proper lS the livestock" market as they call 1t, in Club Row Here one can buy some of the best dogs that have myster- iously disappeared from the fashion- able sections of the city during the previous week.
 Sunday morning Is the great day in Petticoat Lane and its environs. for while all commodity stores in London are closed on that day, the Lane is all lowed to operate freely without i'm reference from the police. It serves its purpose in that it affords a cheap, convenient market for the teeming thousands of the East End, and gives them 8 promenade, a little crowded to be sure, but all the more popular in consequence.