New-York tribune., 1922-12-03


guarded part Of the Tower Of London.
Then, when YOU present this statement TO
one Of the "beefeaters" at the Tower door,
you viii be escorted TO the Keeper OF the
Jewels, who will look you over and place
you in the hands Of one Of his underlings.
Then you will make the rounds. The jew-
els are behind strong bars. Crowns and
eoronets are there, the wealth of centuries.
Perhaps you will be little envious and
think that kings are lucky beings and
queens the most fortunate women on
earth. Lest This envy should disturb your
peace OF mind, 90 quickly to another part
OF the Tower and see the spot where Mary
lost her head. See the mammoth AK that
was her direct undoing. Then mediate
upon the joys Of simple things.
In this mood il we're well TO 20 10 the
Caledonian Market Forget your best
clothes for the time, get into the worst
rags you brought along. take Fourteen
bus from Picadilly out toward Hornsey
Rise and tell the collector OF fares 20 let
you out at Caledonian Road. The local
policeman will direct your steps to the
greatest open air market in the world.
There you may buy anything from a
donkey to a medieval miniature. Most OF
the wares are displayed on the ground.
Old bits Of pewter, priceless china, Chip
pendale chairs, Tudor tables sit calmly
beside monkey wrenches, rusty hinges,
remnants of clotheslines and pots Of peri
wrinkles. The reason why you must wear
your oldest clothes is said that the barter
ers Of all these wares know only the psy-
ehology Of the exterior and gauge their
prices according to their observations.
once saw an American woman price an old
sampler in the Caledonian Market. She
was very fluffy in silks and she carried a
lorgnette. The price asked her was a
guinea. For some reason or other she
passed ii by, and it was my turn to barter.
The salesman looked me over and said l
might have it for 10 shillings. | eyentu-
ally got it for six. This rule Of attire
applies equally to every stall in the place.
After all that go and dine in Soho.
You are on the very fringe Of il when you
are booking along the Charing Cross
Road There are hundred little foreign
restaurants, bit spoiled now by the in
trusion Of a certain set Of profteers, those
who have advanced beyond the Trocadero
Jtage and wish to be classed with the in
:ellectuals who were wont TO throng the
Soho resorts before the modern proateer
was evolved. The food is inexpensive in
those restaurants. the atmosphere is diff
ferent from any other place; also what
you drink with your meal is not at all
exorbitant
Oh, there will be plenty Of things that
will make you smile and think with pa
tronizing superiority Of the strides Of
modernism in your own land. The rows
Of crimson fire buckets, placed in solemn
row on the stairs Of one Of the large de-
partment stores. for instance. How you
will ridicule them at first Also, when
you have left Bloomsbury and are living
ia lodgings in old London, which you posi-
lively must do il you wish to get that local
color we mentioned, the entrance Of the
round bath tub in the morning, borne by
your cheerful but stolid landlady or her
assistant, and the great cans of steaming
water wrapped affectionately in towels,
will cause you TO smile. That will do you
good.
Should you spend a week end as the
guest Of one Of the old established county