| Show LONDON LOSING ITS VOICE famous old street cries of the metropolis tro polis are ara dying out one after another r even ven in london most conservative of cities one by one the famous old street cries are dying out in Shake day the streets were musical with this chanting of tradesmen calling their wares each to his own particular lilting tune the last to be heard in modern modem london is that of the lavender peddlers sweet lavender sweet lavender wont you buy my sweet lavender sixteen branches for a penny 1 its still heard on the side streets lct its days are numbered its easier to walk to a drug store and get moth balls ball just as the street cries are dying out so also are the london flower girls famous in song and story disappearing once they were to be seen all over the city these girls whose ages ranged from sixteen to sixty plead ly circus has been their last stronghold but there are signs that being ousted even from this favored spot men hien mostly ex es soldiers out of regular jobs are now selling flowers |
