Show L ST MILLI f fL OLD L BOND ST STREET T Queer Discovery Concerning the lie Word Famous and amid 11 Beloved Thoroughfare MARION MARIN TELLS OF IT Shops arc re as ns II and Unpretentious Outside as its lS They A Me a Gorgeous and Within Special Correspondence ONDON Api Au II hi ISoma of ot the th ab nb LONDON L of rr leasehold hohl system have l hn been en strikingly III I Illustrated by h the tha th discovery that although h the city dt corporation owns time the larger portion of ot New Ne Hand ilond street which as ns IR time the shop shopping ping street ranks monks among llong the tho most valuable property In London time the Ih an ai annual al nual rental which the city cl obtain front from 1101 time the shop Iho there thel averages only about 25 2 S Sn n a year rear And London U Is I stew flow fW mourning amounting lg Us Its 18 lost million I I lUll There are ao two Morel Hand streets Old Hand Hond street which runs u a t short block from aunt and Now New Hond street which continues It II a II blurts longer Ier to 10 Oxford street It II Is III mill ull ni ono street sheet why h the distinction In bum II time thu stamen names should IH ono of or the tho mysteries of ut street Rt ret I u U Old OIti Hond Bom street hit ham been en In existence IS years New Hond street gal its ItH start stait In ht II life years ago Soon after It win WU opened In ht 1721 1791 1 1 a n 1011 amazement in iii II not destroyed by 1 times devour InK liiK hand hald her e Troy and the time ny lambs IKle tn In the 1 Strand lt T 11 whir where cabbages and ono autos onD grew Now o stand elands Now New host street tret t anti n a Newer square Such Klch piles mind and Inc now nw rise Til up and ami 1111 dawn low n London lt lr seems Menu growing out oC ot town toI Hut Hit time tho city tethers fathom apparently cull that lust l had bat hol almost the of ur UN Ina Inroad on n I f Rl t thrA I Il und umi tI turnip tumid A With a I short holl shortsighted sighted 11 policy In II iti coin runt to that hint by hy lime tho lU unc torii of ot the thu hakes of nod l who teho air 11 11 rolling railing toll In ht I wealth front from theR morbid tents i nt they granted IlI ruses on min 01 their building Iota at mil lt often neen A 11 ua low nit as I 20 a n year 11 1111 never exceeding 3 35 A queer CUI clause nl In III these lenses banes by which every oer 11 II 1 years ll tin lime holders of them than thel have hu to pay I n I Sad 1111 to seven 11 times antes the annum BY Ily Ilya Byn subsequent however a n It II tens vo M provided that there seven savoy year ll dines H might h bi hit by h thu the of n It lump sum 1111 if If t the leaseholder through any In mh mis mist ml to lO ray pay his hil tent rent and maid t l thus forfeited the t hl lease leal time the corpora corporation tion In another burst burnt t of or generosity bound Itself 1 lr I as a special net act of at grace to tl grunt grant u a I renewal of or the hone 1111 on 01 the tha UtI UtIle soma le terms for SO 0 years year nt at lt the tho as ae aspiration 0 of ot which lame the property ru tn verts VIt to o time the I he city el I What Whal Is le II legally dune done In hi II f re me retrain I train dope done for tr all till time and thus Ihus tho time thoI I etty 11 annually only n I few tew hun hundred Bred dred pounds trout from this property properly which ought night to lu bring U It I In ha hundreds of ot thoun ands And It I U la not mint the th keepers p n themselves t tie who profit broth rol t by the folly felly t ly oC of t these long dead t mid awl hurled hurl ml civic rulers ruler Vow l ow of ot them urn am I a ware aware that th time the city cly the th ground In which their shorn stand They rhey pay big I to the thu folk CI hu first t g gat t lu hI ld l ot of lima tha iIa tr e old 01 and Il tho thu sow now 9 combined eIls Is and nit na l has 1181 a peen for tor Un I half fn n i I century c the favored shopping district j i ot of royalty ro anil and i Rr itla It la III the Mt Mecca u it o of ot Fashion Hy lir from groin nil 1111 O m tin the earth and particular particularly WI d ly IY iron IlOnI all over oer the United States And Aud AudIt It IB Is If ns Lis dingy and grimy II nIl little I 1 Shabby habby outside nn as 11 It Ito shops an lint w j i ous InsI l Few lew buildings building In ht thu v are aro over throe three stories high 1111 It i 3 OF OP meENT WIDTH Hond Mond street t It II nf ot decent width for Cor a n street but Hond strut 1 i J junior l la III 1 t ile offspring of oC the I i i older and shorter street Itrel It goes roel only i U a I few Cew yards on Its own hook hool when It Iti c Its roadway and narrow its II i to Um n R few Cew feet r t and aid it wobble a bit hit here and titers there us ill though In hr It its III er Y Infancy It had heel been as ae a toi to toi i 1 i the course It should follow fallow through the th thI iii I cribbage cabbage and turnip J I Externally most mOlt of the Shot a are aro not noti 4 i i much to look at Ill Few I ew or of theta them go In ji for tor window displays they Ih never hold hohl holdI I bargain sales mien they th make milk no to toi i 1 i the crowd titer they worn Scorn to tn have hav i j i to any nn of the ordinary methods of nt nl i 1 fI I Hy Icy their theft very Ver avoid once of or nil HIM Hull glitter they pro pin d 1 claim the wide whir gulf ulf of ne M s Mt i t which them from froth the Uie l i 1 I shops of or He ne ent street Oxford street f r and PI I before which K gaping crowds rimy may b he be found fount They j 1 j consider themselves the real thing hint and Lis 1111 long lonK lon ax rUI o their wealthy and ml nr customers u take inke s them at Ht their r l own estimate und and Lire arc content to i 1 1111 ay uY I f for their much more than then they I Ii j would have to 10 pay R I they will t continue the recognized 1 arbiters of ot 1 11 i London both bolh mid ail feminine i Why Wh Hond DonI street narrow un tin 1 nl sightly ns its It II If Is should bo be thus thuR favored 1 i T by the sor lal elect U Is ut Itt u n mystery o to la tiro ob Hut but It In la it a 1 at i t fi mystery that In is saran r r patronage have made n I r Pond and relieved It of oC the m III HII of ot fur for trade truel Royally N t hits him put the till real of or Its Itu approval on un 1 Hond Mond mid and where royalty points the way obsequiously follows J 1 I I li i i 1 PICCADILLY LL y II III I I When you enter hold Bond street from I Piccadilly the first shop encountered f on the left hand side elite Is l n a bakers bakerI Oc Or Occupying Occupying a II corner orner site Alto It hUll has u II frontage both on all Piccadilly and fond Hond In Jn appearance n c r It I i Is III t x u very vety cr ordinary sort t of It ItI I f One Olle would not have to 10 go far tar farIn tarIn farIn i In any allY American city to flan find nd one ono more mora morar D r I i attractive to the eye But HUI slims algne pro proclaim l I I l J claim to nil all and sundry that by loyal i f warrants ho kneaders l of lit dough within J have been appointed baker to her inn n N testy jenty the tM queen his hlA royal high lieU tho the J h H Prince of at and 1 other ra rai f i of ot the royal roal totally family And Ami It Is la n w I cant fort fact that It Is la not In the Iho r t windows of or the thc but bUl In those thoc foe fac facing J ing lag Bonn Dond street ItrI et that the tho royal war t rents r lIts are displayed Piccadilly Is by byi b fj i far tar the Ille finer unit most Imposing street i of the two but Iut Piccadilly pas has never 4 i been Imen taken specially under royal pro Iro protection proa a TUB TIlE LUCKY LUCI DAKEnS ERS Two doom from fron the lucky bakers Is Isa Isn Isa I a n quaint little old shall simp In Inthe Inthe Inthe I the windows window of or which are lire shown cheese butter butler eggs ens bacon and poultry lr Jf tiny of or the small streets bf bt the big cities rilles of ot America If Ir such n 1 shop hop were 1 seen sten A n one Dna would onder how It came camo to tobe tobe tobe be overlooked In the march of Improve Improvement j ment and demolition nut Hut this t i Insignificant shop has no reason tellson to 10 apologize apologise for Its presence enre It has Ims abig a II abig r c l big pull with tho the royal family Signs r I announce tho the proprietors are ure not only by appointment to hs hi hsI I I majesty ty tho the king but n ni i to the Duke of oC Connaught 11 to tho the Duka ot of purveyors 1 t l to the king of or Sweden and the house of oC oCi y I commons The Duke Duka of at Edinburgh who wh I became the Prince of ot i Gotha has been dead some years eArA but the memory of at his hili patronage still W countS for tor something a THE TilE t Sandwiched In between tho cheese monger mongers and the bakers Is a u cigar i shop on which Is III emblazoned the tho royal coat roat of ot arms A document framed and It hung In ht the window gives tho the author authority 1 ity It for tor the proud heraldic i k device It II rends reads You Von are hereby ap appointed 4 pointed cigar merchant to Ids his majesty the king liven Olven under my In hand ami an t seal enl nt at Palace this day of ot July Jul 1901 1001 In the tho II rat year e r of lit Ii i his reign Then rhen follows the tho I Illegible lII signature ot of the keeper of lit hl hix hili t privy purse It Is la a 1 royal warrant and a to a n tradesman counts for more mOte ai III an nn advertisement than does do 8 a 1 standing page paRe In a n t J newspaper on the other side lide lideI I As 11 one ono continues his hie course through I Hond Rond ond street It Is III seen een that theta thue o royal ro al warrants have been beell lavishly bestowed there thore Two Tivo other cigar dealers proudly 1 display them thorn one on of whom wham the th additional distinction of ot being tubac tobacconist I conist to 10 the king Ii 1 Time was wal when royal warrants pos pM it r rl flossed HOiUM potent powers and might got Rot n nY Y mans limns head out ort off but In Iii these days 8 of oC triumphant democracy their chile chief tune fune i i lion seems to Ida hI to 10 help hall tradesmen well Melt their wares Irell And Perhaps ome same day In a n 1 t radical parliament may put Its II foot root down on them as RH Interfering with the Iho tree fieo play piny of or competition and Lind the bane b m mI 1 I 1 scent law hi of or the tho of th the fittest j r Bui meanwhile Doti street nourishes on them diem anti has hns tin ha In i I lag Its step tep price r the tho I tinn of at less lew IN l I loyal armorial arc IlIC about th the i only on form of tI that Dond Q 1 r p nit nc street allows I Itself golf but of or th It the in most mOlt cut Some SlIme of ot Its It hots ill dis display play pIny hilt belt n a 1 dozen ot of theta them and thOY are Iro by hy no means insane confined conOn d to h royalty The emperor of tt king kill of Portugal rind the king of or Swe Swo Sweden den lend their alt alit to patrons for those thOle of or royal rO 81 blood ore are never noer r referred ferr d 11 to as its customers One shop boldly declares Itself purveyors to all aU the courts of ut Europe I A student of II her lur heraldry aldry may lOa spend n a very half lulf hour In Flood Hond street tre t studying y devices rei Jut but It If these grim old warrior mon mOil monarchs archs arche who ua used l to 10 display trout proud proudly ly Iv when they IhlY led II th their lr i to 1 1 butt could cume rums back to earth rind In See flee a Unfit Ihm employed an ar advertisements for tor haberdashery haberdashers hirl chote oh er etl bakers boker hairdressers erl anti and shoemak shoemakers ers rs what WIH n they the would rol rate MIllie e with their inglorious descendants d will authorize such uch use ue of them American merlean girls girl are lire among tUi la l customers of or loud Hond They l may turn up their pretty noise when they limy that first see It and declare truthfully tint that there lint a I third town In the lire U United tales that can show n a more Imposing street und tend liner finer looking ho hut but tho the coral halt belt held hel out lo inn 1111 much for them What U is good rood for tor a 1 queen n or ur n u princess Is none toe lOll good for them Ihm i and ml SH as for the expanse well uell w lI a 1 Hond Ilond tr lOt IM Is d to toc lIe hie c the tho hall mark of It tacit Cash n 0 big hi I I P PIn In Its It ancient days day many of ot the nobil nobility ity It cord sentry gentry lived heed In III little Old Mond street As Aa th lit promenade of ot It was W II natural that Mean when hlll In th tit height of or Ms his hl fame rime as os the orbiter arbiter of Inn rash ash Ion lon should there frequently tin tit elegance Ie and of hi bl his lit at t tire All he tie gay gey He old buck u used e l tn to strut up and down dOII the street treet overy afternoon At No 11 I Old Mil 01 Road nand Street f terno pled lied on March 18 IR 1768 1788 n II month after tho publication of liH hie hi Sea Sen S Journ The floor Door of at the tho house home Is 19 now new n 1 shop far the Ih val III of ot Turkish I 1 never hArd of or him raid thin the proprietor when tv h I k n d the this author Ioe he e In my In line of or liu hu ln ii 1811 WB he het lIn ell nt St tine time rIme had hul lodging In III Old Bond Hond street and tutu ther tn no one oc oe occasion casion t N f 1 nt lit I a t dinner Jo and lU 1 lam Ill NELSON WAS WU After tt r tho the battle battlo of ot Cape St SL Vincent Incent and the expedition In III which he lost hl his hili arm Nol In III In laid Ihl up for Cor repairs for thre months month fit al t No HO no New Nett blond street At 1 thu time thine his hiM friendship with Hamilton tint hind not according to his hi i s rip ripened ened Into n guilty Pi lon and It was waa his wife who nursed him aul aad nally dressed ida his wounds A modern now occupies the th site Mite Lady Hamilton whose beauty still survives In 21 portraits of or her h I by tons Horn Hornney ney ne took up her hel residence at No New Nate nond I t tau 1511 1 11 Thill iun tn in la years after Nelsons death i th oral It it i l is i I hardly consistent with what Is known of her character to suppose e that her h r I I 1 N I hol holl of Abode was Influenced by b Hi III II e proximity u to II this the house boue where her he heI het I t ale lover liner hilt Imd suffered d dI I The fhe house hOlm u a 1 very Cl plain pitta 1 one on la Is now non no noI I occupied coupled by hy a haughty Ash nh dealer i i the royal coat of arms amts over liver hie Ills door I 1 aint never cord card toll toil of t Idy i mild Bald the flab dealers deahr clerk wlm ho re Va to the visitors enquiries Liv Ih Lived TA TAd ed NI d in n title this ere ent onus once cures you say W Willi ll he added uddel with n laugh nt lit his hie hien own Ill n jest Jet 1 r OH oI there anything g n about her character Ive 11 card eard tell IIII that thit Ih t In them old days day some of ut them nile line ladles H x qu er lob lot Jackson the Ibl l h tar tor In lit the tM art ort d rooms In hi I t New IW Hond Hand street where he sparred t with his patrons Of or him the Ih poet M et wrote Trite j All 11 11 1 men mn unpractised I r el In g knocks ka I Must tul get Ift ft to Jacksons JAckon or they tho tare lore tn to box I |