Show II IILO LO f fOR AMt IC S Plc Traditions Associated With Some Buildings Upset Up Upon Upon on Reliable Investigation WERE REGULAR COLD MINES Some Places PIcc Where TransAtlantic lantic Visitors Spent Spelt of or to no 10 Account Corr r J 1 long ago a aRo L j mor lore or 01 leI lean Investigation J wan fl made Into 1110 the history of ot th street barber barbershop shop that for Ul years him been described by hy Its 11 proprietor as aH formerly former tho Pal Palace ace of ot Henry J VIII VII and Cardinal Wol Woley le ey The h Investigation findings Just have ha e been heen made and they provo conclusively that tha th place never was a n at nt all and Hint neither tho Ihu Hoer sovereign eign Ihn nor hl hi prelate ever ovel lived thor there This Is II un In uncommonly Interesting de development te because It I moans that of the three London establishments that Americans practically support they the believe heleve them to be Interesting with wih th the past palt two are nr fakes And It has been en pointed out In the London press only recently that while the third of or these the o places place has his real claims to historic Interest Us 11 right to the distinction on tho strength of ot which It I hits 18 been fn n gold oll mine to Un It owner In I open to a lot of or doubt douht To 10 tho thousands of ot Americans American who t have visited arid ant patronized the tho quaint I little waste paper establishment In Portsmouth Pott mouth street Inn Fields that to l Tho Old Curiosity Shop hop ortall by Charles ell It I nifty mk be he rather lt n II shock to h a that It proprietors proprietors n to tho conti ary notwithstanding the build building ing In Is no O more the one where Nell Nel and 11 her hi grandfather lived ve than reel street barber shop Is a n former ronner residence of 0 Bluff But King J Hal HalAnd And An though It seems IHns a II pity to upset H R tradition investigation proves 1011 that while Old Olt Cheshire seln Fleet street may have hlo beeh visited by hy Dr Samuel Johnson It nl al alro most ro t certainly was not ono of ot his fa and not tho scene of or hil hi symposia with wih 10 1 and Oliver Yet probably nilo out ont of ot every ton Ion Americans who visit 1 lt London make a I point of o either lunch lunchIng Ing or Il dining at 0 t tho Chew ChrI In II order to 10 sec AI seat Mt there ns ni nIno out of ot every VH ten 11 pay pl visits 1111 to und In Inere ere be the revenues of ot The Tho Old Oh Cur 10 fealty Hh op mf and a the th 2 1 iee at ot flinty Himy VIII and Cardinal e i OUT m l OKI I The so l p Iare fa fit n 1 t tolerably goad Bond the IIII theOld Old currl carries in an u a fill file In Ill waste r and Iha I hi h hi r really In more moi than MO Jae years old mid amt 11 t place mace In to no IN to oil t hick In III ft tile of ot Queen Anne OIK and ond to get let a ral real hop chop n mug of or bluer and nul of the Hie pudding in III ti the flate In f I ty Probably till nil till three of fIt these thu i mil atah 1 i lieu be lit M pro n i In n n ne e event etli nl but It c In III dimply and eul h It li 11 hi cause tuure of the who wilt then liNn under the fund fond that thin they limy Ihl nr lire what WhAI they pretend tp be III III it rit r I i h hIn In la n a 1 little to In ti UK Its owe ow Only illy III the HIP I chop om c ller I i known how many namy American im n hair huc hll got l inn how haw many tint teen women had lind thins don donee t to In their hAir nt at Nn No 17 Fleet FI t tie t lint Just hoy hy t the sign Jin which lop the he place that the tho place formerly Ui the pi pal nee AlI of ot Honry VIII Fled find Cud I Wul Yol YollIe lIe coy ey 1 I however hoevEr till the number of or folk Talk who have hAVO l I tern n duped by th hi 1111 1111 A At t lit of nt tho rho IH la nothing to slim t of ot those thoe tho e the th Old Ohi Curiosity urlo Inken In III On tilt the th ct of ot Ira In lug bid bl letters on Oil It lis Ite door dooH g outer thin chop n It with who visit vUlt It If Iton I Ion on the strength of ot Its It They Y buy 1 bearing pictures of tit tho the place pince photographs photograph und of ot U It mot enact of ot the tho niter showing chowing Nell und mid her hop In III IIII 1100 wn and Dickens works In rill nil amts of ot editions and at al highly inhumed cd i pi prices Ices TImy Aim AIU 1 It Tt unit Imi boon cold BO so o emphatically that and the Old Olt C url tint idly olty liro tiro humbugs tho rho statement should he without delay the I It wu tune come Komo us tie II to the tho dear ability of ot Ise freehold that not lint long ago URO led leel tho rho Illy eIty to III In p Its history Then It wail wai shown Hint far tor tram from over ever liming been beena a I royal I tho the building begun began lt Its Ill us nit nu III of ot the Ilia I of ot In III tin tho reign of ot I who ulio of ot couric Celtic came n a long loni I I time after then Hon Honry ry VIII It a government o ot lice flee for tor many man years yell but bill tuna n turned turn Id Into a house and tin its l became rather famous II ns eft n nn nil tho of ot n 1 rather rither pit fIll little Incident which on his hl career the Iho young oung lawyer who finally Chancellor Thurlow Horne Hone yearn oars litter later however hot r the HIP placa further tho the homo hono of ot n a I show at tho thu b ho of ot the In t century and that Ite 1111 were ern litany U It linn has been heon ft a 1 barber shop for tor during durin which time It hint I H boon n as ns formerly the et t cetera Ho far as ns tho Iho Old Curlo In III concerned Inquiry proves that It lias line not lIot the of ot a n claim to tobo bo ho a II l its relic Cell r lIc title IhlY point the tho Milter wan told tol l by n Brand Hot of the late hate that not only on 1 WAil tens tho the Inn hut but no nn exact oll ot of the tho home honto of tf Nell NAil over ever existed And thin Informant rolled called ni In lily attention to a n dc the by b Dickens tho the which the mutter for tor ull 1111 time limo TIMi tile was wan once nano In III tho Iho Bourse of ot nu nil nud runs runA us its I follows follow n With mern in ern unintelligent anti and unsupported ported 11 table I do not Intend to trouble with the Iho absurd fer for Instance Induces some to believe that tho the house In Ports cnn I s Inn which ch him hill himIn n In do Homo Inexplicable WAY como come to 10 bo ho n aa nit tho the Old Shop linn lifts In III the III to 10 do tin with the story Perhaps It IM is only Just lust to 10 add that the tho thought though In III no nu 1111 corrected connected with I Is 18 g really gulls old there then being i in III fact to h belleve llev that It dittos hack back to the reign of ot Charles Chari II JOHNSON SAT HAT Tim The Am ilP who whim burrow through the I he little Fleet street alley known knowlI as nil Wine Court CHurl In III which the tho Cheshire stands and on ell In Its UH IH partake of or the tho are lire shown not lint only lr Ur John Johnsons sons Iono former chair but bul hl IN min favorite corner with u it 1 smudge on the tho wall willi be ho behind hi Nail hind It produced supposedly III by h the Encase tOm from tho thin great Brent ivIE Ir Tin Tho corner cornor seat BOllt IH III marked with lIh ft IL 1 brass tablet t which tint Dr Samuel Johnson waH In ht the thu habit of ot silting there Ihor and as tie every eer ono one knows kIlOW the tho hit old alII legend Is III to tint thin effect that thU be hl with his faithful satellite Goldsmith and anil used to bJ be o among tho the host bout customers of the place In III thu tho r months tho th lh l Cheese heese hardly clot can accommodate nit Ill tho limo transatlantic folk who want to eat cat I where Dr 1 r Johnson Johnton mild dill tow few such lIuch customers escape without In Investing Investing vesting heavily In lit tho rho many I of or tho the which arc aio on spie and nud which Include books giving Us its history beer bor mugs which cost less lees than five live cents and are url sold cold for tor sixty cents pipes match anti several outer thing things nil all of course courso Gearing bearing pictures of ot the Choose Till present lucent writer docs does not pretend to know what this tavern makes every esery year cr out alit of ot Its It II American patrons but hut when Its present proprio lor acquired tho the place phase some Ome thirty years ago ngn It Il cost him the valuation whIch ho lie now lOW puta upon It li Is Auld to be JOO NOT MI MENTIONED HV HY IT To Tn ft folk folic who have lIal at tit the tho sight Bight of ot Johnsons Chan and torner orner at ol the tho Chrese hies it null nm ell almost almo t to 10 th Ihl the genuine nUll lines nt s of these relics Did shit the Ille fact re rc I I T T N NY that there them IH le only one reason rea Ica reason son lion for tor believing that Dr Johnson may noty have visited tho the Cheese occasionally thorn there tire lire quite n a number of ot them for toc assuming that Im his wax not lIot on one of ot Its ILK steady l customers and that It was wail 1114 not the tho scene of or ills his with and Goldsmith The Tho burly hUlly philosopher did dl t for tor l eu n live e only n II short distance from thu tavern tn t ern He ta I had hilt a me ahouse 1 house hou u In III lough Gough square equine which IK Is at the tho end cad of ot another of ot the queer II eel little al III alleys alleys leys le leading out of ot Kle lest t street of or which Wine RIne court where time the Cheese IH Is another Conse Consequently Consequently ho he iw may y have rOIl none there some come sometimes comeI times I lt slut Hut If It h hg he wont there to so orlen often and set HII l lIn In lit the th saran HO NO regularly that his win wilt the Hie wall Wahl why wh In Imi A It II that no well Imn II almost every oelY movement of his hlA Idolized patron pation arid and who U Is supposed to gone folie there therewith with no mention of thu w tact fact Hozzy Roe gOM Into delallA shout about the Fleet street which ho Ito and J f o 0 ett I Y 1 1011 ism Ith II h but he says nothing about aboul the Cheese And Antl what l is rather do the doctors doctor two wo wn other biographers Hawkins and Crocker Fran Krom one would Rather gather that the Iho Que Queens nH Arms Arm Tavern which used to stand In lit Ht SL Pauls churchyard the thu Cook ool Tavern In Fleet Kleet street and th the b Hoad clo close e by 11 wore A of ot John on and lint his hl mu hlll out van teas the old ohl Mi Miter II ter also nillo In n the thu street stroet of ot Tor here hore It was that HH ilK his Indo Judo ho loved lo to till sit up lute late and utter often my lilY head t tache ache nehl with port porI limo Tho Miter Miler was In him fact tad the celle I c ne of ot lint ut with at lit which UN as the dl says lie Ha called culled out to me with lIh warmth Olve alve mo me your hand 1 take a i fancy fAIl to tn you jou ou And Aid account little or 01 no eta doubt that It waa at RI he the Miter Alper that Gohl and aid Sir so flO often otten Jolted thorn knew 1 this nod when In III 1011 h lit lie a it II point 1101 II t to 1110 dl no ut the modern witch which near liar Har on the tho alto of or ofilio the ilio ancient Inn In III this thin It IH Is father rathor natural to turn lint to the somewhat laudatory volume about the th lush Ire Che se e which the tho visitor I 11 have lime of ot buying baying anti and to 10 HM Hell whet what hat It ha has to tl soy wiy The me result f Its III nether ther The Thu taverns tavern ent has haR to admit of ot course counte C that mention tho time Cheese but hu hi h gets around It by that ills his did not m meet t until limn tho latter was nn ni uhl old man or m In other othel words worde until after lit hI had left off ort visit I lt In Ing the time Cheese slut Hut a 1 few fete pages IMIR S on it Hr HII V niter another believer In III tho time legend 1 is IH quoted to 10 the eff effect t that Dr Johnson spout spent the ev of lit hl his hiM last y ais wholly at It the Au And If It It Is U turn true ue that hills fall to It men mention tion lout limo tho Chee Cheese e because ho never went there with Johnon John oll what of lit tho the follow following I UK Paragraph ph which witch IM Is to be he befouled found fouled In Its time the introduction to en on volume olum Wo W ran eau stO In ht bin hla hi favorite seal sent mouthing and 1114 talking us its who should say wiy I alu m Sir Ill Oracle o 11 l I snit and when wUn h n nI I f ois Ol my mouth let let no dog IloK bark alM nuI there them may lie be 1 a seen e n with 1111 yes even fy reverently itly on out the time amigo in III ono OliO of oe nU hll to servo as its II material Im for that und undyIng Ing life lire of ot his hIM Perhaps It Il Is II rather nit too that despite It all III the diary writing that ins done In thol days and amt of ot time the fie re with tIUI which Johnson III is to have stetted vl IlIad the Cheshire Chinese e only ou one olle 1 II n lII nd 1111 that thata a 1 lather I on ran b he be found to the l r with the lime place Tide IH Is one olle Cyrus Jay JR who per I a l volume of or Tn fn 1813 Isle in III a B quarter of ot a cen cell century tury lit after the Ih death of Johnson And nd JOY Jilt merely lair claims to have hava known lel iet Hili old who with lined to meet Johnson nt tit the Cheshire Chee Ilia value Iut HH ItH a n witness an however ran b he be guessed When v hen it IN III said that his bin lama l Itu t years to 10 have II It 8 been devoted to tint the consumption of or Kin It I and nud water which killed hilled him n i refers f ra to Johnson alleged K V chair lit tet the tho th Cheese rhe kt Although the Johnson club which IH its composed of admirer of ot the lexicographer la is annual dinner at lit the tho th It la III to so time the th clubs eluh secretary because became th time place real reel really ly II l IH Is the last lut of ot the ancient taverns and not o lit of UH Ile flip Ul resel il cd with Whether or m uhf 1111 t however Dr John JohnRon Johnson son Ron wan a Ii visitor Ilor to If the Ch Cheese Ch III there Ihre is II one particularly Ironic Ironle In hl connection with Ameri AmrI American can caO of lit the tavern end And that thatis IK is the fact Ur Dr Johnson hated fisted led Amerl Amert 1 J an Im i willing to 10 hove lovo all mankind ex IX fl t en AJI American muk nukes a aMm Mm him say nay Nil In hi conversation with Mss III he se i iI I And whon vh n the lady Indy hid NIl la is m an i lint Hint we tie 1 mi III l nl ul 1 n 1 ways OH aH luini Wo Iju t Milli IolI t l ng timer It ini no we 00 hate J thu tho tit eg 1 Cf wa was wall ell continues Irritated still and roared out another tremendous duns dous volley which one line might fancy fanc could roue hit be heard across lIero M the time Atlantic nt tit such Much linen II the Irascible doctor lor said Old a 1 good gond dent deal more thou than hu ht meant N CHURCH |