| Show T POURRI FROM OER THE SEA 17 london october 10 1897 Ia London has begun to put on its winter garb king fog has apparently conse consequently the avi av admeto i e to stay ft bomers bolders of the multitudinous public light 11 companies are complacently amid gas subbing rubbing their hands and figuring upon abe che next dividends doctors are cheer fl undertakers in isolated cases 69 ul and u steve even been cau caught in unguarded indulging in surreptitious At miles is meant that of course london by y of br brick ick and mortar that extends z et art and west for twenty one miles and north and south sout h for some thirteen 1 v iDa baws fles re the city of london proper only cov of one square mile the ara m an area Vea balance ance of square miles belonging aa 9 the various vestries that come under ue the jurisdiction luris diction of the london county the daily mail 11 to quote brome m yand land in this square mile is worth ASIP per square acre multiply lafflie laFf alve lve to get the dollars while in in the days of the L 0 or r hi 11 a swamp itoman an occupation it has been sold sa ti per acre further this square mile are contained ith ae do incredible number of th thoroughfares taj of which number only axe are le enough for the vehicle prom from the same authority may be ed the Po population populate on of the city few of the smallness allness f le have any idea sma population even when they connate ie e ad late the deserted streets on a iday ay evening in the joint parishes mildred bread street and st st moses the people who have R garet A att there number seventy five the Y IS 9 greatly blessed with churches thal that square m mile lie contains but a af MEW short of one hundred A peep at 4 of the same on a sun B empty pews t 1 lay uk ra morning orning makes the exiled elder that others beside himself have 4 to small congregations I 1 I 1 this his summer has see seen n the advent of i loii motor car and electric cab the bublic are gradually getting used to nevertheless the life of the etem M cabby is not a happy one on ah U sides asides a as s he makes his triumphant agress along the crowded thorough to the chaff and subject vares res Is lie 5 of the ca tabbies cabbies cab bies bus drivers 11 ere git along with oad ha other dehus 4 fi wr irei blooming mustard advertisement r atto the fact that they are painted yells an impatient bus driver mow M ow then there robert stephenson git the bit between er SQ pa she dont I 1 while a cabba with letb and bolt minster ter proclivities s turns his eyeballs skywards iky wards ards and plaintively murmurs ft et a shock ln haf fair 11 they oer cawly do appear strange objects upon altet fir ot acquaintance built as they are brott like a brougham with an addi underneath and at the aften of a box wherein reposes the storage bat C tery and they go 99 gaily 1 ly down the street c aus a horse and worse still minus A whip ought to allow that motor a whip for after all is said and il r awe the street arab Is his worst ene f in sy ere comes a motor bill and promptly from a side alley rushes an invading ing horde or e of hatless shoeless throy shock beaded urchins who disi regarding the spike defended rear swarm the battlements capture the stadel Ct and from points of vantage and out att of the reach of the cabby smoke butts collected from the gutter and bom bol along the streets of london like can one wonder that a umes the th much persecuted cabby th long lever and reduces lon lion amma bulted n to a state stata at r tho the season has made its iti embt HM bt dalys company with ada aaa rehan and ana charles richman who Is well known in salt lake city as the star attraction at the opening of the lyceum on second south in the cast have been sone somewhat what crowded out of the first class theaters augustin gu stin daly apparently preferred to continue running the geisha at his own cosy theater on leicester square so the fair ada is compelled to play at the grand Is lington the grand somewhat belles belies its name it being one of those places where entre acts a headed waiter clad in doubtful linen frantically rushes down the aisle with a tray and in stentorian tones yells 11 orders please implying that liquid refreshments are the order of the day As he puts an appealing and earnest emphasis on the please one of our boys who attended there imagined that the assistance of the police was being invoked and a free fight figh t between acts was the next thing on the program white heather is a mammoth production at drury lane the huge stage of which is known the world over it opens up with a scottish moor scene including a genuine flock of sheep ponies etc further there are diving scenes and the famous duke of devon shires fancy dress jubilee ball reproduced by permission of royalty the scenery is up to the well known drury lane standard As to the play and its interpretation well emotion is put on with a 12 inch brush the heroine cheered to the echo and the villain called on after each curtain and promptly hissed off again by the 1100 in the gallery forbes robertson is playing hamlet at henry irvings theater the lyceum while the lyric is stormed nightly by a crowd among which can be seen ministers and A clergymen in shoals waiting patiently to see wilson barrett in the sign of the cross while on things theatrical a goodly portion of the dancing beach resort will remember miss pearl sharp with whom it was the boys ambition to engage for the prize waltz when there was a contest in progress some time ago a friend took me to the palace to while away a dull evening there was a splendid program in progress one of the turns being heralded as the de forrest whirlwind dancers As the te couple indulged in a preliminary waltz I 1 could not help but remark that there was something american not to say Salt about the step also there was something decidedly familiar regarding the face following up the clue I 1 subsequently had a good chat with mrs de forrest and her husband regarding salt lake and things american they have been dancing at the palace for the last five months and have engagements at the leading halls in in england for another year it is needless to remark that to be in the swim especially in london artists have to be up to date and furnish a novel entertainment there Is no danger of the de forresta For rests not filling the bill as regards novelty even though the general londoner Is not educated up or down to the bowery tough strange to say that mrs de forrest was recognized the same day by miss lottie levy who is over from salt lake to study singing in Iry london outside of the elders there are several salt lakers in town dr talmage left us a few days ago on his return from russia and siberia our president thoughtfully utilized him while staying in london and we enjoyed a great treat listening to his discourses and words worda of encouragement sister mccune and family also pay us a visit from time to time and to hear bear her speak at our meetings makes us realize that whatever man may may ay on the subject of womans comans suffrage abat one lady equals ten missionaries when it comes to allaying alladin g prejudice and making strangers realize ze that we really have something to offer them during the summer we have also received visits at the conference house from bishop romney and wife mr and mrs nibley mrs jacobs miss amy ball and miss shaw who have been visiting al albione Alb ions fair tole isle on pleasure bent throughout the british mission this summer there has been a revival in outdoor preaching and tr trading acting so much so that in the london conference alone there have been held this summer more outdoor meetings than have been held for the last five years inclusive and as a natural consequence from dan to beersheba come in reports of counter efforts on th the side A little opposition Is a good thing it attracts a crowd sharpens an elders wits brings to the front all his latent energies and otherwise makes a man of him he can complacently undergo atter after a while such ordeals as having a man with a fog horn voice and questionable grammar range u up p alongside bearing aloft a banner with a strange device which he who runs may read mormon murders he can without losing hit his temper have a punch and judy show pitch in front of him across the street and punch proceed to reproduce his sermon v verbatim and tell judy with embellishments that she must be baptized these things only give him a zest for his work and material for hla his journal we encounter comical situations as well as heartbreaking heart breaking sights in and around london imagine a drunken man lying flat in the road endeavoring to place an elders foot upon his head while the latter goes on with his preaching loo looking kinik tor for all the world like marc antony indulging in his well known oration over the body of caesar last week a london daily came out with scare head lines THE MORMON MISSION warm reception accorded at luton disgraceful street riots elders hooted and pelted belted with stones in the words of the popular ballad 1 I was there brothers stratford and sells who are laboring down there sent to london for advices advises regarding certain hostile developments on the part of the Luton ians lans so brothel shorten deputed me to go down there seven p m saw us holding a meeting on the square we met the enemy and by 11 we were theirs things came our way including real estate brie bric a brae brac etc our progress to ta the lodgings resembled a jubilee procession with a few policemen to give tone to the tout ensemble next day two heavy weights reinforced our ranks good preachers and incidentally ex members of ulle the TJ of U football team it was an of no avail although it was sunday night fully 2000 people with christian Christi fM hospitality pita lity saw the boys safely home and some were even so thoughtful as to stand guard half the night at the doors and windows monday we essayed to hold an other meeting but concluded that things were too tropical high street being jam full of people while on every corner comer were orators who requested the fathers to take care of 0 their wives and daughters people lined up to let us pass and then fell in the rear and joined in the procession if the king of slam siam had bad forced his way down the opposite side of the street he would have passed unnoticed let us draw the veil over the harrowing scene an AB we sat in the house afterwards and listened to the petulant patter of the rocks upon the front door one of the boys remarked well we can say like paul thrice have we been stoned and fought with wild beasts at luton i anyhow we have reason to believe that such scenes will ultimately result in good the newspaper war that to is now in progress reveals the fact that we have some friends similar scenes have been enacted at dover and strange as it may appear the atheists in both towns are our best friends there is nothing like missionary life to bring out a man although one finds that to be a good missionary is not essentially to be a good cook up to date there have been three separate and distinct dastardly attempts on the life of our respected president in the form of mysterious stews and other dubious dishes that have completely prostrated the majority of participants As all take it in turns to cook for a week we all suffer at the hands of our fellow laborers scene room in conference house time 1130 11 30 a m three elders discovered indulging in usual morning scriptural class suddenly the peaceful serenity is broken by an agonized voice from up stairs come here you fellows stampede aloft brother X discovered clad in a huge apron and other things frantically baling out rice from a saucepan which would insist on boiling over rice everywhere every available dish full of par boiled chinese diet and ancl still the pot vomits grains that threatens to extinguish the fire are moria more blatant ignorance the amateur chef expects four pounds of rice one of the side dishes f for or f four our elders to cook in a quart saucepan without boiling over GEO E CARPENTER |
