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Show ijvteiiestijvg Items. CO "REMOVE LOWDOW'S MARBLE ARCH London's Marble Arch li to to raxed to tho ground bcforo Jnrr 1 Molt Londoners and most provincial peoplo who como to tondnn know tho Mar- ble Arch, but not ono In a thousand Is acquainted with Its history The r" eral Impression Is thst It Is a memorial of some kind Tbe Marble Arch, however, how-ever, Is nothing of tho kind, for It built y King George IV as nnjin-trance nnjin-trance to llucklnghnm palace, when did duty In that capacity for man) years, f Hut as the gateway to Ilucklnghw pslaco tho arch was a failure. It M the effect of dwarfing tho royal residence, resi-dence, and visitors who went lo vk- tho royal home from the exterior sin plenty of gate." to quote an old If scrlptlon, "and Utile palace " Accordingly It was, In 1860 rcmojtJ lo Its present situation In Hyde I Eighty thousand pounds was tho ordinal ord-inal cost of tho arch I Unlike tho majority of such cdHUVa the Marble Arch Is not solid Tie "man In the street" believe It Is i ho has forgotten the circumstance tUI In the time of tho 11) do Park rlotJf largo force of noli ncro hid In tt arch nnd were able lo disperse the tigers tig-ers at tho specified moment The Ifn dent at the time excited some attenOa for tho police seemed to rise from H' ground, and tho most knowing of n rioters never anticipated that tho w hid sn many policemen I |