Show THE BOYS OF LONDON LITTLE CHAPU WITH POT HATS 1 AND OTHERS WITH NONE AT ALL 1 hjul ait mio never move any heal child 1 11 th alio jolly tungsten Vonn ster of f in uniformly lou don ilo newsboys messengers o 0 next to tho the number of uniform uniforms ins and liveries men oil oi the streets and in tit tho byways of london I life nothing strikes ill tin american visitor more I 1 ban the sight of 0 tall silk sill hats si pot it bato ants worn by the email small london school LOTH after a noon aon of parents in tit any respectable grade rt ado of life la is old enough to attend any good school lie it made to dresa drom in as dagui rod a aay AY as it if ho ito were a member of parliament men L dress ir 9 bounta coun is for BO so much in england it ie Is tho the general and correct con act guide to onos station in life tho the poor english boya boys ho aro condemned to wear pot lial from mearly fro early infancy of course can never have bave any real childhood imagine Inia gino a full blooded boy keart inz out for a rood good tin stiffly starched byirt collar nud and a ijar unit 11 11 lint these pot batted boya early aca acq acquire ullo a dignity of manner which harmonizes with their hats hata thoy never relax rela 0 when they aro ar ro actually la in the country counti Tx 1 I lica the poor iras go il 1 and I decline to wear wo tr cay r ny hats at all they r ro like calr grown O 0 up p brothers they 13 from one M M to 4 the other the eng la town is a model of stif stiffness fuess and angularity in iii tho co country try ho it is ready for any roust rough boat bon of 0 rollicking that eny any ona ow may propose pr oroso I 1 havo have wen them sill ic bop in london A person with the london bhoola K caa can tell C r a ft boy belongs by lib lits dwa in tb pix p P aran a sc schooler scho boalt olor for tho the university ro labout jac jacket lots are or worn until tho the bosyj a wo aro in to a certain class adil then hey wear near nw ewal 4 low tall coits boits until they graduate boade umea times a tall lanky boy who is U Ic ichino 14 4 ble big I 1 s will bo be wen a 4 roundabout in company with ft a little litt 0 o bit bil 1 ot of a follow who wears wean the tigi of scholastic in the of a ions long tailed iwed coat tho the other morning mornin in I 1 saw art elderly gentleman with a boy who WAS pt least S 5 feet fee 10 inched in height this boy was vas ovder itly very much behind la in ma 11 itu djoe because b wee pard edby by two su tall fellows six etcor or eoven seven year years of eso ago wa so dress indic indle atoil I 1 bat they were as tar far alons along in their studies as lie h anz CHRIST BOYS tha TW jolliest jolli ost looking boys about ton n are the dressed assel students known a the christ church boys or as blue coat bel ech olare this Is I 1 a freo london school established esbel for tho education cation of orphan orphans pr pp tho child reil of ji arents whoso income doce droes not exceed three bundred pounds a year alicy wear long blue gowns caught lit at tho waist wilh a leather belt at the bwl is ts A small stand up collar and an englich white w hite alo coming doan do n in fit a little aquaro picco in front rout they n ear knon under the long blue burts and dalk da k yellow ings and low shoes with wl it buc kleck allis I 1 its school Is nearly three hundred years old oll they aro are not demitted to u er any hats eummer summer or winter they wear exactly the same uniform prescribed for when it was as first the bitt ec foan wear silver badge badges on their bho bh ulden to lodl indi cato c to their rank these those boys are great favorite favorites with the london people thoy are very jolly tough looking youngster youngsters who ramble all over the town aaring their pay play hours thackeray and not a tew few other prominent en englishmen were christ church boy boyll it Is not giono vill who 0 wea wear r 4 uniform or particular dress to calling tho the bootblacks acks wear uniforms forms end and are u regularly licensed the charge of th 3 boo blacke for shining your agoos Is one penny these thew boys wear rod coate coats and a redcap red cap with a blacic black land about it they ore are also numbered and have to pay a license for the number the newsboys of london make up ilia only class ot of boy boys engaged in service of any kind who do not wearisome wear some distinguishing dress dres tho tile newsboy newsboys here wear the raghed street dress of now york newsboys I 1 think they are more vociferous oci ferous and noisy perhaps than oven even their new now york confrere aliey they stand about the stations and at a few particular places near the news newspaper offices of 0 publication und and shout special without to give anything concerning the contents conten tt of the papers they have to sell beyond holding la in their band buee placard upon which ue are u e lul I 1 erined the principal items of the papers they bave have tor for sale TELton Aru the feb telegraph graph boye boys wear uniform not nn like those went by telegraph boye boys in tit the united state their caps are different their cap resembles the fatigue cap ot of tho the united regular army service they wear knee knoo brooches breeches and carry attached to their belts huge leather pouches which they can lock thia insure insures th tho safety of the do which they carry back nick and forth few of them are on duty after 10 nt at night they are aro solemn little machines na chines and tiro as unlike like american boys la in similar post tlona as can bo imagined I 1 leave hada number ot of them come to me mo every night for de do snatches spat ches find and I 1 bavo baro found them thein all aliko they do not understand the slightest remark which la Is made to them outside of their bustness the idea that any one could bo be interested fn them or would want coshow them any y kindness is utterly beyond their comprehension b they are paid on an average about fire shillings a meek they aro strong hearty looking little fellows follows and do not appear to have any more intellectuality than a good faithful house dog these boys when they grow up become porter porters or messengers they are to bo be soon around the hotels strong sturdy fellows graduates of some outdoor occupation they wear a livery with as much pride as an army arm y v with ith us wear wean his lis uniform the livery ry to thorn them is a mark of h rise in I 1 life ife doing going to the english hotels you meet with grave fune tion aries in livery who are as proud and dig rifled as if they were o members of the diplomatic corps from the porter at t the he door to the buttons who vrho carries ia in your small luggage the chief porter who handles your baggage and the who i runs your errand errands there Is but one feeling that they all occupy very superior positions and that they rather i agard with pity the wild forc forcin ln ere rs who come conio from front the distant shores of abo united T C crawford d la in new now 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