Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . noG AND KATS. ii:iji; sAALLowHi;. ?0. AT THE SHIIIING OFFICE : 1\ OrEST OF TIDINGS. IN LONDONS SHADOWLAND. By GEORGE R. SIMS. THERE are many tender-hearted peoplewho cannot quite dismiss from theirminds the thought of the worlds these the knowledge that beneath thesurface of our bus}-, bustling, everyday exist-ence there runs a \ein of traged)- is a personalsorrow. It is not good to dwell upon thegloomy side of life, but it is impossible toignore its existence. There is a tragic and a
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . noG AND KATS. ii:iji; sAALLowHi;. ?0. AT THE SHIIIING OFFICE : 1\ OrEST OF TIDINGS. IN LONDONS SHADOWLAND. By GEORGE R. SIMS. THERE are many tender-hearted peoplewho cannot quite dismiss from theirminds the thought of the worlds these the knowledge that beneath thesurface of our bus}-, bustling, everyday exist-ence there runs a \ein of traged)- is a personalsorrow. It is not good to dwell upon thegloomy side of life, but it is impossible toignore its existence. There is a tragic and adeeply pathetic side to Living London whichcannot be left untouched in any work dealingv\ith the people of the great city, and thevar)ing phases of the human drama enacteddaily within its gates. Therefore must wepass out of the sunshine and walk for a whilein the Shadowland. The tide of life is running its usual coursein a busy Cit}- thoroughfare. It is thecentre of the shipping trade, so far as theoffices of the great owners are this dull, prosaic-looking buildingsmart young clerks with flowers in theirbuttonholes, a
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