Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - bare record of unvarnished factwhen it is a matter of ancient marinersthrilling yarns ! The year 1695 saw the founding of this\-aluable Hospital by the Corporation ofTrinity , but then it was on anothersite, and provided for but twenty decayedmasters and commanders of ships. Thealmshouses are sufficiently roomy to permiteach old captain to bring his wife or someother female relative to share his quarters,and keep things ship-shape for him. Inthe librar\- and reading-room the men findneutra
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - bare record of unvarnished factwhen it is a matter of ancient marinersthrilling yarns ! The year 1695 saw the founding of this\-aluable Hospital by the Corporation ofTrinity , but then it was on anothersite, and provided for but twenty decayedmasters and commanders of ships. Thealmshouses are sufficiently roomy to permiteach old captain to bring his wife or someother female relative to share his quarters,and keep things ship-shape for him. Inthe librar\- and reading-room the men findneutral ground on which to meet theircomrades as well as to discuss the affairs ofthe nation. There is a uniform belonging to. ox THK GKASS. theTrinit}- House almshouse men—navy-bluecloth with brass buttons—which is donnedeverv Sunda_\- for chapel. A charining cus-tom survives from the very foundation ofthe Corporation of Trinit)- House, with whichthe pensioners have always been associated—the assembling of all the members, fromthe Ro_\-al Grand Master downwards, forservice at St. Olaves Church, Tooley Street,on Trinity Monda}-. This annual expeditionmakes an agreeable break in the ordinaryroutine, and provides many a fresh topicwherewith to wile awa_\- a sunny hour onthe seats in the almshouse garden. To be able full\- to grasp the verj- im-portant part which open spaces play in thegeography of the Metropolis, it is necessary-to see a chart of the County of London,and notice how numerous are the little greenpatches which stand for Londons PleasureGardens. 348 BALLOONING LONDON. By the REV. JOHN M. BACON. LOUNGERS in the London parks, sighting> a httle globe saihng above the farliorizon to the south-
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