Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . 1^ I South London, with its 2,000,000 inhabi-tants, is,inspiteof over-whelming numbers,equalh inchanging the face ofSlum-land. Church-yards have been con-verted into recreationgrounds. The Vicarof St. Peters, Walworth, has started a smallZoo for the children, and has opened the cryptof his church for the old folk. The Vicarof St. .Johns has an institute, a sort ofresidential club fo men, which paysits own wa_\. In its popular g\-mnasium, atcertain times, blind and crippled child
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . 1^ I South London, with its 2,000,000 inhabi-tants, is,inspiteof over-whelming numbers,equalh inchanging the face ofSlum-land. Church-yards have been con-verted into recreationgrounds. The Vicarof St. Peters, Walworth, has started a smallZoo for the children, and has opened the cryptof his church for the old folk. The Vicarof St. .Johns has an institute, a sort ofresidential club fo men, which paysits own wa_\. In its popular g\-mnasium, atcertain times, blind and crippled childrenenjoy exercise which often straightens crookedlimbs, and gives health and confidence tohandicapped runners in the race of life. If such objects of compassion are trans-formed into self-dependent citizens, and ifa new generation rises up which will regardintemperance, improvidence, and draggingon charity as a disgrace. Slum-land mustdisappear. This part of Living Londonwill be no more regretted than the dismalmarshes which traditions declare onceoccupied the site of this stately city. 115. IN IHE ELECTROPHONE SALON (GERHARD STREKl). TELEPHONE LONDON. By HENRY THOMPSON. 1 ^OICES!» Voices!The\oices of amight}- mul-titude, }-carin and yearcut, h(il\(la\-and h(ilida\,n o () n a n cinight, f\i<\v(1 \ e r () u rheads, aroundus, and underour feet in aceaseless,silent chorus.\ci whisperof tiiem e\-erreaches themyriad passers-by, fir, hermcticalh sealedin tlieir subterranean tubes of lead or highover the roof-tops in weather-resisting cables
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