Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . The butchers boy with his trayof meat upon his shoulder ceases to whistle ashe pushes his way to a good front place, themore decent male portion of the throng raise. LIVING AKKI\ AL OF A BRlnAL PARTY (ST. PAUL S,KNTGHTSHRIDGKl. their hats as the coffin passes ; but onegenerally looks in vain for an\- awe of deathin the expression of the loiterers. You ne\ersee a crowd of this sort without noticingin it a number of old and infirm womenof the poorest sort, on whom one wouldthink the spectac
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . The butchers boy with his trayof meat upon his shoulder ceases to whistle ashe pushes his way to a good front place, themore decent male portion of the throng raise. LIVING AKKI\ AL OF A BRlnAL PARTY (ST. PAUL S,KNTGHTSHRIDGKl. their hats as the coffin passes ; but onegenerally looks in vain for an\- awe of deathin the expression of the loiterers. You ne\ersee a crowd of this sort without noticingin it a number of old and infirm womenof the poorest sort, on whom one wouldthink the spectacle would ha\e a de-pressing effect. But they take the bring-ing out of the coffin as a sight, andwhen the last carriage has driven off go ontheir way, perhaps gossiping garrulously witha neighbour of the petty concerns of their?dail) life. In a poor locality the arrival of the hearseand mourning-coach brings the immediateneighbourhood into the street. Directl} thehorses with their nodding plumes are sightedthe children pla)ing in the roadway shout thenews to each other. Many kind-hearted littlesisters rushhome to fetchtheir babybrothers, thatthey too mayenjoy thespectacle. Un-kempt womenappear sud-denly at door-V. ays with agood \- i e arms arefolded and theira
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