Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . atleast help to enhancethe prominence of theflower on that dayand to add to itsuniversal the time Prim-rose Day is gone thefull spring is on us—or should be if theweather is Day is come, nelsons column. LONDON DAYS. 45 and St. Georges Day is past. The latter hasbeen more observed of late years than it was,because the St. Georges Society has madeelTorts to have the day (which is also theanniversary of the birth and death of Shake-speare) commemorated b_\ public banquets
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . atleast help to enhancethe prominence of theflower on that dayand to add to itsuniversal the time Prim-rose Day is gone thefull spring is on us—or should be if theweather is Day is come, nelsons column. LONDON DAYS. 45 and St. Georges Day is past. The latter hasbeen more observed of late years than it was,because the St. Georges Society has madeelTorts to have the day (which is also theanniversary of the birth and death of Shake-speare) commemorated b_\ public banquets inLondon and elsewhere. In connection withSlay Da)-, two customs still sur\i\e, even inLondon, but mcjre particularl\- in the suburbs, seen one in London. The traffic will havedriven him forth. With Alay, however, we are approaching ada)- that will ne\cr die out since, when WhitMonday—which is onl)- particular!)- a Londonday in so far that it is one on which agreat many Londoners take the opportunit)-of getting out of London—and RestorationDa)-—which is quite dead except for mention. LORD MAVORS pay : THK PROCESSION IN CHEAPSIDE. and still more so in the provinces. The mostprominent token b)^ which we are remindedthat it is the 1st of May, if we are likelyto f irget that such is the case, is that thecarters and waggoners bedeck their horseswith parti-coloured ribbons, and we may alsooccasionall)^ though not often, see a Jack-in-the-Green in our prosaic London streetsaccompanied b)^ his myrmidons. But Jack-in-the-Green is dying ; soon there w-ill be no-bod)- alive who can ever remember having in the almanacks—are past, we are withinhail of the Derby Da)-. With the arrival ofthis we have touched the greatest day of allin London ; it ma)- almost be said theLondoners greatest holiday—their outing orsaturnalia. For although the hotels of thecapital are filled to repletion over night withvisitors from all parts of the countr)-, althoughexcursion trains bring thousands fr
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