Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . to the gates of the works or thefactory you will discover men hangingabout in twos and threes and eagerlyscrutinising every person who passes. You will explain to your friend that agreat strike is on, and that the works are picketed. .Any worker attempting to go inand offer his services to the firm isinstantly surrounded by the men on [oicketduty, who endeavour to dissuade great strikes all the centres of atrade are picketed, and the progress of thenegotiations between the masters and t
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . to the gates of the works or thefactory you will discover men hangingabout in twos and threes and eagerlyscrutinising every person who passes. You will explain to your friend that agreat strike is on, and that the works are picketed. .Any worker attempting to go inand offer his services to the firm isinstantly surrounded by the men on [oicketduty, who endeavour to dissuade great strikes all the centres of atrade are picketed, and the progress of thenegotiations between the masters and themen is followed with interest by the strikes which the general ])ublicdiscusses most eagerl)- are those whichinterfere with its personal comfort andconvenience, to wit, coal strikes, tram andomnibus strikes, gas workers strikes, andstrikes connected with the railway system. These things will not rccjuire much expla-nation. From whatever country your friendhails he will have had experience of are familiar to the other ca[)itals ofthe world as well as to Li\ing A SUNDAY SCHOOL TKE.\T : Sl ARTING OFF. 222 SOME LONDON SHOWS. By CHARLES DUDLEY. LONDON would hardly be London with-out those shows which run throughtheir course in a }-ear. We ha\ebecome so habituated to their regular appear-ance that the disappearance of one of themore important would leave a sensible would be missed, and not in London alone,either, for the country cousin is a greatpatron of the exhibition connected with histrade or profession ; and what else wouldserve him so well as an excuse for a runup to town ? Really necessary to see whatis going on, he explains to his wife. Besides,look at the people you meet. Its folly tothrow chances away. And, having thusarranged matters satisfactorily, he hies himto London town—to look in at the show occasional!), and to spend the rest of histime at the West-End. The exhibition year opens with CraftsDog Show—one of several annual
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