Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . 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
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . 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 from everyprovincial district, as also do excursion trainsfrom Paris and other Continental capitals. LONDON DAYS. 47 this is our very own clay. The rail\va\-termini are all crowded from early morninsj—almost to the exclusion of other travellers—until the last racing specials have left forEpsom : such busy spots on the route tothe town, downs, and course as ClaphamCommon and the exterior of the Hornsat Kennington (the interior, too) swarm withhuman beings ; and as the trains fly byvarious almshouses, institutions, schools andcolleges bordering upon the line, those whohave almost done with life and those whoare just beginning it cheer and wave hand-kerchiefs, and are extremely desirous ofbecoming the recipients of stray coppersthrown from the windows. It is true that the easy access to the courseand town—there are now three stations—mayhave reduced the number of persons whogo by road, yet that easy access has onlyreduced the number and by no meanssuppressed it. The drive has still
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