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- 34____________KELLY'S GPIPE TO LONDONâWEST CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL
B ritish
M useum ,
w h ich is at a short d istan ce from the
w as founded b y C ap tain Coram o v er a cen tury ago. T h e
se rv ice s in the ch ap el used to b e noted for th eir m usic.
T h e re is no more
to u ch in g sigh t in L o n d o n than th at o f the poor little ch iid re â in th is H o sp ita l.
T le g ir ls in th eir q u ain t w h ite caps and w h ite aprons o w
th eir sim p le black
f o c k s , lo o k .the very picture o f innocence and neatness, w h ' e the boys, too, have
a q u ain t old u n ifo r m .' V isito rs are a llo w e d to v is it the H ' p ita l a fter the Sun day
se rv ice s, but C h ristm as D a y is the fa vo u rite tim e fo r such a v isit.
the H o sp ita l a t the en d o f G u ilfo rd S tre e t lie s
T o the w est o f
RUSSELL SQUARE, w h ich is the largest o f : .1 the L o n d on squares. A
cen tury ago the fine houses in it as w e ll as those o f jm e o f the a d jo in in g squares
â B e d ford S q uare, B loom sb u ry S q uare, e tc.â w ere n habited b y m any o f the foreÂ
m ost p eople in L o n d o n .(for in stan ce, L o rd
C h n ce llo r E ld o n liv e d fo r m any
years on the E ast sid e o f B e d fo rd Square), but such is no lon ger th e case.
A
sp len d id n ew h o telâ th e H o te l R u sse llâ has recen tly been b u ilt on the E ast side
o f R u sse ll Sq uare and the w h o le d istrict has undergone ra d ical changes recently.â
T h ir ty years ago there w ere no â flats â in the d istrict, but now there are hundreds
upon hundreds.
A la rge part o f the d istrict has a lw a y s been taken up b y so licito rsâ
offices, and the ten d en cy a t present is to con vert m any o f the houses in the fine
squares in th is part o f L o n d on from private residen ces in to offices o f professional
m en g e n e rally . V isito rs w ith m oderate m eans w ill find in the d istrict a great
n um ber o f e x c e lle n t b o ard in g houses at w h ich the charges! are very m oderate.
T h e W .C . D is tric t is one o f the v ery h e alth ie st in L o n d on , and it has the
advan tage o f b e in g w ith in easy d istan ce o f the C ity and a lso o f a ll the great
ra ilw a y term ini from the N orth o f E n gla n d , w ith the possible excep tion of that o f
the G rea t C en tra l R a ilw a y .