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DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, « OCTOBER 30ra, 1924

OLD LONDON.

THE CULT OF THE DOORKNOCKER IN ANCIENT DAYS.

A strange ritual is said to have grown up round the knocker on the door of the Prime Minister's house in Downing-street. Pilgrims walk down the street from Whitehall, turn sharply at the door, "touch the lion's head in which the knocker is shaped, and swiftly depart. Just touch, not a knock to disturb Mr. Ramsay MacDonald in his ponderings over the Boundary problem or the prospects of golf Fat Lossiemouth..

VISITORS AT HOTELS

HONGKONG Horti

Mr R. T. G. Aitken Mr & Mrs F. B. Amos MrW Archibald Capt. T. Arthur

Bachy Mr F. W. Hammus My W. H.

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F.

Mt A. Baxter Mr & Mrs Beale

r E. R.

Bellios Mr D. Beras Me V.

Benjamin

Mr D. Berta

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E. Bickerton Mrs R. J. Birbeck

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Brooke and family

This cult of the knocker is one of the aldest things we know of in London has taken two phases. There were house- holders who decorated their street doors with knockers which were attractive by reason of their beauty of design, or other wise there were gay young sparks whose one aim in life was to steal the knockers | Mr A. W, Graham from the doors.

Mr A. Brooks Mr A. Brontedit Mr&ime. B.

Mr. Harper, who knows so many of the Me A. C. Duslin queer things about London, has given as Mr Carpi

Brooks

Brown

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Mrs D. R. Darica Mr Max Derourt 4

MrL

L. Descans Mr& Capt.

Dicken

a list of doorknockers which out to curs. W. Chant Kåge our attention as we walk abroad. Mr J. E. Copyn Or a door in Tilney-street is a bronze Mr. Coulthart knocker of sixteenth century Italian work, showing the arms of Milan; an iron six teenth century German knocker, with pro- jections like moustaches, is on the door of h house in John-street. Berkeley-square.

The late Mr. Saranel Hope Morley had. at No. 1, Upper Grosvenor-street. a pair of decorative modern knockers feminine terminal figures, with faces exactly re- sembling Belle Bilton, afterwards Lady Clancarty.

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Mr L. Dinger Mr M. Ditishier MrJ. Donelase Mr & Mrs W. A. R

Miss Ecclus

Douglas

Mr & Mrs E. E. Ells Mr J. M. Elizalde Mr G. F. Elssaser. Mr. Marley was that kind of person who, bad he been toki of the resemblance, Mr Felix Ellis Miss M. Ellis wouki, I am quite sure, have exchanged. J. Fehihy his knockers for some other similitude.

There was, an art in using the knockers on the doors; there was an art in stealing them. The Footman's Directory, pah lished, just over a hundred years ago,

says!

In knocking at a gentleman's door you should not ring the hell unless you see it written on a brass plate to do so, except it should he at a relation's of the family which you live with; then you should always ring as well as knock, and also at your own door; as this is a mark of respect, and a hint to the family and ser- vants that some of the family are come berse.

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Mr W. S. Fealeyson Mr A.

A. Francois

Dr. Douglas R. Gawler

GeBers Mr B. Dr. George Dr R. E. Gill

Mr & Mrs. Gould " Capt. T. P. Hall Mr & Mrs H.A.

Hannibal

Miss M. Harston

J. Scott Harston Mr & Mrs C. Haynes Mr E. Hansermai Mr P.J. van Hecke Mr B. Henderson Mr A. F. Henry Mr E. Henry

A French writer, visiting Lonton at the close of the eighteenth century, deplores

REPULSE that the brass door knockers, which cust from 1 to 188,"are atclea at night, if Mr M. P. Anderson

Mr Kamdes unscrew then. Mr M. Bayer the owners forget to Knocker-wrenching was practised both Mr C. Bitzer for sport and for gain, for sport by theirs Blacklock young loads who would as soon take a Dr. & Mrs R. E. knecker as upset a Charlie in his box:

Cameron for gain by lowlier gentlemen who knew Mr & Mrs Carleton a convenient" fence." One of the latter M G. Castello came sadly to brief in 1747, as recordeu | Mrs A. Deking Dura in the Post Boy-

Mr Franklin

The culprit, a carpenter, was whipped Mr & Mrs I. H. Geare from the watch-house in Great Mart i and daughter borough-street to the Blue Posts in Mr & Mrs F. Hartley

Mr H. Hartley Poland-street, for stealing the knockers from gentlemen's doors. He had twe. brass knockers tied round his neck.:.

On the same principle, one may sup pose, as the cook who sold stale alives of cooked conger was put in the pillory for an hour, while the fish was Burged under "his rasenlly nose.

The Downing-etrect method is the best touch the knocker reverently, and go

Uway.

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USE AND ABUSE OF ALCOHOL.

MEDICAL SYMPOSIUM.

Eminent doctors give their opinions ! the effect of alcohol on health in the October Practitioner, the whole of which is devoted to the discussion of the ques tion.

Sir Humphry Rolleston. President of. the Royal College of Physicians, says: Alcohol impairs resistance to infection. On the other hand, it is a food, and there is justification for its use where ordinary nourishment cannot be satisfactorily utilised. Stout and beer have their vale in chronic consumption.

Sir Arthur Newshulme, late einf medical officer to the Local Government Board: The drinking of alcohol between menis should be forbidden. Strong medical opinion should be given us to the special evil from the drinking of spirits and the stronger wines.

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Professor Ernest H. Starling, formier ly adviser to the Ministry of Food: The value of wine with a meal is chiefly as an appetiser. Anything, which adds to the enjoyment of a meal, or to the removal of distu "sing stress of mind, and which promotes a sense of ease and well- being, will increase the appetite and be Javourable

to the physiologimi processes of digestion.

Sir James Purves-Stewart, senior phy sician to Westminster Hospital, tells the following story to show that moderate doses render the worries of life less keen, and make the individual happier and more sociable. and

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Bellamy

Br J. W. U. Bonnar

WE, Bourne trade Miss Brennan Mr M. J. Breen

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Lt. Com. G. F. How Mr J. Holmes

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Mr A. R. P. Davies ...

Mr H. Davie Mr H. R. Flower

Ao eminent physician, who was asked what he did if he came home in the ever- ing tired out, and found an unusually

of correspondence awaitin|| replied: champagne at dinner, and then I don't care about letters or anything else.

Sir Frederick Mott, M.D., draws con clusion from his investigations as path ologist to the London County Asyluma Mr & Mrs H. Golden- that alcohol plays a much less part in producing insanity than has been up- posed, but it is probably responsible for one-fifth of the suicides and three-fifths of the homicidal crimes in England.

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