The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-07-17
WAITS WAITED WESTWARD FROM
OvER THE WAVE.


ED. IRIBUNE:-I this morning accom-
plished what has been my desire for
many years, viz, to set my watch by the
Greenwich Gun, for you know Green
wlcb is the great head-center of the
world | started out this morning for a
ramble and walked down tie great
Russell street, passed the British Mus
cum to Hampton road. then south passed
some large ancient churches until | came
to Castle Garden Theatre, this is mag
nifcent old building fronting Victory
Club rooms, adjoining it is the market.
L spent some time in this bustling place,
people come in from the country and
sell at wholesale until about s A. NJ,
then the retailers commence, and here [
saw phases of human nature never be-
fore noticed. Many OF the vendors were
women, and they looked strangely out of
place amid these great piles of boxes,
barrels and bales of hay, ETC., yet they
seemed perfectly at home; women do
great deal here that men do in America.
They attend to all the Offices of all the
hotels, even the most aristocratic, [ had
occasion yesterday to call at Queens
Palace Hotel, the finest and most ex-
pensively furnished in all Europe, and
lady was at the desk and displayed great
business tact if dispatch is an element of
tact. While am on this subject [ want
to say that woman labor is coming into
more general use in cities here, [ find
that although they receive only about
half the pay of gentlemen, they persist
in waiting at the counters, serving in
offices and many important government
institutions; there are post offices without
number in this great city and you will
never see a gentleman clerk attending
them, this is an improvement on our
own country, why not leave these avenues
of usefulness for ladies and let our young
men engage in more masculine pursuits?
as school teachers they are better paid
here than in any other branch of bust
ness. | presume it is because there are
fewer men fitted for these positions, for
England is backward in the education of
her sons and daughters, it has only been
recently that she has compelled her
subjects to educate their children. con
| tinued my walk to the Thames, the
grand old romantic Thames, here was
splendid sight before me, there was the
river almost covered with little steamers
running from pier to pier. carrying pas
sengers from their country homes to the
heart of the great city; on my left was
Somerset House, this is handsome old
palace of Palladian's architecture, it
takes its name from the Duke of Somer-
set, who was protector during the mi
pority of Edward VI, he erected mag
nifaent palace on this spot which was
destroyed during the reign of George
III, and this building was erected and
opened in place of the palace in 1880, it
has a frontage of 600 feet on the river and
is nearly square. il is two stories below
the street and three above, the large
court in the middle of the building is
deliberately ornamented with statuary
surely We are in a land of Kings and
Dukes. for none but these would ever
build such houses to live in; it is now
used for public offices and over 5000
men employed in it, all other govern
ment offices sink into insignifeance by
! the side of this | walked out on the
bridge aud looked down the river, there
stood old ST. Pauls with its lofty dome
towering above everything else in the
/ city, her golden minarets gIistening in
| the light of the morning sun, farther on
was the London Tower, erected to com
! memorate the great fire of 1900, and on
still farther was the Tower of London;
whoever has heard of England has sure
/ ~ heard of this Tower, it is intimately
associated with almost every sovereign
who has eyer reigned, and many have
lost their heads within its walls. I yisi-
ted it later in the day, but of that more
hereafter, then there was London bridge,
/ the pride of all England, but there are
greater attractions, if possible, on our
right, where we next turn our eyes. the
/ first thing that attracts US is the lefty
! clock toner OF the Parliament buildings.
and there are the Halls of Parliament,
how many times | have wished to see
! them, and there is Westminster bridge