Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-08-06
THREE MONTHS IN EUROPE
A RAMPLE THROUGH LONDON.

riage-an impossihility-and in our
FAMILIES we will briefly mention onl;
the things that impressed us the most
On the Sabbath following III. Hay o,
our arrival W. attempted to attend St
Pauls cathedral, but it happened to
be u special day, none being admitted
without tickets. Thousands Of people
thronged the streets and thousands
filled the cathedral. yet all Was calm
and peaceful. Not knowing the cause
of the immense gathering, We inquired,
and We're informed that the church
was celebrating the advent of the 5Oth
year of the reign of her Majesty
Queen Victoria. The day throughout
seemed extremely quiet to Ills, and We
concluded that England acknowledges
the supremacy of a God and remem-
beers to keep his day holy-a good plan
for some of our American cities to
adopt.
On Monday early We learn that the
Prince of Wales would lay the corner
stone of the Tower Bridge at 3 o'clock
p. NJ. We take the underground rail
road for Cannon street, and find il
densely packed with people as far as
We can see, banners and flags of all
nations being promiscuously above the
anxious throng, and just over our
heads fioated the ensign of our own
beloved country. and if ever in our
whole lives VIZ felt proud of, it was
then. At few minutes past the alr
pointed time, the guards of his Royal
Highness, the Prince of Wales ap
peared in the distance followed by the
Prince and Princess of Wales, Louise
Victoria, Prince Albert Victor, the
Duke of Cambridge, Duke and Ouch
ess of Connaught, and Mary, Duches.
of Teck, the Duke of Teck, and the
Lord Mayor of London. We did moi
go to the bridge to witness the cere
monies, but took the cars again for the
geological gardens, where We spent a
few pleasant hours. 5000 animals are
on exhibition, but we will not take the
time to tell you how We fingered in the
monkey house, or how the elephant.
leased for crackers. We spent the re-
mainder of the evening at Madame
Tussand's gallery of wax figures. The
Napoleon rooms were the most inter
esting to us, containing besides the
wax display many relics, most of them
belonging to Napoleon LIST. About the
center of the main room is the figure
of the great general wonderfully, life
like, representing him lying in state
upon his camp bedstead, used by him
during nearly six years as state pris-
Oner at St. Helena, with the mattresses
and pillow on which he died. He is
dressed in his Chasscur uniform, COW
cred with the cloak he Wore at the
famous battle of Marengo in 1900,
left expressly by will to his son, The
King of Rome. "In it he lay in n
soldiers glory" and it served rs his
pail to the grave. For the bed alone
the proprietors paid s45O (authentica.
tcd). The likeness Of the Emperor is
from the original cast from his face by
AntOmmarchi, an Italian physician
sent out to attend Napoleon after
the recall of Barry O'Meara. A little
to the left stands the celebrated car
riage of the Emperor Napoleon in
which he made the campaign of Rus.
STA and which was captured on the
evening of the battle Of Waterloo
We were allowed to 90 in and sit down,
and in spite of all that has been said
GerOgatOry TO this great mans charac.
ter We felt somewhat honored, and as
we looked out-of the windows in front
we fancied that we lived in other years
that the low dreary march to Moscow
was before lis and that we ride defeat.
ed from the great battle of Leipsic
and at Waterloo we witness the last
desperate charge, Marshal Ney baf-
fled, his last hopes frustrated, and the
star of his glory goes down forever
Other attractions We will not mention
"The Chamber Of Horrors" was the
next and last room we visited where
we saw one Of the most extraordinary
relics in the world. A melancholy
relic of the first French revolution
The original knife and sunette, the
identical instrument that decapitated
$4,000 persons amongst whom were
the unfortunate Louis XVI, Marie
Antoinette, Madame Elizabeth, the
Duke of Orleans, Robespierre, and shed
the best and worst blood of France
bought by Madame Tussand and son,
from NJ. Samson, the grandson of the
original executioner.
Tuesday We visit the National Art
Gallery. Saw many paintings by the
old masters and many by those o
modern schools. Turner did not meet
our expectations by a long way. Per
haps our eyes were too young. Land
seer was all we had imagined. We ex.
amined the foreign collection by an
cient and modern artists and we hard
ly knew how to express ourselves, but
the works of Raphael, Rubens, Muir
lilo, Titan, Leonardo, Davinci, ant
Michel Angelo, seemed to interest Iii
most. But We are frank to confess
that We can't see wherein the ancients
excel our modern artists. From the
National Gallery we visit the Dort
Gallery. We do not profess to he arr
critics but to our minds NJ. Gustave
Dore is without rival either in an
cient or modern schools. The two
pictures that attract the most attention
is Christ leaving the Pretorian," and
his last great picture "The Vale o.
Tears" The rich fertility of imagin
alton, the power of Drawing. and the
glow of color displayed in this master
piece We will not even attempt to des
cribe. It Is wonderful.
Wednesday we visit Cleopatra,
Needle, Houses of Parliament, West
minister Abbey, Buckingham Palace
the Indian and Colonial Exhibition
At the Abbey we took great pleasure
in visiting the tombs of the illustrout
dead, and the beautiful monuments
reared in memory of many whose re.
mains rest elsewhere. The statue oil
our beloved Longfellow did not escape
our notice, and we are glad to know
that England not only acknowledged
his genius, but so loved him that they
have built a monument and given it q
place among their own honored dead
At the exhibition we were much
pleased with the extensive and artistic
display of exhibits. Those of Can.