The Portland daily press., 1890-02-24
FIRST PARISH CHURCH.
Or. oalton's Lecture Ion "a HOLIDAY
In Europe.

Ut. Dalton said his subject was not of his
selection, but the committees in charge of
the course. After sketching summer sea
voyage across the Atlantic, the lecturer de-.
scribed the sensation of an American in
London. First, his. surprise at the brief
time required to see the principal parts of
the city. The best way to see them is on the
top Oh an omnibus with a seat near the driy-
or. The objects of interest in the CITY and
OUT OF 1t. but not far from it, are numerous.
oxford street, High Holborn. Newgate. the
LORD Mayors Mansion. the Bank, London
bridge. the Tower, st. Paups, Ludgate Hill
Oheapside and the Strand, Trafalgar Square
the National Gallery, the British Museum.
whitehall, Downing Street, the Government
Buildings, the Houses of Parliament. Buck
ingham and st. James Palaces, Hyde Park
and Westminster Abbey. All these rise rap
idly before one and look so familiar that the
spectator feels he must have seen them often
before, as indeed he has in hundreds of pic
lures and birds eye views. All seems like
dream and he hardly knows which is reality,
past fancies or the present outlook
After visiting all these and many other
historic sites, he must embark on the river.
go 10 Lambeth and Richmond, Windsor. OK.
ford. Stratford, Warwick and many other
places which he has long desired to see. Six
months would be none. too long to survey
them all. but as the ordinary tourist has only
three for his entire holiday, he must hasten
to Paris and the Great Exposition. There
fore the first time he realizes what it is to be
in foreign land and among strange PEG.
pie. For the English differ from us only as
we New Englanders differ from Westerners.
Paris Is city OF palaces, with splendid
streets and gay as gay can be. Very young
Americans are delighted with Paris, but
LondoD:s preferred by the older and better
informed. The monuments Of our race are
there. Paris is France POLITICALLY, but not
socially or morally Vices find congenial
| soil In the great city. but the domestic vir-
tues are as assiduously cultivated in the
| country.
From Paris we go to Brussels, a miniature
Paris, to see the Hotel de Vile, that master
| piece Of gothic architecture, and to Ant
werp to see the masterpieces of Rubens.
Then on to Cologne and up the Rhine and to
Heidelberg and on to Lucerne where we
ascend the Rhigi and behold the wonders of
| the world. Now we cross the Alps and visit
as many Italian cities as time will permit,
Venice being the most unlike all others, a
| bit of fairy land
These European cities are none Of them
dead or dying, but thriving and growing,
those OF Germany and England most of all,
London puts out new city every year, and
VIII en0 we know not where or when. ALI
over Europe there is a sharp distinction be-
tween the classes and the masses. Life is
easy for the rich and favored classes hard
and severe is the lot of the masses. This is
seen even in England, but is much more ap-
| parent on the continent the farther you 90
| south and east, until you reach Russia,
which is an Oriental despotism and con-
slant menace to the peace and even to the
liberties of western Europe Strange that
Americans can be found who admire and
ext0l Russia, seeing that Russia stands for
all that Is opposed to our American institu-
ti0ns.
Unfortunately, France and Italy are
doubly divided within and without, which
weakens them much. They are divided on
political and religious issues at home, and
abroad in their belligerent attitude towards
other nations. France will know no rest un-
til she attempts to recover her lost provinces
which she stole from Germany 200 years ago,
and which Germany reclaimed in 1870. Italy
Is divided between German and a French
party, besides being torn by internal strifes
between the Imperial and Papal parties, a
return to the old story of the Ghibellines
and Guelphs.
Only In the United States do we fad insti-
buttons in church and state suited to the as.
pirations of the people. here the clothes we
wear fit us. There they do not, neither those
OF the classes nor the masses.