The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-09-04


you have to be there promptly to get a seat,
80 crowded. We walked to the opera and
had good seats in the second gallery, in one
OF the central logcs. l am so glad to have
heard Faust entire. 1t Is certainly one OF
the most beautiful operas l have heard.
The stage settings were, of course the best,
but Mrs. w. and G. thought Faust and Mar
guerite were weak. MephistOphOles, how
ever was splendid, good actor and singer.
In the last act, where Marguerite is In pris-
ON she evoke up" so to speak, and sang
magnifcently. Mrs. w. and l are humming
Faust all the time now, there are so many
beautiful things in it. Thursday, our last
day i'm Paris, l did no sight seeing. l
was so thoroughly fatigued from Wednes-
days "'bout." Friday a. m, after feeling,
etc., we went to the beautiful station across
from the the hotel where at nine o'clock we
took the fast train to ROuen, when we al
rived at eleven, there we stayed until half
past three. We took drive around the
quaint old city, and visited several churches.
The cathedral is, think one of the grandest
specimens of architecture i ever saw, and
certainly the most ancient cathedral we have
seen. The inches for statues in many places
are vacant, those formerly placed there hav-
ing crumbled away. 1t Is sad to see the
decay, beautiful statues with arms broken
off, some with heads gone. etc. The statue
of Jeanne de Arc erected in the square
where she was burned was another item OF
interest, although the statue itself is not
nearly as fine and beautiful as the one in
Paris. The old Hotel de Ville-a beautiful
old pile-was also inspected. The old town
itself is so very interesting and we drove
through some of the older streets, narrow
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eating our lunch at the depot we sat in
little garden and visited till train time. We
arrived at Dieppe about five and found it
bitterly cold. Here we had another drive,
saw the Casino and visited the pebbly beach.
There were a few courageous enough to
enter the briny deep and we had good fun
watching them jump the waves, etc. Had
an excellent dinner at cafe and about
eight o'clock boarded the ship Britannia. 1t
was almost walking on ones head get
ting down the gang plank, such very low
tide. 1t was some trouble but caused much
fun. The boat did not start until one in the
morning. We had comfortable places to lie
down In the ladies' cabin but did not get
much sleep on account of getting on freight,
and afterward the people coming from Paris.
We reached New Haven about six o'clock,
after a moderately smooth passage but near
ly everybody was sick. had to laugh when
l looked up after being asleep and saw the
white bowls at the feet or head las it hap
pened) of the reclining mOrtals. i saw there
was one also at my feet and kicked it as
far away as possibly could. l didn't care
to tempt Providence by having it too con-
yenient: but, oh! so many others did. Now
l think if they had done as did all would
have been well. was not sick, though it
was anything but"pleasant, towards morn
ing, all around me. We arrived at New
Haven about siX-had our trunks examined,
or rather, marked, for they only looked at
one of Mrs. WIS and marked the others,
then stepped on the train bound for Victoria
station, London. 1t did seem good to hear
English spoken again and my cup of hap
piness was full when l saw PEARS Soap"
advertised on board fence. Arrived here
about eight o'clock. Our rooms were occu-
pied until after breakfast.
have written the last few pages of this
after returning from st. Margaret's chapel,
Westminster. Oh! how l enjoyed
the simple, grand service, after the show of
this morning; Cannon Farrar gave touch
ing and eloquent sermon on 1.-The Prodigal
Son." He looks like such dear old man.
The singing was fine-bOys and men. No
show, however, simple hymns and chants in
which all joined. We were there before
doors opened and it was crush trying to
enter We went up to the organ ami stood
directly behind the organist (Mr. Baines or
Baynes) and heard and saw him play the
elegy from Saul. 1t was lovely and grand.
Monday, after breakfast, l went with Mrs.
T. 0he English LADY, and her little girl to
the British Museum, and spent the morning
there. enjoyed the manuscript rooms so
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Dickens, Thackery and dozens of others are
kept. We spent over an hour there and
did not see all l wanted, but as l expected
to make another visit there we finally passed
on to the Egyptian, Assyrian and other
rooms. had such pleasant time with this
lovely lady. We took lunch together, then
she put me on the omnibus and / went to
Picadilly where met Mrs. w. She took
me to the National gallery-told me what
omnibus to take to get home and left me
there. l didn't attempt to do the whole gal
leay i'm one afternoon, but saw quite thor
ougly a dozen or more rooms; enjoyed
Claude Lorraine's and Turner's pictures es-
pecially. Tuesday morning Mrs. w. had
business on hand, so | went with her in sthe
bus as far as st. Martins lane, then got out
and took lovely walk past st. Martins
church, Trafalgar square, where the mOnu-
ment of Lord Nelson is, on past the Horse
Guards and House of Parliament to grand
old Westminster. They were just concluding
a service when 1 entered, so | sat me down
among the piles and piles of statuary, mon
ETC., and listened to to the music
They were singing SO sweetly, then suddenly
the voices died away and the organ contin-
ued playing softly and solemnly. 1t seemed
all in harmony with the place that dreaded
having it stop. 1t did stop, however, and
soon a throDg of people were walking slowly
and reverently through the vast house of
God. What feeling came over me looking
at the tombs and monuments of all those
great people. l was most interested in the
tombs of Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth
Dickens and Handel. copied some of the
inscriptions i'm my note book. Well, little
after twelve l tore myself away and met
Mrs. w. at the same place in Picadilly; we
had lunch and then went to the South Ken
sington museum, where l am going again
to-day, 1t is wonderful museum, and so
extensive that it would take a day just to
walk through it. 1 enjoyed seeing the
which was HandePs fayOrite,
and Queen Elizabeth's little old virginia.
Also vast collection of jewels, glassware,
etc. Will try to see some other departments
A. aov Ahout four O'clock we took a cab