The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-03
THROUGH ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.

Lecture by the Rev. Charles Eaton, DID,,
at the First UniversaIist Church.
The Rev. Charles Eaton. D. D., pastor
of the Church of the Divine Paternity.
New York, lectured last night in the
First Universalist Church on ga Famous
Coaching Tour Through England and
Scotland" The party were guests of
Andrew Carnegie and included Mr.. and
Mrs. James G. Blaine. Misses Margaret
and Hattie Blaine, Mr.. aud Mrs. Phipps
of Plttsburg. Gail Hamilton, Walter
Damrosch and DR.. Eaton, who mas
| queraded during the lecture as 1.-THE
Statesman" '.The Manufacturer" ''The
| Musician" 1.-THE Daughters" 1.-THE Au-
thor" and "The Parson." The lecture was
illustrated with stereopticon views, many
taken from snapshot photographs by
members of the party. DR.. Eaton de-
scribed the start Of the coach from the
Hotel Metropole, London, running down
Regent street, past Regent Park, West
minister Abbey. into the open country,
stopping at Cambridge, with its famous
university. Kings College, within aud
without, was thrown upon the screen,
with a fine view of the statue of Byron.
refused entrance to Westminster Abbey.
but finally allowed to rest here.
Passing to Ely Cathedral, DR.. Eaton
told how the party wandered through its
a1sles and chapels until they missed
The Statesman" and finally found him
outside with his back turned to the build
Ing, interviewing a small boy on the
wages his father earned and the kind of
school he attended. The route lay
through some of the most famous cathe-
dral towns in England, where stand
Peterborough, Lincoln and Durham
Cathedrals and York Minister, where is
the largest window in the world. built by
q man vb0 rapoivad 81 q dpv and pE fho
enc of three years, $50 bonus.
The party was followed by reporters on
bicycles, reporters on horseback, report
ers on foot,a at every inn and even perched
on fences waiting for the coach to ap-
pear. 1t was in 1888. while the Republi-
can convention was in session at Mime
apolis. and the press men wanted TO
know whether Blaine had really sen a
cablegram stating that he was ready to
run. DR., Eaton showed a picture Of
Blaine In the act of sending the cable
gram, thirty miles from a telegraph Of
flee, munching a ham sandwich beside a
stone wall and arguing with 1.-The Host
on the price of wool. Another view
showed the whole party IN the coach,
bowling along in such fine shape that
one agreed with the little girl who said:
'Tnem's the most stylishest folks l ever
saw 1t must be the Prince o. w ales an
his family out on a picnic"
AI AtnIitnSoW CasIle. Drill reCeIVeu
news of the nomination OF Harrison.
Then the coach went on through the land
of Scott and Burns, to Edinburgh,
pausing to sketch the life of Mary of Scot.
land, Loeb Katrine. ElIen's Isle, and a
little river where the Statesman's Daugh-
ter was one day rowing with the Mug
clan, and so enraged him that he left her
on an island in inid-stream and rowed
home in high dudgeoD. The Statesman
had to bring his daughter to shore, and it
is to be supposed that she forgave the
offender, since she has since changed her
name for his.
The trip ended with a ten days visit in
Cluny Castle. DIR. Eaton closed his lee
ture by a glowing tribute to William E..
Gladstone, throwing a fine portrait of the
Grand Old Man, upon the screen.