Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-02
LOND0N'S MANI SpI.,|
THE INTERESTING THAMES
NINETEEN BAlOors az \

rho Ugly Inmbctis- m. ~.
loo and Its Dsmen.ion. ~
Westminster Bridge Tbs W..
the wa'srioo--A Charming s,.s y
There are eighteen bridcs.
Thames within the boundarics s ~
4 nineteenth bridge, the Ia,.s. Y .oadas
the only one with draw /. y
Tower. 1sAf II
OF the eighteen bridges n.
Lambeth fsome critics saw i, q I. ak'lss
bridge ever built. and the M, M aaal1
Is Waterloo, or tins bridge ca.s 'pssl
1T Is the noblcst in the world nv
coming from Rome TO l,ondo. Z sdiH
Dupin, accelerated French enuin.s z a
u "a colossal monument, WORTH y s Z
iris and the Crsars." The ~. =. ~
der ! OF Russia declared il an. q. Alsas
OF masonry In the world y ut
Waterloo bridge CONNECTS N.
with the mid-SBrrey bank ~ M. ~ sslzs
1t Is l,''s0 feet long, or with ~ ~. .elsa
proaches 2,426 feet long ii IL NH s.Aaed
ite, yet It's grace, as well az ~ sss. ~
commands admiration. It corsss.s
semi-elliptical arches, e;icl, Of RI sss. q
and 81 feet high, supported ~ ,,,a .sss ~
are 30 feet thick at the foupdatira' XXX "a
ishing to 20 feet ut the snr;,s's' ss ulaa>
arches. Each pier Is 81 feet h i ssss4s g T. l
Gothic cutwater points. The hr 3isa' n
opened on the second annivar.,s ~
battle of Waterloo, june Is. fsI7 2 y
ON WATERLOO BRIDGE
Stand in the middle Of Water,,.
at any hour Of the day or night ~, 5s's
have n wonderful and ever ms,. .4 l ~ \
view. BY day the most fa,no,,s Is.
jestlc structures Of London rise hss ~ e
and on each hand. along the bold sws.s }
the river; by night myriad lamps XII 4, 4
glimmer, some high in air, some , ,,.1 n
down the embarked shore. some c .'s.a
on the black river and revealing di,rys y
mysterious forms Of bulky craft q.
the spectacle is grand; It is even ,.s.'.s ~
in some lights, when you oct tls -s','
curving sweep Of the river from NJ NJ
minister to st. Paul's.
There is no finer effect Of town ,,.u
lecture anywhere. Nowhere eIse Il Il 80 saa..
such restful, satisfying color IN ~
don atmosphere is made for artists ~ III z !
tistic effects. You may rave a. o.. -, H; z
about smoke and fog, but save whsn = ~, a's )
things are very bad, real 'I,ondon ~. IN
nlars," there is compromising eff sss, Il.
all who have eyes and who know 70. = !. I
see. This London atmosphere sofba.
subdues, transforms Do you reremh,
what Whistler said in his .sTeD o'cloety (
when the evening mist clothes ~ 1.
err side with poetry as with veil NM u.
poor buildings lose themselves n ths AZ.
sky, and the tall chimneys become esr
panili, and the warehouses are palace. /,
the night, and the whole city hanps n 4.
heavens, and fairyland is before ,,s--t,.., =
the wayfarer hastens home, the wI,,tiss
man and the cultured one. the wise uss
and the one OF pleasure, cease to upde,
stand, as they have ceased to see, and na.
ure, who, for once, has sung in tune sDr
her exquisite song to the artist alepe l.,
son and her master-her son in that /.
loves her, her master in that he know.
her."
on WESTMINSTER
1t was on Westminster bridge. IN Ina
that Wordsworth composed bis beautiful
sonnet. Had Waterloo bridge been stand
ing then, Wordsworth would, doubtless
have wooed his muse there, for the view |,
immesurably more impressive and nspi,
ing than ut Westminster, and it Is Id
finer than it could have been In 1903 Stand
here at sunrise on summer morning and
recall Wordsworth's lines, it is an expe7.
ence of a lifetime; the beauty Of tile pitt
ure, the grandeur of the scene will nge
in your mind and thrill your heart ior
ever.
Earth has not anything to show more fair
Dull would he be OF soul who could pass by
sight so touching in its majesty.
This city nov doth like garment wear
The beauty of the morning; client, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and tempeslie
Open unto the fields and to the sky
All bright and glitteiing in the sinoleless air
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendor valley rock. or hin;
Ne'er say never fclt,-a calm So deeT, ~ IS
The river glideth at its owa sweet will
Dear God the very houses seem asleep
And all that mighty heart Is lying stil
From Waterloo bridge one command.
the river from Lambeth and Westminster
on the left to St. Pal,l's and London bridge
on the right, with, on either hand sug
gestions of more distant structures. Som
erset House is Immediately in front Of the
spectator 1t was for the'view to be bad
at this bend of the river that the Lord Pro
tector Somerset built palace here IN The
reign of Edward VI Whether the lord
protector ever surveyed the view from BIS
windows is matter of doubt
BEAUTIFUL. SCENERY.
In the cheerful manner Of those dan
Somerset desnoiled his neiqbbors in orda
to secure the land for his fine dwelling
But before his new palace was finished b
was deprived of his office and sent 10 ths
Tower. where he remained two years, re
turning there a wear later on a charge d
high treason which cost him his head
ROYALTY durino several reigns inhabited