Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-08-30
Six DAYS in London.


Last Wednesday Ruth and I went to
London and remained until this week
Tuesday. Now, [ will tell you where
we went while there.
We started at 1920 A. NJ. arriving
there at | 100 O'Clock P. M. After having
lunch we took a bus to Madame
Tussaund's wax works. tits a fine ex-
hibition and some of the figures are
very natural. A Swiss band played in
the evening.
for Windsor Castle. 1t was a special
day for visitors, so there was crowd
there. We went through the State de-
partments which contain beautiful pic
lures, furniture and ornaments that
have been presented to the queen from
foreign countries. The Albert Mem
orial chapel was opened for the first
time since the Duke of Clarence's
death. tits a beautiful chapel and con-
talns tOmbs and monuments of the
royal family; among them was the tomb
of the duke, covered with wreathes of
| flowers, both natural and metal, that
were placed there at his death. ST.
Georges chapel is an old building and
is very beautiful inside It is also
| filled with monuments, among them
the tomb of Henry the VIII. and some
| Of his wives. After looking through
the chapel we were in time for the 500
O'Clock service which is held in the
choir. 1t was an impressive service,
and we felt what a privilege it was to
be able to attend where the queen Of
ten does. We went up one of the
! towers and had q fine view of the sur
rounding country. It was hard work
going up 1874 steps, and we felt quite
tired, but the scenery was so grand
when we reached the top that we were
fully repaid for our trouble. In the
evening we went to the Crystal Palace.
1t is large building very much like a
| bazaar, In its arrangement inside. In
the garden they had lovely fire. works;
sky rockets when they burst sounded
like whistle, others came down and
made figure that looked like a green,
willow tree. One figure represented
| Niagara Falls, another naval engage
| ment, ETC., etc. Of course it was novel
sight to me.
Friday we went through Westmin-
ster Abbey. You know this is famous
| building, the foundation dates from the
time of Edward the Confessor, and
many noted people are buried here.
In it is the Poets corner, where Ten
! nyson and other noted poets and writ
ers are buried In the afternoon we
went to the National gallery, which
contains fine pictures. In the evening
We attended performance in Daly's
| theatre; saw Ada Rehan in "Love in
Tandem"
Saturday we first went to the Tower
of London, but did not remain long, as
there was such crowd, for it was
free day. We saw all the crowns, scep-
tres, and jewels of ancient and modern
times. In the Tower Queen Vietoria's
jewels and gold plate are kept The
warders who keep guard are large,
fieshy men and are called "beef-eat
ers." Lady Jane Grey and Annie Boil
eyn were executed, and other noted
people suffered here during the reigns
of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth.
We then took the train and stopped at
the Houses of Parliament. AS parlia-
| ment was not in session we visited the
| principal rooms. They are all very
| work,-the rose, shamrock, thistle and
leek, all carved around the doors,
paintings, etc. We were sorry we could
not see the members, especially Glad
stone, who is making such a Juror in
the country about the Home Rule bill.
In the afternoon we took walk past
Buckingham palace and some fine resi-
dences near Hyde Park. We rode
home on bus and took good rest in
| the evening.
Sunday. Took drive, on a bus, ff-
teen miles to Hampton Court palace.
! On the way we passed many places of
interest, for it was through the finest
| part of London. Kensington palace,
| the birthplace of Queen Victoria,
| Rothschild's home, Albert monument
Duke Of Wellington's home and monu-
ment, Regent Park, etc. The roads
were SO smooth that it was lovely
| drive. This palace was built by Cardi-
nal Wolsey in 1915, and he presented
it to Henry VIII. 1t is now used as
| the home for reduced ladies and mobiles.
Princess Frederick and husband of
| Germany have home here. We went
| through the State rooms and saw fine
collection OF paintings, ornaments and
old furniture. We attended service in
the Royal chapel; it is very old-fash-
| Toned, and some of the pews are very
high. Henry the VIII. passed much of
| his time here with his six wives. and
was married to Catherine Parr in this
chapel. The gardens around the palace
are beautiful. In a greenhouse there
is a grapevine which was planted in
| 176S; it was loaded with ripe grapes and
looked very fine. It contained about
| 1900 punches, and no less than 1900
lunches had been picked, to improve
| the fruit that was left to ripen. We
| left there at 4:30 and arrived at St.
Paul's cathedral in time for service.
! This is the finest church edifce in the
city and has noted history We were
fortunate in getting front seat. for
| there was u large congregation. Peo-
| pie coming and going all the time. It
liz very high in it's adornments, but the
service was the same as ours. Rev. T.
2. Bowers. Canon of Gloucester,
preached a fine sermon.
| Monday was bank holiday, so de-
cided we would not return to Noting
ham. as the trains would be crowded.
Started out early, to avoid the crowd
for the Imperial institute, where Prin-
cess Mays and Duke of York's we'd
| ding presents were exhibited. They
are too numerous to mention, and it
would take too many adjectives to ex-
press the grandeur of them. [ do not
know where they will find room for
| them, for they are only going to board