The record-union., 1894-10-06
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN LONDON.
Interesting Letter From Sacramento
Girl Now There.
Visits to Public BuiIdings-A sacra-
mento Pioneer Encountered
Over in Paris.

The following letter, written by Miss
Grace Shields daughter of DR.. +. NJ.
Shields of this city, now travelling in
Europe, to her sister, gives very inter-
esting account of the young lady's expo
riences in Lond on and elsewhere:
Let me add to my last letter that we are
now in London. We have been TO the
Parliament buildings to-day. They are
very fine, anu the House of Lords Is
magnihcent-sai 10 be the finest OF the
kind in the world. We were in the
House of Commons, and the corridors
leading from the central hall 10 the
main rooms have fine paintings. This
set of buildings were built in 1870. The
bell-tower has clock which takes five
hours TO wind. " Westminster Halt ad-
joins.
We visited St. Margarets Chapel, a
very old church and very interesting.
There is beautiful sIained-glass window
put in by Mr.. ChiIds OF Philadelphia for
Johu Milton. whose wife and child are
buried here; another by Americans in
memory of Sir Walter Raleigh. \ slab
is put up TO the memory OF Pmllp Brooks,
and the sexton showed us a pew III the
church reserved ior Americans. The
red, white and blue flag was to be seen,
and / felt like saying, ''Ihree cheeTsP'
We visited Westminster Abbey, the
grand old building OF which | had often
read but never expected TO visit. The
stained-glass windows are tine and very
beautiful. There are statues to the great
poets, historians and statesmen. We
saw where Dickens, Handel, Livingstone,
Newton, Cumberland, Sheridan and
many others were buried. l think the
most beautiful monument put up was
tor Handel. lie is holding a sheet OF
music: in the rear Is an angel playing on
q harp, and in the back ground is an
organ. We spent q great deal OF time
here, but did not see where the royal
tombs were, but intend going again next
week.
We visited Windsor Castle, which is
about forty miles from London. 1t Is
very beautiful, being built Of granite.
We were shown through the state apart
ments; first the Van Dycl< or Ban Room,
containing paintings by Van Dyck; the
Rubens room, containing eleven paint
inrs bv that artist tho Zuccarelli room,
containing the celebrated painting, The
Meeting OF Isaac ami kebecca at the
WclP'; the throne room, containing
throne, chair, and cradle and hlgh-chaIr
used by George "; also cabinet and
medicine chest belonging to Mary, Queen
OF Scots: 4 painting OF George v, and a
statue OF the Emperor OF Germany were
very fine; the Guard Room, containing
ali Kinds of armOr and guns, swords, etc.
IN this room is Chautry's cele Dusi
of Nelson, and the mast Through which
is bullet-hole) which belonged to the
Spanish Armada; a chandelier made oi
guns taken at Waterloo, all of which were
quite interesting. The audience chamber
and the presence chamber contained
gObelin tapestries representing the lie o!
Queen Esther.
We went up in the Round Tower, from
Kx-p n
country-twelve counties radiate from
here. The tower is surmOuuted by q
flagstaff made of Oregon pine.
We were also shown the Queens car
riage horses, the saddle horses, the saddle
room the HarHess-roOm ana the horses
the different ladies ride. The prettiest
was black one which Princess Beatrice
rides. The grounds are beautiful, ana
tie walk-three miles long-is magniti-
cent
/ was glad to receive the papers papa
sent, which were read IN Paris. Il
seemed so nice to hear from home in this
1araway land, where sFrenchiis spoken al
most entirely, which OF course we could
not understand.
How provoked some Of the people
would get because we could not under
stand. They thought US very stupid, be-
cause, l suppose, they think theirs IS the
only language. However, Auntie lii
+
ii came back, so we got along pretty well,
IN -''Dutcblaud'-tb people
spoke German, which l could understand
and answer a little.
IN Paris we met Mr.. (Dr.) Mcdonald
Who lived in sacramento long time ago
He said be was d pioneer, and once was
in a drug store with Or. Spencer. He
helped 10 build tho Congregations
Church. He said lie knew papa and Rev
Mr. Charlton, and Mr.. Crocker was al
intimate iriand OF his.
Well. after reading the RECORD UNION
gave them 10 him, and he was very glad
one contained al account OF the death 0
W. i. Knox, with whom he was acQuaint
ed.
1 thought you wonld be interested t.
know how your papers were read ant
appreciated by SO many ina foreign coun
try. Even Aunt IIiOn read hem, SO
hope you viii send some more.
must tell you that we were in a storm
in the North Sea. IN September W
crossed from the Hook of Holland t
Harwich, England. Rough is no nam
for the storm. The wind DIow Il gale, The
rain came down IN torrents, ana we were
literally rode on waves. We were boil
very seasick and felt that we never carei
to spend another such night. Nearly al
on board were sick.
one fact let me give about eating-farl
At Larne, Ireland, pancakes were serve
at an afternoon tea. At a amsterdam the
were again served for desert at dinner.
said to Auntie: Il must write this home
as papa is very fond Of pancakes" (thes
were not hot but cold.
Well, the cakes conclude our evenin
meal, and reading of them must be yCul
1or the night. Good bye,
GRACE p. SHIELDS.