The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-10-05

birthplace. At another time we got a
very good insight to the mode of living,
of the poor in the evening and the
wealthy in the morning by going about
a town on milk delivery wagon with
another cousin. Some homes were the
| models of neatness and the pretty flow
er gardens or sweet voices and manners
of the English ladies cannot he describ
ed on paper. On the other hand many
untidy hOusekeepers opened their
doors and reached the drtiest hands |
ever saw, for their milk.
Another cousin took me in trap, "a
| two wheeled cart, over hills and thro'
the beautiful vale of Clowyd and up the
mountain side, past villages and farms,
I to look for heather. After a long tramp
we succeeded in finding some, much TO
my delight.
Alter going to market and visiting
one of the most massive and ancient
castles IN all Europe, at Dembeigh, and
attending Welsh service in a chapel at
1reiuant where | heard some of the
most expressive music | heard any
where, two sermons and classmeeting
all in one evening, visiting several ca
thedrals and neatly kept cemeteries
and going to political lecture, and Wis
iting the sea where we were literally
:" Gathering up the shells from the sea
shore" and watching the tide come
and 20, and the children merrIly play
ing III the sand with their little shOve!s
and pals, and riding the donkey who
needed pulling, pushing and driving to
make him 20, We were about ready to
start for Liverpool, a city of great wealth
and magnificent docks which we spent
some time in examining. They certain
/ ly were the finest docks we saw. This
city is noted, too, for the large number
Of tough looking women it has, in pro-
portion to its size. | never before saw
such hard looking faces as those women
along the docks had. ! was glad to get
where | could not see them or hear
their voices. England contained the
sweetest voiced and hammered women
| ever saw, as well as the reverse. /
am glad to say the former predominant.
We now push through Warrington,
Stafford, Birmingham and Coventry,
near kenilworth and Warwick where
we see the famous Warwick castle, and
on to STRAIT tord-on-A Avon, Shakespeare
home. \ short stop was made ut Il few
of these places when little OF the town
could be explored.
Shakespeare's house is a cottage built
in the old Warwickshirc style showing
It's black wooden beams. We are told
to ring bell before entering, we look
for sometime for bell TO ring; at last
we see a chain hanging near the door
with little iron handle attached pull
ing this a bell Oh the inside rings and
custodian opens the door We enter the
kitchen the floor Of which is paved
with much cracked and broken stones
Here the family took their meals and
l,ar 10, 10 I,, ,1 Er. WI hi, Il
they were cooked, and beside which
young William sat and in whose chair
YOU may now sit if you choose. The
next room is the back parlor. he Gus
tOdlans tell strange stories about people
kissing the floor, bursting into tears,
etc, as they COngregate here to pay trl-
butte to the genius of the spot. In the
garden a specimen of every English
plant mentioned in his plays NAV be
found. Going up stairs, the original
ones, we enter the room where the
great poet first saw light. The walls the
ceiling and the window paneS are COW
cred with names among which Is that
of Sir Walter Scott inscribed on the
window pane. Passing to the room be-
hind we find fine portrait of the Bard
and it is probably the best ever taken.
Down stairs may be seen an old desk
from the Grammar school where Shake
speare was educated, his signet ring,
and some of the originals OF his plays.
At New Place in which Shakespeare
died we saw the well from which water
for household use was obtained, the re-
mains of the bay window where he
wrote the Tempest" and the gardens
and fountains. Opposite New Place is
the Chapel of the Guild of the Holy
Cross and opposite it stands the school
in which he was educated. a visit to
the school room will repay you tor the
time spent in going. Passing along
down the shores of the Avon We come
to the Memorial Theatre and the
church. Passing through the beautiful
oaken screen to the chanCle we APP
proach the grave, a few feet away lies
Annie his wife. At the rear of the
church is found the book in which the
birth and burial of William Shakespeare
is recorded, and the Font gin which le
was baptized. About a mile from the
church is Ann Hathaway's cottage.
\ visit to oxford that village of col
leges, beautiful walks, drives parks and
gardens brings our visit to a close and
we 90 directly to London from here to
prepare for our hOmeWdrd voyage
which was made in the magnificent st.
Louis without once hearing a clap OF
thunder or sailing on a rough sea. The
voyage was made in a little less than
seven days, and we were indeed glad TO
see American shores and hear the sweet
refrain of CLONE Sweet Home" float
ing over the waters as we reached the
dock early III the morning of August
3rd 1895. LOUISE ROBERTS.