The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-19

women proposed, and the members dls
posed of the tickets by ballot. me seao
ing capacity of the iron cages-hlgh apoFe
t6nat august body-is very limited, anu
friends of the members often wait mo .,
Tor an opportunity of going and fall "
secure one. Under those circumstances
we were compelled to content with walk
ing through the rooms of the magnlncent
Houses of Parliament. AS we LETT the
9ueen robing room which is upholstered
al pain crimson terry-another parry Vi
americans came in; one foot-sore ana
d snort rest, but policeman caught her
before the Ito him) sacrilegious act was
quite consummated ''Madame!' he
SasPeq IN trembling voice while MS
lace olanched with horror, and his hand
snook with agitation-''no one is permit
Iea 70 be seated in this room" and as the
stranger with great dignity withdrew,
the guardian of the place said in an awe
STRUCK Whisper to companion, did you
see her! she was going to sit down. Ii
MURDER mao peen perpetrated he could
hardly have shown more intense feeling.
Poor Fellow we, suppose he could not
grasp the idea inherent in all daughters
of Columbia that nothing is too good for
free born Americans. As we left the
buildings policeman called our atten-
ton to Dillon and O'Brion in close con-
versation; the former is tall and dark,
while the latter Is a very short man, with
long snow white beard. II tell you,
said the officer of the law, "since his re-
prieve O'Brion keeps pretty quiet; he
never speaks in the blouse or at any
public melting
Three Sundays already in town. cried
one of us on bright sunny morning,
.'who votes for fourth in the country"
The motion was carried unanimously by
seven, and westarted for Hampstead
| 9th 81, i1roc ,+,.. in,
London more forcibly than the utter alb
sence of the vast network of wires over
head, that one is accustomed to see in
nearly every city in America. How Lon
doners with the immense distances to be
travelled (even with the help of the Fun
derground') can patiently travel by ''bus
and trams,'' in place of electrics, we fail
to comprehend. Certainly by their use
outside of the most crowded London
streets much time could be saved in
reaching the country resorts. We con-
sumed three hours of our not too long
day, in going and returning. The ride
was through rather uninteresting por-
ton of the city, but the end OF the jour-
ney amply justified its being undertaken
Parliament Hill! Here one gains glori-
Gus view of London with the noble dome
Of St. Paul's and beyond are the green
| fields with f1ocks of nibbling sheep;
graceful elms shading many ponds, and
| the ever present church spire, which al
ways dominates an English country scene.
! We wandered down the hillside, through
tall meadow grass, past group of people
listening to socialistic speaker; we
caught the words American Democrats
| in tone of scathing sarcasm, and quietly
hurried by. Our way led US through
charming 'tWaterloo Park, - and we
looked through the doorway of Lauder
dale House. where poor Nell Gwynne had
| lived, and doubtless many times welcomed
her profigate king and lover. The air
was filled with the perfume of fruit bios
| SONS and flowers, the sun as warm as in
summer. We strolled slowly through the
churchyard and paused while to medi-
I tate on the text, 'Favor is deceitful and
| beauty is vain" suggested to our mind as
| we read the epitaph on tombstone,
erected by a bereaved husband, Here
lies the once beautiful Eliza" A little
| further on we come upon the object of
our quest-a marble shaft, a grave with
close trimmed turf and there we read
George Elliott We close our eyes to try
and shut away the other name and with
our mental vision see around the grave
invisible forms-Fair Romola, the lonely
Dorothea Casaubbon, proud and beautiful
Gwendoline, great hearted Maggie, pref
| ty, wretched Hetty, noble Adam Bede,
while near them is that tender woman,
| inspired preacher, ministering angel,
| Dinah-George Elliots eternal creations
and she is ''of those immortal dead who
| live again in minds made better by their
| presence.
| MRS. HERMANN KOTZSCHMAR