Evening journal., 1898-05-10
LONDON IMPRESSIONS.
A Wilmington Boy Writes of
His Pleasures Abroad.
PLACES WHICH HE HAS VISITED

CHARLES II. SASSE TELLS
THINGS WHICH WILL PROVE OF
INTEREST TO HIS MANY
FRIENDS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
Magistrate Lewis sasse has received
Ia long and interesting letter from his
son, Charles II. Sasse. who is travelling
in Europe as the private secretary of
Ferdinand Blumenthal. The following
are extracts from It:
London, England April rs, 1898.
While | am not at all homesick, Il
makes a fellow feel good to have news
frCm home, even If it is eleven days
late.
What l have done since my last let
ter On Sunday morning Mr. Il. b. ask
ed me to take a walk with him, as
usual, which / did We went to Hyde
Park, in a cab, and, after walking for
about an hour. returned in time for
lunch. After lunch we left the hotel.
he and /. in landau and had u drive
TO Richmond Park a distance of about
ten miles from London. The drive took
us right through London, past the resi-
dences and castles of all the royal fam
| lily, such as buckingham Palace, Lon
don residence of the queen (where she
stops just fourteen days in each year,.
palaces Of the Prince Of Wales, Duke of
York, etc.
After about an hour and a-half's
/ drive we came to Richmond Park, and
it's all right. The park contains about
5000 acres of the most beautiful land !
ever saw, and is plentifully stocked
| with deer running about on every side.
| Here also Is situated the famous hotel
called the Star and Garter" a regular
old castle.
At the expiration Of about half an
| hour we left the hotel and returned by
another route, through Kew Gardens.
| another lovely spot, and arrived in
time for dinner.
| Yesterday didn't do very much. This
morning | made a break to see some
more Of the sights, and my first stop
was at the Tower of London, made fa-
nous by the smothering OF two princes
by King John. 1888. This was a sight
worth seeing and Is one OF the Oldest
Of the old castles in England II is
surrounded by high and massive walls
and is inhabited by a heavy guard of
her majesty's soldiers. From there
; went to the imposing Tower Bridge
t. situated hard by. This is a magnificent
structure, mainly notable from the fact
that II was opened very ausplciOusly by
Is royal 'ighness the Prince Of Wales
Next / had a look at the famous
London Bridge (Which is falling DOWN.
and from there to Westminster Abbey
When 1t comes to great sights, this is Z
poser" / never thought that / wOulC
b ever have a chance to walk over" tn,
= royalty of England, but such was The
j case. Underneath where / strollel
were the bodies OF all the kings an,
Queens Of England, from Egbert, abou
A. d. 500, to the present time. except
- ing, OF course Queen Victoria who, M
p TO the present time, steadily refuses L
8 allow herself TO be walked on. All thes
prominent personages are buried unde
p the floor Of Westminster. as also ar
d the bodies Of Byron, LongfellOw and 81
r many Cther important chaps that ! can
r begin to name them. The Abbey itsel
Y is an imposing looking structure an,
8 must have been built at an enormou
| expense. Each one OF the solid marbl
- groups around the walls (of which
suppose there must have been a thou
L sand, could not have cost less than
y small fortune
A ] IANln lltlt ll0NttuAA W lilN asbA
logical Gardens, and must say that tn
, collection Is the finest that / have eve
been fortunate enough 10 see. Il beat
the ones in New York and Philadelphia
t all to pieces, and / believe IS as good
II not better. than the one at ShellpOi
IS / couldn't stay very long. but, after
q hurried inspection OF almost every
Q thing ! could find. gave my stomach
(. surprise by quietly slipping in nearb
n restaurant and treating myself to
lunch,
J. A short walk through Regents Par
brought me. about 3 o'clock. to Madam
l. Tussaud's Exhibition in Wax, which
"a considered one OF the principal sight
e in London. ] had carefully looked ove
k the catalogue you bought when 70
were here, but found that the thing ha
No been enlarged to twice it's 1881 siz
B. Your catalogue contained fOrty-for
r. pages, while the one ] bought tO-da
M and which / will bring home with mi
contains eighty-eight Everything
a new and clean looking, and Eden Nj
he | see, in New York, isn't "a marker
H. IT, / spent about an hour and aha
m in theroand got back to the hotel abol
= O'Clock, when / Immediately sat dow
TO write this letter 50 as, II possible,
get it off on to-morrow's steamer.
/ think to-day was very judicious
W spent, and think ! can say that | ha'
v seen all the important sights Of Loi
H. don.
OF course. have already visited Il
Houses of Parliament st. Paul's G
in | thedral. the Old Watch House. whe
ny the Gates Of London used to be, b
" which is now in the centre Of the cit
as Richard the Thirds castle and h
he church which, by the way. is the olde
u. church in London: the Bank Of En-
C. land. Stock Exchange and a few 9th
a places / heard of. ! didn't see all the
things to-day. but have slipped o
every chance / got and took them
one at a time.
NJ Now, / wish you to thank any Of Il
on friends who inquire about me, and &
ly them that / never felt better in r
Ire life. and wish / had them all here
fs see things with me. From your letters
III gather that you are all we'll and enjo
ing yourselves. which phases, me me
than / can say. / only hope that Il
state Of affairs will continue with y