Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-07-13
OUR TRIP TO NORWAY.
LONDON, June q, 1899.


LONDON, June q, 1899.
EDITOR SHEAF Wednesday NOR
ming, 9 days after leaving New York,
we sighted q feet OF fishing boats
and shortly afterwards we could see
through the fog the, south coast OF
Cornwall. During the forenoon we
saw the wreck Of the Paris lying on
the rocks close to shore, in the even
ing we passed the Needles and land
ed at southampton. Next morning
up bright and early and into one OF
the compartments of the queer look
ing train which whirled us into the
Waterloo station, London. After
being transferred to our hotel we,
OF course, were anxious to start out
to see the sights. Getting on top of
q bus we rode over the Westminster
bridge, past the Parliament build
/ ing and the Abbey, through streets
crowded with various kinds of We
hlcles, from the donkey cart to the
automobile, past Piccadilly circus,
and through Regent street and 9TH
er great thoroughfares. Stepping
of near Madame Tussand's Exhibi-
tion, we went inside and found our
selves in the presence Of monarchs
and other great men and women.
Here the ancient Anglo-Saxon kings
IN armour and robes of state, life
ike and stern, hold public receptions
daily, assisted by later English
kings and queens, together with
some OF the pre-eminent men of the
Different countries and periods, like
shakespeare, Voltaire, Dickens,
Gairbaldi, Gambetta, Bismarck,
Gladstone, Faure, Washington, Lin
coin. Also men who are still in the
land OF the living, President McKin-
ley, opposite the queen regent and
the boy king OF Spain, President
Laubet, Lord Roseberry, Emile Zola,
Captain Dreyfus, Rudyard Kipling.
And here also are grand tableaux
representing scenes from ancient and
modern history. A very impressive
collection and well worth seeing.
The Palace Of Kensington in Hyde
Park. having Just opened to
the public, we went with the throng
passing through it. Here is where
the present queen was born and
brought up and some OF her play
things are on exhibition. In the
same park is the Albert Memorial, a
beautiful monument indeed. Lon
don has numerous fine parks and
one Of the most noted is the Kew
Garden, with it's great variety Of
beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers
from all parts Of the earth. There
we spent a delightful afternoon.
Sunday forenoon we attended SER
vice in the grand old Westminster
Abbey, with its numerous statues
and monuments to departed heroes
and statesmen. After church the
fashionable folks go for a walk in
Eyde Park to be seen and the plain
people go to look at them. We
went there and ssaw' some very
smart" people. In the afternoon
We heard frst-class concert in the
big Albert Hall across the way, ad.
mission free, seats Cd. This hall
seats 5000 and there is lots of
standing room besides. The veal
thy English are doing a great deal
for the poor, maintaining free hospi-
tails, concerts, art collections, mu-#
seums, libraries and parks innumer-
able. After our short stay in Lon
don like the English better. They
are cheerful, kind, obliging, cour-
teous, and it is no wonder that be-
ing physically q strong people, they
WELD such mighty influence in the
world. One serious matter, how
ever, needs q remedy. The laboring
classes are too fond OF the saloon.
1t is a common sight to see mothers
with baby in arms and toddling in
fants, and young girls and boys, GO
ing into or coming out of the sa-
looms, And the effect is quite evi-.
dent. Bloated wrecks of humanity
are numerous around these places.
a visit to London without seeing
the Tower would be incomplete. So
one morning 7 started to invade this,
ancient stronghold, alone this time
as the fatigue Of such campaign
would be too severe for wife and
child. At the entrance, however, /
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