Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-01
BY S. v. LEEcH, ID. d.


The Majestic landed her thousands
of trunks and satchels at the Liverpool
Custom House, and after an early
farewell breakfast, the passengers
presented gratuities, according to ira
ditional usage, to such officials as the
state room stewards, deck stewards,
table stewards and bath room stew
ards. These parties are paid little re-
Enumeration by the great steamship
lines and they look TO their fees for
their principal support. All over Eu-
rope everybody about hotels such as
porters, walters, chambermaids and
bootblacks look for tips fromAmeri-
cans.
On each piece Of baggage sent into
the custom house the state room
stewards pasted large printed initial
of the passengers name. Our own
were labelled 81 and we found them
on the IL" platform. European coun-
tries virtually have free trade, tobac-
CO and spirits being dutiabIe. The
courteous officer said to me "Have
you or your daughter any tobacco or
spirits in your luggage" | replied,
HWe have not as neither of us chew,
smoke or drink He smiled and past
ed on the satchels and trunk the Gus
tom house stamp. The agent, in uni
form, Of the Great Western Railway
had them registered to London by
his magnificent route aud delivered
them at the hotel there free Of
CHARGE custom for which these
great lines deserve much credit. Re-
lieyed Of baggage we resolved to
spend a few hours at Liverpool, where
returning we remained Is hours at The
elegant ssCompton Hotel.
Liverpool is a great aud fine COM
mercial metropolis, with population
of six hundred thousand souls. It is
built on an arm of the Mersey River,
three miles from the sea. In an irreg-
ular semi-circle its quays and docks
stretch six miles. 1t has many tall
stone buildings of modern style and
the suburbs around the large Seton
Park, abound with beautiful and arts
tocratic private residences. Princes
Park, Waverley Park and Stan
ley Park are all worthy of visits
from Americans. The chief public
building is st. Georges Hall. 1t is
immense and magnificent. Eighteen
great granite columns. each sixty feet
in height, grace its front. Besides its
splendid galleries it has a large floor
space 1t is one hundred and seventy
feet long and eighty-seven wide.
The interior is very rich in polished
columns, marble floors, foliated ira
Gerry, bronze doors and superb sculp-
lures. Its organ is one of the largest
and most costly in Europe. The ia
nous Walker Museum, near to it, is
owned by the city, and it contains
many paintings and sculptures OF cell
ebrity
There are three great railroad lines
from Liverpool TO London and each
runs eight or ten swift express trains
through, each way, daily. They are
the Great Western, the London and
North Western and the Midland
routes. We went to London by the
Great Western and returned TO Liver
pool by the London and North West
ern as have gone before over the IA
nous Midland road. The trains make
the trip of 200 miles in from four to
five hours, the special boat train maxi
ing it in three hours aud half. The
cars are light, and they open, like
carriages on their sides. The roads are
ballasted to perfection and fenced on
either side. In Europe trains have
no conductors. Tickets are shown at
the depot gate of departure and deiiv-
cred up at the terminal gates of des-
tination. We liked the quiet seclu-
sion where no conductor periodically
awakens passengers for another ticket
punch and no newsboy cries out the
sale of papers, fruit, chewing gum aud
candies. We We're carried past many
historical castles, battlefields, old
cities and through Oxford where the
University gives social and education
al tone to the lovely little city.
At bennington, near to Warwick
Castle and Abbottsford, we left the
train and took a branch road of eigh-
teen miles to visit Strdtford-o Avon,
where Shakespeare was born and lived,
wrote and died. The pretty old town
abounds with Shakespearian souvenir
stores where busts, medallions, en-
cravings, medals and tapestries OF a
Shakespearian character are for sale,
many of these being offered as low as
d shilling. We paid this amount
each, to be guided through the. poets
old residence and to study the numer-
Gus souvenirs associated with his ca
reer. All students of Shakespeare's
works will find valuable Information
in ssLee's History OF Stratford-on-
Avon an English book. There is a
fine park on the fringe of the old town
and magnificent monument to this
prince Of English poets in the beauti-
ful church.
Reaching London on the eve Of the