The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-17

should say. Judging from the outside
merely thar your East Side Sums are
rather worse We could beas them.
though. down IN Coney Island. where we
have some very tough niggers. In White
chapel there were several pretty lively
scraps going on. and just kept in the
middle Of the road for fear a brick or
something should HIT me-"
You walked about good deal, /
gather7"
why. mostly one DAY walked -
EppinE Forest and back again. II took US
q little over three hours 10 get 10 Ching
fo~c:
There YOU would ses"-I insenslbly fell
into his trick 81 phrase as 20 what he
had 'secn''-"the ancient and royal game
OF golf7"
We'll. no: We didn't strike the golfers.
bat there was lots of cricket. and We
watched the games for awhile. Then we
mace big round admired tho beauties
OF the forest. and walked back 10 town
by "a different route II was all very en-
ioyahle. AS to walking. ! preferred going
about as much as possible on foot. / lik-
"a 70 mix with the people. hear their pass
ing remarks study the shop windows, no
tice all the pretty dresses OF the ladies.
and the cut OF the mems clothes"
say" he explained here, as a point
your members OF Parliament drcssg'
Just like ordinary mortals. more or
less"
Well. I have observed that all your
lawyer wear wigs and gowns. and !
thought your legislators might do so. too.
visited the Parliament buildings. but
the vacation had begun and ! missed
hearing a debate
Tell me what else interested you most, +"
How lie saw the National Gallery
Pictures,
4 liked the pictures in the National Gal
lerv. which / visited twice II was very
interesting to stand In front OF a master
piece hy Turner or Reynolds. Raphael or
Rubeus and hear the people round mo
discussing g. some fooiishly and hippant-
Is. some learnedly and reverently. others
1 critically A parson would come along ana
explain It TO a group of schooihoys. then
two painters would start arguing about
It's technique, till in the end seemed
quite familiar with the picture. | spent
hours. too. in the British and South Ken
sington museums"
$50 on the whole. you have felt quite
az home IA London"
III ioe had only been little more
plentiful tn the hot weather Why, in
America We have ice funds for distri0ut-
ing Ii to the poor. and IL Is al made
from distilled water But III cell you
one thing-you've got better police than
either Germany or America. The London
policeman Is more polite and better in
formed He viii not only answer You CT
Why. but will take the trouble 90 tell
YOU what Is worth seeing In the neigh
borhood But. say. can YOU understand
an omnibus driver when he talks 10 you2'
Sometimes"
That's one Of the things that beat me.
I felt just real proud Of myself to-day
when l made out a few words OF what
one OF them was saying"
We discussed many other matters-cy-
cling and noting. the iniquities OF scorch-
ing the rule OF the road. smoking and
drinking habits. the prize ring-'If Fitz-
simmons meets Jeffries." h. said. "Jen
will win. i've seen MIN box. land. I'm
ally. the turf.
There's one thing / regret" said the
blind American. and that's not seeing
the Derby Kentucky Is great horse
breeding country. as YOU know. and we're
rather proud OF having raised Tod Sloan
Yes IL would have done me good to sec
Tod ride past the post on Derby win
ner"
During the conversation the guide.
modest intelligent young fellow. hardly
interviewed and when he did it was with
A commonplace remark His eyes had
served for both throughout the trip Yet
somehow. | left with the impression thar
II was the blind man who had seen most
OF London.