The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-04

hale and vigorous at eighty, an incis-
i've, courteous and winning Scotch gen.
| tleman, who carried with him into the
service Of his adopted city his early
memories, zeal and native training and
that delicious Glasgow burr upon his
speech. The university which he VEN
Grated is stately pile, and near it, now
| approaching completion, are the build
| ings for the International Exposition
next year. This Is to be a supreme eff
| fort of the city-and surely no English
/ city is better able to do justice to such
an enterprise.
The Cathedral and the shopping
streets, of which Argyle and Buchanan
are conspicuous, were of interest, but
the distinct municipal features We're
more novel to me. Scotch thrift is APP
parent in many directions, though the
supervision is intelligent and liberal in
small matters. In windows Of the poor
er dwellings, as we'll as those of better
sort, / saw many flowers, and l was
told that the city parks furnished these
plants in little boxes of galvanized iron
to fit the windows at the expense of
few pence. The suggestion might be
useful in our own parks, where such
beautiful flowers are grown, as means
of spreading more widely the taste for
beauty and nature. The public green
has a large building for public enter
tainments, known as the Peoples Pal
ace, and a museum with many excel
lent collections.
The main entrance to the Green Is
through a massive stone archway, and
t11a inc ioti 1Snn n1 r
had been reconstructed of the facade
and pillars Of building of historic mu-
nicipal interest which was torn down a
few years ago. The stone had been re-
moved and preserved at the cost of an
eminent citizen, whose name was duly
honored. Even in London this practice
prevails, and the facade of the National
Academy in Trafalgar Square has been
reconstructed from another old historic
building, which would have been de-
stroyed. Such reverence of the past is
not often evident at home. New York
will in another year or two demolish |
with his present Custom House that |
grove Of huge granite monoliths that |
for more than half a century have been
standing like sentinels at it's portals in |
silent assurance Of the growing mer- |
cantine power of the city. In their |
day, when Manhattan was still an in
FAINT, these great shafts were objects of |
which q mighty herd Of |
oxen before the railway was yet all |
powerful had drawn from the mountain
quarries to the seaside. Now the great |
granite columns, each an obelisk, are |
likely to be broken up for the stone pile,
and with their memories perish, as Of |
no further use. Even the lawns of the !
Glasgow Green are set aside, not all for
public games, but for practical use
where the Glasgow housewife may
spread her linen in the sun to bleach
Old women, barefooted, and even young
girls employed to watch and turn the |
lie stretched out in the warm
sun upon the grass beside the linen, in
4 pastoral shepherd fashion, but rolled
up in dilapidated rags that are not po-
etical.
Sometimes Scotch precaution becomes
extreme and excessive. The large ocean
steamers sail from Greenock, several
miles below Glasgow, and at the last
had nearly lost my train for
freenock. / had disposed of my Eng
ish money toward the last, and in pay
nent of my hotel bill rendered a ster-
ing draft, which was declined. Then I
produced a ten-dollar bill, which was
examined, and likewise de-
lined. There was no time for other
but by good fortune the
scotch major domo of the house, dig
litary in sandy whiskers, blue uniform,
tilt braid and buttons recognized the
ill and attested its value, which he
lad learned from service in America