Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05

| Tabernacle Choir:
Ny Most Dear Chatterlng Singers:
II is Imperative for the welfare Of
Her Majestys' majesty, my peace OF
mind and your curiosity I hope. that
at once pass judgment upon the an
Client village Of London Having now
diligently investigated It for a week,
and possibly noted one out Of every
thousand Of It's streets. and one out Of
every ten thousand Of its so-called "at-
fractions. feel quite capable of telling
you an about it and pass my uneulng
judgment upon it-England and the
English; win do so as relate my
journeyngs
AN ENGLISH SPECIAL"
Rising at $3.50 Thursday morn, March
22nd. 1 fastened on deck TO have a
peep at the land Of my birth. The dear
fog was there Ike a mantle from fairy
land 10 envelope f. and 1 could only
see the dock. a couple OF beautiful,
white American ships and O Dot OF old
wooden sheds on the opposite side. uu-
der which I could Oimiy discern what
seemed To- be am old dIaulatgd train
OF ancient railway cars. Lots og men
stood around. or walked. or ran. After
this glimpse I hastenad back 90 the
dining room o.. our palace ship. aud We
had a nice breakfast as send off,
Then We grIpped our luEsaEa' nevcr
baggage" hare) aud went down the
81. ."
ing 90 "a TALL rather shabby looking uul-
Ger that We had nothing t0 pay duty
upon we looked around Tor thp Grand
Special that we had been seriously
told would take us 10 London and
were soon assured that the af0re men-
TONED set of cars We're 9t' We paid
two pounds two f0r "a tlrst class car
rage, and We're soon usher,d into the
most luxurious Amercau-lkc carriage
In the train, entering az a side door IN
the middle Of the car We saw what
seemed Ike a cabOOse filled with % set
OF rather worn carpet chairs, or
lounges, ranged on each side, Two fac
ing each other by each window. and "a
small aisle up the center of the car.
that was the American part Of 10, and
wonderful for England 10 was,
as IL made II possible for every pas
senger In that ear 90 actually rub
against every other. English exclu-
siveness was entirely set aside Pres
entity little man entered and set a roll
Of iron at my feet-it was "a foot warm
err the only heat IN the carriage ] felt
quite Ike an invalid, and @ look Of dis
gust deepened on Willcs face. The
roof OF the car seemed very low SO that
when we got started we seemed to slide
along very near the ground.
REACHING LONDON
After several police-cail whistles from
the guard conductor, az homeJ little
pulling Billy sounded IT'S little plpy
whistle, ANA away we started for Lon
don, seventy miles away 10 was not
long before we We're out ln the fields
and were really enthusiastically admir- |
ing the landscape. although the trees
were bare and remarkably black. the |
green stretches OF hilsides dotted with /
magnificent trees. the winding country
roads (every one a macadamized drive) /
and here and there a house. then a |
stable and q hay stack, an rooted and /
alike with straw SO neat, SO I
trim, you would never know what II /
was. Everything looked very wet, but /
the streams are clear as crystal SO |
we passed gradually the buildings be- /
gar 10 thicken, and at last 90 boz all /
Joined together IN long rows with /
string of earthen pots or long Jars on /
the roofs for chimueys The houses /
looked old enough and black enough to /
have grown there like mushrooms in I
the middle ages, and then petrifed. /
suddenly there was no ''let up TO them /
we realized that we were In London" |
and stopping under another vast shed ,
we soon crowded our way between cabs |
TO a hanson a one horse cab with /
driver on top and drove 10 the hotel |
We had chosen from railway folder.
IL was near Westminster Abbey. the |
parks. and many Of the grand sights Of
London and seemed quite handsome
and large-on paper. Crossing the
Thames We passed the noted Abbey,
a wonderful pile OF rocks,
pointed gables stained glass and SCOT.
Our hotel reached, we entered through |
great black iron gates. and with live
cried walters 10 receive us ana carry
our luggage in. a nice little lady |
showed us rooms, and we chose one that
cost only Il shlllings a day without
fire II was large enough. cold
enough, sombre enough. and afterwards
dirty enough TO suit the most arsto-
cratic We looked at Il awhile. shud.
dered and ordered a fire made. then