The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-30
Mr.. H0SMER
IN GLASGOW
His Impressions OF
the Scotch
City.
VISITS ALL POINTS
OF INTEREST
A Readable Letter From the
Former President Of Oahu
College. Now Abroad.

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to breakfast in the hotel at St. Enoch |
station. our ears were greeted with the |
lively strains of martial music and we |
saw a body OF Glasgow volunteers re-
met at the train by the Lord Provost
and other officers of the Corporation,
and we learned that banquet was
given them in the municipal building.
The mention of this edifice calls to mind
that Glasgow is perhaps the best-ad-
city in the world. The wa
ter works, gas plant, electric trans,
public baths, model lodging houses, etc.
are all under the direction of the Cor
and are efficiently and eco
nomically managed The sanitary ar
are admirable and the cit
liens of this favored place drink the
classic waters of Loeb Katrine, more
than forty miles away In addition to
these advantages Glasgow has the low
est tax rate of all the cities In the
United Kingdom. There are no Tam
many methods in the municipal at
fairs here. The homogeneous popula-
ton renders possible what our Amerl-
can city governments have not yet at
tanned We constantly admit to citl-
zenship the lower classes of Europe ana
the old English blood is diluted. Yet
Herbert Spencer bids US not to fear, as
all great peoples have been composites.
Our last census shows that the Amer
lean population of English descent is
not increasing Families of eight to
ten children of half century ago are
not seen among this element. But the
European immigrant brings in fresh
blood and strong physique and in the
second or third generation he becomes
thoroughly American.
| Glasgow impresses the stranger with
a very substantial and solid look. It's
natural advantages are great, being
situated almost in the heart of Scot
| land. but the enterprise of the "canny
Scot has on the one side deepened the
| once shallow river and made harbor
for the largest steamships of the world
and on the other side the great Canal
| has been constructed connecting Win
the Firth of Forth and the North Sea.
The increase of population in recent
years has been phenomenal and the
rapid development reminds one or an
American town. 1t is distinctively a
city of the nineteenth century and now
ranks second in the kingdom. Inc
! manufacturing and shipping interests
enormous as they appear, are on the
increase. The Clyde is famous as the
birthplace of ships. There is a certain
historical fitness in the fact that two
/ thirds of the British steamships are
constructed here, since Glasgow was
the home of James Watt who, when a
boy, found the power of steam by let
ting the vapor from a tea kettles nose
llift the spoon in his hand and was re-
proved by his aunt for an idler -Four
| years after Robert Fultons expert
menr on the Hudson the first British
steamship was built on the Clyde.
Americans will also recall that this was
the scene of the launching of the Ala
bama and her sister cruisers, that
preyed upon our shipping in the critical
times of our Civil War.
Hotel accommodations are just now
somewhat difficult to obtain on account
of the crowds attending the Interna-
{ tional Exhibition, which will be contin-
ued till November. This is a miniature
reproduction of the Paris Exposition.
| and in many respects resembles the
Chicago Worlds Fair, though the whole
exhibit is scarcely larger than the old
| Midway Plaisance. The Pan-American
probably contains the best representa-
ton of material progress and doubtless
has the grandest electrical display the
world has ever seen. Yet the Glasgow
fair can boast a most unique art col
lection. The beginning of the new
century was thought a fitting time to
| review the art of the last hundred
years and great loan collection has
been made to illustrate it's progress in
the nineteenth century The city gov
eminent so justly famed for its practi-
lcal administration, does not neglect the
| aesthetic and the valuable collection
belonging to the Corporation is soon to
be transferred from the old art gallery
ION Sauchiehall street to the new and
magnificent building erected at Kel-
yingrove Park adjoining or included in
the grounds occupied by the exhibition
The loan collection will remain until
November and here can be seen some
of the best productions of British and
foreign painters and sculptors of the
past century. On account of the risk
in the transportation of marble stat
lues, many of these are represented by
faithful casts. Among the artists
whose works appear are the well-knowr
names of Roeburn, Landseer. Turner
Millais, Leighton, Burne-Jones, Reset
/ ii, Watts, Whistler, Hunt, Alma-Ta.
dema, Millet. Dicksee, Herkomer. Alb
hey, Corot, Bonheur, Meissonier and g
host of others. 1t is difficult to choose
from such a wealth of art treasures
but there were two paintings to which
most frequently returned; John Pet
ties Duke of Monmouth. his hands tied
lberind with cords, falling upon his asher
lfaee, and begging life of his uncle, the
cruel James H.; and Holman Hunt:
lClaudio and Isabella, little piece o.
lexquisite work. Both are loaned from
lprivate galleries and the public seldom
has an opportunity of seeing these ant
lmany others in the collection.
There is also on Sauchiehall street ar