The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-11-21
IN KING EDWARDS DOMAIN.
Notes of Six Weeks Trip to England and
Scotland.

Although the next morning was damp
and showery, we had imbibed some Of
the Englishman's oblivion to anything
less than down-pour, and after an
early breakfast made our plans for the
day. The party separated into two
groups, one intending to start for the
International Exhibition grounds al
ten, and the other at twelve. The Bel
fast party was in the first division, and,
determined to make the most of oul
time, two of us started out to inspect
the business part of the town. As we
were sauntering along one of the prin-
cipal streets we came upon tiny little
j shop. tucked in between two larger
ones, but with the most bewildering
display of Florentine mosaics, Russian
enameled ornaments and jewelry Of
every description in its narrow little
window. Entering we were greeted
with profound bow and "Good morn
ing" by an extremely dark gentleman
with delightful manner. He display
ed his choicest goods, and when my
companion exclaimed, 'Isn't that cute!"
over particularly attractive article he
beamed with joy. "Ah!'' he said, with
| a delightedsmile, "you are Americans
We confessed that we were, and in an
swer to his query, "What part Amer
lea you come from?" replied, 'The State
of Maine" expecting a blank look in
return for our information. Imagine
our surprise, however, when he joyful
ly repeated, "Ze State of Maine! All! 1
have been zare! Agoosta, Waterville,
Bangor, Portland, which you come
from?" We explained that while we
lived in neither of the places he men
toned we were familiar with them all
and were as sorry as he seemed to be
that Belfast was not included in the
list. He told us that he was born in
Algiers, but had lived in the United
States a great deal. Il hat been what
you call out West and l lifed in re
South, also," he said, and mentioned
most of our large cities, in which he
had carried on business. America is re
grand country" he exclaimed, and af-
ter that tribute we felt obliged to re-
ward his judgment by making a few
purchases. After promising to come
again and bring Our friends we were
hidden good morning" in very cere-
monious manner, and escaped to the
street and retraced our steps toward
the hotel, confessing to each other how
pleasant it seemed to exchange a few
words about the home land, even with
travelling Moor
The SIM was now shining brightly and
we found the others of the party at the
hotel awaiting our arrival to start for
the fair grounds. Taking a ''tram''
marked Exhibition we were soon I'm.
der way, and after passing through the
busy streets, lined with attractive shops,
we finally stopped before an enormous
white building with a gilt DOME and
bright colored flags flying everywhere.
Just at that moment there was a de-
clded breeze accompanying heavy
shower; and the party made a rapid,
if not graceful, entrance into the In
dustrial Hall of the Glasgow Inter-
national Exhibition. One of our first
steps was to buy program for the
day, but the list of attractions and
events added to our perplexity as to
where to begin. Looking about, we
found ourselves in the centre of
great building. Aisles extended in
every direction, lined with exhibits. 1t
would be far easier task to enumerate
the things that building did not contain
than to tell what it did Everything
was there from miniature ocean liner
to a Paris gown, from an automobile to
a stlck-pin, from precious stones to a
granite-iron saucepan. Displays of
carriages, of moter cycles and "autos,"
exhibits of exquisite Partisan creations,
silverware, furniture, leather goods,
stalls the size of large rooms complete
ly lined with furs, food products of
all kinds, and large exhibits of the
products and industries of all the Eng
fish colonies; jewelers., diapers, wooden
manufacturers, hardware dealers, steam
ship lines; all these and many more
were represented. After wandering
through the larger part of this immense
building, pausing before the specially
attractive exhibits, but giving the ma
jority only passing glance, we made
our exit by side door, and assembled
the steps of the Art Building. There
we spent some time with pleasure and
profit, looking with interest at the fine
loan collection of pictures of histori-
cal subjects. Some of Mary, Queen of
Scots, famous portraits were there;
also samples of her needlework. There
were many life size portraits of the
early Scotch and English monarchs by
the old masters that attracted our at
tention, and we were loath to leave this
interesting place.
We wandered about the grounds for
a while, watched the Switchback Rail
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