The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-11

dresses of the ladies, ard here and
there the scarlet coat of an English
soldier. There is no discouDting
the ability of London buss driver.
We could have lived Tor almost
week by swallowing Our hearts.
The latter organ came into our
mouths very many times. as we
just grazed a passing buss. But
Jehu knew what he was about and
we didn't get even the paint taken
off.
Yes, we saw all the principal
places. We saw so many celebrat-
ed places that we could almost sing
"All Coons Look Alike to Me-"
Trafalgar Square. Bank OF England,
Temple Bar, st. Paul's, The Tower,
London Bridge-all we saw, but
when we wanted couple of hours
of solid comfort, we climbed on top
of buss and saw the people. And
we remember more of what we saw
from that vantage point than in
passing through the numerous his
toric buildings. We attended SER
vices twice in st. Paul's, heard its
majestic organ and listened to its
sweet toned boy choir. We were
surprised at the smallness of the
chamber of the House of Commons
and we were disappointed at the
Department Stores of London.
They do not compare favorably
with similar stores in the American
cities. The British newspaper is
dry reading for an American.
They give practically no news at
all. Not a word about our great
coal strike. In fact all the Ameri-
can news read was the New York
bank report, SO in the five weeks l
was away l virtually knew nothing
of home news.
A run through the manufacturing
cities showed one thing very plain
ly and that was that the much
talked of cheapness of English
living is fake. Rents in Blooms
burg are as low as in Halifax and
Keighley. Flour is lower and the
Leader Store could sell hams and
canned goods cheaper than they
will there. Shoes are lower III
price and to is coal. Sugar is dear
er in America and so is tea. But
meats are lower than in England
Take it all in all, with the excep
ton of woolen clothing, living is as
cheap as in the smaller cities O
England. Woolen clothing is cheap
er for fact, but the style--wel
you could tell an English made
suit by its ugliness and with IN,
hat off, / want to say that an Eng
lish woman does not know how t,
put her clothes on and the bes
dressed women I met everywher
were my American sisters.
6 A quick trip to Belfast where
, saw the largest linen spinning plan
in the world and had a sample O
Irish weeping weather. A pas
! through London on Our way
, New Haven where we took boa
= for Dieppe and from thence t
!, Paris. l did not pay tribute
: Neptune even in the English char
= mel, but do not dare open III
! mouth to boast. / found the stron
: breeze very invigorating and keI
right in it to save my bacon.
i, Paris is beautiful. The hant
e soonest city I was ever in. TIL
: FIVE days we spent there were day
of unalloyed pleasure. The weatl
er was perfect, excepting one da
: when it rained. And then such
: treasure house OF historical romano
= as Paris is. Its broad boulevard
. brilliantly lighted, its magnifcel
buildings and beautiful garden
its fine monuments, bridges ar
q arches, ali speaking of some romant
. event. And Paris does everythir
! so artistically. Why even the Ian
II posts are beautifully shaped.
a 1 don't wonder the French pc
d pie seem so care-free and happ,
k Every cafe and restaurant has mo
re than half its seating accommod
IS tions right out on the pavement
" And there under the moonlight Il
). Frenchman sits and eats his dinn
le and drinks his-whatever he orde
h apparently caring not WI
v whether butter is dollar a poun
In putting up fine monume
&C the Parisians do differently fro
: English and American. He pu
- his jewel i'll fine setting. He pu
"a his monument at the intersectiC
- of two wide boulevards and pl
,f flowers and grass about it and pu
1 a tablet with full Information on
"a "a so that he who runs may read al
- admire.