The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-23
The Home of Shakespeare is RedOent With Quaint Men-
 ories of the Past
WONDERFUL PEACE OF AN
 OLD ENGLISH CHURCHYARD
interesting Relics of Once Powerful king-Makers are Viewed in Their Ancestral HaII-A Pile of His
 toric Significance. 

Miss Marion Kelly writes her third letter describing scenes in old England lfrom Warwich, made famous in history by the powerful earls who once lived lfhere The letter is dated June 22, and is las follows;
 We spent Sunday in Stratford-on-Avon made famous by the immortal Shakes peare.
 The town is supported by tourists. I.Many of the inns have those old signs Nrhat were used in those days when Shakespeare lived in the town. There are the Golden Lion," the Red Lion," and the Red Horse" that had a bunch oS blue grapes over it. We saw these ssigns as we drove down the stret, where i've were to stop at the Golden Lon," known in Shakespeare's time as "Ye Peacock Inn" This was unlike the tav- ,ern in Chester. Instead of being richly Furnished the whole house was clean md neat and the rooms were so quaint 4hat we. who were in the same party, and ,,Mere to be together for the summer, swent from room to room, admiring our new home. We were very much like 2arty of school girls on a lark.
 1 The rooms were furnished with queer. aong washstands and little draped dres- sing tables having a mirror perhaps 15x RO inches, and a typical English dresser with drawers. The beds were black iron, oDrass trimmed, and so draped that they were part of the harmonious whole.
 Dinner was nearly ready when we came but after dinner we could not think of going at once to bed; of sleeping in lStratford as we did in America! We Invent to SC the town There too, the ISalvation army is to be found-a band of Nhese workers at one place. and crowd lof villagers at another listening to tgirl singing song from "Florodora." lThe music was so catchy that we pushed ourselves among the people, and felt that we. too, must join the chorus. iThere is such good humored pushing and joking in an English cro> q that they seem to be just in the midst of q big holiday. with each one getting what he wants, and as much as he wants.
 Then we started up the street, and by good luck we turned into High stret so that we came to the Grammar school that Shakespeare attended. We passed one of the old wood and stone houses
 
 rGod's Providence House" of Chester and finally the home of Marie Coreti. Knowing that she wrote the Romance pf Two Worlds" and "Thelrna" also, we were much interested in looking at the house-one of the tall brick houses. vine covered with windows filled with boxes pf daisies, even up to the third story. There were several lights on each floor. and we wondered which room she occu- pied for she is at home now.
 After roast beef for breakfast, we were to go to Trinity church. where Shakes Jeare is buried. The church is wonder ful burial ground, and wherever one steps 1t Is on a grave. The church inn presses one from the time the treas of the yard are seen. We were afraid of being late, and the congregation had begun one of the songs when we entered. The service wss well under way but a High Church Episcopalian service Is Ions, es- pec3ally to those who are not accust omed to kneeling so much. The church is made of yellow sandstone, and the music echoes and re-echoes down the vaulted roof till the words are lost in the har- mony of sounds. The windows are stained glass, in part old. old glass. and fhe difference between the od and the new glass is evident, although when the church was restored an attempt was made to restore 1t as it was at first. The dnner part is famous because 1t contains the tomb and the body of Shakespeare, and those of most of his family.
 A tomb just outside the chanoel was very beautiful. So much so that instead