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London trap.
Ga the opposite side If Fleet street
FROM the Temple are the CoSrts 81
Justice. These are newer busidsnSs
If Gothic architecture and cover
large area.
had heard 50 much of Drury
Lane theatre thai ! wss very anxious
a. see II, So passing into the Strand.
where many magazines are psblished
and up Wellington street we were
soon at the world famous theatre
where Garrick. Mrs. siddons and We
olde favorites used o. act. where
Shakespeare plays became famous
We did not see one of shak speare 5
plays but ''Tanhsgser' by London :
best Opera Company The dress
aud singing were excellent treat
! can assure YOU The theatre did
not seem 50 strIkingly different from
the others as | had expected Ii is
a lovely place. believe there are
hve stories and instead OF their slant
ing back. as they do in most of the
modern theatres, they are directly
over each other
We did not want to leave London
without seeing Shakspersan play
and we were fortunate enough 20 see
one OF London best companies at
His Malestys theatre in Twelfth
Night 1t was acting You could
think you were living in Shak kesper-
can times.
One evening we were walking near
Lincolns Inn, famous old quarter,
when lady stepped up to us saying
she thought we were tourists and
asked if we were looking for the
"Old Curiosity Shop" of Dickens
fame We told her no but we should
like to see 1T, so she directed us TO it.
There it stands as Of old. The low
first story with the second extending
over it. 1t is still used as a place OF
business.
After leaving this we went on Hol-
born. This escaped the fire of 1866
and still contains some of the old
houses. In one Milton lived at one
time.
One of Londons pleasure resorts
is Earls Court We thought We
ought to have an afternoon there and
decided to go ON the underground
railway. Having bought our tickets
we went down the stairs and were
greeted by a great, thick cloud of
smoke, we could see nothing, not
even a guard. II was simply stlilling
and in this we had to stand When
a little of the smoke had cleared
away we heard the trains coming and
with some difficulty found the one
going to Earl's Court, We got into
a small, smoky compartment For
tunately it was not long ride or |
am afraid we should have been i'll.
! think this about the only thing we
found to complain of while in Lon
don We reached Earl's Court and
found it contained stalls and stalls
of oriental goods, excellent statuarv
besides the famous old Water chute,
Fairy river, the great wheel like the
Ferris, the flying machine, which
looks to me rather dangerous though
thousands seem to enjoy it. There
is also Venice by night and it is real
lv lovely. We did not return from
Earl's Court by the underground
railway but on a bus which took us
through kensington and on Plea
dillv.
On the bank Of the Thames is
Cleopatra Needle and is a compan-
ion obelisk to the one in New York.
The one here was presented To Eng
land in 1919. Encased in iron ii
was shipped for England but during
a storm it was abandoned in the Bay
of Biscay 1t was finally recovered
and erected in 1878. Ii is Of gran
ite, GSl feet high and is supposed to
have erected by Pharaoh Thothmes
Ill. about 1900 b. c
One Of the pretty places we visited
is st. James Park. 1t is surrounded
bv notable houses On the north
west is st. James Palace. In the
18th century on this site was a hos
pital for lepers. This seems almost
incredable for it is now such lovely
place. Ii became the possession OF
of Henry VIII who erected the Royal
Palace. 1t has changed much since
then and was for a long time the
Nome Of Royalty 1t is still used for
royal functions. To the east Of this
is Marlborough House, the residence
Of the Prince Of Wales.
West Of St. James park stands
Buckingham Palace. one of the resi-
dences Of the King and a beauti-