The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-28
LABOUCHERE WOULD
VOTE FOR PARKER
Famous EngIishman Thinks
Parker Preferable
ENGLAND'S HOlIDAYSEASON
Correspondent Takes Outing Through
Picturesque country-charm and
Beauty of Unfrequented Sec
tlons-Fine Roads.
ENGLANO'S HOLIDAYSEASON
BY HENRY pEvEREAUx.

/ Ear be II from me to venture to Sug
| gest to any American how he should vote
at the next presidential election But
were ! an American, l am inclined to
think that should vote for Judge Parker.
Taking it all round, l regard the Ameri-
can constitution as the best that has
ever been adopted by any nation But it
seems to me that 1t is essential to the
fulflllment Of its aims that the president
should not be man inclined to Impose
his will on the nation so soon as he has
been elected. This president Roosevelt
mas already shown that he is disposed
to do Judge Parker strikes me as far
more fitted to be president of the United
states He is a level-headed man, who
VIII coordinate his own views with those
OF the people, as represented by the sem
ate and the house of representatives.
The Holiday Season.
This is the holiday season and all WIN
can run into the country. I have just run
through the little frequented AMI pictur-
esqupe East country. To most people
this section means Yarmouth or Clacton-
on-ses, or who jumps at once to the con-
clusion that the whole of this part Of
the world is swarming during the holiday
season with excursionists rom the East
End of London. Both ideas are absurdly
! fallacious. The greater part of Essex
| Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgshire, and Lin.
colnshire Is quite off the beat of the or
binary holiday-maker. Few Londoners
! ever visit any part of 1t except a few
towns on the coast and the Norfolk
breads.
In all directions there are rural districts
as Tar from the maddening crowd as any
part OF England" Yet the greater part
OF the country mas a charm and beauty
which are quite unique, which may be
enjoyed either by settling down in one
or the innumerable villages or by making
a tour through 1t by road or rail, stoppin q
only at towns where there is good hotel
accommodation. 1 say b. road as well
as rail. because this Is par excellence the
country for the cyclist and the motorist.
Devonshire canont truthfuly be described
| as cyclists country, but the country
from the Thames to the Wash or Humber
contains quite the easiest cycling roads
! in the kingdom
But let us begin with the coast II is
not bold or picturesque coast of course.
| the very antithesis of the coast of Corn
| wall. But Its health giving virtues are
beyond question, and you seem to be on
closer and more intimate terms with the
Ia
Just as you are on the coast of Holland,
which many parts of our side of the
North sea so much resemble. Many peo-
pie get an idea that the seaside does not
agree with them, often because they
have only tried 1t at the south-coast
watering places which are all of them apt
to be relaxing in hot weather
The North Sea.
The North Sea keeps its northerly char
acter more constantly, and its breezes
are always fresh and bracing This is
what has caused the run upon places like
Felixstowe, Aldeburgh, Southwold. and
Hunstanton, in the last few years, and
brought Cromer to the front rank of fash
ionable watering places Except the last
mentioned, all these are quiet, unpreten-
| tious spots enough, hardly to be recon-
mended to people who cannot get along
without fashionable promenades and Lon
don amusements; but well worth the at
| tention If anybody for whom the sea-
whether for bathing, boating or fishing.
or all combned-offers sufficient materials
| for holiday-making
A friend of mine once gave enthusiastic
accounts of the enjoyment he derived
from an ampnbious fortnight spent at
Mersea Island, which lies on the Essex
| coast,by mouth OF the Colne. and is the
| scene of Mr.. Baring-Gould's "Mahalah e"
| pertinent may find opportunities by con-
sulting the list of country and farmhouse
| lodgings issued by the Great Eastern
| Railway Company 1t should not be for
! gotten that the estuaries of the Essex
| coast, from the Crouch to the Orwell,
are all favorte haunts OF yachtsmen,
| and a man who fixes his holiday quarters
anywhere within reach of Brightlingsea
or Harwich can have as much sailing as
the weather will allow him. As regards
/ bathing. l think the best on this section
on the East coast Is to be had at Felix
stowe, though $ also good at most places
on the north coast of Norfolk.
Golf Links.
Felxstowe is also blessed now with golf
links but the golfer will find plentiful
| accommodation all along the coast There
are links at Frinton-a rising place near
old-fashioned Walton-on-th the Maze, at AL
deburgh and Southwold, at Iowestoft and
Yarmouth, at Cromer and its near neigh
bors Mundelsley and West Runton, and
| at Wells and Hunstanton, further on
towards the Wash. Do YOU know this
region to become better acquainted with,
You are no longer in a flat country here,
but one of plentiful hills and woods,
swept by the North sea breezes. and CON
tanning In all directions the auaintest and
most Anticipated of East Anglican villages
ana country toWils' You see something of
it around Conner, but not enough Kings
Lynn is still almost medieval town, in
| spite of its having sent Mr.. T. G.
| Bowles to parliament
Walsingham is one of the most pictur-
esque little towns in England. Holkham
1 Hall and Park are alone worth a visit TO
tn corner OF the country; but wherever
YOU go in this RECON there is something
| worth seeing. OF Cromer itself IL is not
my present business to speak. for most
people know something of its attractions.
| and Mr.. Clement Scott made all the
| neighborhood famous; but would remind
! those who are shy of fashionable water
! ing places that the coast on each side of
cromer from Sherin ham To Mundes,ev
and further, is dotted with rising towns
| and villages which are all bidding for the
! favor OF holiday makers Ii Is also to he
| remembered that no part of the kingdom
Ia better served than this by its railway
| The Great Eastern conpanys trains are
! plentiful. punctual and well-fonnd in ali
| ronveniences for travellers, and there arc
| abundant facilities for getting about the
| country in the shape chean tourist
| and excursion tickets. Moreover, all this
| region is now accessible from the north
| and the Midlahus as from London; and IL
| Is worth while to remember that ~ vo,,
| have the time and the money Of vo,,r d;s
nosa1 nothing is easier, than 70 co,,h,na
a holiday in East 4-l5iia with ono In tba
najehboring country of Holland 70 which
I, is so closely related short n,ght m |
a first-class steamboat takes Won from
Iraru,,ch to the Hook, and you nav ~ 80 |
Amsterdam or Scheveningen in tin,s' FIR |
hraaLf fast. The voyage to Antwarr is
| scarcely longer