The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-02
Y, s. c., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2. 1906.

ar, rs feet ia diameter, aud the bell
weighs l3 tous. Albert Hall built it
Ia 1o61.71 as memorial to the
Prince. ltis one Of the largest halls
Ia the world aad will seat twelve
thousand people, though Frequently
used for political demonstrations and
other great gatherings, it. is priuoi.
pally famous for musical performen.
oes on o large scale. It is said to
teks lot Of brains mixed with brass
to face this vast audience. In che
arena alone there 10 space for 1000
persons. while the amphitheatre holds
l400. The magnificent organ, built
BY Willis, has 900 pipes--the largest
in che world.
The British Museum, the Royal
Naval College, Imperial Institute,
National Gallery, Tower Bridge, the
geological Gardene, Victoria and AL
bert Museum; these places are all very
interesting, and only wish we had
time to give even faint sketch Of
them.
We will now notice few things
that impresses an American most.
First, one is struck by the politeuess
and kindness of the English people to
strangers. They seem to take rleas.
ure and interest in giving any infor-
nation and any assistance they can.
Next We notice the splendid street
transportation. The streets Of Lon.
don exc very much more crowded than
those Of our large cities, yet they
very seldom have an accident or col.
llsion. They do not use the electric
cars in the most crowded streets, but
they have the two.story buses that
seat 40 people, drawn by tao good
horses. They also have the Inder.
ground system. It eeems strange to
us to take an elevator and go down 60
feet in the earth to get q car, but
nevertheless It's fact, aud it ia .
nice, cool, pleasant ride and runs very
fast. This underground system is far
superior to the New York system, as
theirs is only 4 feet below the sur
face, and it gets warm aud foul in the
summer. They also have splendid
cabs and carriages in London. They
use the electric cars, but on streets
that are not 80 crowded. What seems
very odd to Us wac that everything in
the shape Of cars, cabs and vehiolaa
take to the left instead Of to the right
as we do.
And another .h;ss ne Americans
could not get accustomed to in Eng.
land, Scotland. and especially France,
was the tipping custom; it has
almost become Law in all the hotels,
restaurants-the walters aud waitress.
es, guides, cab drivers and in fact,
most avery one expects tip. The
proprietors pay their help but very
little, so they look to the public and
guests for their pay.
We we're Informed that most all the
barrooms in England had young lady
attendants to wait on the customers.
They tell US the reason for this is that
nice, attractive young ladies draw
trade for them.
DAYS TRIP TO SHAKESPEARE 8
COUNTRY, VISITING sTRATEoRD.oN.
This place attracts q great number
of people from both sides Of the At.
lantic. The home Of Shakespeare is
one Of the most beautiful and charm
ing regions in the country. Beauti-
full fields, luxurious hedgerows, gently
flowing rivers, these are charac teristio
Of the beautiful country Of Warwick.
shire, and they are but the setting OF
those stately old mansions and time.
stained castles which more than the
pages Of the most eloquent historian
carry the Imagination back to the ro-
mantio past. The house on Henley
street where Shakespeare was born,
also tho house in which he died, his
school, and the church in which he
was buried, We spent a)mc--. two hours
in examining and a1miring his great
library Of ten thousand volumes,
which alone attracts great number
of people from all parts of the coun-
+ try. We took little trip out to Bed
ford which is only an hours run from
London. Here we saw the Jail in which
John Bunyon was imprisoned, in
which he wrote Pilgrims Progress.
We also visited William Penn's coun-
try and Millions cottage. After
driving few miles through a beauti.
full country We came to q quaint old
Quaker Westinghouse at Jardaus, an
unrretentious building dating from
the seventeenth century, in the quaint
burial ground Of which lie, William
Penn, the founder Of Pennsylvania.
Al Giles the original cottsge to which
John Milton removed during the great
Plague, at the request Of Ellwood.
Here the poet finished paradise
Lost" and began Paradise Regain.
ed"
And now on to Paris. The gay
and the beautiful. If the literary
and historical associations in the
touriat's mind concerning Paris are
not so numerous as those Of London,
certain tits more suggestive Of mag:
nifioence, Of beauty Of architecture,
and Of streets, aud the gsyety Of its
people.
Without further preface, We start
m,New Opera House, the finest in
world. Soon we go by the Mad.
cline and the Church Of St. Angus.
tine: Next we reach the famed Arc