The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-19

some of the places we visited. Bank of
England, st. Paul's Cathedral where
we attended church, Tower of Lon
don, London Bridge, British Museum,
Zoo, Houses Of Parliament, Westmin-
ster Abbey, Old Curiosity Shop, Ma
tional Gallery and buckingham Pal
ace. A special trip was made to visit
Windsor Castle, twenty-three miles
from London. This is a castle of the
old Norman type and fitted inside like
a palace. The kings stables are a
wonder. Each horse has it's name and
the name painted in gold letters over
the stall. Eight or ten beautiful lit
tie ponies stand ready for the use of
the royal children who visit the castle.
Several afternoons Were spent in Hyde
Park watching the endless line of car
riages with their elegantly dressed
occupants pass. Here the fashionable
London people come to show off, and
this they do in great style. Now all
this takes place in the afternoons from
four till seven, when all automobiles
are forbidden to enter the park. A
very common sight in the morning in
Hyde Park is to see seated in one of
these fine carriages a nurse holding
upon the seat by her shaggy little
pug dog. The dog is out for his
must have too. / often wished l
was one of those dogs tust one morn
ing, for | did long to take good
long carriage drive around the park.
Our time was now becoming short
SO We left London for Oxford and
there visited the many universities.
Most of the buildings are old and
need repair, but there seems to be a
tendency to let the cracked and peeled
rock walls remain as they are.
In Shakespeare's Home.
From oxford we went to Stratford-
on-Avon. We were now at the birth
place of Shakespeare. The house
where he lived the room in which he
was born, the school at which he was
educated, the desk at which he sat are
still in good preservation. l noticed
the names of Sir Walter Scott and
Browning cut into the window glass
of the house. We visited the Shakes
peare home soon after Marie Corelli
and Sir Thomas Upton, and the reg
lister bears the names of three North
Carolina boys beneath these two
noted people. Had the wind been good
Sir Thomas had intended taking us
out for a sail but the fates blew US
on to Liverpool where we only had
to wait one day before sailing for dear
old America and North Carolina.
In telling what / saw / have said
very little of how lived and Travelled.
Well. to begin with, we bought a
third class ticket at Liverpool for
Paris which cost $40. In Paris we
selected our route and bought from
the American Express Company
through ticket. it costing $23.70. A
ticket from London to Liverpool cost
$4.16, thus making our railroad fare
$500. not including the little trips
we made on several, occasions.
Third class in English is fine, but
on the continent it is not so good, the
seats being like our street car seats,
no upholstery at all. But we were
out to see and not to pay for easy
riding seats. When in a city we secur-
ed rooms at hotels ranging from forty
to sixty cents per night. Our rooms
were always on the first floor coming
down yet we were faring just the same
as our rich friends below. Fruit was
abundant and cheap and many meal
was made with ten cents worth CT
peaches or apricots. While in London
we made the British Tea Table our
headquarters, hardly ever paying over