The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-19
ON THE "BALHC."
Seems the Happiest Hour Since
Editor Howe Left Home.
Uses Word "Hurrah" Several
8 Times En- Route to Liverpool.
WORLDS LARGEST SHIP
Sails for America in a Great
Ocean Palace.
Thinks Voyage Across the At
lantic Will Be Ten Days.
WORLD'SLARGESTsH SHIP

~ 10 = NJ D'5t1 AA-1 "A
lantic Will Be Ten Days.
Monday, February 26
Early this morning we entered a
manson in front of the hotel, and di-
fected the driver to take US to SO tires-
nam street. On the way, the driver op-
e1ed the little lid in the roof, and be-
gan telling us, In broken English, the
names of the places we passed He was
g German ana, as we were mad any
way, we climbed out of the hanson dis
charged the driver, and called fat
english driver. We were tired Of bro
kan English. we wanted the pure ar
Ilcle. The new man was all right, and
seon landed us at SO Gresham street. L
dashed into the han and asked the ele-
Fator man to direct me to the Office of
TIE Hemet Land company.
You are Mr.. 'OWe2" he said
said 1 was, and he explained that
the Helmet Land company had closed
IT'S o1ncess bit ne had a big bundle OF
mail Tor us-he had been worrying for
fear we were not coming. Then he
went up In the elevator alone, return
ing presently with As letters. a Corn
Carnival souvenir, and a lot Of news
papers.
on our way back to the hotel. while
riding through the crowded streets of
London, we admired the Corn Carnival
souvenir as it was never admired be-
fire, we read our letters and exchanged
bits Of news Blessings on the writer's
of my letters How enjoyed every
Wordi How I enjoyed the copies of the
Weekly Globei For hours and hours we
read. and when a caller was announced,
at o'clock in the afternoon we realiz-
ed that we had enjoyed the mail so
much that we had forgotten to become
hungry at the luncheon hour.
Our caller was Mr. Walker. chief of
the weather bureau of India; he was
one of our friends on the Persia" and
ne remained to dinner and accom-
panied us in the evening to COvent gar
zen, where we heard concert by the
Guarde Republic band from Paris. the
best organization Of its kind in the
world
While ] was in Manila. I heard sew
eral concerts by the Constabulary band.
the leader of which was a negro. When
the negro leader appeared. the members /
Of the band arose to greet the great
man.
When the French band rendered a Sc
lection, and the applause was very
hearty. Gilbert Paras the director, sig
naied mis- men, and they all arose. How
much neater that was than for the di-
rector to take all the credit.
Tuesday. February -27
London is the towE New York is
Jealous Of: it is the greatest cftv ia
the world, The old town of London is
small place. not more than half q
mile square. and with a population of
something like twenty thousand people. (
But there are forty suburlss urrounGfrc
IT, eaeh with mayor of its own. The
lord mayor Of London rules over old
London. and lives in a palace, but one
or the suburban mayors OfLoudou rules
q million people
rode about the city a great deal.
but shall not attempt 10 write it uD.''
TINS mas been done SO often that people /
are almost q s familiar with London nd
they are with Chicago. OF course we
visited the British museum. the houses
or parliament the tower Westminster
ABBEY, buckingham palace and St.
Fdul church. At this place. little
nan vas preaching in one Of the cha
pels- The great place. was full of Wis
ltors walking about. but not a single
person was listening to the sermon fbe
little man was preaching.
Let us. said the little man in a
dignihed voice, lock closely AT This
question, and see what we discover
But not one of the people in the
cnurch stopped to listen. naver before
saw man preaching without an au-
uieHee Dut the man did not seem to
LIZ i..iliu 10, n india, the man would have
mao Two thousand wOrshippers aHeut
MN. / am afraid England is becoming
cold in religious matters.
ne great museums and galleries in on
At-.t J-Atf AIEEr DuL T0eT heat
Italy you pay for admission to evervfhire-
81 s-F4 Is 40 neat The national gall
equal to the Louvre. but it is not the
pictures here amused me as they did TN
tne LouNre- was not entranced as Wis.,
ltcrs are supposed to be one ~ az
large pictures Is entitled tE,uabarIyaf ZION ~
w queen Oh oheba- A large number of
people are assembled to see the queen de-
- IN neg Journey, and IN front Of the
cfoWa is servant carrying one little
Irqnk5 trunk about the size of the one
- csLIleo with me submit the
~ tisl should nave put in more trunks or
liS- nave calleQ attention to the subject
OF paggdge at all do not know much
about queens. but 7 know q queen never
4eparts on long Journey journey so
important that artists celebrate If in oil
with one trunk,and that a very small one
Another picture is entitled RESPECT
Ana consists Of q naked woman with one
Gu may say this statement. IS ri
-eu5gas- can show you the picture IN
rhe National gallery at London
-, an NJ aLgl5t named Cuyp exhibits a num-
pef On picturesi all rural scenes with cows
"a them. and have never seen worse
looking cows. On my return home I in
TEND to paint a picture OF a cow simply
20 eil0Irstrate that a man who never
pa-ateo IN MS lie can make a better pic
ture Of COW than Cuyp exhibits in the
Nauonal gallery in London.
There are several tradesnlen in London
sls-lLiea -a-clllsou; saw haIf a dozen such
4sns over the shops Of jewelers. and on
Hciaus.
How 90 you pronounce the word zee
e.t II Is universally pronounced "ses-
Ceeh the bed was I'VE and a half feet
wide
Wednesday, February q.
i packed my trunk for the last time this
morning and prepared to leave for Home.
At II a. m. the porter in front Of the
motel called Tor A-wheeler. and. placing
my trunk on top, we entered the carriage
took a special train for LIVERPOOL 7There
We're three dining cars on the train. and
AZ the passengers were booked for the
New York at 4.30 p. M
The train was a very fine one. as Eng
ii5h trains go, and ran to Liverpool 200
miles, without a single stop making the
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