The Washington times., 1906-09-09
Amid SqualOr and Filth Dwell
Poorer Class of WOrkingmen
In Cities of United Kingdom
Impressions of DR.. Frank
Nj. Bristol on His Tour
Abroad.
H0PEFULNESS IS DOMINANT
n Glasgow and Edinburgh the Most
Revolving Sights Were
Witnessed.

me thing that impressed me most
Inns my travels through the UDita5
-''N was the apparently homeless
'-'''"" or the great majority Of the
'A''S claaseS- l would look into their
S ana see there the evidences thar
,'.7S looked upon life as a tragedy and
trappings."
,, Dr, Frank NJ. Bristol, pastor Of the
',,71' 'p"ltah Methodist Episcopal
CIu'ca' Is just back from a trip through
iIeIand, England, and Scotland Talk
ing with a reporter Of Tho Times vestay-
u'y afternoon he gave I'm the words of
'ne opening paragraph this epltome Of
most ''''''
could not help contrasting the con-
L'i'oh a.. these poor pIuI- with that OF
'"e ia''rinE classes Iu This cuntry. Just
as i1 America hOpefuIuess fs tho dom
'-iIl note there despondchcy marks
1He whole attitude OF the people toward
oi7F environment They rarely laugh
ed. In many OF tAc great cities. norabIy,
Glasgow and Edinburgh. drunkenness
was so nearly universal as to pass with
out comment or the thought Of arrest
Witnessed Appalling Sights.
In Glasgow, ON a SATURDAY. night r
nave seen the High street nued win
an lndlscrlmjuaJe crowd OF men. women
ana children. aU besotted with drink
ana all tum0iius and stumbling along.
IN one hideous and rrvoItius moh. The
policemen merely looked on and sroo7e5
hshting- Perhaps they Thought the
people entitled % this nearest possible
approach 10 oblivion.
1T was the mention of America that
served to bring q CLEAN of light into
these sodden and unhappy faces. To
many OF them 1t seemed the Promised
Land
on. if / could only get there was
the c0mmonest sort Of cry
Most of these people had relatives in
tAis country, and most an of them long
ed 10 come across the seas. aul t1 The
vast number it was a who'll. lnaossi-
Die dream. When they had amilies
they could not leave behind the ambi-
t-on became quite Impossible of resIf-
zatIon
Where Conditions Are Intolerable.
In western IreIand-iu Galway
found conditions quite as utoIeraLIe as
anywhere I'm Scotland. The pcasantry
are hopelessly poor. ! was told that
after tho crops are gathered from the
Ahd and the hop season I'm the north
ot England comes on. the sturdy sons
or the family cross the Channel and
work In The hop fields as long as the
harvest lasts. They bring back their
earnings 20 help their father Dav the
rF
Yet with all this-with every member
OF the family old enough 20 do so. work
ing from earliest morn to latest eve
and with the earnings OF the elder chill
dren In the hop held-the farmer can
not get out of debt
The land purchase act. from which
SO much was expected. has proven Il
delusion and a snare. The land was
10 be purchased with "a portion of the
rentals. and when the landlord was
brought up against this condition he
merely doubled the rental Then he
went over 10 Paris and enjoyed him
self. and the last state of the tenant
was worse than the first"
Made a Study of Cathedrals.
DR. Bristol. who was accompanied bv
Mrs. Bristol. visited all the cathedral
towns of England. He made a special
study of these historic and interesting
places, and OF the stately minister's
which are their most prominent fea-
lures. In Ireland he tarrled awhile
among the beautiful Lakes Of Killarney.
and made an inspection of BIarney
Castle and the famous Blarney stone.
But he did not kiss the stone
I'm no acrobat" said the doctor
When 7 try that experiment / shall
have less regard for my neck that I had
whea I was given my last opportunity" "|
bic found Scotland endowed with
new interest. even since he had last
visited the land o. cakes and Bobbie
Burns" In Dumfries he had the pleas
Ure of meeting the granddaughter of
the poet. who is the daughter of Burns
eldest son He met also her daughter.
the granddaughter of Scotia's IA
NOUS bard. The younger woman looks
much like her ancestor.
He wandered through the lake Coun-
Try OF Scotland, along the banks Of
Loeb Lomond He saw Sterling and
looked down from the castle upon the
battlefield of Bannockburn. famed In
SCouands annals. Altogether he had
a most interesting and delightful time