The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
Bernard Crosby Played Dom
inoes With Her.
Was on Same Boat En- Route
to England.
Observation-Disclosures
Finds That the Members All
Wear Dress Suits.
Men Wear Frock Coats and SILK
Hats All the Time.

MbtS All the 1Im6s
Bernard c. Crosby, son of E. H. eros
by of 9O1 Topeka avenue, who is spend
ing three months this summer in Eu-
rope, writes some interesting letters to
his family.
Mr. Crosby was a passenger on the
same boat with Mrs. Thaw, mother of
Harry Thaw. the man who is charged
with the murder Of the New York club
man, Stanford White Miss Copley. a
Lawrence, Kansas girl. who is a niece
OF Mrs. ThaW, and who Mr. Crosby has
known for number of years. was also
a passenger on the same boat.
The following extracts are from the
last letter received from Mr.. Crosby,
dated London, July s:
On the evening of the End Of July,
Miss Copley, Mrs. ThaW and myself
played dominoes. and spent a delightful
evening in the library until T. when
they retired. stayed up until $3.50 to
see the pilot come aboard the ship at
Dungeness. They stopped the steamer
(the first time since we left) and the
pilot got on and stayed with US until
we landed. The coast, with the lighted
sea towns, was a beautiful sight In the
morning everybody was busy packing
preparatory to leaving the ship and
Just before we landed the Earl of Var
mouth with two others came aboard
from a lunch Che being Mrs. Thaw's
son-in-law) They waited until they
got her away before telling her of the
killing. We locked at Tillsbury, a cou-
pie of hours ride from London. Just
before we got there, five or six revenue
officers came aboard and with all of
our luggage on deck, they went through
it, just a mild inspection, only looking
for tobacco. spirits and perfume which
IS about all they charge duty on
The first thing that took my eye was
the funny little cars they have here,
about one-third the length of ours and
all open on the side Funny little en-
gines draw them, but with their excel
lent road beds make very fast time
AS they are practically owned by the
government the roadway is fenced in
and at crossings bridged or tunneled
They also pay attention to their right
of way upon both sides by beautifying
them with flowers and shrubs You
have to buy tickets before you get on
and they are taken UP on leaving the
train. There is no checking of trunks
and after one gets to his destination
he has to hunt his luggage from the lot
and then have it delivered. In our case
when we landed In London, we had a
four wheeler draw up and they took
our two trunks and grips on top. We
found splendid hotel and have good
rooms facing on beautiful square
about so by 100 left by the Duke of
Bedford and no one is allowed inside but
the gardener.
There are no alleys in London in the
business district Stores frequently
face the inside like facing on our al
leys and the courts are all named. We
reached our hotel about o m. and
after dinner took a long ride towards
the London bridge and Tower bridge.
The buses here are great, all being
double-decked with seats on the top
and covered with advertisements. They
run all over the town and on some
streets are so thick they look like the
electric cars on Broadway, New York
It is very hard and almost impossible
to find the one you want The fare on
these is from one penny { two cents)
up, besides there are two two penny
tubes lines underground. and two and
four wheel cabs by the thousands.
THE buildings here are nearly all
about four stories high and very plain
with advertisements stuck all around
The windows of the draper shops arc
piled full of goods and each article
ticketed and placed near the glass.
"On July 4 we went to Westminster
Abbey and spent the morning there. It
is simply grand, wonderful and utterly
impossible to describe 1t is just like
entering another world and the associa-
ton of all the great people buried there,
its Iargeness and age, makes ones blood
Jingle, in fact, 1t is impossible to de-
scribe any of these places as they are
50 grand and then there is so much
history connected with them.
1.-THE house of parliament is right by
It and in the afternoon went to the
American ambassador and got q ticket
admitting me to the parliament gallery,
also an invitation to the reception given
July A. in the evening. by Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid at his home, the Dor
chester House. Didn't go on account of
not having my frock coat. BY the way,
might add that nearly all the men
wear frock coats, carry canes and gloves
and wear silk hats all the time. Even
some of the children are dressed in
the same way.
AT o'clock went to Hyde park
where on Rotten Row and the Ring are
to be seen sights one can't even imagine.
Fine rigs with coachmen and footmen
in livery by the thousands in line max
ing it absolutely continuous all of
which appears to me for show Some
days the queen goes out with her
mounted horse guards, on which occa-
sion everything stops until she passes.
/ sat down for a moment in a seat in
the park and up came a seat man to
collect one penny (two cents). The
seats are always full and the park
crowded, everybody carrying opera
glasses.
which is not nearly as fine as the
plumed guards standing at attention,
make very pretty sight. These guards
are over six feet tall and are stationed
at all gates of the royal palaces which
one can easily distinguish on account
Of the royal coat of arms in gold over
the gates and doors. All Of the better
stores use it with the sign by special