Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-08-08
BUCKEYE DAISIES
IN OLD ENGLAND
IN THE BRITISH CAPITAL.
VISIT SHAKESPEARE HOME
Much Interested in Statuesque Sent
neg and Beefeater at the Tower
Delighted With the Beauties of the
Country-visited Westminster Alb
hey and House of Parliament.

London, August THE cyclone OF
Buckeye Daisies that passed
through this town still be forever
memorable to the Londoners who hap
pened to be in its path. There were
seventeen of the Ohio girls, just the
number that left America with Col
C. S. Wilson, of the Ohio State Jour
nal, as their chaperone-every one a
sumner for wit and beauty so de-
clared by an Overwhelming popular
vote.
London never knew before what
buckeye Daisies" were in the IAN
thropological sense" to borrow the
expression of one of the learned beau.
ties. Now there are few boobies
from the Tower of Hammersmith
who are not able to sing their praise
or look GUM when they are men,
toned. according to the way the cy-
clone struck them.
Before storming London the girls
visited Stratford- on-Avon, and the
| first sight they tried to see there was
Marie Corelli. Not that they put her
in literary precedence to Shakespeare,
the bard of Avon's" home, and they
were ''just dying to see her"
The big carriage rolled up in front
Of Miss Corellis house and the merry,
chattering seventeen, with Col. Wilson
for spokesman, descended and entered
the gate Alas! the author of "The
Master Christian" and Temporal:
Power was not in. So back the
girls climbed to the garden seats" on
the four-horse vehicle and consoled
themselves for their disappointment
by going to Shakespeare home.
Men Dowdy; Girls Nice.
They were delighted with the beau
tiful country through which they drove
and with the kindly greetings received
from folk along the road. They con-
trasted the native men with those OF
their own country, and decided that
they were not half so stylish; but tho
English girls were declared nice and
their compilations just lovely. One
English girl driving a dog cart made
a hit with the daisies" by waving ner
whip to them soc ably. like an Ameri
can girl" They saw women work.
ing in the fields, and frowned the.r
disapproval.
There was not much time to spend
in Shakespeare's home, for the girls
had all of Europe to see, and the
prizes from the Columbus Evening
Dispatches were for trip of only sew
en- weeks. They walked reverentiy
on the flagstones Shakespeare trod,
and with hushed voices moved through
the room in which he wrote his plays.
On the way to London in the ~ /
way train they. had time to talk it all
/ over. They exchanged views on the
flora of England and compared it with
! that of Ohio from Gallipois on the
Kanawha to Teedleville on Weezel
| Creek. They liked the tea and bis
cult served on the train for ssixpence,
but did not think the train itself
was quite up to the Twentieth Century
Limited that carried them to New
York
In London they were out bright and
early for sightseeing. The first place
on their program was the Tower AS
they were driven through the street
on top of an omnibus their Gathering
! TO- y, oh
the hum Of the traffic. The newspa-
pers had heralded their arrival and
Londoners guessed that they were
looking upon the famous Buckeye
Daisies" In the Tower they whirled
through the rooms filled with armor.
weapons and other relics Of the dead
centuries. They paused before a SEN
tinel, who stood like statue under
his great bearskin cap, with hands
pressed at his sides.
He's just as still as that stand of
arn1or We saw in the other room" was
one girls comment.
81 think he's too cute for anything
was the observat'o on of another.
A BE sfeater Encountered.
A little while and they approaches a
"bcefeater"
Il know what he is" exclaimed an
erudite beauty from Columbus. Hes
a yeoman Of the Guard"
Miss" said the "beefeater." with
dignity. 81 am a warden OF the To =
err"
Aren't. you what they call a beef
eater?' asked one girl as she looked
him over.
"Ah! yes answered the warden.
with a smile. That's what some peo-
pie call u.s.
But aren't you allowed to eat NUT
tom
Before the warden could catch his
breath to answer Col. Wilson remind
ed the daisies" that time was flying
and they had seen only small part
of Europe; so they dashed on to see
the part Of the Tower where the little
princes had such hard time OF IT.
Some Of the girls begged off from