Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-10-02
SEES ENGLAND'S
 RULER IN LONDON
Prescott Resident Writes Interestingly Of Scenes Across the Pond--London Shopkeepers Cater to American Tour ists--Queen Looks Young But Is Afraid To Smile.

The following letter, dated at Lon. don, Eng, from Harry Brislsy, who is now touring Europe, has been re- ceived at this office:
 London, England. Editor Journal. Miner.
 It seems far cry from Prescott; and the break neeking skyscrapcrs of New York; the Sunday rush of thous. ands of holiday makers at Coney Island, to the big and digniacd city of London, the rural scenery of old England, and tho decorum of its equal thousands vending their way to church on . Sabbath morning, the music of hundreds of chiming bells filling the air; and here we aro still, though tnc time is near when we shall take the back track 10 home and duty.
 We ind ourselves n small unit of the thousands of American citizens constantly to be seen in the different towns, along the by.ways, in the cafes and hotels, and helping to crowd the railway stations. The stay home Britishcrs know them more readily than ourselves; their manners, the sound of their voices, a word here and there, n different hat, or maybe, n different twist to the lady's hair, and sure enough you are "spctted."
 Stopping a moment to make n pur. chase from n street hawker, at n Lon. don curb, we used the familiar word, "sabc," and at once the bawker wished he were back there again. At the Smcaton lighthouse at Plymouth the only picture post card the old sea. man considered would interest us was the one showing the place of embark. ation of the Pilgrim Fathers.
 At some of the chief resorts, par tieularly the leading London "shops, ]" may be seen goods priced in English currency, also stating it's equivalent in American money, while some others, whose good sense should be commend. ed, advertise American money taken"
 The LosdOn papers have several times stated that American money in circulation has saved the shopkeepers from m otherwise ruiHous season this year, owing to the extremely bad sum ner weather. But car observation goss to show that of tho tourists ieav. isg American shores for Europe, fully tvo-thirds are of European nativity, on visits to their peopIa, and the scenes of their childhood. As m in. stance, our steamer, the Celtic, land. cd in Ireland, some 500 passengers, while of those remaining a large pro. portion were from Scandinavian coun. tries of northern Europe.
 4 few weeks ago, wnile passing through Trafalgar Squarc, in London, noticing a crowd lining ono side of the Square, we lssraed that the king was expected to pass withis . few momentA Of course, we waited too, and were soos rewarded by sight of his toviai majesty, looking very we'll, indeed, and in splendid open ear. riass, preceded by . vsll known DO. lice oaicial, oa horselsaek, who alssys alls that office when the king passes through the streets of London. AS he passed, a mstronly woman, chapersn. ing Q party of four or five American girls, inquired of taem if their eyes felt better for a sight of the king. Obedient to the American instinct, to "rush," however, the girls moved on, losing sight of the following carriages, which came at respectful distance in the rear of the kings eqsippsge, containing Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Connanght, tho kings brother, and others of royal blood. Our first thought on seeing the Prince of Wales, England's heir'presumptive, was that he was the Czar of Russia, so alike was he to the pictures usually seen of that monarch, while the quecn, looking, as usual, wonderfully young. for one of her years, sat majestically acknowledging the plaudits of her subjects by a slight inclination of the head, her face free of any smile what ever.
 In passing, it might be well to state that the queens youthful appearance, according to common rumor, is due largely to a skillful enameler, and for that reason the queen dare not smile for fear of undoing the results of his