The Washington herald., 1907-03-17
hirty Days Abroad
HOW TO SEE IRELAND SCOTLAND AND
ENGLAND FOR THE SMALL OUTLAY OF $50

Trafalgar SQUARE with its column 10 the
great Admiral Nelson. and st. Aarys IN
the Field. in whose churchyard is buried
Nell Gwynn. On the terrace 10 the north
Of the square IS the National Gallery,
where those enjoying art VIII find a
veritable feast of pictures by the greatest
artists of ancient and modern times.
Gree weekdays. except Thursdays and
Fridays) Between the Strand and White
hall, on the south Of the square, is Char
ing Cross, with an equestrian statue OF
Charles J. In Hartshorn Lane, an ad-
joining street. "old rare Ben J0nson,"
when a boy, lived with his mother and
stspfather-a bricklayer.
The famous poet John Milton, was born
in Bread street. and Sir Thomas More,
two centuries earlier. in Mix street, both
IN Cheapside, and here, too, We VIII ride
by the Church Of St Mary le Bow, famous
for is Bow Bells. within whose sound
are born the sO-called cockneys. But 81
this is so, the sound Of Bow Bells must
reach all over England. for all the lower
class English everywhere talk cOckney.
and say. . Am and 'heggs, and other
wise murder the Kings English.
From our perch on top Of the bus ne
VIII go through Pail Mall and Piccadiliy.
see the Crlmean Monument St James
Square. and Marlborough House.
We will see the beautiful St James
Park and Palace. Albert Memorial, South
Kensington Museum and gardens. If the
weather permits. we will take an hour or
so bus ride every day, to rest up from
sightseeing on foot, which IS so neces-
sarily fatiguing
The British Museum daily: free: open
10 a. M is so full Of marveIs, that one
must make a choice Of what TO see, for
none can hope 10 see ALL unless they
live in London. The room OF ancient
manuscripts, the Egyptian curios and
mummies. the remains Of the magnificent
sculptures by Pbidias from the Parthen0n
at Athens in the Elgin Marbles room viii
repay minutest inspection, while we may
be content to simply walk through the
rest Of the endless collections. and simply
stop 10 examine what particularly at
tracts attention.
In our four days in London a good plan
is TO take one or two Of the sights each
morning. then ride around. so shopping.
take a trip in the "Tupenny Tube" un-
dergrOund. or jsunt out TO see the CTys-
tai Palace Exposition in the afternoon
and evening. There are some fifty thea
ters, not counting music halls, but 1
found them very much the same as OUTS.
A unique experience Of mine was visit
ing q horse meat market. where awful
looking. starved denizens of the slums
OF White Chapel cOngregate and buy We
had been to ar evening performance at
one Of the 6theaters in White Chapel
where the notorious Jack the Ripper
murders OccuTTed-and afteTward walked
through White Chapels filthy alleys and
courts. No money would ever persuade
me to run such a risk again. A day trip
with a party is perfectly safe, but har-
rowing The number Of women and chill
dren who drink at public bars IN London
/ is something almost unbelievable unless
seen. and after nght-faH the streets are
full of drunken creatures Of all ages and
sex, in this part of town
Westminster Abbey and the houses Of
Parliament are on the banks OF the
Thames. close together. and we VIII do
them the same morning. The Abbey.
! with its royal vaults and monuments 10
celebrities. is England's Temple Of Fame.
To be inferred within its walls is the
higest homer the nation can pay 70 her
heroes The Dickens corner and the
bust Of our own poet, LongfellOw, are
always the first spots sought by Ameri-
cans. and often beautiful fresh flowers
are placed upon the cold marble which
henors them by the warm. loving hands
of those who have enjoyed their immortal
works of prose and verse.
T. -ge 20 ~
! the slabs sacred 10 the memory Of the
great men who sleep beneath, but as the
space has become very limited. IT is i'm
possible to help it. With the rational ac-
eeptance of cremation Of the dead by
England, the air Of the Abbey will not
be vitiated, as II was lately. when the
I interment of one Of her great men neces-
STATED lifting one Of the slabs. and for
weeks afterward the air was terribly
foul It is said the body was removed.
and reduced TO ashes. and then reinterred.
and that IN the future only the ashes Of
the great viii find a resting place here.
So Westminster may be the means OF
working a great sanitary good for the
| living, while not less honOTing the dead.
The great clock Big Ben" in ore Of
the towers of Parliament, Is already
friend to US. as TO every one else in Lon
don. It has a delightful voice, and seemed
to call at exactly quarter to noon It's
i-time-for-lunch" every day. Just list
en- and hear it for yourself. and you'll
love him for his melodious cadences. IL
YOU haven't already lost your heart 10
his big round face. which you see smiling
down at you from all parts Of the West
End.
The houses Of Parliament are shown
gratis on Saturdays by ticket obtained
at the lord chamberlain's Office but the
guide will earn the small tip you will
give him, by taking you through the lux
uriously furnished halls and rooms. and
explaining everything. Be sure you don't
try to rest on tempting red-yelvet seats
in the ante room to the House Of Lords.
as 1 did, thereby causing our guide TO
almost faint with horror, and to cry,
Them is for the lords! Then bain't for
peoples to sit hon"
ST Paurs Cathedral, unlike almost ev-
cry other cathedral in Europe, was de-
signed and completed by the same arch
itect. Sir Christopher Wren. and had but
one master mason, and was all the time
under one bishop. The cost Of construct
ing the cathedral was raised by a tax
on coal, and Sir Christophers salary
was the insignificant sum OF e200 year.
~. .000)
The beautiful dome is best seen from
Blackfriars Bridge, and the cathedral
itself is so hemmed in by crowded streets
and buildings of all kinds that much OF
its magnihcence is unappreciated. The IN
terror is rather bare and dark, but Of i'm
posing vastness. the monuments may be
inspected at any time, except during serv-
ice. Wren, Nelson. and Wellington are
among others inferred III the valuts.