Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-08

Saturday night is evidently treating
night in Liverpool for the saloons.
whose doors were left invitingly open.
were crowded with men and women
| alike, and the majority of people we
| met had quite evidently interviewed
| the flowing bowl. When inquiring for
| Il place to get Il lunch, and being
| directed to "'rhe star and Garter" we
| realized we were really in England
ON the trip from Liverpool to Lin
| coin, We first made the acquaintance
Of the English railway train. One of
| the leaders of our party had made ar
rangelncnts for a special car, and there
was some amusement when found
ourselves in the four-seated compart-
mcnts, labelled in large letters. EN-
gagged" Everyone is familiar with the
style of car. either from use or descrip-
ton, and knows that the coaches have
siX or sometimes more compartments.
each complete in itself, with seats on
| cit her side facing each other. for four
| or six. When the train starts the
| guard locks the door of the compart-
mcnt. and releases the passengers when
the next station is reached There are
first. second. and third-claSS cOmpart-
mcntS. differing most noticcably i'll the
general comfort and number of the
| seats Some of the coaches have a cor
rider from one end to the other. thus
| making il possible to go from one COM
partmCnt to another. On others there
| is no communication. and il you are
not cGngcnially located, you must be
as happy as possible till the guard let's
| Won out at the next stopping place. 1t
| is well t. be on good terms with the
guard. for he Is frequently able to
make things pleasant for you. The en-
gincS are interesting, as we soon began
| to notice the varied cOlprs in which
| they were decorated. Some are a
| bright green, others blue and one was
blue and orange They are smaller than
those used on American trains and
have Il funny whistle which sounds like
4 small boy blowing a norm on the
| glorious Fourth of July. AS there was
no buffet car on this train. we were
supplied with basket lunches. put up
at the railway restaurant, and we quite
approve of this picnic-like arrange
ment. The food, for two in each bas-
| kct. was quite daintily prepared. and
we mentally compared the thick and
somewhat 'prosaic'' American ham
| sandwich which we find in our restaur-
| ants with this well-nigh aristocratic
lunch.
The pictures of rural England, out
| lined from our car windows, were most
| refreshing. The frequent rains have
added beauty to the always luxuriant
growth IF grass, and foliage Of vine,
| shrubbcry and trees. The wild flowers
are bloSsoming in abundance. giving a
| glow of color to the scene The daisies.
| buttcrcups and wild mustard remind
| us of our own loved New England
| fields. while the pink and white haw-
| thorn, the colored blossoms of the
| chestnut trees, the yellow libernum.
Whin and broom are new to us. We
are interested, also, in the variety of
| trees we pass. The red-tiled houses
and the trim-looking hedges in place
| OF fences, with a large white gate are
| picturesque. The hedges are especially
| beautiful with great masses of haw-
| thorn and rhododendron bloom against
| the dark foliage. We pass some fine
| old estates, with manor house stables
| well-kept lawns. broad fields and cool
| looking clusters of old trees. There Is
always high, Uncovered wall. and
| a lodge, quite in stOry-book style
Our first cathedral was at Lincoln.
a grand building. with most delight
| full setting. Every member of the party
was charmed with the city. and. In
fact, with everything about the place.
We stopped at typical English inn.
| tn" White Hart where we were well
| coined at the door by matron. the
| manaScress, who seemed so glad to
see us that we somehow felt we had
come on visit, and she was our host
osS. The inns we have visited have all
had this pleasant custom and the
houses have been furnished more In
the fashion Of a home than after the
contract manner to which we are ac-
cuStomed in our country. There Is
mahogany 'highboy" in the room as
signed to me, which some of my
friends from the States would sit up
all night to admire It seems a trife
odd to find women clerks and book
Keepers in 50 many of the hotels. On
coming in one evening. and endeavor-
ing to reach our room as quietly as
possible. we stumbled over two pairs
of boots in front Of a door. Looking
down the corridor, we saw a pair or
SO before every door. AS 1t was our
frst personal observation of the weii-
known English custom. it interested US
very much, and we FASTENED to be IN
fashion and added our boots to the
procession.
! 1t may not be very funny. Dut
somehow it causes one untutored
, American to smile as she marches oy
this line Of shoes Of varied shapes ana
sizes. some standing up firm anu
straight. others trifle down at the
heel, a pair of little boots beside big
pair, all waiting to he freshened up
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