New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
SEEING LONDON.
Carolyn WeUs Does" the To7cn
from The Top of Bus.

"'tN ~ VI u Duo.
Miss Anna was certainly godsend, 1t was due
10 heT comprehension Of the human various
and her experienced knowledge of London that
was enabled TO revisit places had never seen he
fore
When she calmly asked me TO spend a day sight
seeing in the city" 1 gasped- But when she re-
minded me that ought 10 look once more some
OF the old landmarks London, / was fattered
into q gracious acceptance.
One soft purry August morning we started out
was supposed to be absolutely under her direc-
uon. but when she remarked casually that we
would take bus. I rebelled
Il have never been in or on the horrid things"
protested. "and l never intend to-
But she only said. We'll stand on the corner OF
Oxford street, and wait for a City Atlas. and
somehow I Immediately felt quite accustomed 10
City Aliases, and iDtuitively knew it would be
blue one-but it wasn't.
Initiating Miss Anna's air of habitual custom. l
swung myself aboard of the moving monster. and
laboriously climbed the curving companionway at
the back.
Once IN our seats. il was not so bad; though very
like riding the whTlwind. without being ailo"ed 10
direct the storm
We went on, absorbed in our view OF kaleido-
scopc London, until Miss Anna dccreed that We
60 down 10 the ground again. There was no ele-
vator as in the Flatiron Building, so we tumoleo
down the back stairs and were thrown OIL
The sequence Of the places we visited DO not
remember but they seemed 10 be mostly churches
and taverns. .,,
st Paul's was taken casually. as Indeed IL shoola
be being like q corporation. without SOUL
A. &C left tbe church the Charter House put
tts.I. IN our way. Though other British subjects
were educated at this school. 1t remains sacred 10
the memory OF Thackeray. From here ne wrote -
bic mother. There are but three hundred ana
seventy boys iu this school, and WISH lieI0
,ere only three hundred and sixty-nine- but VIZ
,tors 10 the Charter House are slao that ZIG 'i'
hundred and seventeen boy remained 'hefe' S-i4 ,
slammed .he whole place with his gentle inefho'S'
fully calm; 1t does not connote ooys' ouI see ms
,-oro,,tI,v ,mbued with the later wisdom OF inc
r-e,t men who spent their youthful days WITHIN
tfs walls. ,-h. ,-,
u-a v.nt next to the Cheshire Cheese Inc HE
-osina rersouality OF Dr. Johnson ana tle a.
.,,,,,, re TIE famous tavcrc led me 20 anticipate
.reet things and I sorc-y d'sapooi'!'e3 %"
nrohably most visitors are) dt the FIa-l'y So
table the fearfully hard seats ano 'i'0 ~'N7
brella rack filed with sawdust ,.,,e,.
- -. ,rs occ,,ned the historic corner "lefe
sc.o-d,ne TO the brass tablet. Dr. Johnson io
ia finger: but two young American "oiiei, -
tastes are not Of the sanded moor aii - ,,,,,ch
,,a-,etx, cannot at midday meal WhooP Up 80
,o.,bere that probably surrounded the
80 ,1r.athed ul,dnights OF Johnsoniah reVenS
~. .bat we didn't enjoy II. for we "eIo W
mind to enjoy everything that Gay ~ 49,, 1vo
cation was entirely objective ~ 20 .hc
climbed the stairs and Vie"eu "'' At, ebo,vn
oId old house, and the top floor were uIIy -.
-, &c g,,;ds the old armchair in ~nich III ~ 80,
so, used TO sit stout t"ine "sS - xt,,or
t-or,, arm to arm, that pilgrims might mo- -s
near o,,t the old cushion. Mhcn l. % "i .,t 7
a.. ..tad the guide cut the string ,ne' l
49,, :. .re historic chair, he cheerfulIy oio 3D.
. oo,e,de-ed the fee well spent that alloNeu ~
60 ringer for a moment on the very ooS's
of DR. Johnson's own CHAIR ,- ,a.
ot ~ t.,.ara learned that the string business vi
ea,,5 and that IL renewed ana cut hea ~
- .,,-so,s visitor. I accept with equaiiiiiii''
. c,1,er r,se but I'm still wondering how 'heS
renew the dust . - ,ong.r rode
oainr to a change OF mood, we 10 lo'e -
on the buses but took a hanson . from On. I a.
80 another This was not so c1tra'asaH'
-. oaro. for Notwithstanding assertions 10 the
..-,, ono cannot ride enough IN Lonooh od"'
- MAKO the bill OF any considerable aIHou7
Ioss+ az compared to New YORK CAP DIN ~
Shakespeare averred mat 4''o -
,,rea, hut by comparison
a,r cab bu1npily threaded its way along inc
-.r,ned Strand the bright-colored mass oi hu
,nanity and traffic seemed TO me the pc ts
Tondon I wanted no more sight-seeihs' L ~'ed
- ,,.,oricaI association; merely wanted 10
nv - ,h,s onnort,Inity for feasting on real CITY
- voraeiously bit of large chunks or the
.oenbere as we passed through IT, Whch am
a,en vet digesting and assimiiafins-
as complement to this view OF LONDON VIC ouu
- d.cidad to call on q friend for a cup OF tea
-, q, home tea would be pleasant con-
- a. the publicity of our day. Deciding upon
tb. cos,est and homelsest tea dispenser we oioFe
to Mrs Todd's. in Kensington-
=. ,reat satisfaction TO know that the uh-
.,-, ,,ortaI Of a London house VIII posiuVeiy
- ,ren+ually to a delightful back garden ailo
tea ,-,,,,~ hos,ess I'm
we were welcomed by our charnlins hos'esS, ~
-, nret,v trailing summer1ness. ana were hh-
rnediately Transformed Ioih "i
into sociable tea drinkers. ., ,
1r.o,gb n was by no means a special occasion
.ta esyden wa. bright with flowers and people
-. .be tea and cakes were served under the III
nu tI rr.rouee It was Mrs. Todd's weekly day
:. homo. and the guests were all aIniaoie ah'
at A Young woman with phenomenal
-. .onp tn us from the back parior WINDOW anu
.x-..y gave q stimulus to the conversation All
end orthodox Everybody listened po-
80, ~ everybody eses chatter. and' appareHIS
.s.-,,r answered at random, and quite oi'eh
wrongly. ..; ,rd of bright
T. seenoed 10 me that even In this lana OF ot'si'
- ~ .,e h,o.son,ing plants were OF unusually
h-uiant hues. AS I took my oepai'u,e
a..s on This and my hostess responded Win
80, ,,s,~.ronce: Really? Yes, they are ralher
s 80 The nursery fetched them eaily
So So starnoon and after you are all gone ne VIII
-. .rd carry them away. and, IL you Pi7'
.sosa ridtculous plants were in pots' SUM ME, nv
- and giving all the effect OF
growing gardeh' - 1-ng,sb sisters
40, above the small bluffs more usuais 60 PIT
~ .,ar,can ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Weis III
nar.s Monthly for December.
CUP PLATES.
These cup plates assure us 'la' ' 80, ring"
,,oar-oId china service is the reai th''e'
- on antiouary They stopped inah's