Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-19
TOURING EUROPE
IN AN AUTOMOBILE
81 Edwin Holmes Tells OF His Experiences in Wales-Som
or the Characteristics OF the Swell Watering Place, Where
Society Spend, the Summer.

from tnD sidewalk. and iu this space
are hue. ornamental grass plots With
flowers. Tho street back OF this Us Civ
en- over mainly Co Forcs. Of which
There are the usual numb q and variety.
The town is well built OF stone or brick
pIastercd over Few houses are over
-Four stories hlch and the principal hoe
tells Ike the imperial and Grand have
The modern elevator
SPLENDID PIER.
There is here one Of the finest pro-
menade piers in existence. u is Of
iron and high above high tide, fully
1000 feet long. besides the approach of
LOCO feet and with numerous offset
places for booths, music hall az the
end. where are different levels for taxi
iuc passage on boats whatever the
state OF the tide. There are daily con-
rcrts during the season and the usual
Punch ana Judy catch-penny shows
here aud there along the promenade
There is a tram ride 10 the top Of
"Great Ormo's Head from which can
be seen a glorious outlook over sea
end land. II t8kes 10 minutes to make
the ascent and here are the golf links.
Menai Straits are visible and the Is
land Of Anglcsea.
TYPICAL SIGNS.
we buy picture cards of strange
costumes worn 10y the Welsh women
TAU tclt hats, etc. but do not see any
such on the streets or in the country.
Possibly we might bc going far enough
inland ON Sunday. We see here. as
elsewhere In England. strange signs.
ol least strange Co. us; a butcher as "a
'lurvoyor iu Meats" There are no
bakers but plenty OF bread shops"
BARRIERS often sell tobaccos. and mo-
wonder Tor three penny shave t6cl.
must bring small profits. one can get
his hair cut 1u' a shave for I1l-c. A
'Eroceryman and banker" was rather
unusual Boarding houses are board
ms estnblishmeuts' every time DRY
goods dealers are "drauers" and hard
ware men are lronwonRers'
The automobile is unknown. hut
one eoes by motor car At ono place.
wanting TO get directions Of the hail
porter as 20 the best route to a place
hy auto. the man wanted 20 know what
Train we were going ON. ana was told
llal we were travelling by aut0mo-
hle and he then asked what time our
train started. showing conclusivcIy that
dulOmobue WaG new word 90 him
Had we said motor car he would
nave known az once what we wanted
and really it seems that motor car is
more nearly correct than the French
word for g. They seem not 20 want to
cory from IN" French. although the
hotel menus ar" nearly always in thar
language
FASHIONS IN WHISPERS.
1T is somewhat amusing now. since
the French have become so intimate
with the Russians, that they are let
ing lheir boards grow in imitation OF
mem, 90 also now since the English
arc arr on such good terms with tho
French the pointed mustache is COM
ing INTO fashion. II is certainly ouear
about some Of these things. hut fhara
Is never kaiser mustache seen I'm
thls country, while in Austria and italy
IL hOurishes greatly
travelling about I'm the different
countries these things sometimes strike
us rather comically. Not that our own
slyie OF inc almost universal dropping
thus-maklng one look so sort of 'dowN
~ the mouths characteristics OF NJ
as a people. buf 81 does show To mn,
MIND That we do not make II "a ver,
important matter at all and have al
ways noticed that freak whiakere5
people generally lack brain power. as
though IN the other case the rnap,s
brains run 20 whiskers However a.
rule. s'"0'o'
CASTLES IN WALES.
1T Is seldom that one may be abb,
10 visit three ruins I'm the same affer-
noon, as We did one day this summer
IN North Wales. And a most bealti
iul day II was. too; sun not too bright
me sky fun Of light fieecy clouds. Inc
sea ar stimulating and good breeze
from the south; machine running
smoothly; all OF US fresh from a three
days rest at Llandudno. We started
soon after lunch, going as far as Den
bigh, the capital OF the county OF the
same name lying In the valley OF the
'iWNd. Tho picturesque ruins here
are nnely situated on top Of a rather
high and steep hill. commanding
view over the whole valley and tine
moderately large hills or small noun
tains around. This valley is very well
cultivated and at this particular time
the harvesting Of the hay crops was
wen along, while wheat and oats We're
heading out filling with grain. The
roads We're excellent and seem 10 60
about everywhere. The farm build
inRs. too, here and other places In
Wales seem' 90 be more like our own.
separate for each farm instead of au
the houses being I'm one place for
considerable section OF country. ~ Is
the case elsewhere in England ara on
tho continent
The old castle dates from the time
Of Edward l. II az one time enter
talned the Virgin Queen Elizabeth.
and afforded shelter 10 Charles l. after
tho battle OF Rowton Moor iu 1915.
Sin Henry NJ. Stanley was a native of
Dcubigh.
IVY-CLAD RUINS.
There was another picturesque
iyy-clad ruin near Rhyl called Dyserth
Castle, best seen from the Gladstone
bridge. The castle is ~ Norman ORE
gin and only "a portion remains stand
Ing.
THE third was that al Conway and
d. best seen from the east side and
d. thought 90 De perhaps the most
beautiful ruin ln Wsles. u was built
by Edward T. iu 1884 90 hold the
Welsh ln check. The architect vino
designed 70 designed also the castles OF
Carnarvou and Biaumaris Edward /
was himself bosieged by the Welsh in
ibis castle.
I'VE also saw this fine afternoon au
elaborate modern attempt at castle
building, or the turrcted mansion ot
Gyrych. Earl of Duudouald, bat is said
90 consist mainly Of an elaborate
frontage without very much of merit
...IL 90 do aud sar tnfE ia soon fIHrfa