The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-27

! II Oll IIOO, Il. ~. up " Ico y Cdi :
ago. The place itself. which is pal
ace Of beauty, was built over 500
wears ago, and we could have spent
/ day in there and not seen all. To
make it short, it is magnificent. We
met by accident Misses Genevieve
and Lucille, and Mr.. and Mrs. D. Y.
Cooper in there, and it was indeed a
pleasant surprise to see someone
from home
After dinner we went to the Victoria
hotel for Cousin Florie and from there
to Aunt Sarah's house to tea. After
tea we all went to the British
Exposition. | have seen the st.
Louis. Charleston and jamestown
expositions, but they were not a cir
cumstance to the one we saw tonight.
It's too beautiful to be described in a
letter and no one can imagine how
grand it is until he sees for himself.
The gigantic buildings, Of which there
are over a hundred, are all painted
white, with thousands Ofincandescent
lights on them, and you can imagine
what a spectacular feature it is at
night. Excellent is a small word to
use when speaking of it.
London, June 13th-We started
out this morning by going over the
British Museum. We left here about
II o'clock and took a walk across
the London bridge, through the
London fish market, the largest in
the world, to the Tower of London;
this Tower, | believe, is the most
historic place of interest in Europe.
1t was built in the year 1918 by Will
liam the ConquerOr. We saw in this
Tower, which is composed Of prisons
and towers, the Bloody Tower, where
all the prisoners, traitors, etc, met
their death Ey execution. Then we
went through the room where all the
coronation robes of the Kings and
Queens from 1918 up to this time
are displayed to the pnblic
Then to the Horse ArmOry, in
which are displayed armors used by
noted Englishmen since the year
LOO, We walked out Of this Tower
ACROSS the lawn where we saw the
S"caffOld on which Queen Anne BOleyn.
Queen Catherine Howard. Lady Jane
u,rey and Others were beheaded.
Alter looking at this we walked
through the Beauchamp Tower,
whore all prisoners waiting to he
beheaded were confined. On the
walks are inscriptions marked by the
prisoners as far back as 400. We
then went through the room in which
the ROYAL Jewels and crowns are kept.
After leaving this Towerw caught
a cab and went to Madame Tussauds,
the place where wax figures of all the
famous men and women of the world
are displayed. 1t is a perfectly grand
place and one might look at them
every day for a month and not get
tired of them.
Then we took a cab and rode by
Hyde Park and the Albert Memorial,
stopping at the kensingtOn Museum
of Machinery.
After supper we went to the White
City and saw II grand display OF fire
works
London, June 14th-This being
Sunday we slept all the morning
and Immediately after dinner we
walked up to Trafalgar Square and
viewed King Edward and Queen
Alexandria when they passed on
their way to the Palace on their re-
turn from Russia We considered
ourselves fortunate to see them.
London, June 15th-We spent the
morning at the Geological Gardens
and, the evening and night at the
Franco British Exposition.
London June 16th-Spent the
morning arranging tickets and meal
and lodging coupons for our tour.
and having measures taken for some
new clothes. We left London at
$50 2. NJ, arriving in Harwick at
$50, where we took the Amsterdam
steamship for the Hook of Holland
June 11th-Arrived at Hook o.
Holland ut \. NJ, and left at G:3C
i. NJ Arrived at Rotterdam at
\. NJ. and changed cars, leaving
there at 7:3O A. NJ Arrived at
Antwerp 1910 A. NJ. and left at
11:3O, reaching Brussels at 11:4O.
AS long as we had only half Il day
here we took cab and took in the
Town Hall, built 1902; the Manakil
Fountain, the War Department, tine
Brussels Cathedral. over 500 years
old; the Park, the Palace of Justice
and Kings Palace and Parliament
buildings.
After supper we walked around tt
the lace market and looked at som,
of the finest lace made.
June 1Sth-Ieft Brussels by car a
s o'clock. Arrived at Waterloo a
| 1915 A. NJ. and reviewed the famous
old battle ground and buildings, |
was very instructive and something
we all enjoyed looking at. We re
turned to Brussels in the evenin;
and left for Cologne at > O'Clock
| We were examined by the custom
officers at Herbertshall, Germany
| Arrived at Cologne II p. NJ.
| June 19th-We intended to tax
| the Rhine Tour today but bad wealth
er prevented us. In the morning W
took Il cab and drove througl
Cologne, seeing many places of il
terest and beauty. In the evenin;
we took in the Cologne Cathedral.
is said to be the finest specimen {
Gothic structure in the world. Tw
gigantic steeples in front tower VI
wards to the height of 526 feet each
nearly as high as the Washingto
monument 1t is beautiful inside Il
we'll as outside.
The we'll known Bridge of Boat
over the Rhine is here and is a yer
peculiar bridge.
June 2Oth-Left Cologne for May
ence via. the Rhine river. We sa'
: many beautiful castles, mountain
and thousands of vineyards. TIL
scenery on this river superb. Ever
; possible inch of ground that can b
is cultivated, even up the sides of til
tall mountains are planted with vim,
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