Evening journal., 1908-04-22
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
sEvENTY.THIRp ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings

on the nineteenth of September l left Paris
don by OF Calais the English Channel and Dover
i had somewhere SEEM heard, this narrow inland
described the nastiest little bit Of sea-water In
protection chalk cliffs, fully concurred in the
opinion, far my sea-farng experience had gonei
which. however, being confined exclusively to the limits
OF the Atlantic ocean--and trip at that-mght not
have been valuable that Of other people The
trlp across from calais 10 Dovernot more than three
hours certainly disagreeable than any
thing that 1 the Atlantic, and, those who knew
had blow that day. The steamer-quite tub-iiko
had scarelv cleared her dock before she beran 10 roll
and pitch and tumble about in the comparatively small
ing AT her from All points Of the compass AZ the same
time. Every hatch had been battoned down and every
or and Immediately we were outside the little harbor
every passenger ordered off the deck, inside the
cabin, and the doors closed tight and fastened
I once heard a man who had crossed the ocean many
times say that every his FIRST voyage twice
afraid At first he afraid he would be drowned;
and when he got sea-soi he was afraid he wouldn't
be- think that this story has little
flavor but it seems to ht right here so will it, and
take the chances.
Presently, here and there, would be observed pas
sengers with solemn visage and pre-oceupied look who
seemed TO be inenty gazing into the dim distant
future them with elbows knees and head in hands,
they appeared to be deeply interested in something
on the carpet; and soon, when many reclining
sofas and easy chairs others stretched upon
noor attendants began to rush up the stairs from
below with the hospital fixtures and appertainances
atmosphere in that cabin became thick TO be al
visible to the naked eye To go out on deck was
impossible the doors locked and would
been dangerous the decks forward
awash with heavy from stem 20 stern wnne TO
stay in constantly threatened with instant death
from sumocatiou OF the most dsagreeable imag
inable Getting desperate 1 little back
stairway where the coming up and going
down in their minstratons to the sick I passed
down two flights when a asked where 1 was
going; without stopping 1 told her didn't know;
kept right down below the engine and boiler deck
until reached the hod-the skin OF the ship-
or iron plating right next the water Here took my
seat upon the "keeson" in atmosphere which, while It
was somewhat hge-watery like de cologne
otter OF compared what had escaped from
Standing ON Dox which found down there and placed
on the keoson, / could through the
bulls eyes" and when rounding point the famous
chalk cliffs hove in sight happy for while was
not sea-sic and probably would have acknowledged
II II had been, / that there was
no fun in IT, and made up my mind that the next time
crossed the Enesh Channel would stay where was
--as Fat" would say
fine traln-the Paris Express I think they called
it-over good railroad through a very interesting
part OF the country carried from Dover London
where errved about midnight at the Victoria Station.
My slight anxiety toward the end my journey about
finding place TO stop, was Immediately relieved on
aghting from the train when learned that the
venor Hotel and parcel Of Victoria sta
ton and that by crossing the general reception room
OF ihe station and going up broad flight OF stairs
would be right in t. without step outside the
doors into the great city entire stranger midnight
IL goes without telling that the Grosvenor Hotel was
my hotel that night and remained my hotel during my
ten days stay In London found IT, while not quite
SO mgh-toned and fashionable as some Others
an exceedingly good and comfortable place and every
thing that needed in that line And in addition. It
was situated on Buckingham Road, in close proximity
to Victoria street leading directly Abbey
the Houses OF Parliament and the Thames
and not far from buckingham Palace the Kew Gardens
St James Palace Hyde Park and ST. James Park IN
another direction ana within reach Of old Chelsea
by way OF the Old Kings Road, in still another I do
not think could have found place better suited TO
my purpose in the whole town; and so stayed there
and was well cared for.
London is a great city II great city when
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore were
the abode OF the red-man and when Cincinnati Chi
cago, Saint Louis and the Of them-nushroom
cities, compared with the formerwere a bowling vii.
derness All Of our traditions many OF our laws
common and statutory, the former inherited the latter
copied, came down TO us from England are in fun
force and effect Many Of them oppressive OF the
poor and utterly vicious, and ought radically mod
led or entirely repealed; and hope that the day is
not far distant when this will be dorc
The momentouS question OF capital labor or rather
as II now seems unfortunately be developing the ques
ton OF the against the rich vice versa was
rte In England when I there The workingmen
were camorous for their alleged rights better
conditions and more equal opportunities life and as
think in many instances rightfully AS I saw them
the social condition and surroundings of people over
there who work with their hands very inferior 70
and far beneath those that exist BY any possbitv
could exist and long endure in this country-and some
OF ours bad enough dear knows.
(To be continued)