Evening journal., 1908-04-29
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
sEvENTY-FlFTH ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings

SENENTY-FlFTH ARTICLE.
A walk on Victoria street from Buckingham Road to
Westminster Abbey. the Houses of Parliament and
Westminster bridge, and thence the EN-
banment Black Friers bridge and from there through
wilderness Of small streets and alleys in one Of the
most densey populated and busiest sections of the old
part Of London, up Ludgate hill to ST. Paus Cathedral
is q long walk and small undertaking. But, start
ing out morning right after breakfast took il and
found II fun of interest every step of the way
Only few blocks away from starting point
OBJECT OF peculiar interest under the circumstances at
traeted my attention. It a modest little silver
plated sign the door-post OF a large building
and It read THE Embassy OF the United statesl" II
small thing Of itself-that little sgn-and probably
thousands passed It every day without a glance
feet almost observation-disclosures who has been
abroad and come suddenly in sight Of the American flag
OF any oher emblem OF his country knows precisely
how felt / only took time enough to find that had
visiting card with and Immediately pulled door
pen. II was answered by large gentlemanly- looking
man. dressed in plain dark Clothes with not particle
Of eit lace OF embroidery-hrst genuine democratic
cnleu states an over although he was an Englishman
who politely invited me TO enter, and took my card in
to the Ambassador.
Mr.. Bayard out at once and II need not be said
to any who knew him that his greeting
was intense and unaffected He into his private
Office and spent an hour with him talking about every
nooy and everything at home-except politics He
me much valuable information in regard to what to SEQ
in London the best route to get to it, and my time
was limited the things to look at and the things
10 bother with. On leaving, Mr.. Bayard gave one
Of his official cards on which he wrote few of
general introduction which subsequently found to be
inN aluabe in getting into places and seeing things It
was an open sesame in many instances. and gained
me aamlttance many times where would not have been
admitted without IL Notably "Her Majesty's Prison
Of the Old Bailey" Cnow His Majestys) "The High
Court OF tne queens Bench (the same change in sex)
and "The High Court of chancery" In Interesting
places and the surrounding neighborhood-famliar TO
an reaaers OF Macauay ana Dickens and Thackeray-i
saw 'lncolns inn Fields" and THE Temple" and "rhe
Albany where Macaulay so long resided and Mr.
inghorn,' Sergeant Buzfuz" Miss Flte." Sam We'll
ler'-the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Jorkns,"-at least
the active partner Of that typical hrm-"Inspector
Eucket Mr. Chadband," Harold Skimpole" Mrs
Jelyby and "caddy" with her Prince" 'N1r Turvey-
drop" MT and Mrs Mieawber" famshed, friend
less Joe sNulkng and lodging down in Tom Ala
lone's," and many other old acquantances "Jarndyce
and Jarndyce was not up" in chancery the
that was there but doubtless, some other with
its victims Of "the laws delay insolence of
Office" was on those august judicial boards
The Houses of Parliament with their tall towers and
steepes and gided, gittering minarets certainly
beautiful and imposing and quite typical Of
the wealth power and magnihcence Of the Empire of
Great Britain But standing they do level ground,
they from any great distance excent
the river side and special impression on
the beholder until he is, comparatively, close up 10
them. Compared with noble structure standing on
the hill at Washington and visible miles on every
side. wherein assemblies from year year. and will con-
tnue 70 assemble while human government exists in
this any other country Congress of the United
States OF America, the British Parliament Houses sink
The Parliament had adjourned for the summer and
the House OF Commons closed visitors for re-
pairs but gained admittance to the House Lords
and Westminster Hail. stood on the spot marked
with tablet in the floor where the First stood
and manfuly faced his stern. unreenting bigoted
accusers made his defence registered his solemn pro-
test against their proceedings heard their sentence of
death with calm and dignihed composure and was led
forth TO meet his doom at White Hall. Charles was
not good" king. even kings go; but England had
had worse ones He not INT TO govern" he was
mt 70 live" and they ought not have killed him. His
taking off has been burning shame and disgrace the
people who perpetrated IL In the centuries which
have followed; and will be considered, and the act
more and more universally condemned the years go
by and civilization increases and English history
unues 10 be read II seems like childish and unseemly
method of revenge for the Stuarts. when. Crom-
wells downfall they restored power TO remove
his bones from their resting place in The Abbey and
eonsgn them 70 the Poters Field after hanging in
ehhgy at Tyburn but It very human like
atter all and the answer is let him who would have
risen above II and refraned from that vengeance and
that desecratiop' cast the FIRST stone
Westminster Abbey 'that temple Of silence and re-
concation where the enmes OF twenty centuries lie
buried requires more than adequate or
even satisfactory inspection The place
on hrst entering it almost but you
soon get used 10 II and at begin look the
small boy at the circus, with all your eyes Monuments
and statues, busts and memorial tablets and in
scrptons OF England's great and renowned men, kings
ana statesmen, poets and philosophers good bad and
Indifferent from Edward the Confessor and Henry the
ent day and generation. all quietly sleeping in that
mighty sepnlchre waiting for the time inscribed
on the marble scroll in the hands Of the statue Of
Shahspeare in the Posts Corner when "The Cloud
/ IoWers, The Gorgeous Palaces. The Solemn TEN.
Pies The Great Globe itself; Yea, which II inherit;
snail dissolve, and like the baseess fabric a vision
leave not wrack behind"
(To be continued)