The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14

Quantemmaine as Edgar. who was in- deed starl
 "As I stood upon the Tower Bridge I was reminded that the daily consump- tion of beer in London would fill a cask more than half as large as one of the immense pillars.
 "At Canterbury I saw the chapel in the cathedral where services are held in French at fixed periods every year for the descendants of the Huguenots who found refuge in that town in the stormy times of persecution in France. It is a remarkable fact that the pres ent town clerk of Canterbury is named Henry Fielding. Perhaps I should be ashamed to own 1t, but at Canterbury I thought more of Trotwood Copper field and Agnes Wickfeld than of Thomas a Becket, the Black Prince. or Stephen Langdon. So much for the impressions of hood, David Cop perfield being one of my earliest books"
 And now for the continent. I sup pose" I said as I heard the interesting recital
 "Yes, on to Belgium" said Dr. Terrell, "va Dover and Ostend. The railway fa- cilities are wonderfully improved within the last seven years From Ostend I went to Antwerp. In the compartment with me between Ostend and Brussels were two young English women who were grieving that Antwerp was not among the places at which they were allowed to stop over looked at their tickets. on which all places at which they might stop were given, and found Anvers, which is the French and Belgian name for Antwerp What g. pity that a place Is not called by the same name in all languagesl Confusing arc such things as the name just men tioned-also Wien (vienna) and Firenze (Tlorence). Missed connection which caused me to lie over from Il o'clock at night to a. m. in Arlon, a dreary little town, where they locked me up in the station az if I had been a criminal I reached strassburg via Meta early in the morning and rejoiced to be back in the Vaterland One of the most interesting cities in the world Is 6trassburg. Some parts of the town on the river remind one of Venice. The story of the famous clock is that the man who constructed it had his eyes put out in order that he might not make another such clock.
 About 20 miles from Strassburg is Ses- enhefm, the scene of the most romantic of Goethe's many love affairs. Saw the church and pew in which he and Fred erica sat and the wood fin which they strolled-the arbor in which they ex- changed their vows. I had hoped to see airships fly at the Internationale Lufts- chiffahrtausstellung. but none flew that udy. ioy dTsnlpS tO DC seen dI every turn. Found to my Joy that Caruso was to sing that evening and went to the opera house and found that everything was sold out-not even standing room to be had at any price,
 And from Strassburg?" inquired
 Straight to Frankfurt" said Dr. Fer rell. "On the trip from Frankfort to Leip- zig the compartment with room for 10 persons was occupied by me and another x,,nr a1A .4w @1xA1 -Ya full length on the cushioned seat, which was fully six feet long and enjoyed the time.
 T reached Leipzig. the little Paris in the gray of a gloomy morning, and was soon out on the streets visiting my old student haunts. Had long talks with old friends among the Germans, who were astounded to see me as they thought I was at least 5000 miles away. Good peo- pie the same the world over. Everywhere went on this whole. trip the working class seemed well-clothed, well-fed and contented. AS ugly as the Saxon dialect is, 1t seemed nice to hear it again in old Leipzig.
 Tn the Savoy at Berlin saw European hotels at their best. All of them now have lifts. Sometimes the lifts are not running at the time you are there and need them most, and you are told they are temporarily out of order
 Speaking of lifts, am reminded of the one in our pension at Rome, which could never be depended on. It was sup posed to be run by water, but 1t was really run by wine. Whenever the boy said 1t was not running because, as there was no acqua (water), found it worked like magic to say vino (wine) and &C., company the word with tip of about cents.
 ha oP f1,a Zeppelin ist dal Zeppelin has come) was the cry and the inscription every where-picture post cards, etc. Absence of flag on the royal castle showed that Emperor was not in Berlin. Saw many photographs of him and his fine looking sons This reminds me that some years ago man remarked that the Emperor's youngest child was not good looking, whereupon he was imprisoned on the charge of lese mateste.
 I was at Dresden long enough to draw new inspiration from such old favorltes as the .Sistine Madonna and the Holy Night! Attended the opera, which Is one of the very best in the world, where I heard the Samson and Deliah' of Saint Saens. His music to the "Anti.Me'' and the King Oedipus' of Sophocles had cast a spell over me at magnificent per- formances of those plays in the Comedie rTdICalSe HI fdrlS SOIne years DefOre.
 And now to Hamburg, which is a wonderful city. Attended the opera in the City theatre. The Evangelist by Kienzl was the first piece given I was not especially impressed by it. Was de- lighted with the 'Bajazzo' of Leonca- vala, of which the music is exquisite Re- minded me in a way of 'Cavalleria Rus- ticana The story of 'Bajazzo' con- tains play within play, and this, as well as the subject matter, put me forcibly in mind of La Femme de Ta- barln of Catulle Mendes, which I had seen at the Theare of Boliere long. long ago. I can truthfully say that nothing on the stage ever impressed me more than this little play by Mendes, which is tragic in the extreme"
 ''I cannot yet realize that you did all these interesting things in so short a time," I said as enjoyed the tour as took it from place to place in my minds eye.
 'T really only give you a birds eve view" Said Dr. Ferreil laughingly. we are now ready to return. however, and as we neared the English coast we saw the royal yacht of England on her way probably to the Isle Of Wight A beau