Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-01

LONDON-CSpeciaI Correspondence of The
Zee 1T is certainly quite safe for a uav-
eIer who makes a first visit to Europe to
speak of his Impressions in the course OF
his tourney. Only long residence in a place
makes possible a thorough estimate OF a
land. its people and its culture. / desire
simply to, RECORD the mental pictures ere
ated In nv own mind II these articles
will fail TO convince, they may at least
arouse criticism, and even SO they may
serve q purpose.
Quite often the desire of registering at a
hotel under an assumed name comes on
one. Somehow II the traveller returns the
registration slip with an American address
he becomes the object of so much super
fluous attention-to be paid for l~ater-that'
even II he is a clergyman, as the writer
he feels tempted to put Stockholm or Man
chester instead of Omaha. We Americans
are a dearly beloved race in Europe, well
coined everywhere, smiled on so graciously
and treated with courtly elegance-for the
mere pittance Of doubled prices. But VIII
not quarrel with my European friends, as
.expect to meet no such costly friendship
as that Of my New York cabman in my
own country. And moreover. l comfort my
self with the fact that our brilliant Chicago
traveller, Mr.. Higinbotham, author OF
Three Weeks in Europe" came across
such a kind friend also in New York not
as in my case at the beginning, but at the
close of a European vacation. Each day
find it more possible to help my European
friends not TO squander their smiles and
favors. To cure them completely OF theiI
Viennese heartiness, / cannot promise my
self as even Omaha seems to be vel
known. Omaha. oh. yes, Omaha" says
the porter, or maid, with bow and smll'
and a flood Of tender expressions. Ever
Omaha will not help one 10 an incognIto
After all, l feel a certain sympathy for th'
poorly paid European servants and Hk'
10 nut the most charitable construction OF
their attentions to me, an emisrant Amerl
can.
: London. TO begin, was my first aim.
D From the almost unpeopled ocean-'tel
t thousand fleets swept over thee in vain
e to the ocean of men in London is certain
a unique experience. As we speed IRON
p Southampton to the metropolis in IN
. little English cars that remind one or GU
American freight caboOse on the outsla
- we receive our first European impressions
- It was a fair typical English May ia
= as we hurried on toward great LondoI
n The absolutely first European impressio
e / had was that OF the finished look OF III
! land; orderly, well-kept streets, lanes an
4 highways. Gardens as spick and span q
an elegant American parlor. The ol
\ matched cottage. even II old, was a
>, ready for the scenic artists brush. Fa'
tories were mantled in ivy. Railroad yarc
were clean as a good housewives kitcht
floor. System marked the. farms Tor
. noticed the sheep owners would FEM
off one little geometrical square
a time for their flocks; and u
IN vegetable gardens were set in row
he straighter than some rules you buy
ell book stoIes. Landscape color effects 70
a. you have here-red-tiled roofs and dee
IS red brick walls in the luscious green
ly English vegetation. TO say nothing Of I
ht lovely copper beech tree among the dar
30 green pines. a blending Of copper red "a
be green immensely pleasing 70 the eye.
The next unsought-for impression / 81