The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-01-14
LIE CLoir ot AN EyeNItul "TRIP

Tatc's Art Gallery is very fine Ii is
small but its pictures are - well arrang
ed In the galleries Of Rome, Florence,
DRESDEN and Berlin the pictures Just
crowd the rooms, wcarying the eye and
nau,eating the artistic sense. II Tates
there are but few pictures in each room
aud their arrangement is certainly yer,
pleasing Here one secs glowing Rem
brandts, Landseer nimals, Turner land
scapcs and Rpssetti's beautiful annuncia
ton
Parliament buildings are immense and
not especially interesting to me. We saw
the Houses Of Commons Of Lords, the
Kings robinR room. etc the spot where
Chasles faced his peers and bravely re
ceivcd his sentence Of death.
The buses in London are great The
driver is usually a big red faced fellow,
who for "A tip will point out objects of in.
tcrest to the tourist, The second har d
book shops ave interesting. We made a
trip to Oxford. visiting Magdalen Col
leRe Oxford is unquestiOnaEly Uni
vcrsity town. Small as she is, she con
tains no fewer than % colleges and uni.
versities. We saw the place where Rid.
ley, LatImer and CrRumer were put to
death for hcresy.
Rural England is beautiiul-her green
fields. her quaint little villages, with
thatch rooted houses, her hospitable pee.
pie, all make it n delight to travel there.
Stratioid.on. the. Avon. Shakespeare =
birthplace, Is one OF these quaint villages
tnrough II Graceful willows mirror
La, L.
inc Shakespeare ever AS being little
boy, playing on Its banks. We visited
ms birthplace. the Shottery, Anne Hath,
Always home, saw the stilc and path
that William used when he came to see
her, and the hard bench where they ex.
changed the sweet nothings that will
ever be exchanged while stands the world.
Memorial Theatre contains many inter.
esting things belonging or relating To
shakespeare, and every year in April, to
celebrate his birthday, a troupe comes
down from London and produces his
plays Trinity Church contains all that
Is left Of him and Anne. They rest side
by side after their struggle OF life We
are told now that there was no Shakes.
peare. SO materialistic are we becoming
Marie Corelli lives at Stratiord In beau.
tiful "Macou Croft She IL doing much
To keep alive the genius Of Shakespeare
The Postal Gard Man said he sold more
views OF her home than he did OF Shakes.
peare. lie seemed quite offended when |
tod him il was proper that he should
WHY I've praiscr ALWAYS OF the dead,
and never OF the living Corelli's books
are well read and she makes ptincely
revenue from her ROYALTIES.
Warwick Castle is the best preserved
castle in England
The Brooke family. Earls of Warwick
sided with Cromwell, cunst quently their
home was not DESTROYED. The castle
dates from Medieval times The King
maker Warwick in the War Of the Roses
held the balance of power between the
Houses Of York and Lancaster. With
500 we'll equipped retainers he was fully
able to do 1t The castle is occupied b.
the present Earl, who is said to be ia
INDECENT circumstances, Visitors are
shown the living room. bauqueting hall,
armor room, also the fine gardens con,
tanning priceless vase discovered In
Tiyola and thought tn have been used
IN the worship OF Bacchus in oldcn times.
The grounds around the castle are well
kept with well ordered drives and walks.
We reached Liverpool at last. poor in
pocket but rich in memories, and sailed
tor home. The homeward trip is never
50 pleasant rs the outward bound, One
is tired and feels the effect OF his constant
travelling. II is later that memory bur,
nshes her jewels and they become our
most cherished possessions
Long live America There is no nation
81 free and untrammclled as she, and
standing on the shoulders e other ma.
tinns as she does NAV she reach period
OF civilization rever before attained
True she lacks the fascination aud charm
vt the old world ceutres, bu, they lack in
return our glorious institutions
ALICE A. DgcKNAN.