The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-01

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SE1zF z0-1z1g, June Il, 1915. an6
rn u2 70 L.0n5en IN less than three
hazrs- lad = delightful tine in q
smoking conps1z1s1e with tEo yolng
E1ggssh1en. looking Il the fair Old
Mother. grazing the Old Home. l
an English. mi Dutch.
On the staaner Columbia. that
crossed tha English Channel, calm IS
. nil pond. took Iezve of tfas Com
| zfnelszl breakfast Rather, / enlarged
! the menu There ~ere bread IN the
Loaf. golden butter. good coffee piping
hot, and. my stars. r1o fried eggs
. not turned over. and I'VE slices Of
j bacon-wnst would you think Of that
Here. this Monday. ! had still bet
ter breakfast and fancy that England,
Scotland. ireland, and perhaps Wales
MAJ serve me we'll Oh, but it's worth
. three weeks in heaven TO leave the
: Belgiaus, Dutch, Germans, Anstrians,
Z dungarians, Seryisns, Bulgarians, Ro-
. mans. Turks. Arabs. Egyptians,
Greeks, Italians. Swiss, French, and
? touch land whose people have the
cheerful habit OF speaking a tongue
: one can 'ferstay' Porters, railroad
Z men, police, everybody spoke Eng
9 lish. and il anointed my ear drums
J. with honey. tho al occasional accent
: makes one intend ones mind to
catch the full import OF it,
J. And what a landscape we dashed
: thro'. what civility among the off
= Gals. Before starting, the conduct
e or inspects every ticket, with thank
X you, sir, or madam That knocked
D. me down with a feather of courtesy
All the chimneys topped with earthen
g or metal chimney pots, from one to
e ten pots to flue. if not more. Al
d the store signs talk English. Hedges
" for fences, many not trimmed. Vine:
al climbing houses, sheep, horses, sleei
CT COWS grazing in velvet fields, cleai
& brooks brimming full but not bi
e in a hurry; trees everywhere; Eng
Al land is empowered; few thatches
e cottages put out of countenance ,.
s. fine stone barns. but roofs Of metal
a. slate and tile supeTseding that an
Id cient picturesGueness: all wagon road
p go over or under our track gras
lg land and cultivated fields finished,
an verify believe, with my hair brusl
1e and comb-that's the way. / CUES
ut how fire or six teeth in the comb go
II broken, / thought it was done in N
lg grip, bat some British farmer or gar
a dener must hare done it.
But what's this2 In one field
saw thistles, Weeds In England
Halt. The empire is in danger.
ii is against the unwritten British COZ
IL gtitution to have weeds.
i'd In the Orient there Is not much biz
life. Here birds abound II was TO
late for the nightingale. bur skyiark
{. sprang into the air; there are spal
! rows galore; was told that shes
=. Hocks are crows. but they are bu
one-third the size and weight Of ours
however, they have the same colo
= flight and manners: plenty OF rock
y and ravens
The Sun was bright. and it was 10
just to be alive 1t does not par TO
dead. one mus. believe. II was JOY I
an look al our fair Old Mother dresse
or in cap and mantle Of green, lac
a. Marguerites at throat and waists. he
gown fecked with peoples red an
yellow or gorGe could have wighe
: that my bones. TOO. had been made
- gerrfe England ard that the spins
,a. keel of my ljfe-boat had been laid i
II SO fair land
The country roads are perfect, III
bridges Ieapsng Ike squirrels On ston
eg arches. These British, who are 81
fiji Romans redfgivi. build not for toda,
lie but for tomorrow. and next day, an
ri the next millennium. lift my hs
er TO them. They have the modern vorl
By the tai. and in the main swing
benefcently.
as Speaking Of London he said
lie Think Of IT, IN this metropollts
es district, twenty miles across froi
ey east 10 vest and nearly the gan
nd from north 10 south. are upwards ;
he $3.50 900 people That's more tina
dwell ii both the city and state :
New York. more thar ali the inhab
ny sants IN Iowa, Nebraska. the Two ID
nd kotas and part If not all. Of Gfnnes
ar IA. In point o. population, gplencc
bis " buildings, streets. parks. palace
ng bridges. columns. towers, neithe
iry Paris nor Berlin is in ii q little bi
az ! yas disappointed, disillusioned, di
enchanted yith Paris II ard Ii
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