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time he has spent many days on the
stump lecturing.
Visits Home Of Shakespeare.

StIallOIu-Ou-ANOu, June lO.-f TOlu
oxford we went by coach through ru.
raj England, and the country is very
beautiful at this time of the year; the
crops are good groves and forests dot
the landscape, and the coaching was
delightful.
England has many large estates of
gentlemen, some of which contain two
and four thousand acres. These are
kept much for hunting lodges and are
farmed very little. This is one reason
why the farming problem Is congested.
1t seems that a far better thing than
to feed the bigoted desires of these
English gentlemen would be to divide
these lodges up into small farms and
then let the poorer people cultivate
these lands. England surely has plen.
ty of poor people; they need work
badly.
We visited the ancient village of
Kenilworth, which has been more not
ed because of SCOTS novel by the
same name. In the time of Henry III
the castle became a royal residence.
Queen Elizabeth, during her reign.
held many splendid entertainments in
this castle, and she it was who granted
it to Robert Dudley in 1862.
This noted castle, now in ruins, has
had varied history. Cromwell's sol
diers destroyed much of it in their
campaigns. From KenilwOrth we
coached into Warwick, another castle
city. But this is a very quiet, sleepy
old place. The very atmosphere is
drowsy, like the prologue of the Vision
of Sir Launfal. The glory of Warwick
| is its castle. 1t is the most magnilI-
cent of ancient feudal mansions of
| English nobility, now used as a resi-
| dence.
AS we roam through these castles
and palaces of a thousand years ago
we see the life and footprints of diff
| ferent conditions than we see today.
| Conquest show and idleness We're the
| amusements of the royal people in
those days, who cared little for their
subjects, whether they starved or
| froze to death.
| England is a beautiful country, but
it is crowded. The weather is very
changeable, and it is no place for the
poor man, for wages are very low.
Shakespeare's Birthplace.
| One of the great delights of our
coaching trip was our visit to Shot
terry, the birthplace of Anne Hathaway,
the wife of Shakespeare, and we were
shown this old relic of 400 years ago.
1t is a very plain, ordinary house, but
in its beginning no doubt was looked
upon as one of the fine mansions of
the community. But the city more
noted is Standardization, for here
| April %, 1864, the celebrated large
minded William Shakespeare was
born, one of the greatest men of all
ages, and as a writer he has never had
an equal. / have always loved his
charming language, which is often a
| fascination. We got permission to
visit the house in which Shakespeare
was born, in Henley street. 1t is a
two-story wooden house of large spa
cious rooms showing that 400 years
ago it would easily be looked upon as
one of the best residences in the COM
munity. Here for many years lived
this genius of the English language.
Many of Shakespeare's sayings bear
the tint of divine inspiration, and much
of his philosophy is worth our belief
and practice. In Hamlet he says:
ITO thine own self be true
And it must follow
| AS the night the day
Thou canst not then be
False to any man"
What could be more true than this?
The house is now used for a museum,
in which are many interesting relics
of the Shakespeare family. There is
the old writing desk, gold signet ring,
the original quarto editions of The
Merchant of Venice" "A Midsummer
Nights Dream" of year 1900.
There is an autograph signature in
the museum recently found in the pub
lie library of London by Professor
| Wallace of the Nebraska state univer-
sity, who is here on years leave of
absence. This one discovery has al
ready given Professor Wallace world
name and he is offered important
chairs in colleges in Europe to keep
him here. 1t is not certain as yet
whether he will accept.
| From Shakespeare birthplace we
crossed over to the Holy Trinity
church and here we viewed the tomb
of this immortal writer whose glory
surmounts that of other men. Here
he sleeps, and by his side is buried
his wife. Not knowing what evil men
might pass by and disturb his peace
full rest, Shakespeare wrote this cpl
taph for his tomb:
| Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To digg the dust enclosed heare.
Blest be ye man vt spares thes stones
And curst be he vt moves my bones.
| This quaint saying is carved on a
marble slab and placed over the tomb.
The beautiful quiet, narrow little Avon
river and all the surrounding country
is quiet and charming, and how we
longed to linger many weeks and drink
| -, % hn inh Of % nIann 4.