The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-12
JUDGE DOLE'S
IMPRESSIONS
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coming down as heavily as ever il
poured in Honolulu Their coach was
blocked in the crush every ten feet or
so, and it took about three hours to
go a mile as he thought. Yet patiently
the crowds padded along with their
holiday clothes in the wet, gaily sing
ing songs as if they rather enjoyed
the experience. The thunderstorm
was a severe one, some people being
killed by the lightning.
London was exceedingly rich in art
galleries, of which the TAFT gallery
was the finest it was built for pic.
lures, whereas the others were mostly
old palaces One great painting he
described which took up a large ex-
panse Of wall space. 1t was a group
of artists depicted in negligent but
natural attitudes Without claiming
to be an authority he should say that
/ it was equal TO Leonardo da Vfncis
painting Of The Last Supper"-that
/ is, as art.
Coming to architecture, Judge Dole
spoke of the exquisite Gothic struc-
| lures of Oxford the richest architec-
| tural examples he had ever seen. Not
| merely the oldest, some of the new
buildings were very beautiful. Oriel
windows Astounding were feature The
/ great wealth Of elaborate carving upon
London and oxford building, as in
deed those throughout Europe, he at
tributed to the soft texture of the
stone. 1t cut like cheese and there
/ fore naturally was a great temptation
/ to sculptural talent. A great deal Of
the carving in London public build
ings was crumbing and the work Of
renewing old buildings was going on
all the time. All over Europe the
craving of figures and symbols upon
ediiices was common. The figure Of
woman on churches was an ordinary
sight, as if recognized as one of the
most sacred subjects of art. There
We're gargOyles everywhere. To see
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ing two or three feet at the outlet Of
a roof gutter spoutne the water from
its mouth suggested the comparison
of a seasick person leaning over the
rail of a steamer OaughterD West
minister Abbey did not strike one ex-
actly as a church. 1t was rather
mausoleum containing the remains of
the nations great men and memorials
of such and a few of the distinguished
men of other nations including our
own Longfellow
Notwithstanding its great wealth,
there was more evidence of poverty
in London than anywhere else in Eu-
rope. Pauperism in England was
problem the authorities hardly knew
how to handle. At the same time
London, which was composed of a
cluster of corporations, was with Ber-
lin among the very cIeanest cities in
Europe.
Remark was made on the opulent
display of jewelry in the London
shops, and the great amount of wealth
held in gold plate. He had been taken
into a cellar and shown almost fabu-
lous riches in the gold plate stored
by successive lord mayors of the city,
This penchant for accommodating gold
plate prevailed all over Europe, and
was comparable with a similar dis
position toward silver plate in Amer
lea The British Museum and the
Geological Gardens were barely men
toned among the sights Of London
visited. The museum was very crowd
ed and its Hawaiian department hard
/ ly did justice to Hawaii. Probably
Prof. Brigham, who was present, could
! tell them more about the museum
than the speaker.
Unfortunately they did not see the
suffragettes in action. \ lady hearing
of him had written to Judge Dole and
asked him to preside at a suffragette
meeting, but they were off to the con
tinent before the meeting was held.
| UaughterD The English suffragettes
were very rampant as was shown by
their recent attempt to mob Premier
Asquith, yet they did not seem to eff
feet nearly so much as their Amer
lean sisters with quieter methods.
The strikes took place while they
were on the continent. A few days
of stoppage of supplies of living prov
ed how serious a strike of that kind
might become. It showed that her
insular position was a source of weak
ness as well as strength to England,
Judge Dole said friendship toward
Americans was among the pleasing
ways Of Londoners, The Pilgrims So
ciety gave a dinner to the visiting
colonial premiers, to which he had
the good fortune 20 be invited. Lord
Roberts, who brought the Boer wal
to a close, was the chairman. There
we're two topics chiefly discussed, one
was the danger England was supposed