El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-19

mixed and bewildering. The Army
and Navy stores" and half a dozen 9TH
ers helped me to understand British
money (archaic), British taste (uncom-
NOM and British pOliteness (peculiar)-
In the evening 1 saw something OF
Whitechape1, Stepney (where the an
archists live) and East-end life gen
orally. Interesting but unhealthy L
reached the railroad depot in time 10
get comfortably asleep in berth as
good as in our own sleeping cars We
started at 1880 p. NJ and reached Ed
inburgh at 1880 a. m
Third Day.
Edinburgh is by far the finest city
in the British Isles. 1t is almost Wor-
thy of the average Scott's extravagant
rpaise. Tt teens with romance. The
modern Athens is not false descrlp-
ton From the walls Of Edinburgh
castle a fine panorama is seen Inside
we found the old regalia. including the
crown once worn by Robert Bruce 4
Holyrood almost satisfied my his
toric sense. Here Mary queen OF Scots
married Darnley I saw Mary Stuart's
bedchamber and the little turret room
in which she listened to Rizzio's Lutte
playing when Darn1ey and his soldiers
burst in and murdered him. The Scott
monument. and John Knox's house are
attractions not to be missed
Glasgow was disappointing, but any
city would be disappointing after Ed
inburgh. Twas glad to get away from
the big. noisy, smoky town The train
passed through the delightful scenery
of the Lockerbie and Carlisle districts.
where we saw the sunset and enjoyed
the long twilight which lasted us al
most to CanfOrth in the Lake district
which we reached before 10 p. m
Fourth Day.
The railway terminus at Windemere
is easily reached from Carnforth by
train or coach. A steamer from Lake
side to Ambleside enabled me to enjoy
a complete view of the lake which has
inspired so much poetry We are now
at Rydal, in the cehter of the Words
worth country" Coleridge and the
Lake School Of Poets" had linked
thousand beautiful thoughts to. these
mountains. falls and lakes. Here, too
was Coniston, the home OF John Rus
kin The Lake district contains the
finest scenery of England There are
no railways in the district. but coach
es and boats offer every inducement to
the seeker after loneliness. We return
ed to Carnforth and were lucky
enough TO catch the afternoon train for
Barrow-in -Furness. We caught sight
of wonderful old Furness abbey ruins
which join the railway staticn-the
depot itself is built in style harmoni-
Gus with its more ancient neighbor.
A delightful four hours on the Irish
channel brought us to the very center
of the British Isles. How can I ade-
quately describe the Isle of Man? The
approach by sea is sublime. Far away
the mountains first become visible
then the island looks like a rough
! sparkling diamond set in an emerald
sea Presently Douglas Head and
Douglas Bay are defined. The Tower
of Refuge in Douglas Bay is the Manx-
mans statue of liberty. Immortalized
| by Wordsworth's sonnet. The FeudaI
keep, the Bastions of Cohorn.'' it is at
once an ornament a landmark and a
refuge to take Won mariner struggling
for precious life into its sheltering
arms"
Fifth Day.
1t would need Hall Game himself to-
do justice to his own native island
4; Land Of the Deemster (the Manx Judge
who still swears Ito administer justice
as evenly as the backbone lies in the
body of the herring'D. home of Bishop
Wilson (the most romantic ecclesiastic
who ever figured in history, this most
beautiful island contains everything
wanted to make a perfect holiday
Mountains to climb lead mines to Wis
/ it, caves to explore canOnS miniature
| but real. castles in ruins land each
one with legend). all the island made
! easily accessible by enterpriSing rail
| and road builders Sir Walter Scott's
/ 'Peveril OF the Peak" only drew atten-
! ton to an already Economically le-
/ gended island. It's history borders on
J the mythical Conquered by the Vik-
/ ings ages ago. it has never ceased to
1 be Self-governing. 1t is even now I'M
represented in the British parliament
! being ruled by its own House of
J Keys" None of the acts of it's legis-
! lature become law until the population
! itself assemblies on Tynwald Hill once
/ a year. hears the laws read and ap-
/ proves them. This Tynwald ceremony
/ dates back to prehistoric times. July
| IA every year the governor, judges,
legislators and people still assemble
| for this picturesque ante-type OF the
Extraordinarily be concluded next
| Saturday,