La Junta tribune., 1912-07-27
Travelogue Of London
Historic and Present Day
By Florence L. Brooks

ways full. unless some one else is
announced to preach.
On Tuesday the ?lst OF November.
the suffrasettes made 4 raid on the
plate glass windows Of the down
town stores. rode through that
section Of the city the next morning
on the top of q bus. and saw many
large windows from ten to twenty
feet square with great holes In them
some being cracked entirely across.
One large bent glass show window
vas ruined There were over two
hundred arrested and Imprisoned for
4 short time.
We are much amused at the names
OF some OF the streets In London.
OF course every one has heard OF
"Paternoster Row" tOur Father Row
but every one does not know that
II leads up to Amen Corner" and
Amen Court" and that near by are
Ave Maria Lane, Greed Lane. Ser
mon Lane and Goldman Street Then
there are Paradise Passage, very
harrow dirty little alley. and Rotten
Row. one OF the most aristocratic
drives In London. This name Is a
corruption of Route de Roi." Bird
Cage Walk is a beautiful broad walk
leading through St. James Park to
Buckingham Palace.
Al ) O'Clock in the afternoon every
Engiishmsn must have his tea. and
the offices. stores mad factories all
either have their tea rooms or send
out for buckets OF tea and stop work
and have lunch and a little rest.
When that hour comes they are as
anxious for their tea as any topper
for his drink. Then supper Is served
about 9 o'clock.
A very strange thing In the way
of weather happened about noon on
the sth OF December. This was a
very rainy dsy. and between IL and
O'Clock IL suddenly grew as dark
as II II were ? O'Clock at night. and
there was no fog visible. The fog
seemed TO have collected above the
city. and caused the darkness. which
lasted about half an hour. The
street lights were burning and the
houses and shops were all lighted up
and everything had the appearance
Of night. The same thing happened
again on the 18th Of February while
~s were At dinner. and this time II
lasted about three hours.
We looked forward to Christmas
In q foreign land with some misgiv-
inxs A. we'll ~ anticipation. There
In no time. ! think. that brings the
home folks 10 much TO mind AZ this
season. Yet we were anxious to
have the experience OF = foreign
Christmas, as we had heard so much
said OF the WAY they celebrate here.
All places OF business are closed in
London from three To five days
Christmas falling on Monday this
winter. everything was closed from
Saturday noon TIL Wcdnc stay morn
ing. and many places until Thursday;
for the first three days not even A
drug stor. was open. and Just
very few restaurants. Any one de-
pending on the restaurants for hts
meals must have hard time finding
place to en-, during this season.
Al the th.aters have plays specially
-
the well known fairy tales. either In
pantomin. or played In IN. ordinary
way. We went 10 one called the
Golden Land Of Fairy Tales" In.
ciudcd IN Il were 'Litii. Red Riding
6iood.' "Puss In Boots" "cinderel-
Ia Sleeping Beauty" and the
Seven League Boots" These plays
are continued for weeks after Christ.
mas. In fact some Of them arr stiil
on and Il 10 nov March Let. But !
must 20 back to our Christmas Day.
We had = very pleasant day indeed.
having received some things from the
homeland. Also the proprietor os
the hotel and bis family made every
effort tn have their guests FORGET
they were not at home. They hsd
turkey dinner At one tonx table.
10 that all sitting together Il seem.
ID quite . family affair. The last
course was . genuine English Plum
Pudding and In Il were three "surpis-
es' After all were served the
hostess had . glimpse Of one Of
them tthe surprisesD still on the
plate. and she asked Donald to let
her help him 10 some more. and Of
course hc got ono of tho surprises.
which vas . shilling. Was Just .
little BIT embarrassed when. = few
Hsinutes later. ! bit on . six pence