The Washington herald., 1912-10-07
FOREIGN co SlP

GIN" There the Bard Of Scotland came
Into this stormy worid "a January 3s
1889. and spent the Arst- seven -ysdfs
Of his life beneath 10 fhRsch. What u
that cottage worthf In mud and
thatch and mouldering timber precti.
cally nothing. Yet, by reason Of IT.
being the bfrthplace Of Bobby" Burna
tits priceless to the people Of the poeta
native land.
Tucked away under the lee OF the
mountains. which stand like ssntinela
round the charming lakes Of Rydal
Water and G1asmere. stands an unpre-
tentious but picturesque house, which
II It had not once been the abode Of
genius. might probably be bought fol
few hundred pounds. Its name u
Dove Cottage. and William Words
years with his sister. and beneath it1
roof and in its steep little garden. lait
out by the poets own hands. many Of
his most memorable poems were writ
ten. Doubtless many American tour
lists. who make their pilgrimage ia
Dove Cottage, would like to transport
the sacred stones to the States
There h q quiet. respectable street In
Chelsea. Opposite the end Of 1t. In the
Zmbankrnent Gardens. sits the rugged
stone efhSy Of a man who used to live ~
the house numbered - The price Of all
the other houses in Cheyne Row could
not suffice to buy Thomas Carlyle 8
house. because there he lived many years
and there he wrote his French Revolu-
tion." his Frederick the Great" and
his Cromwell The visitors book.
which lies upon the table Of the dining
room. contains the nah.es Of "prince and
peasant" from every country on the
globe.
At the corner Of an old-fashionsd
Georgian square in the sleepy cathedral
city Of Lichfield stands sEother priceless
house. 1t Is priceless just as the portrait
Of the man who was born there, painted
by his friend. Sir Joshua Reynolds. one
Of the chief treasures Of our national
gallery. is priceless. People from the
ends Of the earth go to Lichheld prf-
marily to see the horee In. which Dr.
Samuel Johnson was born. and then. a.
an afterthought. they go round the corner
and visit the cathedral
About a mile out Of Stratford- on-Avon.
in q typical warwickshire village. stands
a low. long g-thatched cottage which would
command q rental Of half q crown
the world could not buy II. In that cot
tage and Its pretty rustic garden the
greatest Of the: worlds poets. the sweet
Swain Of Avon, the immortal Shakes
peare, did his courting. 1t Is the cottage
of Ann Hathaway. And II that cottage
is priceless, what muGt be asked for the
old -timbered Elizabethan house in STRAIT
ford itself. where the great playwright
was born? 1t Is literally worth Its
weight in rubies
The house in Broad Street. in the city
Of London. where John Milton was born.
perished. like thousands Of its kind. in
the fire of London. still commemorated
by the monument on Fish Street Hill.
But there Is a cottage rendered priceless.
by the touch Of the blind
bard's genius. II Is at Chalfont st. Giles.
in Bucks II was Milton's country re-
treat. and thousands make pilgrimage to
Il because Milton there finished his great
epic. '.Paradioe Lost"
The recent celebration by the Lon
ion Times Of the issuing Of the 4o0ooth
number Of its great paper recalls that
he London Telegraph can 30 the 'Thun-
derer'' several thousands better. But
,ne of the oldest newspapers in the
world Is Les Petites Affiches. which con-
,ists mainly Of announcements Of forced
,ales of property and other legal no
ices. This paper has appeared In Paris
or 31 years. and for more than CEN
Try was published seven days q week.
u rest was made compulsory for all
french workmen. Les Petites Amches |
las ceased to appear on Mondays.
There is at Aix-la-Chapel1e a News !
,aper Museum. where may be seen many |
'urious journalistic freaks. One Of the |
most striking exhibits Is copy Of the |
worlds largest newspaper. the Iliuminat- |
d Quadruple Constellation. published in !
Few York in 1859. This pap>e measures
l., t.. ~.l
cmprises eight pages each Of IL columns. |
he paper on which 1t is printed is ex-
remely durable and strong. and each
cam weighs more than 800 pounds. /
forty people were occupied continually /
or eight weeks in order to bring out the
rst issue Of the monstrosity, which its
esigners proposed should be issued once /
n every 100 years.
The remains Of the late Duke Of Fife.
which have been lying at Windsor since
anuary. finally have been laid to rest
4 the mausoleum at Mar Lodge. The
asseet was Transferred by the High
anders Of the estate from the train to
specially constructed motor hearse. All
long the route to Braemar there were
igns of mourning.
At Victoria Bridge. about a quarter Of
/
he Dukes Of Fife, the casket was met
y the Dun Highlanders and Pipers.
bout 100 strong. and a representative
ody Of the Balmoral Highlanders. un-
er the command Of Mr.. John Niche.
he Kings agent, all being in full High
md mourning. Here the casket was
to q bier and conveyed by
he Duff Highlanders. under the COM
iand Of Mr.. william Macintosh. to the
rivate chapel The piperA led by Mr.
olin Cameron, head piper for many
ears to the late Duke Of Fife. played
ne Of his grace's favorite laments. The
Royal and the Duchess Of Fife
lined the cortege on its way to the
hapel. ii
The remains were deposited in the spe-
ally constructed vault, but before Il
as finally sealed up the tenantry on i
le Mar property and estate servants
ere permitted to view the casket. Il
Disraeli, Britain's famous prime MINI
ter, appears to have been endowed with
most accommodating digestion. When&t
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