La Junta tribune., 1912-08-03
Travelogue of London
Historic and Present Day
By Florence L. Brooks

the throne of England.
I can hardly express my feelings
on tirst entering tho wonderful Alb
bey OF which l had heard and read
20 much. Going In by the north door
the eye Ia greeted by many splendid
monuments on either side OF the
north transept. and leading to the
rPoets Corner In the south trans
ept. where are the graves or memor-.
ials OF Chaucer. Milton. Scott. Dick
ems. Tennyson, Ruskin. etc. was
gratiffed to see here also bust OF
our own Longfellow that Was erect
ed by some OF his English admirers.
was somewhat surprised one day
when wandering about reading the
names on the memorial tablets. to
find that OF Major John Andre" who
was executed by the Americans as a
spy during the Revolution. II had
not occurred to me that while We
Americans look upon him as brave
spy. In his own country he was an
honored hero. Above his memorial
tablet was an old faded wreath OF
autumn leaves that had been pre-
sented by some Americans.
In the sanctuary. which Is en-
closed by altar rails. is the place
where the sovereigns OF England
have been crowned since England
Was England Immediately behind
the sanctuary. In the chapel OF Ed
ward the Confessor. stands the old
Coronation Choir" probably one OF
the most famous pieces OF furniture
In the world. II was made for Ed
ward !. and every English monarch
since that time. 1927. has been
crowned In this chair. Under the
seat OF the chair, and secured to II.
Is the famous Stone OF Scone."
brought from Scotland by this same
king In token OF the complete sub
jetIon OF that country. Many Of the
kings OF Scotland were crowned on
this stone. and they were wont to
say
''if fates go right, where'er this
stone Is found,
The Scots shall monarchs OF
that realm be crowned"
The chair Is very ordinary as
we'll n . very old one. and I wonder
that 1t can continually support the
great stone which Is tweaty-six
inches long. sixteen inches wide.
and eleven inches thick. Al the
coronations the chair is covered with
cloth Of gold.
/ Hampton Court. \ palace built by
Cardinal woisey In 1918 for his own
home. Ia the larEea, and among the
finest in England. II contains about
I 900 rooms, four.fifths Of which are
occupied by aristocratic royal pen
sioners.
Wolsey's being the favorite OF Hen
ry VIII did not prevent that mon
arch frpm becoming Jealous Of him
because of the fine palace. and so
1he palace was presented 10 the
king. though not very willingly. The
state apartments are open To the
public. The walls OF all the rooms
are covered with pictures. mostly por'
traits II the royal families and the
court beauties. The bed chambers
still have the old hish-oanopied beds
In them. tho tops being some twelve
Of fifteen feet high. The grounds
around the palace are exceedingly
beautiful. and are visited by many
people daily. ~ they are always open
To the public. The Cardinal had nm
eye for beauty as well ~ plenty Of
money. This palace ID about t~els.
or fifteen miles out from London.
near the old town OF Kingston. where
saw the stone upon which Alfred
the Great was crowned.
Hyde Park 10 Of course the most
notable park In London. Il 10 Join.
"a On the west BY Kcnsington Gar.
deus. the two forming . continuous
park about one and = half miles
long and one mile vide. II 10 the
resort u aristocrsov. though Of
c9urss free to all classes. This
park was a. one time the deer park
Of Henry VIII. and on one OCCASION
he decided TO fence Il In and keep
the COMMON people" out. lie ask.
Cd his secretary 10 find out how
much Il would cost. and III. s.cr~.
tary. being wiser than his master.
Informed him that Il would cost Just
two crowns" The park VAS not
fenced In. There II . dog GENE
tssy" In this part where the pet
dogs Of the aristocrats are buried.
All the dogs have tombstones With
their names on. and the place IL
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