Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-10-15
BY Prof. r. 3. steece, Washington
SPRINGS, S. D.

under b U. S. Copyright Laws, by
the Jerauld County Review, Messing
ton Springs, South Dakota.)
Observations In Glasgow n Vicinity
On going ashore At Glasgow my
baggage vas soon inspected and 20.
KID"
Taking my suit cases I wandered
mechanically in the direction of the
nearest street car line. A friend di-
rected me to a part Of the city known
as Linthouse, near Elder Park. There
a lad, holding a goat by a rope on the
grass, directed me to some houses
occupied by the gentry" but who
sometimes were glad to let rooms.
This proved to be one of the times,
and | soon secured a fine room with
all modern conveniences. This with
breakfast costs me fifty cents q day.
The people are very kind to me and
/ have felt very much at home.
You would hardly believe there
could be so many points of difference
in things made in this country and
those produced in America. Street
cars, railroads, houses, machinery, all
look different. Even the Ford auto
mobile isn't just the same here-the
steering apparatus being on the right
side Of the machine. There's a rea-
SON" Here all vehicles turf to the
left.
Glasaow's Peculiarities.
The city of Glasgow is built mostly
Of gray and red sandstone. The
buildings are invariably of substantial
oNnctrtfSfinn ? nd nnSsncc n snlilttV
which Is not found in structures of
wood and brick.
Possibly it may be that this quality
of their architecture Is traceable TO
some of the admirable characteristics
for which the Scotch have long been
noted.
Buildings seldom stand square
with the world" but face the streets
no matter how many crooks and
turns there may be in them. If a
street is In the form of n crescent,
then the houses collectively OF that
street take the same form. Although
the streets are very irregular, yet
they are not particularly narrow.
Business blocks, while compactly
built, are seldom without some archi-
tectural plan or ornamentation. Many
churches and schools are closely shut
In by other buildings. Even factor
les sometimes invade the sacred pre-
cincts of some of the churches. add.
ing gloom to their already gloomy APP
pearance.
/, Noticeable Absence Of Color.
There is a noticeable absence of
color In the dwellings. Nor does one
find the interminable variety in the
plans OF residences, SO common Mt
home. While nearly all houses are
Constructed according to a general
plan, yet individual taste finds ex-
preston in such parts as the roof or
front and trimmings" One very
peculiar feature of all houses ia
found In the number Of chimneys In
each one. A young gentleman vot
unteered the information that the
number Of rooms in a Scotch house
could be determined by counting the
chtinneys. First, there is O. large
stone chimney built and then small !
ones made OF tiles are fitted into st.
These smaller ehimneys project above
the real chimney. They often rasem-
lDle earthen flower pots that have
been set n within the other and
then inverted.
Houses occupied by the gentry and
more prosperous classes are called
Villas. Many of these have individ.
nal names. have seen the follow
ing not far from here: Rockville,
Mosslea, Radium, Etruria.
Many of the streets are known as
drives, roads or places
Certain group of buildings are
sometimes labeled terraces, although
the ground on which they stand ISL
level with the streets.
Thousands Of Tenements.
/ There seem to be thousands OF ten.
ement houses. Most of these are
four stories high and u alike I'M
general arrangements and design
Usually they extend the full length
Of a block. This may be only a short
distance or it may be 200 yards. In
soIne Of these immense structures
more than a thousand persons are
housed.
Nearly all OF the tenements are
fine looking buildings, but to be born
and reared among such surroundings
stultiles not only the moral nature
but the body as well. 1t would APP
pear that the destiny Of most OF these
tenement jewellers Is as fixed as the
orbits of the planets themselves, for
environment and class prejudice both
have a tendency to prevent advance
Ilsnf beyond certain limits.
The corporation of Glasgow does
all 1t can to improve the tenement
districts. or course, buildings OF this
class must meet certain specific res
~quirements, and in the more congest-
ed districts the city government has
constructed its own houses.
Poiiteness Proverhial.
Large stores are not numerous. The
very largest ase quite small hi COM
parispn with ours
Perhaps this Is a good thing Tor the
small dealer. I'M raany parts OF the
city are Numerous shops 81 this
class. II ts simply marvellous how
many goods d Of these shops CON