Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-15
Gives Graphic Description of the
Worlds Largest City, With its
100000 People.
VISIT TOWER OF LONDON
SCENE OF MANY EXECUTIONS
After Seeing the Sights of London
Mr.. Baker and Son Harry Sailed
for America and Home on
the Ship Rotterdam.
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affair. Inside we find many monu-
ments of illustrious men, many beau
tiful features might be mentioned
1t stands to the top of the tower
three hundred and ffty-six feet above
the marble pavement. We drive on
TO that most interesting place in
London, its tower. As we enter the
grounds our ladies are singled out
and all luggage, even to umbrella,
taken before they are allowed to
proceed. The fanatical suffragist of
their own country, with their craze
to destroy, makes them suspicious
of all of that gender. They little
know the loving, penitent, submits
sive woman of America, who con-
quers only by her thousand charms.
Did they know her as we do surely
they would not force upon her this
crown of thorns.
The tower of London is large
ancient stone structure. Surrounding
it are a mass of decaying stone build
ings. Entering its court we are at
the point where the rulers of that
stricken country for years put to
death their enemies, or those that
they feared might prove not loyal to
them. Here in this corner is mar
ker showing the place where stood
the block on which it is said that
10000 souls were relieved from
their heads. Here of the six wives
of Henry the Eighth at least two de-
parted life. One Anne Boleyn with
those last words to the eXecutioner,
My neck is small, it will not require
a heavy bow" Here Sir Walter
Raleigh shook hands with the exc
cutioner, and kissing the blade OF
the ak, gave these as almost his last
words: Ills a sharp medicine, but
a strong cure for all disease" Here
during that half civilized age went
on those tortures such as are now
being perpetrated in poor Mexico.
We pass TO one side, and below
we see the gate where these poor
subjects pushed through as they
were snaked to the block for execu-
ton, This gate was closed by the
lamented queen Victoria to never be
again opened.
We pass up some narrow winding
stairs and are in that portion of the
tower where were imprisoned and
tortured so many In my childhood
my mother would interest me by re-
lating stories of the cruelty of these
keepers Of Bloody Mary, hump back
Richard, Henry the Eight, and their
bloody persecution and crimes, and
as we pass through these rooms here
we see il all over Here the room
where the poor little princes were
smothered, here the place years
after where their bones were found.
Oh wicked rulers, What is your pun
ishment? This is no child's story,
but that really took place, and as
try to imagine all this as it was, a
shudder creeps over me. AT what
a price have we finally arrived where
we do not expect to tie snatched from
our bed to be thrown under the AK
of the executioner. Here we see the
AK used, and here the block, with
the form in which to place the neck.
On all sides are instruments of tor
ture, armors worn by knights and
different leaders of its time. In a
glass case are shown the crown jew
els. Here are the different crowns
down to the present king. Here is
the scepter of the queen and in II
the largest diamond ever found
though the part of this diamond
shown in this scepter is only one
sixth the weight of the stone found
its irregular form made it necessary
to cut ii down TO this dimension tC
get satisfactory form. 1t is consid.
cred worth as it is $50, 900, 900. 90
Before it was cut it weighed 5000
carats, after cutting weighed $40
The jewels in this case belonging tC
the English royalty are worth $125,
900, 100000.
We visit the British museum
Here one can get very perfect i'm
preston of the art of all ages ant
parts of the world. Especially is i
desirable to look over the Lord Ell
gin collection from Greece of which
have before referred. The collec
ton of Grecian art as seen in thi
museum is perhaps the best in exis
tence. One only visiting England
can set great information withou
going farther, here.