Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-07-15

street, one of the best in the city,
in a business way. Here are it's
best retail stores. We cross Regent
street, the most fashionable street.
Do these compare with Broadway or
Fifth Ave. New York? We saw
nothing in the same class. The peo-
pie are we'll dressed, but none Of
that extravaganza seen on Fifth
Avenue. We drive on to Hyde Park,
their largest pay ground. 1t is a very
pretty park but natural location and
surroundings did little for it. Earth
er on we visit Buckingham Palace
the home of the king, an immense
establishment covering acres, then
to the prince Albert monument erect
ed by his noblewoman wife Queen
Victoria This is beautiful monu-
ment and worthy of hours of study
of the excursionist.
We will next stop with you at
Westminster Abbey, the most his
torical church in the world. This
church was, or on the site OF
this church was built a Catholic
church in the 7th century. The
principal parts of the existing Abbey
were built by Henry the Third in
I122O; since continual improvement
has been made.
During the reformation it became
the seat of the Episcopal church. In
lit all the kings of England are
crowned. Here we see the chairs in
which they sit while crowned. Under
one of these chairs, enclosed within
| it. is the stone brought by Edward
| the 1st from Scotland on which the
Scotch kings were crowned. AS one
passes through this great edifice he
/ is impressed with it's ancient gran
deur and at present with it's beauty.
A Vicar of the church unlocks that
portion used for burial and here we
see the marked grave Of all those
of royalty mentioned in English his
tory. One of the first tOmbs to
meet the view is the life-sized cast
of Queen Elizabeth, with her high
frill collar carved in marble. Here
is the grave of the two little princes
smothered in the tower; the mark
er shows them clasped in each
others arms. Far to the East side is
fset off for the poets, and here are
buried all the great poets of Eng
land. There monuments are erect
cd to Chaucer, Beaumont, Cowley
Dryden, Milton, Gray, Shakespeare
! Addison and Ben Johnson and 9th
ers. We doubt If in any other place
can be found the burial places OF
so many men of history.
A visit TO this place is more thar
satisfactory, and as you pass out o.
this place of death and they lock the
gate behind you, there is a feeling
that death is the great conquerer, fol
here lie those Of power, both By
birth and intellect all on one level.
Just back nearer the Thames is
the house of Parliament, the mos'
expensive government building evel
built On the exterior it is a mas
sive building Visitors are only adj
mitted on Saturdays and as we
were not there on that day, did no
see the inside.
The streets of London are narrow
and it was necessary to put the cal
lines under ground where they have
very fine system put in by our Chi
cago promoter who this country con
! sidered such a crook and who diet
with that stigma hanging to him
One sees strange sights on these
streets. Here comes an engine
belching smoke much like our trac
ton threshing engine, and making
fearful speed with load OF man.
tons. Much of the hauling is dom
in this manner. The streets arr
crowded with two story omnibuses
there are over 5000 of these omni
buses in the city. They make regu
lar trips, over certain streets, tn
same as though on a track. The.
are operated with steam and carr.
about one hundred passengers, thei
heavy weight makes terrible nois
and disturbance and as you lool
down from above at each momen
you expect to meet with disaster
l saw the city better from the tol
of these cars than in any other man
ner.
Should you go to London, hire
guide. and from the top OF thes
omnibuses let him point out tn
places of interest in the city. 1t !
the best way the writer discovered.
The writer did some shopping Il
\ London. The prices on most all ar
, icles of the same quality he foun'