The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-28

Washington, d. G., Oct. 2s-''Lon-
don, first among the war capitals, and
foremost among the battle thenters on
English ground-by reason o. is hay-
ing become the storm center for opera
tions OF the mighty Zeppelins--is
sketched with all the intimate details
Of long friendships by Florence Craig
Albrccht In a communication 90 the Ma
tionnl Geographic society. Speaking Of
the many-sidcdness. the great size and
the ancient dignity Of London, Mrs Al.
brecht snys;
"Thcrc are so many Lonsons IN one
London, where begin with ihcmi The
London Of Roman and Saxvn, % Nor.
man and P%lnntagcnet; the London Of
Chaucer and Shakespeare, Of Lamb and
Dickens and Thackersy; the London Of
clubs and hotels; the London Of fac.
tories and sweatshops; the London that
administers the affairs Of empire. and
the London that dances aud plays crick.
ct, There il the summer London % the
tourist; there Is social London revealing
10 May there Is the November London
Of smoke and fog. busy and inhospit-
able; there is today a darkcned London,
somewhat apprehensive. but grimly de.
termined. a London different from any
we have known.
"Putting aside all unprovcn tridi.
tions, is history begins with the CON.
ing Of the Roman legions. Rome, se,cn
centuries old, was in her pagan prime,
but Paris, then Lutetia, was an islaiid
hamlet in the seine; Vienna was n smnll
Roman camp; Berlin did not come Into
existence for nrny a century there
after; Madrid first appears 1000 yerrs
later; Brussels was founded in the sixth
century. Amsterdam about the 18th ~
nur err. These count not NJ oil "a Lon.
dom age.
"The city Of London, the commercial
heart Of the metropolis or the site Of
the British hamlet and Roman town.
measures about a mile square. In the
daytime It's inhabitants aumbcr more
than 100000; al night not a twelfth
that number sleep there--laad IL toe
valuable for residence. During one day
q million and n half Of people pass
through is gates. Beyond II aud across
the river spreads another London. OF
5,0OO,0CO,0O0 people, over 1870 squers
miles, and beyond that Greater Lon
don, the district covered by the met.
sopalitan and city police, with zoe
square miles and more than 1000, 600 In
%habitants.
"Her streets, Strengthened aud laic
end 20 end, would reach from New Yorl
20 San Francisco. OF her $50, 900
buildings, 500 are hotels and inns. On,
hundred thousand Americans pas
through them in peaceful summers anC
$4,000 resided there before the war. Tn,
East End, beyond the city aud III,
Tower, is u manufacturing district, ten
anted largely by Jewish ~tailors. Their,
gre other industries, but the race pre-
dominates. The West End Is the HON,
of fashion and Of power. Between thes,
ends lies real London, with all III
wealth of long and tremendous history
of literary and legal repute, Of com
mercial prestige, of architectural fame
1.-The district across the water con
Germs the american visitor only In 4
few definite interests; all Of LondOI
for him lies in a mile.wide band alons
the Thames, from the Tower 20 West
Minister; but 50 rich is il that when b,
would summarize his impressions, h,
finds neither beginning nor end.
"The whole Of Christian histor,
speaks To one in the hum Of the mon
stcr city the writer SAYS, and in III
thousands Of possessions hallOwcd B.,
memories. From the Tower, in turl
palace, prison, arsenal, 20 the world. ia
nous Abbey, made sacred 20 civilization
by the illustrious dead gathered within
ia walls, Mrs. Albreeht finds the echoe
Of the past nowhere more rich or NOR
impressive than in the imperial city o
earth : greatest empire. OF this cch'
from the PAST, TO be heard in London
Mrs. Alhrs' ht SAYS;
alt is the tramp Of Roman legions in
vesting a squalid British hamlet; It 4
the battle.cry Of Saxon and Of Dane
IL il the shout Of the Norman conqucror
the echosc Of the mallcts OF his builders
II is the gay songs Of the courtiers rid
ing TO this or that palace on tb'
Thames; II Is the chant Of many psalms