Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-06-22

didn't watch yourself you might be
found talking to some Of the wax fig
ures. They have President Wilson,
some of England's famous statesmen
of today, Lloyd George, Asquith, also
the Kaiser of Germany, besides hun
dreds of other figures of famous kings
and queens, writer's, inventors, etc.
Then we went to the show. Next day
we visited the geological gardens,
where all kinds of animals are kept.
Then we came back &c Picadilly circus
Ia street corner, and the busiest cor
ner in England. There must be eight
or ten vehicles pass every second. You
sure have to watch yourself in cross
ing the street or you will get caught
between two automobiles. Another
theatre at night. Next day we went
through a museum where were on ex-
hibition prehistoric skeletons Of Sau-
rians, sc feet in length and fourteen
feet high; a large elephant IL feet
high and many other great things.
From here we came back into the
center of the city and called upon an
American store-one of the biggest
business establishments in London;
went upon the roof where many people
were gathered to look over the city
and also were served with ice cream
the first we have had since coming
to England. They can't make ice
cream here like we have at home. 1t
did seem a treat to have some real
ice cream again. We then walked
down along the famous promenade
"Embankment," where the a~ristocrats
get out and walk, which is along the
bank of the Thames. We were very
much interested in a stone column that
"a brought from Egypt and which
was constructed or carved by Cleopat-
ra, the famous queen of Egypt, IL B.
C..
We then visited the exterior of the
House of Parliament; thence to the
Buckingham palace, the home of the
King, and walked through the famous
Hyde park and to Rotton Row, where
all the aristocrats were horseback
riding. All kinds of horses were on
exhibition. | should like to have had
Cheyenne" at her best and have rid
den along by some of those swell girls.
They sure have some riding habits.
| may have won for me a home, but
you can't get into the a~ffstocratic fam
lilies here so easily-they are very
~seclusive and reserved (cold.) An
other show at night. President Nc
Kay took us this day and showed us
through Westminster Abbey. We al
so called upon the American Consul
and received papers from him to at
tend Parliament and spent the after
noon listening to the debates; then
we went to the park again, and then
to a theatre. Next day, Saturday
we took a bus ride to the suberbs of
the city, about fifteen miles, and saw
the Criptol Palace and then to town,
where we again went TO the park, it
being one of the big days as Saturday
afternoon is a half holiday. Thou
sands upon thousands of people were
there-good and bad, worldliness and
dissipation were in evidence. | am
thankful that | was raised where a
greater price was placed upon moral
ity and virtue.
Where V~aluables Are Unsafe.
Sunday morning we all went down
to Petticoat Lane-the famous Jew
market Of London. The Jews observe
Saturday as the Sabbath, and | never
saw such "a jaw in my life. You can
buy anything you want here, from a
needle to an automobile. We were
instructed to leave all our money and
valuables home, for they guarantee to
steal your watch at one end of the
street and sell it to you at the other.
Thousands of people were there pur-
chasing, too. ! never saw anything |
wanted except a few post cards.
In the afternoon ] attended church.
1t was certainly a relief to leave the
world for a few hours and worship
God.
Monday we went to town. ] went
through Westminster hbbey alone as
President Laird, Hooper and Robins
didn't care to go. spent all morning
musing and thinking about this an
cient cathedral of which Washington
Irving gives such a good description.
/ took the underground railway for
the station where we were to leave for
home and as luck would have it, my
fellow elders were on the same tube,
or train, after having been separated
from them for about five hours in the
big city of London. After ! had seen
the Abbey l thought / would take a
last look at some of the busy centers
alone. We returned home Monday
night and were not back long when