The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-14

"A are passing through London
Il "A on their way to the western
front. the following article
from Country Life on "HOw to See
London in Two Days" Is timely.
In normal days, when American visI-
tors filled the hotels, sightseeing was,
In spite of American hustle, fairly
leisurely thing. 1t Is the soldiers who
are here today who have to be the real
hustlers. Their sightseeing has often
to be crammed into q day or two's
leave, and the problem of how to see
all possible, and yet so to see as to
store up mental pictures, clear, definite
and full of color, on which to draw in
pleaSurable restrOspection for the rest
of life, Is one which probably few of
them are solving.
Now, the secret Of success in sight
seeing Is discrimination and selection.
Try to see everything and you see
effectiveIy-nothing. Your thousand
impressions are mixed, in Il week they
are hard to disentangle, in year they
have vanished. On this principle
throw out ideas for those who have no
more than a couple of days to give to
the work and the pleasure. On more
than one ground l should counsel the
giving up of at least half day to out
door sightseeing. The hugeness of
London strikes everyone who gives
days to its discovery. The best way of
getting the same impression quickly
Is to travel from end to end of the
route of one of the great London lin
erS - the General motorbuses. 1t
matters little which you take. Service
3S-Victoria to Walthamstow-wil
show you much of west and central
London and of the northeast. At Dal-
ston you can pick up No. 106 to Mile
End station, thence you can return by
the Mile End road to the city and by
Fleet street and the Strand to the heart
of things, having seen something of
the real and wonderful East End, alien.
cosmopolitan; and having passed
through the Mile End road.
But this is only one suggestion. If
you are for less of variety and for
more of the splendor, you can as easily
go south, west or nOrth-out by Kens-
ington and Hammersmith to Richmond
and this will be for many more de-
lightful excursion, since it would give
time for a peep at the wonderful view
from the hilltop; or from Charing
Cross to GOlders Green.
Country Walk in London.
OF the half day l should counsel
you to leave an hour for what has been
called "the finest country walk in Lon
don" For that you should contrive q
bus ride that will leave you in the
Bayswater road, near Lancaster Gate,
with still an hour to spare. Then walk
by the flashing waters of the Long Wa
ter and the Serpentine, and under the
noble trees, through all the beauties of
kensingt0n Gardens and Hyde Park to
Hyde Park corner, down Constitution |
Hill to the Mall, and so to Charing
Cross. You VIII then have seen in the |
best possible way the verdant belt |
IN the heart of London kept inviolate in |
the royal parks, Rotten Row, Bucking-
ham palace, the Victoria memorial, st. |
James palace, Marlborough House and
the palaces of Carlton House Gardens. |
Everyone will want to see West |
Abbey. There, almost more |
than anywhere, you need the help of |
selection and restraint. If you give !
up to the vergers they will tell |
you all about the royal tombs. When
they have left you, think for moment |
of my idea. Remember that the Abb
hey has been three things: First, a
next, the royal church and
the tomb Of many kings; and, then, the
grave of great men. AS to the first, !
do not leave till you have seen the