The herald., 1918-06-20

years ago an Englishman In Ams,.
happening to enter into conyeruS,
with a negro schOolteacher lesns
that one Of the keenest desires a, \,
life was to see London, and tina, 4.
especially wanted to visit ever Ma,
that was connected with the chaarr
In Dickens.
Places Of Special Interest
Many Americans, again, spend Intu
trious days in hunting up buildlngSs
have some historic connection with A.
foundation and early development 4
their own communities. There n
long list Of churches where emipr,
Americans Of the colonial period wen
baptised: William Penn, at All HI
lows, Barking; Roger Williams st 4
Sepulchere's; Calvert, the founder 4
Maryland, at st. Giles-in.theNad;
General Oglethorpe, the founder I
Georgia, at Martin's-in-the-Felds; sn
John Harvard at st. Saviour's Cats
dral, Southwark, where the incident
now commemorated by q memoirs
window. st. Ethelburga's Is Of hse
est as the church where Henry H2
son and his crew are reported to han
made their last communion the ND
before they sailed. The house In y%
man street. occupied by Bentn.
West, may be quoted as an ezaupt
Of many buildings whose association
appeal to American visitors almost q
clusively.
| It would be quite mistake boz
ever, to suppose that to the Amehoi
London serves no other PURPOSE tn
to make more vivid what he has lean
ed at school. However diligui y
may be In following up Its hstutd
and literary associations, be finds tz
to sample its lighter side-its hain
and other entertainments, and 10 y
cial festivities, In 50 far as Be n
access to them. Even that ornaps
Of the American-learned world, Dr. v
drew D. White, the late presideaia
Cornell university, records 10 bis D
photography how, after working u Oh
British museum, he found refreshno
in an evening at Maskelyns "
Cookies "great temple Of jugglerI
Yet, after all, as Oliver Wenaa
Holmes puts 1t, "the great sight sbs
dom" In the old days, before tne o
, Of motor traffic, nothing could Deslu
top Of a horse-drawn bus as 0 na'
of RECALLING oneself with, the everfaas
, ing panorama of the streets and y
though the petrol engine has oanlsn
the more leisurely progress o ~
time, an outside seat on bus ren's
unrivaled as a point from wmu
observe the everyday life OF inc "
: The streets themselves impress !.
> American with their tidiness ~
paving is kept in good repair, ana uS '
are free from the litter that dlsns1s
e important thoroughfares In New w.
= Some Of the Exceptions !
e As a rule, the American IN bo's. :.
q means to have a good time anu !.
b it. There are, of course, eIcspuoS =.
q people who lack the gifts Of SYM -
9 and Imagination, and who acs0.u s
l. miss all that is of unique inls' y 4,
the scenes they visit. A man
s type was once, 1t is said, stan1I y.
It the Terrace of the House u ~
= mons and Dragging about me !,
g of some river In his own state. -
!" a much finer river than the m =,
g cleaner, wider, and so on. !0n l,T 40 ,
o happened to be close by and coa' =, /
d stand it. "Do you know, SIT, Is y, +
> n, "what that brown nSel - M
n ffauid history" But that nafIOs w.,
d ed provincialism Is not INC lus
r mental attitude Of cultiva'eu 80
a cans On the contrary, the lnp. -
lie London upon them would LIZ 100
l. fully be expressed by the pa. 80
< which James Russell Lowell =, =
.e different figure, emphasize, usroa1
r of historic continuity WIZ"
% so strongly to John Burns. mi
D. "One thing about LONDON, ~, 20
le Impresses me beyond any o". 4. j
II have ever heard, and tina. : 1
r. unceasing roar one hears sl ..s, up
II air: It is not a mere acc'us : ,upl
" tempest or a cataract, but = a.,ts
70 sive, because 1t always ~ 900
At man will, and impulse anu .,. Nv vbs
a movement; and 1 confess J, .p : Ger.
a hear it / almost feel as = n 10
,e tening to the roaring loom :"