The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-12-05

diers and sailors from all parts Of the
compass. One Australian boy yester- |
day told me he was 10000 miles from
nome. There are many such.
Now i am going TO record few
things which / have observed and
which have interested me, and / hope
will interest you. At any rate l will
take the chance of imposing upon you.
Signs which have attracted my at
tention are This property is to be
sold" Wanted a lad" "a girl
messenger"
Have noticed that the girls-that is
the younger girls about Is, have
very glowing complexion and seem
generally to be a little heavier and
stouter than our girls. That com
plexion extends to many of the
walk with a longer stride more like
man and are now seen doing all
kinds of work in almost every avail
able place.
When you pay your fare on the bus
or underground train the conductor
issues you receipt. So far / have
seen no use for it. The bus fare is
usually I'd "a cents) and no transfers.
| believe if you go short distance it
is little less. All vehicles turn to
the left on meeting, just opposite to
the way we go. That is hard to get
used to. | know it would be mighty
hard to drive car that way. Today
we saw a crowd gathered and inquired
what the excitement was and the
man addressed said 1.-THE bus hit an
old gal and / guess he knocked ell
out of her." The English speech is
easy to become accustomed to. One
finds himself talking as they do-us-
ing their expressions and infections.
1t will not be so easy in France.
Today Twisted the Courts of JUS
tiee. They were full of interest. The
court in one division was trying a
contested divorce case where adultery
was involved. The evidence was quite
plain and interesting and created
smiles even on the faces Of the courts
stern countenance. The court (His
Lordship) and the lawyers were all
dressed in gowns, white curly wigs
and high white collars. The witness
entered the box, read the oath from
slip while he held small bible in
the right hand. They do not kiss the
book any longer. The witness stands
while he testifies. The lawyer stands
while examining the witness. If this
were the custom in America, or Os-
kaloosa, feel sure it would shorten
some of the trials great deal.
Yesterday Turner and / went to see
Buckingham Palace. Could not enter
for the King was engaged, we were
told, with some other Americans and
some Dagoes. Also visited the Vic
toria and Albert museum, which is
full Of old treasures. / will not at
tempt to describe them. Come over
and see them for yourself. The Mu-
scum of Natural History. The Albert
Memorial Monument-shown by the
post cards sent in the package. The
Royal Albert Hall, which seats about
! $4,000 people-a round building. Used
much as Madison Square Garden, New
York. Concerts every Sunday. A
building which had been bombed was
also among the places visited. The
= damage to this building was consid-
cradle but not what it could have
been. The Hun has been a failure as
a bomber, just as he has with every
| thing else.
Today visited Westminster Abbey
and st. Pauls again. 1t takes time to
see and absorb them. Both were at
one time under control of the Cath
olics, but for long time, since, be-
lieve, Henry VIII, they have been
controlled by the Church of England.
In st. Pauls there is painting of
Christ as the light of the world. 1t is
beautiful. We saw Sir Geo. Williams
tomb; the Y. NJ. C. A. has erected a
small memorial tablet or monument
by it. A monument in memory of
/ Florence Nightingale is there. She is
lifting a cup to the mouth of wound
ed soldier. Think what she started
has grown into-the great Red Cross
which extends the world around.
! There are other things of interest
! too numerous to mention.
! We then went to the old Temple
church, part of which was built in
the tenth century by the Knight Tenn
plars. The old stone seats which they
used are still there and | sat down in
one. This church contains a small
cell where the disobedient were pun
ished. From this church the English
crusaders started on their journey.
Oliver Goldsmith and others are bur-
led just outside this old place. London
is full of such places but / am unable
to adequately describe them. These
things may not be new to students of
history but / must confess that l have
come up against many new things and
places in the past four weeks and am
| looking forward to more of such in the
near and continuous future. ..
/ would be glad if the Sammies'
Mothers would tell the boys of my
being, or going to be in France, for
II would like to see or hear from our
home boys. 1t would be a real pleas
ure to me to serve them if possible.
may not write again for few
days for l will be on the way. Feel
sure of some mail in Paris. When
all my letters reach you, you will be
swamped for a time. Let me know
what you receive. feel sure / have
repeated some things but you under
stand and will pardon me for doing
so.
The people here have been so kind
and considerate of us that we, so far,
like England very much. hope to
see something of London, for will
probably spend about one day here.
We are anxious to continue our jour-
ney and get to our field of labor and
help give the Kaiser and his whole