The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-24

rlOerS anu dtJenOdnts, the InlIJeIy
lining the streets, and the fleet Of
snowy white aeroplanes overhead,
made it a scene worth going long
way to see.
1.-THE British Of course, are not such
frothy sort of people as the French,
so they did not go so wild over him
as did Paris, but nevertheless, the
greeting he got from the crowd was
whole-hearted, and Woodrow seemed
to enjoy himself thoroughly. He
waved his silk hat like school boy.
The king, sitting beside him, seemed
well pleased with the attention he was
receiving.
Besides seeing the Wilson's, we
visited large German submarine
that is anchored in the Thames, near
the Houses of Parliament. 1t was
the U. c. 95, and had doubtless sent
lot of allied and neutral ships to
the Bottom of the sea. Now it is
tamely tied by the tail to British
dock, along with a lot of other evil
beasts of the same kind. We went
over it and carefully inspected it,
at shilling a head. Up in Glasgow
last week, | saw one two hundred
feet long. 1t was one of the Huns
big ones, with two large guns mount
ed fore and aft.
1--WE also visited the Tower of Lon
don today, and saw the Royal Re
galia,-the crowns and the scepters,
and all manner of pomp and circum-
stance connected with the profession
of kingship. In the royal scepter is
mounted the largest diamond in the
world. The next largest is in the
crown of George V. There were
crowns there that were simply mass
of glittering diamonds. There was
wealth enough in that huge glass case
to have bought the State of Michigan
two OF three times over.
"Then we visited the bloody tower
where some of the most awful TRACE
dies in English history have been
enacted. We visited the room where
the two English princes were strang-
led to make way for a bad uncle to
ascend the throne,-the spot where
Anna Bolyn and Lady Jane Grey were
beheaded, and several of Henry VIIIs
other wives. In the armory we saw
all manner of armour and weapons of
other times. Cannons that were used
in the siege of Constantinople, by the
Saracens, and later taken from them
by the British. We saw Lord Kitch-
ener's sword, and an autograph letter
written by him, calling for recruits
shortly before he died. The letter
brought $4,000 at the Red Cross
auction.
owe are very pleasantly located
here, and we all like it very much.
The people are very kind and sociabe
and we like the climate. Roses are
still blooming on our bushes in the
front yard, and we take vegetable
from the garden as we use them. We
leave the cabbages out all winter, in
fact, we set out the small cabbaPes
in October. On our place we have
twenty apple trees, several each of
plums, cherries, peach, a ounce,
etc, and all kinds of small fruits, so
we will have what fruit we want
There are eighty fruit trees alto
gether.
"Of course the country went wild
when the aTmistice was signed. Ger
many certainly went all to pieces
when she did go under. Well, she
will have some huge bills to pay, and
not the least will be for the fun she
had in bombing English cities. The
government here made all repairs to
property after each raid, and care
fully recorded the cost, for the day of
reckoning.
Furniture prices here are simply
beyond belief. $500 for common
iron bed, without springs or mattress.
Very ordinary sideboards bring from
$500 to S150.00 and the older they
are, the higher the price. New fur
niture cannot be secured at any price,
and it will be no better for some time
There has been little or no furniture
made here since the war began, and
as the soldiers come back and want
to set up homes, it is going to make
furniture go up sky-high. However,
we are hoping for more normal times
later on.
1--WE heat with fire-places entirely,
there is one in every room in the
house, except in the kitchen, where
we have an "inbuilt" range,-a mar
vel of medievialism. Heating yves
and furnaces are practically unknown.