The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-06-03
"TRIP PJHR0UCHENGLAND TAKEN
ByC0NCsESSMAN ". A. ASHbR00k

but are open to public exhibition. 'rhe
crown of King George V contains o.
200 diamonds and a quart or more oi
pearls and other precious stohes'
weighing in all two and half pouhus.
rho largest diamond in the world
weighing SIC carats is in the coiiec'
tion and another weighing S09 carats
hut both are too large and expensive
for n man of moderate means IKE
myself so that did not even coVet
possession of ownership In the TOW
er can also be seen wonderfui mus
cum and collection of armor ana arms
for centuries past.
The present London Bridge buiit
in 1881. the first across the Thames
sti,l stands and gives no evidence OF
falling down although remember IN
the DAYS of my youth at taffy puliings
and surprise parties we used TO sing
m that effect. 100000 vehicles and
900 foot passengers daily cross IL
and there are several other bridges
across the Thames.
| attended service at st. PauIs Ca'
thedral. 1t ranks next in importance
TO Westminster Abbey. On the site or
st. Paul Cathedral tradition tells that
temple stood before the days OF
Christianity. The present edifice Is
few centuries old. The pipe organ In
81. Pauls is claimed to be the largest
and best in the world and the cholr
claims like distinction. visit to Lon
don is not complete without seeing
, and hearing at st. Pauls.
: When a boy zealously read all OF
, Dickens works but | never then ex-
, uected to visit the Old Curiosity Shop
. or take lunch at Cheshire Cheese
4 which has now been my privilege. The
i. original old Curiosity Shop is one OF
k the attractions of London, while Che.
9 shire Cheese is daily filed with lunch
h ers to its limited capacity
:. Hyde Park and Kinsington Gardens
d adjoining include nearly 700 acres in
a the heart of the city and mean to
|. London all that Central Park does to
|. New York Kensington Palace which
!. adioins is the birthplace of Queen Vic
q toria who was born in 1919 and here
4 she received the news of her ascen-
O sion to the throne In 1887 and here
/. also was born the present queen OF
v England.
q A very enjoyable evening is due
d to DR.. l.. ]. Mitchell formerly OF Della
). ware, Ohio, but for 25 years sue
=. cessful practitioner in London. Sur
q viving a fine Pail Mall dinner with the
q Doctor we saw Elsie Janis in Hello
q America. Elsie has been playing to
capacity houses in the Palace Theatre
p for nearly six months but will return
l. to the States soon.
q After the show we paid Elsie and
d her mother a call and | was proud to
If remind Elsie that she was not only
# my constituent but that / had printed
q her first posters when as n little girl
n less than 10 years old she gave church
"a recitals. Elsie Janis is today one OF
n the leading and best known American
" actresses and as an impersonator IL
n without q peer, Her kin folks largely
II Hive In Delaware county. Previous
to her London engagement she visited
IN the soldier boys on the front all Ovel
# France and won their hearts as al
n entertainer.
,s The Strand Is to London wha
N Broadway Is to New York, while Pic
N cadilly Circus ranks next in import
N ance, as a thoroughfare. It is remark
II. able that the tallest building in Lon
don Is only 13 stories high. There il
of not city of $4,000 In the Unitet
ia States which does not have a build
q. ing that high and New York boasts
10 of building near so stories high
a, Guild Hall is the most famed civil
,r palace in London and has been thu
IA scenes of some of the most stirring
~ episodes in Englands history. Nearl.
nj every crowned head has been fetet
~ within its walls and here also Roose
"a welt and Wilson both made speeche.
II. to our now English brothers.
70 The Bank OF England is one story
Y. building without a window. 1t GOV
,r ers four acres and the gold of England
n Is stored there. While nominally {
40 private institution, yet 1t Is to Eng
NJ land what the u. s. Treasury Is t.
IN America. Englands pounds are slight
to ly below par with u. s. exchange,
"a made me proud of my country tina
IA everywhere U. S. currency Is at pre-
,e MUM, and have no objections II 9th
as or nations do refer to America as thei