The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-24

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l was not over there long ! saw a great
MANY strange and interesting things 10
me. but perhaps would not be so inter
cstinG 20 your readers and will not speak
Of them now.
London wonderful.
| London IL a wonderful city: / spent
most Of my time there in the old part
OF London. visiting such places as III"
Parliament building. Tower Of London
Westminster Abbey. Charing Cross. Plea"
idIlly. Pail Mall. Old City road and many
other OF the old streets and lanes or old
London. which are very familiar TO tho
readers OF the history Of London. and
especially the works of Charles Dickens.
The old part of London has no street
cars the travelling is by gasoline motor
busscs which are double-deckerS'
Streets are very narrow and crooked
and could not be used by surface street
cars
On Sunday I attended the Old CITY
Road Chapel Of John Wesley where ne
preached about $50 years ago. Inc
chapel has undergone no change whal-
ever Tho congregation was rather
small but the services were quite uin-
crent from what I expected in "es-
,leyan church. The services were all
chanted from beginning 10 enu. mo
pulpit is very high and when the MIN
lister Is standing up in II his head Is
about even with the galleries on either
side. I was ,vitcd into the pulpit. OF
course not breach. but after the SER
vices were or simply that might
say I hadaWHood in John Wesicy's pull
pit In the rear OF the chapel Is Johh
Wesley's tomb, very plain AFFAIR ana
lit seems TO be somewhat neglected. IN
the evening I attended ST. Pauls Cathe-
dral which is the finest church In Lon
don. The music was very fine out the
building inside is very plain except inc
windows are beautiful.
The subways OF London are some
thing wonderful. I suppose the most
extensive and finest In the world
They all concentrate at Charing Croas.
They are quite a ways under the sur
face some of them being as deep as
Il5O feet and are reached by elevators
They have Ave or six great passenger
stations in London but arc managed
quite differently from stations in the
United States. You buy your ticket
and go out of tho station and hunt up
your train as they have no gate men
TO inspect your ticket and direct you
where TO go.
Saloons Open -Four Hours O Day
The saloons in Great Britain are only
open four hours a day from ~ 10 IL
and to 8. This Is a war mcasur"
adopted early in the war. Many or mo
saloons have signs over the doors sta
ting that no alcoholic liquors were SOLD
In fact there is vSry little or this kIr.o
iof drink used in England or scotland
Mostly wine, beer. ale. stout and porter
lBar maids still pass out the drinks LOT
tho thirsty public. The saloons are
very small, many Of them not over III
Tor Is feet square and have no seats OF
tables. While drinking Is much more
prevalent in England and Scotland than
this country, I saw very little drunk
eness. in fact saw only one into%lcat-
ed man while I was there. They ask
cd me what this country would 90
without something TO drink whom the
country went dry. I said We would go
along without II and perhaps be the
better for II. They said prohibition
would not do for England and in ract
they believed that If such law was
Ipassed II would cause a revolution.
my opinion is that the temperance
sentiment Is growing but also oelieFc
THAT it will be many years before they
have prohibition thcre. Drinking is not
looked upon there the same as mere.
While not universal, my opinion IS that
lthers is comparatively few who do not
drink. The hotels have no bars ana
only sell to their guests and then az
meal time
Steamers Garry Dairy Cows.
The table fare on steamers. at least
on the ones travelled on. Is very fine
nothing to be found better anywhere.
Before leaving New York they take
enough provisions TO last a round trip,
except q few things that will not keep
The steamer I came over on. the New
Amsterdam Of the Holland-Americar
line. carried their own cows. This was
done so they might have fresh milk for
invalids and children
Funeral at sea-
One Of the saddest things saw was
funeral at ga A gentleman who ap-
parently was stranger to everybody
on board was taken suddenly very sick
; and died. The captain read the burial
services over the body. which was put
in a coffin The coffin was placed in a
box with some heavy material to make
, It sink, and 1t was showed overheard
, into the sea The weather in England
, and Scotland was decidedly cool, a,
least it so appeared to me- as I wore
, my winter clothes and overcoat nearly
all INC 4ASy COIlipldlhS0 III AOiI'
don Of the heat. but I did not find II
warmer than S. at any one time. which
we would consider very pleasant
weather. They had no rain for several
weeks, although cloudy nearly all the
time. I do not think I saw the sun more
than two or three times while away
! so 1t did not seem strange to me that
they could raise nothing very much
; over there, as the climate Is not suited
for such a grain as corn or wheat.
4 Working Class Restless.
The workingmen Of England and
Scotland are very restless. Before the
war they had long hours and poor pay
Now their hours are the same as ours
eight hours per day. and the pay. while
not as much as the workingman in the
United States gets, Is quite little i'm.
provement over their pre-war pay; but
the workingmen over there can live on
much less than they do here. In fact
the workingman Of the United States
lives like a lord compared to the way
they live in Great Britain. They have
plenty Of some things, but no variety
The labor problem in England Is caus-
ing considerable worry to the English
| government, and It is hard to tell what
are determined to have better working
conditions than they have heretofore
had. and I think they are entitled 10 It,
This letter is much longer than 7 OK
pected to write, but not near all l had
to say and I will close this by saying
IF any Of your readers have any idea