Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-08-19

lat America over here for prohi-
lbition, but the scenes 1 witnessed
Fin Glasgow and E'boro have del
Iterhined me 10 send over some
Missionaries as soon as possible.
1--WE reached Edinboro late and
were glad to creep into the first
Hotel we saw, The Caledonia"
and next morning found our
lselves close under the walls Of
1.-THE towering castle and across
1.-THE street from st. Cuthbert's
Free Kirk" and the beautiful
chimes called me into its open
doors. The Scotch church has
reserved more ritual in its serv-
lice than we American Presby-
terians use. The minister wore
a gown and bands and his as
sistant who read the Gospel and
1.-THE notices was clothed in Grim
son silk. They sang the age-old
I"Rouse's Version of the Psalms
land | joined in Justify because
nobody knew the tunes any bet
tier than / did. The afternoon
we spent in a long drive around
1.-THE city, into the Castle and
Holyrood Palace, to the homes
of John Knox and Robert Burns,
1--we stood by "The Heart of Mid
lothian and fingered along
Princes ST., by the Scott monu-
ment, and by St. Giles, the only
! Presbyterian Cathedral in the
world, and it is St. Gargen's love-
lily memorial to Robert Louis
stevenson. Next day we spent
in exploring the city and some
of its treasures Of we olden
times" and some of the hand
some shops. Wednesdays ride
through The Lowlands," the
hills enriched by the blood of the
Covenanters. to "Merrje Carlisle"
was most interesting. / found
out why the Scotch people emf
lgrate, they are found all over the
habitable globe, and the inhabi-
table too, it is to get away from
( the Scotch climate. The clouds
hang low and dark, the sky is
NEVER free from clouds and it
, rains every few minutes, some
! times oftener; the trees are dark,
, sombre frs and larches, the
/ buildings are of the native brown
!. and grey stone, the fences and
walls of the Same, the whole at
mosphere of the country is dark,
glowering, stern and very cold.
E Holyrood Palace gives one a
! chill and after walking through
Mary Stuart's picture gallery no
! one smiles for a whole day. All
the same, Caledonia, stern and
wild" is darkly beautiful and
! when it comes to producing fine
, men and women, do you know
] any land that can beat it =
Train service "over here" is
. excellent, rapid and comparative
sly cheap, twelve hours from
! Edinboro to Llandudno, a water
! ling place on the Irish Sea in the
north Of Wales, with grand golf
/ links, and beach for bathing.
!, When an Engiishman goes on "a
/ holiday there are certain things
!, to be done and he does them,
!, certain clothes to wear and he
! wears them. If he goes to the
seaside, it is the thing to go in
, Swimming, if the weather is hot
! all right, if there are icebergs in
: the bay so much worse for tie
: icebergs, in he goes, splashes
! around and comes out in various
Z shades of purple and pink. 1t is
J proper to go boating" in white
! flannel trousers and brightly
J colored blagers, it may be rain.
! ling in torrents and mud six
! inches deep, but here comes the
2 white breeches. As for.golf no.
body can hit a little white ball
e with a crooked stick unless he
al has on long wooden stockings.