The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-04-06
SEASON SUPPER SERVED
And DR.. f. W. Sharpe Lecturcd on Re-
cent Trip to Europe.

A very enjoyable supper and lecture
was held in the vestrv of the .Heddng
Methodist church last evening" Inc
supper, which was set for $3.50 o'clock,
was very well attended, there being
about 200 persons present during the
evening. This supper was in the ma
ture Of season supper, there being
table for each season of the year.
| good sum was realized for the church
as a result Of the good attendance.
Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, pickles,
salad, rolls, pies and coffee were the
dishes which comprised the menu.
AT 7.30 DIR. 4. w. Sharpe Of ST.
! ,Jobnsburv delivered very interesting
and somewhat humorous lecture on his
| travels in Europe recently. Or. Sharpe,
who had the privilege OF visiting Eng
land first, gave some very amusing ex
amples Of the differences in the real
! English language, especially that with
| the world famous cockney twang ana
that of the average American citizens
| lingo
DIR. Sharpe mentioned, among other
Ethings. the English custom OF turning
| to the left instead of TO the right. ms
fis the subject on which there - 80
much discussion in Canada at the pres
cnt time. Parts Of Canada have adopt
cd the American plan of turning to che
right. Everything including railroad
trains, street cars and persons, OUTSIDE
4 al oil
| left, making it rather unhandy Tor an
American travelling the British Isles.
| He also spoke Of the fact that Eng
land was the mother Of America, START
| ing the spirit OF democracy. lie spoke
of the old buildings and baths and 9th
or places Of interest. dating back TO
early times. He spoke OF some q the
torture methods used in the oldcn
times to eytort confession. One method
o. that in which woman was dipped
| into pool OF cold water for being
| guilty OF scolding her husband.
DIR. Sharpe spoke OF visiting STRAIT
| ford on. Avon. among other places OF
! interest. and what seemed to impress
him most forcibly was the fact that
everything seemed to be in memory
1 OF Shakespeare. VI HdiisA "iASA ntA''s -
| had been used by him at some time or
other. He had the privilege OF visiting
the old Shakespeare birthplace and
made the usual Yankee blunder OF
irving out the furniture and chairs,
! etc. which are held with considerable
reverence by the English. He described
| his visit through Oxford with its nu-
merous college buildings and cathe-
drals. and mentioned particularly the
painting Of Jesus, the Light Of the
World. which he had the privilege Of
| viewing He described his visit TO Ep-
worth. the birthplace Of John Wesley,
founder OF the Methodist faith. and de-
seribed his Yankee actions there.
I London. with its $4,000 police Off
GERS. impressed him greatly although
he said he had no occasion 70 require
the professional services of them.
| Going from England to Belgium. aft
err visiting most of the places OF par
tieular interest, he found Antwerp and
Brussels very beautiful places and not
very badly torn by the war. He saw
I many evidences of battle between the
two cities. however. The money ques-
ton in each country visited seemed 70
bother him considerably, as the rate OF
exchange was so different and il took
a lot more money when you let pro-
prietors Of hotels and other places help
| themselves. He had the privilege OF
visiting Belgian Parliament buildings
and on account OF being an American