Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-09
SHERMAN SEES
LONDON FROM
FAMOUS TOWER
Thames a Silver Thread
Through Maze of Count
less Church Spires.
London, Aug. 10,

you get lost, the place you are lost
one you just left At first you tear
madly about trying to see everything
and one of the pathetic sights of the
summer season, is the American tour
list rushing about CHS name is legion)
with sad but desperate look on his
Cor herr manly face, determined to
see it all or die. It's work, only you
don't get paid for it. Instead, like
the woman in the play, you pay, and
pay, and pay.
Gradually you forget this mad
pace stuff and settle down to a quiet
selection of the things you really
want to see or do, and then you be-
gin to enjoy it.
| had my first acute stage of the
sightseeing epidemic and, arriving
here late Wednesday, scattered Thurs
day. The first trip was round of
London on an American Express "a
seat char-a-banc Our guide was a
willing though somewhat illiterate
worthy who called the various build
ings in a loud but indistinct tone, at
least no one understood him. We
saw" London, that is, part of it, our
IOuIG CONCIinS 11yNC L ttA IA, DSAeoi = ANe'
Ga fashionable residence section) the
public offices and parliament. Then
we rushed through Westminster Alb
hey, the resting place of England's
great and near-great, the least being
being some of her kings.
Ancestral Home of PennS.
Friday | took days motor trip to
Stoke Pagis, the parish church where
Grey wrote 1.-THE Elegy in Country
Churchyard," which, by and large is
one of the finest things in England
Stoke-Pagis is much as it was when
Grey lived there $50 years ago. A
peaceful village in Buckinghamshire.
Nearby is the ancestral home OF the
Penn family A classic structure now
used as the club house for golf
course.
Greys remains with that OF his
mother. lie in a tomb nearby the
church. 1t is not large, but beautiful
in its lines Early Norman design.
The owl of the poem still has his nest
in the trees of the grounds and hard
by is a herd of cattle. They didn't
low, but most of them were lying
down as our party went by.
Boat Ride on Thames.
l had chat with the vicar OF
Stokes Pagis, venerable Oxford
don, and missed the party in conse-
Quence. Was hunted up and located
bv our earnest lady guide and the
marty proceeded to the Thames for a
steamer ride down stream, through
several locks and by beautiful es-
tates to Windsor. The finest estate
on the river is owned by Parsee
diamond merchant. He bought 1t OF
an English nObleman.
The Thames is like most English
streams-clean and beautiful. The
lush grass grows to the waters edge.
No mud banks. no scum. no impurities.
Visit Royal Palace.
We had lunch at Windsor and then
went through the Royal palace-that
is. part of it. The shilling fee goes TO
charity and they take in hundreds OF
shillings a day. Mostly from tourists
eager to help out
The palace, a stately building with
hundreds of rooms, contains some
maenifcent pictures and furniture.
The king doesn't live there. This
shows his astuteness, as Windsor
wouldn't be a pleasant place to reside
in. So much grandeur and near
grandeur. Much of the decoration Is
the gilt and glitter OF the Georgian
period in questionable taste. But DAT
ms back to William, the Conquerer, it
is an interesting place to Visit Near
nv on leaving we crossed the cele-
hrated Three-miIe Walk, an avenue
of e}ns. generations old. on each side.
The walk extends from the palace
down a long hill and up another to a
statue of George III, our old friend OF
Colonial DAYS. No enthusiasm over the
statue so we passed. Even the Eng
Iish grinned. They seem to have no
disiilusionS over royalty
Hampden Court, the next stop, is
superb. Here Cardinal Wolsey built
a better house than King Henry VIII
had and Henry waxed wroth. TO get
out of a bad situation his emience said
he intended to give it to the king as a
present, anyhow This was just what
Henry wanted. And in the end the
cardinal lost his head saying, II L
had served my God as l served King
Henry. | would have Jared better.
Largest Grapevine In England.
Rut Hampden Court and its gardens
are wonderful. William of Orange en-
larged and beautified the grounds. His
sudden death cut short his plans. the
floral array includes hundreds OF
flower beds. winding walks and gar
dens. In one of these, perhaps nan
an acre in extent, we saw movie
production of Henry the VIII period
being photoed Henry and his court
were in the greensward in costume.
AT the end was the statue of nymph
in bower of green. A fountain plays
in the centre. Surrounding the garde~
woven hedge of green. Some set
ting. Down further is the largest
grape vine in England. Planted IN
7765 and bearing 1000 punches OF
big black grapes annually. All under
glass, as are all fruits of the kind in
ENGLAND. -,
The punches are sold at six shlll-
ings (S1.50) each for benefit OF the
distressed soldiers Hampden Court
contains the maze, labyrinth OF
hedge where you enter, to get lost.
wanted to try it but our guide SAID II
was too late. So. I'm going back
We Americans always get laugh