Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-16

doesn't pay all of it. A large share is
borne by the employed people and
the employers.
The dole runs from Is bob (shilling)
for the man, 10 bob for the wife, six
bob for the first child and three bob
for each subsequent child, as high as
three pounds, ten shillings, or about
$3.50 week. In other words it is
higher than the earning capacity of
many family heads. AS result a
premius is put on idleness and paup-
perism.
Americans cannot understand the
psychology of dole system, but 1t IS
said here it was necessary to pre-
vent a revolution. And, as I said be-
fore, the "Bolshies' are very active.
Ancient Warwick Has Charm
Last Sunday I went out to Rich
mond Park west of London, having a
day previous been to Warwick Castle
and Stratford on Avon, where Shakes
peare was born. The last is world
shrine, but overdone with mendicants
and hurried travellers.
The old Norman church at Stratford,
where the bard's bones lie, is gem,
and we'll worth the whole trip.
Anne Hathaway's cottage is joke,
the guide ignoring all the actual his
tory of Shakespeare relations with
his charmer and endeavoring to ladle
out a coy little romance about the
pair.
Kenilworth Castle, a fine old ruin
broken up for farm buildings and pig
sites in Cromwell's time, is also worth
seeing.
Warwick Castle and grounds are
Just as they were 800 years ago except
for the result of constant improve
ment. The views along the Avon, the
ravishing vistas of the castle park and
the delicate beauty and charm OF the
castle interior make it, without
doubt, the finest thing I have seen in
England. If any of you ever come
here don't miss Warwick.
Valley of the Thames.
But about Richmond Park. Perhaps
Is miles from the Strand, it is reach
ed in as minutes by motor bus. Thru
a beautiful countryside, too. The park
entrance lies on the hills above the
Thames and once inside one OF the
finest views in the world is afforded.
It is across the Thames valley, filled
with woodland and scattered villages
and estates, to far-away hills. The
whole breathed a peaceful mid-sum-
mer sunshine.
When England sets out to produce
a beautiful summer day she does her
self proud. Like early autumn at
home, except for the long twilight
Cold after dark.
At 900 the Angelus pealed out from
a church in the valley. Then for
three hours I explored the park and
saw but little of it.
An idea of the immense park sys-
tenn of London can be gained by Wis
ualising one huge park leading into
another. Flower gardens, fine trees
hundreds of years old, hillsides of real
bracken, deep forest enclosures (re-
member that all timber does well in
this moist, equable climate), deer
parks with real deer, so tame they
feed near you like COWS. Lakes filled
with equally tame wild fowl and so
on.
At dusk as a reward for a long
tramp, had a fine view of one of the
greatest sunsets I ever saw, and it
lasted many minutes. The valley had
that peaceful, hazy quality so charac-
teristic of England. No wonder the
English love their motherland.
London Well Governed.
Just by the way, it is interesting to
note how smoothly life runs in the
worlds largest city. No crime to
speak. No needless noise, no acct
dents in great degree, but politeness
and consideration almost everywhere.
1t seems to me that the citizens con-
clude that the only way they can live
together in great numbers is to be
fair, not too hasty and always court
eous. I'm sorry" is heard the in
slant one is Inadvertently jostled.
Quite a lesson and I am told also
that another reason why things work
out so we'll is the tremendous respect
the English have for the law, and its
street corner symbol, the Bobby.
The last, huge in size and every
body's friend, is generally selected
from the rural districts and not Lon
DON
1t is said to be quite hard for Lon
doner to get a job on the force, eX-
cept as a detective, where he shines.
But the Bobby is more than symbol
He is THE law.
People no more think of questioning
his decisions than they would the
kings. This is because the force is