Left Canterbury Thursday [Aug. 4, 1910] 2:20
Arrived London 5:20 P.M.
Drove (2/6) to Torrington Sq.
where we found board (6/6) no lunch--clean rooms, nice people, poor food. In
London we did the usual things. This time I enjoyed Temple Courts (Middle
Temple), Wallace Collection, Kensington Museum, Cheshire Cheese Inn, walk
through Fleet Street, Hampton Court boat at 4:30 to Richmond--walk up to the
hill--gorgeous never to be forgotten view with sunset, and a fine dinner. Home
by train and subway. At the Japanese-British Exhibit we saw the Japanese wrestlers, a great novelty and a strange thing, too.
Heard Tetrazzini at Opera in
Barber of Seville. Saw “Priscilla Runs Away” Wilson-Terry (charming)--“The
Whip”--thrilling melodrama, but goodl.
Am sorry I didn’t start this sooner for now I am trying to
catch up and can not feel like taking time to tell the things which I have felt
most important. Here’s one thing, we are seeing the life of the people--as upon
the Thames, where were the house-boats, etc. as I did not before.
The week of Cricket at
Canterbury--National Festival--We went down Thursday. A wonderful sight and
experience it was; throngs of enthusiasts who were self contained--, a
brilliant sight on the velvety big area of green. A most
scientific game is cricket but a very unexciting performance, I think.
We don't know what Ima's brother Mike thought.
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