Show THE NEW AND OLD IN ENGLAND Strange Mixtures to Which Visitors Must Get Accustomed I was never an enemy of tho confusion confu-sion of tho old and now In Europe when Italy was all Europe to me and now In England it wns distinctly a pleasure It is something wo must accept ac-cept whether wo like it or not and wo had better llko it Tho pride of tho old custodian of tho Exeter Guildhall Guild-hall In the call of hot water pipes heating the ancient edifice wns quite as acceptable as his pride in tho thirteenth thir-teenth century cnrvings at the orVken door nnd tho onltpancled walls tho portraits of tho Princess Henrietta and Gen Monk nnd tho swords bestowed upon tho faithful city by Edward IV and Henry VII I warmed my chilly hands about tho medieval facts and oven fly to that uttermost antiquity when the Roman Praotorlnin stood where tho Guildhall stands now Still I was not so warm all over but that I was glad to shun tho indoors inclemency In-clemency to which wo must have returned re-turned In tho hotel and to prolong our stay In tho milder nil outside by going a drive beyond the city Into the charming charm-ing country W D Howclls In Hal purs |