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Show 2-? King Rich ir.'t St., Sloko, Cvfii- try. Engl, n '. EJit-.r 1'. ogres., Deari Sir. I Well, we arr v.jJ :it I.iverp'-.ol Stir.-rir,, Stir.-rir,, J.Jay 4, ati-r ;i niti i days p e.isitt t : voyage and r.fither Mr. Williams nor I ; wtre sea-sick. We went to Lvridu'i for ten days to visit relative.. We also had a letter of i.iirouU'.'liun to r Thomas Bert, oldest tneniLe:" of tile house of pai lia !;enc, . e having been a member far aoouo forty years. lie took us through ah the rooms of p: rlia-ment, rlia-ment, sho.vtd us w hvre the lui'g nj queen sa1", the robing room, tlie libraries, libra-ries, saw the .o. initial loeument of King Charles' death wurrant, also a document that didn't suit Oliver Crotn-welrand Crotn-welrand he liad scratched it out thick in the minute book. Sir Bert asked special permission that we might see i tne procession of dignitaries, which is a verj old custom. '1 hey were dressed in ancient costumes and carried a gold- , e.i sceptre. Of we few that were per- . mitted to gaze on this ievv the po-; 1 cemen (of which there was one stationed sta-tioned every short dis ance) asked all the gentbn en t) take their hats off, and aii stood very still till this small procession passed. It consisted of lords, dukes, marcjui, earls, etc., and many ladies of title we;e in the building. We were then invited to take .ea with this good gentleman in the tea rco n of the house of parliament, where we were introduced to Lord Winterstoke, M. P., who said he had visited S ilt Lake City and now had a son in Boston being educated. M hmbiil an 1 1 were called to labor in the Birmingham conference and after st;:vin.r at that place in attendance at-tendance a t conference we were seiu j to Covi n I ry to take chtirge of the C v-e v-e itv-L rnittgto.'i Warwick branch as ti r . are only a f-.-w saints in each! tvn. Coventry is noted for its cycle manu f .ct'Jimg. There tire over twenty 1 rge fa-Lories. In one factory there are 0 er 7.0'JO employed and many hundred 1 . each ..if the others. I never saw so rntny people litiing bicycles, motorcycles motor-cycles and automobiles especially the; b cycles. Ladies ride splttndi 'ly an.l e eery bo ty rides a wheel, men, woman a d children, both old and young. England is very pretty, more pretty than one would imagine. Instead of wite foe.e s it is all pretty green hedges and beautiful trees and flowers, but the towns are very ancient looking. Some of the buildings !wk like they might f i II over, but still they stand. It looks as though age was worth some-thn-g here. The weather here is just j moderate and pleasant. Sugar, by buying just, a pound at a time, is two pence (Jc); milk, three pence a qjart (Oc); eggs from ljc to 2c each; a large loaf of bread 2 pence (5c); butter, good quality, from 2t to 3)c a pound; good cheese from 16 to 18c pound; lard about 15c pound; good oatmeal oat-meal and roiled oats, two pence per pounl (4c); good bac n 16c pound; strawberries 4 and (3 pence (about 8 to 12c) pound; new potatoes 2o pound. In the next town, Lemmgton, I am told the population is 25,000 of which 15,000 are females. It is very common to see the lower class of women passing pass-ing and repassing in the streets with their jug of beer, intoxicating liquors being a curse here, especially among the poorer classes. England is many years behind the United Stat s in improvements. Phones are only used by the largest business j houses as are also electric lights, as gas is still in use, and the same m ty ! be said about other improvements, j By the way we saw Queen Victoria's 'beautiful new statue just outside of ! Buckingham palace, (where the Royal family reside in London,) and saw the latter just pass through the gates in their automobile. ' Regarding the work of proselyting, : it is very slow. People don't seem to j want religion other than what the , have. They are very indifferent. Just a few mil-s fion here at Nuneaton about a j e ir ago, an elder was tarred but 1 don't think they got the feathers on. They are still on the rampage and every meeting is disturbed. Sli.l, the work goes on and. it is l-toped it will be, "Bieadcast upon the waters aed thou shal find it after many days. " By the way. we come acto--s a great many old mails in Ergl rd, atd the people here are q tile muotcul, extremely extreme-ly polite and honest. Respectfully, MRS ETTA WILLIAMS |