Show MOST VISITED ENGLISH CITY liverpool however Is least known of all by travelers washington the last city to have its civic week at the wembley empire exhibition was liverpool and liverpool says a bulletin from the national geographic society has seen more visiting americans than any other english city while it Is sale grafe to these americans saw less of liverpool than they did of 0 any other place in europe they know that the city lias has miles and miles of docks that the world in general unloads I 1 ase docks vast quantities of raw no mean part of which are tile the cargoes of grain cattle cotton tobacco and meats from the united states they also know that the busy factories of lancashire yorkshire and the SlId midlands lands converge their wares upon these docks pouring out into the world commerce stream shiploads ship loads of woven linen woolen and cotton machinery and metals the lags flags of sixty steamship lines line which ply in and out of liverpool were on display at wembley two other features of the exhibit were horses borses and art treasures the liverpool dray horses are famous never kever ending lines of trucks drawn by these handsome massive animals move along Liver LIer pools streets between docks ant and warehouses and railway stations the trucks tire are the type known as lorr lorries leq which originated in this city annually the city has a spring carnival at which para parades des of the horses form a principal attraction at wembley one LINer liverpool pool horse Is reported to have bane registered a pull of 0 21 tons and then with a second horse to ha have e exceeded the capacity of the register which was 29 tons coal smoked greek architecture the art treasures were from liver pools museum wherein may be found a gallery of paintings an aquarium and a public library the most beautiful building luil ding in tile the city however Is not the mus museum eurn but st georges hall which even though it has been called a piece of coal smoked greek creek architecture Is impressive tor for its fine simple rind find dignified lines it was the conception of a twenty four bear earold ear old architect ct one of the notable collections of the museum is that of joseph slayer a silversmith and in this collection Is 0 box bos of silver coins with a label bearing an interesting story when the juvenile joseph vas walking with a relative in the fields one day a plowman turned up several coins the relative offered the boy a reward if he would decipher the inscriptions tile the boy earned that reward and became so interested in relics of that sort that he became a distinguished an liverpool once was a city of slums bu even cien before the world war the th city corporation lind had begun tearing down unsanitary dwellings and put ung ting up low price tenements tenement for its workers there are more than dock workers here and more unskilled labor and racial strains than in any other city of england it has an abundance of parks and many of these tire are partly given over to the ancient game of outdoor bowling which flourishes here as it docs nowhere else in england A novel sight akin to the old time curb market in new york Is the spot known as tile exchange flags where port merchants transact much of their business during seemingly basua meetings liverpool also has a famous institution the seamans orphanage known to sea travelers trai elers because many of the great liners carry an orphanage box to collect funds for this institution anti and sonic some of them hem give entertainments for its benefit geography played an unmistakable part in the fate of liverpool it Is located three miles from the open sea up the mersey klersey river which widens from a width of less than a mile into a three mile wide basin king john founded it n ton here but even in the early century when first dock was built it had only people it engaged in slave sime traffic with the spanish main and played r n g U ar part lu in the romantic days of smuggling ot of rum migna nod tobacco its prosperity really began in ISIO with the establishment of regular ship service between the old world unit the new port of many immigrants one of its principal articles of export to america up until tile lie time of the world war were our immigrant citizens it was a pioneer port ot of Fri glish emigration rind in addition many of the american ImmIg immigrants from rom spain france russia poland and the baltic region embarked here there tire are nearly two score consulates in liverpool that of the united states state s it will be recalled was distinguished led by the service of nathaniel ilau hawthorne thorne tile the gladstone family hole hae lived here for generations william baart gladstone was born liere here and relatives still are active in the cites affairs birkenhead across the Sl mersey ersey Is a busy city and would be known as an Im important port in its own right even it if it were divested from its overshadowing oin o in neighbor though there Is a tunnel connection the ferries between the lie two cities constitute tile the busiest in england |