The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-25

Hon. Holster Clymer, Pennsylvania; Mr.. Z. Hepple
Hall, OF the London Graphic; Lieutenant Cover
nor Holt, Kalamazoo, Mich. Rev. William f. Shee-
han and General Banco, Costa RIGA. The scene on
board this boat for two hours before she left her
dock at Hoboken was full OF interest. The saloons
and decks were crowded with friends OF the pas
sengers. the friends burdened with parting words
and their eyes brimfull OF fearful smiles Parting
from friends whether temporarily or forever Is q
sad thing and the former Is typical OF The latter.
THE SADNESS OF SWEET PARTING, U~R
the passengers and their friends had recourse to
freely down threats 30 feminine and so graceful in
their curve that they outrivalled the swans in
beauty. The sans rays were SO warm and the
saloons so crowded that excuses for drinking one
glass more were easily made. AS group after
group OF, this busy and excited throng was passed
listen to the burdens OF the talk. Some Of the
young people were leaving their native land for
the ss time and they their
time / slept on shore vas in America and and
Then there were stories about what they would
see, what they would do, where they would go In
Europe. and what they would bring back from the
that purgatorial period in life ct sea which Mr..
Mark Tapey so elegantly described as putting
yourself, and there amt too much OF me to swear
by.n Just before three O'Clock and "Her Majesty's
mails" have been thrown on deck, the bell rings,
Captain Hamilton Perry stands on the bridge, the
very last "goodby" Is said, flower or two is
stolen from the bouquets with which the saloon
tables are wen supplied, and the gangway Is
and soon the Adratc Is following In the wake ofthe
bound and which had preceded her. The Atlantic
disaster has not materially stemmed the tide Of
mse the nes
founded on the then application In advance for
berths, and 1t was expected that the saloon pas
Atlantic disaster win, IL is expected, diminM that
number 5000; but even Al, 600 Is greatly IN excess
81 Il + sd T those
their claims to EXPERTS that these Americans will
spend not less than 900 in Europe. 1t easy
mind OF the American storekeeper who contem-
plates this vast sum thrown into the lap OF q ma
ton OF shopkeepers, but he must be comiorted by
the reflection that Americas nation OF travellers.
To go to Europe, too, Is cheaper than to stay at
home, ana thus the American travelling public is
fast fading out Mr.. Cough says that 1t
PAYS TO 90 TO CALIFORNIA,
but then 1t costs about one-thrd more than going
to Europe You can travel rst class i Is said
for $780, for ten An weeks. adding s Di s%s.
Netherlands, sl125, and for an absence OF
four months seeing italy Ia addition to the countries
adopted these amounts may be reduced consider
ably. Let those who have had four months ex.
the round Of fashionable Summer resorts in
America compare these amounts with that which
they spent In obtaining their experience, and the
balance Will be largely In favor OF Europe. The ex
penses on land OF each tourist, after the ocean
voyage, need not be more than five or six dollars
per day. Mr.. Cook has arranged fifty different
routes through Europe where the cost will not
average more than three dollars per day for each
tourist. Viewed, then, as q matter OF economy
European travel commends itself TO the thrifty
mind This year, however, there is the Vienna
Exhibition Is the European attraction, and this
OF course, Is
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON,
and will necessarily obge many Americans to
cross over to the other side,n who might have de-
new country is genuine sensation, especially II 1t
IL made "over the sea-" When we travel by road
we are gradually prepared for novelties by travel
ling mile after mile by land, and where our senses
become accustomed to the gradual change Of coun-
try: But in crossing. the Atlantic there has been
the habits and outward appearances assiInilate.
There has been no blending OF colors, no dissolv-
ing IN There no
and the Other err begins. the change Is sud- nd
drawn from View, and another is sud
denly presented to the astonished gaze Of the
the and moral Qualities Mr. Mars
Twain says that "travel Is fatal to prejudice,
bgotry and narrow mindedness, and many OF our
CHARITABLE VIEWS OF MEN
N e &c All u
there is the repose and the brain rest OF sea
voyage. The ocean air IL full OF invigorating ee-
ments, and the ever-changing waves full OF
beauty. 1t Is almost impossible to be otherwise
than idle during the voyage. To sleep, to eat to
talk, and perchance to read, are the
main occupations OF the voyager across the busy
sea that separates our land from Europe. sea-
son OF sloth Is beneficial to the tired, busy man,
and to the woman weary OF q round OF fashionable
life IL Is new sensation, that adds new life to her
delicate Frame ana gives more abiding tinge OF
beauty to the finest OF features. Is 1t any marvel,
then. that European steamers are crowded every
Wednesday and saturday, and that the Atlantic
rolls between two lands, rich in heart beats for dwell
ers and s0journers In both? This European travel
too binds the hearts OF the two Engllsh-s peaking
nations In one smooths nsular differences born OF
want OF knowledge. corrects missapprehensions,
shows that We are all human and the children OF
one father, and helps to realize the poets dream,
when there shall be
One land, one home friend, one faith, one law,