, 1875-09-05
WANDERERS ABROAD.

Ashta5ula Neaos-
WANDERERS ABROAD.
A Word In Their Behalf
SeT!bnsr for September.
There Ia great deal OF private, and = measure
of public, fault-anding with the fact that multi
tudes of our American people 60 abroad to
spend their time and money We have forgot
ten the number Of millions which it is calcnlated
are spent in going up and down, and walking to
aud fro, in Europe -frittered away on gewgaws,
invested in silks which ne1thor pay q revenue to
the Government nor q profit to the American
shop-keepers, expended on foreign steamazs in
the outward and homevard passages, ETC., etc.
1t never occurs to the growlers. we presume,
that We are getting from the other eide all the
time, more than re send over there. In the
first place. there are always here. with annually
increasing numbers, considerable throng OF
tourists who spend iberally. They are ne,arly
al of the richer class for America is not q
country in which foreigner can live more
cheaply than he can at home. OF course this
to Europe and steadily support there, but every
incoming vessel brings its tribute of immigrants,
| who come here to remain. We have no atatls-
tics, but it must be Tue'that tnese, who brng au
their worldly possessions, import, IN the aggre-
gate, an amount far SURPRISING what we OK
port among our travellers We seud BY ffties,
VIII WITH % their littla hoaIds accumulated
| through frugal generations, and these lit
| tie boards amount in single year. to b
| verv large sum-. But they btiug something bet
| tar than money-lifs and industry. Every man
| and woman, as rule. is IN addition to the pro-
ductive capital Of the couutry. How intellectually
| large have been the contributions Of the tmmi-
| grant to the Wealth the greatness. and the COM
| fort Ct America The Immigrant has dug all
all our caaata, built all our railroads, and been
| the burden-bearer in all enterprises requiring
| blawn aud bone. There are nine chances in ten
| that the person who cooks what We eat, wsits
upon US at table, milks the COW, hoes the corn,
hay, mans the vessel, digs the ditch, spins the
cotton, washes the c1othes and makes the bed,
is foreigner. Indeed, it is more than probable
that full uaoietv OF ali the money which Ameti
cans spend abroad ia won from The profits ,on on
this and not to grudge the money which buys
abroad 80 much pleasure instruction, and health
for OUT weary and overworked people.
There is another class OF faut-duders who
have their little fling At the wnnderers-a mag
somewhat worn BY long use. but still quits CT
fectvs when employed against or amopg, tho
thoughtless. The stay-at~hones need some
thing, of course, to console them, and to keep
themselves in counteuapce; and We hear from
their wiss lips such utterances as these They
had much better stay at hume and travel in their
own country than to 70 to Europe" II should be
ashamed to 20 to Europe uLtll / had seen some
thing of America" III hadn't seen Niagara,
or the Mammoth Cave, Or the Mississippi Rlvert
I should be ashamed to travel abroad" ANY
one OF these wise statements flung at mans
head is regarded as sufficient to settle him IT he
is wauderer abroad. and happens not to haVe
been great traveller at home. 1t u supposed,
indeed. 20 decide the Whole matter-to cooaemn
the man who travels into foreign iands, and JUS
tify the man who sticks to his own door-yard
nrf 1caa mt A1yN6Ef6~
Well, travel in ones o"n connt1y ~ ve15 ae. e.
airabie, If man has the time ana can anord fhe
expense and the hardship; but TOT Sew ~ YORKER
to 80 to Niagara involves the travel OF eoo inles
out and back by rail- 10 see eoo lineage OF any OF
the Western cities costs 2ooo miles Of traSel.
70 see the Yosemite involves o,uoo !n1ea ot
travel There is not great object OF natufal
interest In the country s'gns OF which goes no:
cost great deal or money ann eeeas aeal OF
fatigue Io 60 q tne e. Hea - - fno tba rs.e ~.
Colorado Mountains, or 70 VEIL any OF tne gfeas
objects OF natural curiosity IN that region, m
volges hardship that ladies' pattcularly' unless
exceptionally rugged, cannoe endure ~ III.
And when ne have seen ELL. what have We seen
Grand things. to be sure-"ondarfal works OF
Nature-and nothing else. Our cities are neH
and with brief history. confined almost entirely
to the details Of their quick material develop
ment. We see everywhere the beginnings or
the life OF . great nation, AID they bear stf1k-
ing resemblance to each other.
Now, when man finds himself With money to
spend, he likes to 60 where he can get the most
for It. He takes himself and his family to
Europe, and finds himself everywhere on historic
ground He can hardly travel Is miles without
meeting With something-some majestic river,
some castle, some old cathedral some gallery Of
art some palace, sone ancient battle-ground
which charns hia attention. To the traveller,
London in a vast house Of historic associa-
t,ons Cheapside, the Strand, Piccadiliy,
Threadneedle street-all these are names Just as
familiar to him "a Broadway; and hundred