, 1881-07-31

Olu Fashion cd JouriaeyIn@, and tho
Litter Sty1e OF 'trour1nS.,,

na- a-sanh1on % J@enr,,ey!!!n=, Icy and tho
| London TImrs-
Many WILL regret the time when the Cont
hent was far from being so popular as at
present, and when travelling arrangements
were PLEASANTLY imperfect. Neither memory
noe !eslre carries Us back to the days When
me !sre English "milord" WIS the idol Of the
1l:hnkeepers, and went posting in .lstate
with his chariot and forrgdn. Then his less
/ lucky compatriots, the forerunners. of the
j ,buslness-Worn tourist Of our day, had to
/ cranlp their limbs in the numbering diligence,
/ ana lay their plans some days beforehand, if
/ tney wished to make sure of place. The
| Kitchen was then the best feature iii inns,
1I Mllcll Otherwise left very much to desire.
The Lion d'Qr" or the Triiiz von Pumper-
! nickel" was for the most part ina singuarly
street. M H Ut sonle' 'old-fashioned town, and while
@ lie pleasures % Of sight were imperfectly graft
consistently: :Shoaid yoiu feel that Jon lad lad
neg Maa ::nousl ct your holiday Journey there
M ilah 10 cxtricatc yourself By slow degrees
from the undertaking you lad deliberately
committed yturSeli to, and the actual dirfi
ctlltles or securing your retreat were ham
pered besides at every step with formalties,
ut frontiers and passport offices. We are
| Rtller disposed to place the golden age Of
Tue British tourist, in the earlier years Of the
lie was taken Comfortably, and Swiftly,
toward MS touring ground, but the most,
picturesque scenery llaI hardly as yet been
aWart ey Aa s2fGeE2Hs Jp pck k Of the
the Wcariss'Hle plains that stretch across
Europe from the shores Of the Channel, but
y l,sp1f anti
the Swiss lakes beel blasted. On the lakes,
as on the rivers. yol went smoothly by the
steamers. which slculd be speedy enough
Tor To-, any any reasonable tourist; When you did
Or r''nlalle posts, :th3 j6ilney was fist sutii-
wsS VIZ & o2ef w. SSs sw . ho{es s'tsts we're ae
sprAging up everywhere i'll healthful and
swept clean WITH .tfose rev broq!ns of theirs.
sap i eon5ay Is ne ne fsaSSaa3y 4ssn5sy
it, without being oyernulnerous was varied !
select. Once !bey4nda certain distance, tile
better class Of travellers decidedly predom- |
mated, while those Foreigners who FREQUENT !
ed the iilSt-rate hotels were distinguished
generally forhlgh breeding and cultivation.
Now must be confessed that we have
changed all that. and though it might be in-
vido.ls to analyze the mixed nGbs 0f latter
day Tourists into thelr component parts. there |
are signs Of the changes that there is no
installing. one Of them is p:be read in the
advertisements of ofthOscc!leap tourist tickets.
which place the ramotest scenery of Central
and Southern Europe within the reach OF
everybody who Gin save something on a
so 2est for Ss1 o2 The @ tropef EstlisT IS saaS tSkst
in the altered styles Of hotals, especially in
5e Sssa1 @ fiteS St 5iy wa'rs snd e snr
names are aIDu1iellt nf ff,f arrival and incne |
SAINT circulation Of flights of seIfmade citizens
Of the .urlion. Norris it only the :Pennsylya-
nan who has ''struck oiI,'' Or the Western
,o who s vshes ftz lis e pie Ste aVen S't, iaore
profnscly .tEan tile Russian Prince or tho ! :
English Lord of half Il century ago. For
elsaers frsde sn who aye besn akIng fortunes in
us they Hevar did before. :1 and rs they havo
launched nut inaspeculation That would have
Mortified their fathers, have learned to spend
!Il and even to squailder. The Germans always
!kea |na o to sec SGnG;talg Of the VERDI but in
were at le:st rs frugal rs they We're esthctic
md intellgent Even the Richest of them
al1llost invariably :Went:by second class, and
:yer,where they had their own particular
'sough often excellent. Nowadays in the I
most Iaslliunable and expensive hotels one | /
nay DC sure of meeting Il number Of Ger !
mans. wilo M are making money fast il the :
'ttN}Is AC} ltaLEI iltkEcLLO / Il
tlilta!e the English fashions, aud SO they dine
ontlH coetir ut the later tables d'hot., with !:
parking wines i'll ;ice-pais at their elbows.
t is no longer i. question, rs it was once b
lpposetl to be, Of tile landlord charging them
u lower tariff tIl;in Ills other guests; and "
llouEll tlleir manliers may mark theirstatlou
aS ostcntation sa,1ns to be one Q
t the chief motives of their triveI they al y
rays take first-class tickets on the railways.
IS for our .meteor-lkc AMERICAN friends, e.
m hey are 70 be met with everywhere, rolling l.
p from their intensely social proclvities itl- Fl
travelling parties Of port2ntous strength; ii
Tile at any moment q train or a hotel =
.ay be swamped BY some body Of English IT.
llgrins personally conducted" OF that ft fftt
popularization Of modern ~
'urlng we desire to speak with all sympathy. II
:, is certain that many; of our fcllow-crcat- in
res enjoy it. We hope it may be taken to r
equally certain that it is US profitable as p.
is pleasant TO not n few of them. But a th
ord in season, with a simple statement Of q
cts, may possibly come as a useful re- &c oe
lnder tn the quiet people or 1nyalids ~
tlo happen to forget that autumn travel =:
the Continent is by no means what it r.
ice was. !"
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