The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-07-12
The Advantages of Travel.

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IN Fulton street the other day, beamed
Nth delight as they scanned each others
hummer finery.
"And where have you been my love?"
sked the brunette.
Travelling" responded tie blonde.
Been gone three months, studying our
ewn country. Ma said young lady's
eiucation was not finished till she had
gone abroad, and twas vulgar to go to
Europe without knowing anything OF
ones own country"
'How grand" sighed the brunette,
whose sight seeing had been limited to
Central Park and Coney Island.
"Yes, but pa didn't want to 90 bit
50 ma and l planned and planned.
Finally, fell in love with plumber.
Pa reasoned with me, so did ma, but l
got firmer and declared I'd have my
own way. Ma got awfully uneasy (be-
fore Pay and-well, in short, Pa conclud-
ed to let me travel. "
F'You naughty thing. But where have
you been?"
"Jus, everywhere. First South and
''Oh! then you had chance to study
some of those Southern problems one is
aways reading about?"
81 don't remember them; but pa first
tlamped me over miles and miles of
battle fields, and 1 saw where-Oh!
what's his name?-Oh! that big general;
you know who | mean?'
'Yes," responded the other. eagerly.
'Never mind his name"
swell, we saw where-Oh! Grant,
that's it; where Grant and Lee, yes, I'm
sure it twas Lee, fought, or bombarded,
or surrendered; anyway, / don't re-
remember details. And then we went
to Mexico, and that was awful; flies and
sand, and pa just wore me out with his
old Spanish towns, and graveyards, and
dug up things. But ma said it was all
important, and l wanted to be able to
describe them all; so just got through
somehow
''How lovely to travel and improve
ONES self'' murmured the listener, with
an admiring eye on Kitty's terra Gotta
bonnet.
$50 ma says. Well, then we went to
Utah, to Salt Lake City"
"Oh! those horrid Mormons! Did you
really see them?''
''Yes, indeed. and made study of
them. Ma said that was proper. Were
there two or three days, and such dowd-
les as those women are, and the men
well, they are too insignificant. Pa took
US to the-the-Oh, Temple-no-Tab-
ernacle. Twas ever so queer, and ma
got me book on statistics and things;
SO I'll be way up, see?"
"How splendidly you'll be able to
converse with every one! quite envy
you"
"Yes, ma says few girls have such
opportunities, and l mean to improve
mine. Then we've been to California,
and oh such big trees and those wretch
ed little Cinnamon. San Francisco i.' nj
much to see. The shops are not any
nicer than Brooklyn. But St. Paul i
too lovely. Got one of those stylish
looking ulsters. Win you believe me
e Wanted IL dsfg 81 hRahta2nssse ms G t2 see the falls
cause Whittier, or Lord Byron, or some
Tom, Dick or Harry wrote a poem about
it. But we only had two days there,
and was fright
''And you have seen all the great
grand West-the splendid mountains
the rolling prairies and breathed that
pure air
"Oh, my!yes!" interrupted the tourist
eagerly, land we visited real mining
camp. But 1 soiled my new silk Jersey
1 was SO disgusted. But pa-well, once
get him started and there's no going
back. Chicago and Cincinnati are moi
like New York. Thank goodness, we
are home. Travelling is improving and
all, but pa did manage to take US to
some horrid places. Now ma SAYS,
Europe next Spring, to give final pol
ish. Pa is awfully contrary, but ma
and l are patient with him, and we
generally work together. | guess he
will give in
''Of course, he WILL" murmured the
brunette, ''fOr he must be proud of you.'
'Oh! he is, but pa is queer and thinks
1t silly to show ones feelings But com,
round to lunch some day, and I'll tel
you more. Ma says next thing to travel
ing ones self is to cultivate those wht
have enjoyed the privileges" !"
''How kind you are, dear!'
"Good-by."
And the sweet creatures separated
one buying her ribbons with an envious
soul, the other selecting ruches will
complacent pride Stanley Huntley.