The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-21
The Daily Bulletin.
The Advantages Of Travel.

WIN uoiIShl as lhcy scanned cacn Otner'
Summer iinery.
"And where have you been my loyeP"
asked the brunette.
Travelling, responded the blonde.
been gone three months, studying our
own country. Ma said "A young lady's
education was not finished till she had
gone abroad, and twas vulgar to 90 to
Europe without knowing anything Of
ones own country"
chow grand, " sighed the brunette,
whose sight seeing had been limited TO
Central Park and Coney Island.
Eyes, but pa didn't want to go bit
SO ma and | planned and planned.
Finally, fell in love with plumber.
Pa reasoned with me, so did ma, but
got iirmer and declared I'd have my
own way, Ma got awlulIy uneasy Che.
forePO and-well, in short, Pa concIud.
ed to let me travel. y
you naughty thing, But where have
you bcen?'
Just everywhere. First South and
-
"Oh! then you had a chance to study
some OF those Southern problems one is
always reading about?'
81 don't remember them; but pa first
tramped me over miles and miles Of
battle fields, and | saw where Oh!
what's his name'-Oh, that biz general;
you know who mcan?'
Yes, responded the other, eagerly
"Never mind his name.
"Well, we saw wherc-Oh! Grant.
that's it; where Grant and Lee, yes, I'm
sure il was 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 grWeyards, and
dug up things. But ma said it was all
important, and | wanted to be able TO
describe them all; so | just got through
somehow
"HOw lovely to travel and improve
ones self! murmurcd the listener, with
an admiring eye on Kitty's terra Gotta
bonnet.
80 ma says, Well, then we went to
Oldu' W Odll Lake tlly,
"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 tne-the-Oh, Temple-no-Ta
ernacle. Twas ever so queer, and ma
got me book on statistics and things;
80 I'll be way up. see?n
How splendidly you'll be able to
converse with every one! | quite envy
you"
Yes, ma says few girls have such
opportunities, and mean TO improve
mine Then we've been to California,
and oh such big trees and those wretch
ed little Cinnamon. San Francisco is mt
much to see. The shops are not any
nicer than Brooklyn. But St Paul is
too lovely. Got one OF those stylish
looking listers. VIII YOU believe me?
Pa wanted TO drag me on to see the falls
of-o f-Mi.lie or Minnehaha, Just be-
cause Whittier, or Lord Byron, or some
Tom, Dick or Harry wrote a poem about
II. 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 a real mining
camp. But soiled my new silk Jersey.
| was so disguised. But pa--well, once
get him started and there's no going
back. Chicago and Cincinnati are not
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 | are patient with him, and we
generally work together. | guess he
will give in, d"
"Of course, he will, y murmured the
brunette, for he must be proud of YOU"
ooh! he is, but pa is queer and thinks
II silly to show one 5 feelings. But come
round TO lunch some day, and I'll tell
you more. Ma says next thing to travel
ing ones self is TO cultivate those who
have enjoyed the privileges. "
''How kind you are, dcar!'
"Good-by."
And the sweet creatures separated,
one buying her ribbons with an envious
soul, the other selecting ruches with
complacent pride. Stanley Hpnticy,