Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1885-06-18
FREE-AND-EASYTRAVEL
A SENSIBLE AND PLEASANT WAY To
GO ABROAD.
seeing England on Foot and by Boat.
fedestrisnism In switzerIand-The
Greatest Enjoyment by the
simplest Means.
Special CorreSpondanre I


nature demands, especially IN It's pleasures
yet 1t Is almost the last thing it seeks in it,
travels. To do just that ones neighbor has
done seems 10 lie tLs line marked out for
most peoples wandering.
why should one 90 abroadm sighs the
Fifth avenue belle; Paris is only New
York set in asphalt" Nevertheless she hies
herself across the sea and pitches her tempo
rary tent upon the asphalt because her friend
in the next block, or her cousin around the
corner, Is about 10 do the same The boule-
wards and parSlets Of the French capital are
twice as familiar To her as the questionable
quarters Of her own city: bat it does not
occur 10 her either To search out something
new at home, or TO leave the beaten path
abroad.
Yet in every country in Europe there are
such pleasant ways of spending a summers
leisure without haunting he big cities or
yawning over the stock sights OF course,
the enjoyment Of these ways presupposes an
absence of craving for pavements and plate
glass, some individuality of taste, some gen
uine love of nature. But these are really
much more salient characteristics OF the
average traveller than is commonly supposed,
and he often requires only the right direc-
tion and impulse 20 quickly develop them. Al
most everybody who has read ''The Strange
Adventures of Phaetonn said What a de-
/ lightful thing 10 dor' Aud when the ac-
/ counts Of Mr.. Andrew Carnegies coaching
7 tours through England were given 10 the
I public, many added, in the refrain Of Cloughs
7 wellknown poem, How pleasant il is t.
have money. heigh-b1l how pleasant il Is tn
have money!
But you need not be a millionaire 20 sp-
proximate in simple fashion 70 these chron-
icled delights; and because YOU may not ill
the box seat on a coach and siz, there is no
reason why YOU should scorn n basket wagon
and one. Indeed, 10 quiet folk the latter l.
Full as likely 10 bring satisfaction as the
former. and would in any case have this
great advantage, that there could be little
opportunity for conflic. Of taste among the
few occupants Of small carriage; whereas,
In big one the party. 60 he compatible,
must needs be most tactsu.ly chosen
\ gentleman AMI LAZY, who are going TO
England for the coming summer. have
planned to take a drive through that most de-
lightful Of countieS-War r.sickshire-tracing
out the hooks and corners that George Eliot
has made dear 10 the hearts OF her read
ers-all the way Oh from 'Griff,n the coun-
try home on the roal from Coventry TO Nun
eaton. where Mary Ann Evans passed her
girl life. Within the limits of this same
green shire there are, too, the fascinating
ruins Of Kenilr orth, whence no truth Of his
tory shall tear the ghost Of Amy Rob
sart; and Stratford peacefully sleeping
beneath the mantle Of Shakespeare's great
ness; and warwick Castle, that ideal feudaI
home; and dozens of other places within a
ston7s throw Of each other, SO 10 speak,
among which il is a never-ceasing delight TO
wander. If a carriage journey be not feast
BILE Leamington-the famous and charming
old spa-is an excellent point whence to make
trips, and the remotest edges of the county
are easily within a days excursion. Perhaps
the greatest pleasure Of such nomadism is
reserved for the genteel ''tramps" those
happy persons who like 10, and are able TO
walk. Ii is not pedestrianism in any strict
sense; for pedestrianism seems 10 imply some
form Of resolve, some conscious and deter
mined physical effort; whereas, walking in
the midland and southern counties of Eng
land, where the turf springs under ones feet,
and the roads and by-ways are like park
paths. walking becomes only "a pUrposeful
lounging out Of doors. In the lovely lake
country of Westmorelandshire riding is
worse than a crime-it is a blunder;n not
only because you may walk with the shades
Of Wordsworth, and Southey, and Coleridge,
but because human feet may penetrate re-
eesses where wheels and hoofs cannot 90.
For those who will not walk, and do not
wish 10 ride, there is yet another opportunity,
and that is upon the water. In this country
Of great rivers we are apt TO regard the
streams OF Great Britain as unimpDrtant,
except for pictorial purposes. But, however
limited Is their commercial utility, their
value TO the leisurely searcher after the pic
turesque is usquestioned To start from
London in reomy and comfortable boat
hired either for a definite or indefinite time
with congenial friend or two, and the
shawlstsap luggage of experienced travellers,
and row slowly up the Thames, stopping
wherever fancy pleases 10 make detours on
foot. or for food and lodging at the charming
inns on shore, is perhaps 10 enjoy the one
perfect holiday Of lifetime, Ii may
cover a wsesJ, or a month. without
ever becoming monotonous; il never can be
hurried by any sense of timetables and close
connections. or despoiled of its romance by
the thought of ultimate swallowtails and
tables d'h6te II may be pursued by the
light of the slowly awakening dawn, the full
splendor of noontide or under the stars and
the moon. and no soulless corporation can
compel YOU to start at one hour, or declare
that YOU are due at another. If you become
infec,ed with this form Of midsummer mad
ness. YOU can go nearly all over England in
n boat by means of its interlacing canals and
little rivers.
For pedestrianism, in its truest and most
fascinating sense. one must go to Switzer-
land. There it may be enjoyed by every body
without the necessity Of climbing Monte kosa
or scaling the Matterhorn- Indeed, except
for the pleasure experienced mountaineers
feel in reaching some unusual elevation, there
is little gained in great ascents. as the at
r,osnbere is too rarefied for most lungs, the
,aunerature too cold for comfort and the