The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-31
GOING TO EUROPE.
SUGGESTIONS TO THOSE ABOUT TO
90 The CONTINENT.


The Tourist should Never Mako His
first Trip Till He Has Been Over
Twiee-what To Take and What TO
Hrin: Home.
II may >Huni SOMEWHAT strange, hut as c
matter II fat, no YersDn should go % Er-
rOie ull h. shall have hen over there a.
last tSte before making his first visit b.
fore going h. should s-nd no L,s th:tn six
months in the old country IN ori.r b. clear
up the srouni, o. SEPARATE fancy from fart,
'halliw impressions from realitieS, AMI the
skal from tie real The ilrst five months In
Eurofe affori no information reliable As to
ti.- country, the I.ople or serial conditions
In this ralbi flight only the superficial Is sen,
ami whhrh l. scarcely Indicative II what lies
i-lOv As hksly ms not the ski day trav-
elef will come hack hating tho impressive Eng
lish AMI e.lral'tuni With the versatile. and
ni.,iile French II h. should rnriin year
AMI fairly striy 18th e,pk-. he woaLi raj
ta,liy reverse hi, ,sisli,iolls,
III absolute ms's-,,ity ii reversing all the
FIRST inpn~,i,,.> roiyol in a tsirney abroad
warrant thu paradox that noi..iy should
maxi II trip until two, and, il I.eS,il,t,, thrs,
shall have l+sn male l1fore making tie first
one II wiz not c,r,t ~ much by one-third u
MAKE scoIld is il does tirst trip over 70
tn European continent It il only after one
has hal experience that onc knows what 10
Iay the cala,.n what PLACES to stop ut In a
city, what class Ia travel In, what f,s, 70
give D. servants, what fo1i b. order A
stranger will Iay third more for cab hire
than We Win Is familiar with prices; tl,sre
arr loaliths in LONDON AMI Paris which are
on an equality in point II convenience, COM
fort AMI the like, AMI In which the cst Of
apartments and fssl will le twicc ~ great Ia
thu IN" ~ III" other.
ERRORS FREQUENTLY COMMITTED
In same lortiols u Europe second class
Compartments on the railways are equal, AMI
In ~mr INSTANCES, superior, a. the first class;
AMI in few instances tho batter must 10
s.lSt.l unless the person wished tn travel On
what would ie regart1i In this country IN a
Wttl' trim. The feeiIig Of servants, which
prevails universally, may H. rslu,rd to a
comparatively s,aall total IN II journey Of q
few weeks, or u may amount to a sum suill-
eient " very materially increase thu cost Il
this vacation. The difference between wha.
would Nv paid by ono who "knows the ropes
and one who ventures for tho first time
amounts b. several humlr,l dollars " "a trip
lasting, say, for ninety days.
On Of the errors frequently conIinitted by
people going abroad h tle carrying II an
over plus of baggage. As a matter II fact, a
IMAM AMI his wife should take hut ono pitce 1t
baggage, which should le trunk sufficiently
small to h. placssi under the sofa In the cabin.
II larger than this II will have to go into tho
holl Of thu ship, and will not H. accessible
until "A hong Isri1l after leaving the shore.
The "outtitn II u woman should mot exceed
the following: An all wool travelling dress,
woolcn umlergarments, kggings, "connnoa
srnsc shu-, ulster, heavy shawl AMI water.
prof, close fitting bonnet, sun hat, collars
AMI cuffs, AMI handkerchief, flannel wrap
pr for the state rom, AMI black short dinner
dress, some changes Of unicrrlothing, half
dozen towels, toilet articles, and not forget
ting bottle of smelling salts composed VI
mIerfumd carboliate u ainoniuni.
A. Ia tie man, II single suit IT woolen cloth
Ing, with the necessary underwear, Is all that
he really needs. The moment hc reaches Lon
don b. can h1 fitted with whatever clothing
h. likes, and secure the luxury Of g"sl iit,
4 sa,srb material AMI satisfactory results, ut
a cost Just one-half what the same articles
will cost him in Chicago. In fine the travel
crs Of both sexes should not take any clothing
with them save what Is ncslel for the Jour.
ney A business man who Is In the habit VI
wearing good clothes will lind that it will al.
most pay him Ia cross the ocean once In two
years To lay in n supply Of wearing apparel,
az thu difference In the cost Of the goods and
their superiority, will very nearly liIuilato
the expenses If the trip.
LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION.
II Is rarely the ease that the intention Of an
American Ia ~ Ia Europe Is announced with
out there being at once protrcrol to him .
trunkful If letters Of introduction Inyesti.
Cation will show that thosc who are most
prof,isc in the offer Of letters are often those
who have spent the shortest time IN the old
world In proportion as one Is familiar with
the people, especially Of England, one Is
chary Of giving letters. The more one knows
Of Englishmen, FIenchmen and Germans the
less IL ollr liable to trouble them with this
class Of lnissive. One or two letters of the
proper kind, from the proper person to tho
proper foreigner, viii not bc All REMEMBRANCE.
As a rule, the American letter of intro,luc-
ton dos not rank near rar In the sorml quo
tations of the foreign market. IL Is often
given To mere acquaintance whom one
drns not recognize socially, at home, and Il
directed to some person whom the writer may
have CASUAL met In tho old country, and on
whom he has no especial claims. A letter to
an Engi.hlnan II solemn thing. II means
an invitation 10 dinner either nj the club or
at home, anil il involves swallow tailed coat
and white nWktie, without which the wor.
shipper at the English dinner shrine commits
q wanton and inexcusable proclamation. A
majority Of Yankees scorn tho humble swal.
low tail ~ All evidence u dtgcnemcy, and
will have none VI it. They Use none ut homo,
they go abroad without one, and are unpr,>
le,rei for occasions on which the evening coat
4 l.. a ma