Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-28
TYPICAL TOURISTS.
eeATs OF THE "oLoee TRoTreRs"
WHO see AMERICA.
They All Pass Through San Frsncisoo-
Around the World h Eighty Days
The Matthew atical Tourist
and His Daughter.
lSan francisco Chronicle.l

lSan Francisco Chronicle
The tourist who ID most conspicuous
about the hotels. depots and whsrves Of
San Francisco Is the globe trOtter. the
name given to those who are forever try
ing to outdo the travelling feats OF
Phineas Fogg-with no apparent prospect
of gaining wife or fortune II they succeed.
Ali globe trotters pass through San Fran
cisco. aud II 10 the only city they do all
pass through This city Is the middle Of
the hour glass In the nap Of the globe
trotters' routes. As all roads once led to
Rome, so now all round the world routes
lead, iu beth directions. to San Francisco.
Whether The globe trotter travelling west.
after leaving ur0pe. strikes Aspinwsll.
New Orleana New York. Boston. or
Montreal first, he leaves these shores at
Fan Francisco. and II travelling east he
comes by the way Of Hong Kong or
Melbourne. he arrives by either route at
San rancisco The globe trotter. o he
Is seen on our streets, Is distinguished by
clothes which make the beholder marvel
how clothes can be SO creased and
wrinkled. by helmet or Tam O'Shanter
head carving. and by . stick cut st his
last stopping place.
THE WORLD IN Rightly DAYS.
The wonderful sameneAs Of this class
makes them uninteresting except for the
astonishing manner In which they manage
to avoid seeing anything The writer
happened 10 meet two erfectly developed
specimens on board an Australian steamer
Just as she was leaving the wharf in this
city; - ...,
Americai" one of them remarked Is tho
Golden Gate was being passed
Il suppose 50. How long were you in
the country"
well, We were detained day here,
wait ng for the English mail for the
steamer, and stopped over two days in
New York; that makes. seven and two
and one days shouldn't like to
have missed anything you know
"Nothing to speak OF. Some tourists
take run up to Boston and into the
White mountsins have trip on the Hud.
son and q flyer at the AdirondAcks; drop
down into Florida and across to New Or
leans; stop over day At Niagara aud lie
of at leveland and Chicago to have a
look at the great lakes; run up to Denver
to see q mountain city; branch of for Il
run through the Yellowstone region. do
salt Lake and inspect the Comstock
mines; 60 into the Yosemite. and have
look at Los Angeles; steam up 70 Oregon
and visit the Dallcs. and"
"Oh, l dare say interrupted the
globe, tTotter: -quite decent. dare say.
but scarcely worth . fellow time, you
know"
1t becomes . wonder what induces the
globe -trotter to 60 abroad He could
iravel the sane number of miles.
at much less cost on the under.
ground railway in his own London
and profit quite - much in
wisdom and experience But while Ger
tain class Of English are the very worst and
most senseless tourists, another class are
the best and most sane tourists to be met
with, although it must be confessed they
seldom get credit for il They see more
Of scenery and institutions and much les
Of the people Of the country than IN
American. The average American Il
naturally gregarious and will make his
neighbors acquaintance and talk with
him In . stage coach or railroad car ut the
risk of missing half the points Of interest
on the road The Englishman who trav-
els to see has generally had ss much ex.
perience with men ss he cares for The
most loquacious neighbor on coach seat
can not trap him into sustained conver.
sation, and he Is known to resort hotel
keepers as the man who stays the longest
and sees the most He is doggedly in
sistent In getting what be wants and
travels with . scarcity Of luggage" that
makes him the wouGer and envy Of all
bandbox- inflicted tourists who view his
belongings.
the STATISTICAL TOURIST.
The consideration of typical tourists re
calls type which is best de' eloped in the
Yosemite vsiley-the mathematical tour
ist This 10 always . man and Is war
ranted TO drive one mad In less time than
any other kind Of bore The writer was
punished for all the sins he ever com
mi,aod By being one Of dinner party re.
Gently where the mathematical tourist,
fresh from the Yosemite. sat on one side
and his highly utter daughter On the
other. They were from Chicago or some
other of thosc big. fat. boisteroas western
towns, and when you get hold Of speci-
men of Chicago bitterness there Is new
mated about as follows:
high and contains at this season Of the
NC1I. ls,VVV uAlACI . fuE0e8, WHICH -
sometimes blown clar of the rocks, which
would take lifting power in the wind
ekal to-"
All, the wind! Spirit Of the Evil
Wind is the meaning Of the Indian name.
Po no no. for the Bridal Veil. This shows
that there is deep spirituality in the
minds of those untutored children Of"
wall. sir. in the crack that makes one
'er them royal arches. calaied you could
put church and steeple and have for"
That ltoyal Arch fall seemed like Q
slender thread Of cloud. on which heav.
emily messages might be waited to-"
@An e. fer them Yosemite falls, Why,
the trail to Union point is half -clumb be-
fore you git ter where the top Of Third
fall. 500 feet. is seen. which u only one
sixth OF the"
The religious instinct and all love for
light aud sweetness must be ipcrusted
deeply with worldliness in him who can
view unmoved the awful grandeur Of
The biggest grain elevator in Chicago
could be run by the power goin' ter waste
in them Ne sdy falls
The forced listeners could not help
wishing that Chicago had heavy export
duty on tourists.
FLOWERS At THE WHITE HOUSE.
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