The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-01
FIVE HUNDRED MILES.
4 FAMILY AXE 4 TRAMP THROUGH
ENcLbNO AND SCOTLAND.
Chat with the Heroine Of the Latest Re
rnarsabic Pedestrian Feat-six Children,
the Eldest Twelve Years Old-Baby's
fbjoymcnt--The Outfit.

AhA idlfNl ItlilAi .nbiT lfAtNettn' ANt'N
walk OF 800 miles in England and Scotland,
beginning at London and ending in Glasgow,
and performed not alone, hut in the com
pany Of Ter whole family Of six children, the
eldest Of whom IS IL years aud the ycungest
II months. Tho latter. IL need hardly be
said, did not walk the whole distance, being
wheeled in fact. together with his feeding
bottle and cppurtenances thereto belonging,
III a Ierambulator.
"With pleasure was Mrs ActOn's cheer
full response TO the request for particulars OF
her remarkable walk.
'To begin with, Of whom did your party
consistr
"There were the six children, the Youngest
in our famous prambulator, " hich has bcen
oh. thousands Of miles on the continent AMI
in England ard Scotland. and my husband
and myself and two mads-ten N all
A LIGHT OUTFIT.
"What was your outfit"
"When we started from Sunnysido, our
house in ST. Johns Wood, we each took a
small block bag in our hands, bu. sc soon
lad to give those up Afterward We bad ab
solutely nothing but a nightsOwn and n
macintosh each. There was one brush and
one comb for myself and all the children.
We really couldn't carry more than the least
possible quantity OF luggage, you know. Tea
my husband j. 50 fond of n good cup Of
tea-so we carried our tea all the way from
London. and VIC had kettle. too, one Of
those Fat ones 10 boil over a spirit lamp, and
the spirit lamp itself Ard, # cogrSe. the
baby. being a young baby and fed on tbe
bottle, obliged US 10 carry a tin can Of milk "
How did you manager And, by the way.
what was your farefi
''Wc had very light fare As soon as we
got into the north OF England we always
had porridge for breakfast We never bad
much meat On the only two occasions
when we had a really good dinner we found
we could not walk afterwards We had eggs
and milk and bread and butter 10 any
amount The meat We had was almost en-
tirely timed meat, which we bought. with
bread, in the town or vi lage i'm n morning
and carried with us till we came 10 IA suit
able place for dinner. We had dinner in the
open air always. Then for tea we had just
10 call at cottage and get kettle Of water
and the use OF tea things, which they were
tANaf AL ~ 7hlfltf - NAeA t'f -
PREVENTING SORE rEFr
"Of course the trouble was boots, Mrs
Acton continued 1--WE were recommended
all sorts Of 'hygienic soles' and everything,
and we tried everything and We had to give
them all up We gave up boots altogether
and took 20 sand shoes-canyas shoes with
india rubber sOles. Those allow the feet 10
go anyhow they ike; there is no pressure,
and we found them admirable. We never
got blis;ers or sore feet or anything We
used 10 soap our toes and heels and the IN
sides OF our stockings before we started;
that is a very good thing. Then as 10 wash
ing, We could not possibly stop TO have every
thing washed AZ the inns and places, 50 the
way we managed ou- washing was 10 have
one thing washed each night We found We
could always get one thing washed and
quickly got up, and so We had clean things
without tue trouble of carrying any with Us
I'VE carried 10 umbrellas \ city man, q
neighbor of ours in London, asked me before
we started: How many umbrellas are YOU
going to takef and when / replied Not
one. be was perfectly horrlfcd n made him
quite ILL., But, though the weather was very
bad in England, VIC did very sell without.
III the first part Of The tim se salkcd 10 our
mackintoshes and hats that the rain would
not hurt OF course, II was very muddy,
and what with the mud and the rain and
the sun. cur dress got into such a state we
were quite ashamed Of ourselves and on
Saturday nights we hal 20 stop somewhere
aud buy flowers or some little lril.ing or
something 10 brighten up cur hats e. g. 90
church IN mex. morning. but we never had
colds, in spite Of having no umbrellas All
though We had great deal Of graz cold
weather that people coalplainei Of, We found
IL splendid weather Tor Walking
AID tie baby"
"Oh. baby 60. quito lie q Sypsy; be quite
enjoyed IL. First thing ia the morning he
rscd to say, Tito ready; tito ready 20 so!"
AVERAGE PzE DAY
What distance did you cover in a day on
the average
We walked sixteen AID eighteen, and one
day twenty miles, bat the average was
twelve. We made It 4 rule 70 50 twelve
miles a dav Sundays We rested We ALWAYS
felt very affectonately disposed toward the
m!lestoncs Here's another delightful mile
stone, the children would say. And that was
one matter in which We saw q most remark
able difference between Scotland and
England Directly sc got over the border
there were neither milestoncs nor direction
posts. We did find some near Ayr, bur all
broken, not the slightest use: while IL
England they were all 80 well kept YOU
couldn't 60 wrong"
What was your plan OF walking" I'VE
made j. a rule 10 start b. 100, after break
fast We walked few hours and then rested
during the heat Of the day, and walked again
IL the afternoon. Having so many children
with Us, the anxiety was 10 get into some
place for stopping al before dark-by 6, II
possible, but never later than :. Sometime
we bad great difficulty IN Eettins accommo-
dated-at Belper, for instance. Sometimes
we had the toughest lodgings, and sometimes
we were CT the most splendid hotels We
Just took what We could find, in fact We
found We had 70 keep to the high roads, for
two reasons-Grst, that SIC must have a good
road for the perambulator and the side roads
were So frightfully heavy and lumpy; and
for another thing we had % 20 70 the towns
20 put up-ten people arriving all at once
and wanting beds is something alarming in
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