Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-22
couaTEslEs TO TRAVELLERS.


Kxpsrts&ess Of Three Ladies while "Do-
Ing" the Tear of Europa
A party of three ladies recently travel
ing abroad met with the kindest cour-
tcsy from all. even from tho proverbiAily
icicle-like Englishman. In the lake
country. Oxford professors jumped out
Of the wagonette. and, picking big
bouquets Of English cowslips and prim-
roses, gave the youngest member Of the
party delightful lesson in botany; In
Rydai, the home Of Wordsworth was
made doubly interesting by the oonver-
sation of Welsh clergyman on top Of
the coach, who jumped down as they
passed Grasmere chnrchyard, where the
poet lies buried. and. not finding the
sexton with the key Of the gaze. dar-
ingiy jumped the low churchyard fence
and helped his companion over that she
might have time to pick q yellow prim-
rose from tho poets grave before the
coach started. In Rouen an old French
lady alighted from the "bus" and walked
half mile sout Of her way 10 show the
American girl the way to the beautiful
Gothic cathedral OF St Maciou. In
Paris . most obliging young English
i sh81s Wnpn cnD tDbk ~ uf8t AOE y
Frenchman, stopped an immense wag.
onette with much trouble, and, seeing
she Was timid. escorted her across the
j crowded boulevard des Italiens TO the
door of the Hotel splendide, making his
conveyance wait En- route to Florence,
. handsome young Venetian conductor.
seeing she was travelling alone by night
reserved the whole of an eight-seat
coupe for her without being requested,
and, most. wondrous of all, refused all
mention of fee.
i At Verona, the home of Romeo, q
French gentleman, hnrrying TO catch
his train. stopped to interpret her ques.
tions to the ticket seller and inform
her about the custom-house inspection,
which In one OF the most disagreeable
things ladies travelling alone have to
encounter. Bowling along the shores oi
Lago Maggiore, an obliging French con
ductor on the roof of the diligence
stopped the whole big coach-load, while
the American girl hunted through the
corridors of an immense hotel for On
American .'sandveech."
II Perhaps the funniest bit OF genuine
kindness was performed by a little
Bolognese conductor, black-eyed. with
something OF the figure OF BolognS
sausage. The express train had beer
rushing through tunnels all day; an xiou,
J to miss nothing, the girl had her head
out OF the window, until finally, over
come by fatigue, she fell aleep with hei
head resting on the open window. A
rapid stop in the immense station sud
| AAnlu Il l. ~
| she saw IL Inust be lunch time. She
started out into the station toward tbs
buffet; the conductor followed her, wild
> ly gesticulating and talking in shril
Italian. She offered her ticket; he shool
] his head, getting more excited. He tried
French; no use; still he followed her
What could 1t be? The little mar
grew crimson with excitement and she
more puzzled than ever. Finally a bril-
liant thought struck him; he put hi,
hand in bis pocket and pulled ont--not
plum. but big pocket-mirror and held
IL before her face. 1t told tho story
The whole OF one side OF her face was as
} black rs the ace of spadesl The kindness
! Of the little Italian, by which he almost
lost his dinner, had saved her a mortify
ing debut at the dinner table before hei
fellow-travelers.
Ali these little acts OF kindness. giver
! simply without any arriere pensee, foi
the traveller was neither very young mo-
| goodiookine. show that ladies can trave
In Europe safely and comfortably, and
that the country where chiyalry orig
mated has still enough OF IL loft !,
, smooth the path for womankind IL she
La, like Mrs. Gummidge. a .'lone, lorT
creatur." The memory OF the numerou,
kindnesses shown to the party OF three
ladies by perfect strangers, whom they
, never expect to meet again in thi,
: world, forms one OF the pleasantes
pictures that hangs on the wall OF mem
, ory OF that European trip, whose eyerl
, day. even without q man, was constant
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