Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-12-11
WOMEN AS TRAVELLERS.
TWO GIRLS WHO WENT ALONE FROM
PARIS 10 SAN FRANCISCO.

They Made the Trip Id Just Twelve and
one-Half Days-They Were sick While
Crossing tie Water. S4t They Received
the Best of Attentioa srom Everybody.
American girls have that pluck which
1aakes them admired BY all the world.
The following is a story Of two young
women who made a flying trip from
Paris to San Francisco. The sisters were
at school in Paris. and expected soon to
be met by relatives. One forenoon they
received a cable dispatch telling them to
come home as soon as possible The
oldest girl is about twenty years old.
She Immediately sent for time tables.
While she was examining these hersis
was packing five trunks.
Miss F. discovered that they could
get a steamer from Southampton which
was to sail the next day. She posted to
her bankers, and hurrying back joined
her sister in packing. at half-past s
that night they We're being whirled out
of Paris. Neither Of the girls slept that
night When they arrived III London at
6 o'clock in the morning Miss F was
forced to do some shopping, for however
rapidly women travel they make time to
do u little buying, and in this case they
had started 80 suddenly that this was
absolutely necessary.
The American sisters caught the 1890
o'clock train for Southampton, not hav-
ing had time to eat luncheon. Four
hours later they were on their steamer,
tired and hungry and sleepy, but tri-
unphant.
ON THE OCEAN.
Every one on the vessel was most kind
/ to the young women and lauded their
pluck to the skies The voyage would
for this reason have been made pleasant
I for them, but their hurry and lack of
sleep, together with their nerve tension,
made them easy prey for mans mortal
enemy, seasickness From the time the
big steamer left England until she swept
4 up New York harbor the weather was
uncompromisingly rough. Not one day
was fair. When the young women
reached the steamer they were utterly
4 exhausted, and at once went to bed
This set the stewardess to grumbling
1 She wanted the girls To appear at the
dinner table on the first day at least.
''Oh, don't urge Us to 60 to dinner
again" cried Miss F YEARLY, and
then she told the woman the experience
through which they had just passed.
''You poor little dears," said the
woman, at once becoming gentle, and
for the rest of the voyage she neglected
i every one else to look after ''the brave
little American ladies.
/ Men and women joined in little court
estes and attentions to the two girls
/ One old crusty Englishman seemed to
take offense if any one monopolized their
attention. He became their loyal guard
4 ian and walked around like a great pro-
tecting mastiff 1t was he who stood on
the deck with them on the day that the
! girls turned their eager eyes toward the
4 Statue Of Liberty. The new friends Of
"4he brave little American ladies' adj
vised them to stay III New York for one
day to get a little rest. They would not
listen to such pleasant urgings. The
stewardess actually wept over their de-
termination to hurry on to San Francisco.
NO REST FOR THEM.
''Only get one nights Sleep she
/ pleaded, but the girls had been told to
4 come home as soon as possible, and they
4 were deaf to all entreaties.
The steamer was at her pier at 4:30
p. m, and train left Jersey City at
+ 6:3O p. IN. In that two hours the girls
left the steamer, had their trunks ex-
amined by the custom house officials
{ and were driven to the railroad station
/ Their adoring old Englishman, who did
4 not look as if lfe had moved rapidly in
forty years, fretted and hustled around
the trunks when they were being
opened. He was in mortal terror lest
the girls would miss the train after all.
\ He stamped, got red in the face, puffed
violently and finally recovered the bag
gage with a cry Of exultation. The
train which started westward that even
ing carried with two white faced young
women the good wishes of shipload Of
passengers.
mo woman but an American would
undertake such a thing said the Eng
lishman, looking at two bits Of Of white
lace where two handkerchiefs hutteTed
at the car window as the train rolled ont
of the station, and he added, no
woman but an American could succeed
in such an undertaking..
For the benefit Of those who are inter
ested to know how the trip ended, and
to satisfy those who like to follow trans
atlantic records, it may be said that the
young women reached home in safety.
To go from London to their home IN
San Francisco took them just twelve
and one-haIf days.-New York Tribune.