Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-12-30

pean trip, extending over seven months.
He passed through Asheyille Monday on
his way to Alexanders, where he spent
day with his brother, Gen. Robert b.
Vance, coming up to the city yesterday
afternoon. He attended the banquet
given Bill Nye at the Battery Park last
night,
THE CITIZEN called on the Senator at
the Swannanoa this morning. The iovial
son of old Buncombe has lost none of his
CHEEKY manner, and although feeling
somewhat unwell, gave an outline of his
recent trip.
The Trip.
"Mrs. Vance, myself and my stepson,
Mr. Harry Martini" the Senator said,
cleft New York city on the 9th of May
last, landing at Queenstown. We took
a considerable tour through Ireland and
England, spending three weeks in Lon
don, visiting the interesting places in the
great city. The next two weeks we spent
in Scotland, then crossed to the Continent
landing at Antwerp. Went up the Rhine
to Mayence, then across the country to
Bayreuth, where the Wagnerian festival
was in progress, in which we partici-
pated.
After leaving Bayreuth our tour in.
cluded Nuremburg, Leipsic, Berlin. Dres-
den Prague and Vienna. I'VE crossed
the Alps, going to Venice, then through
Northern Italy across to Switzerland.
Several weeks were spent in Switzerland,
after which we took in Paris, spending
the month Of September there. Our stay
there was very pleasant and what we
saw interested us very much.
"On the first OF October we left Paris
for Rome, the eternal city, going through
Italy, by way of the Mt. Gents tunnel,
visiting enroute Genoa, Pisa, Florence
and other cities. Two weeks were spent
in Rome, and then we went to Naples for
weeks stay.
The Pyramids visited.
"Brindisi, in Italy. was our next I'M
portant stopping place. and at this
point we shipped for Alexandria, Egypt.
While at Cairo we went out to the Pyra-
mids, ten miles from the city, on the
desert, consuming day in the trip. We
had planned and hoped to 80 to Jerusa-
lem, but the cholera was prevalent in
Syria, and the entire coast of Palestine
was under rigid quarantine, so that part
of our itinerary had to be abandoned.
Leaving Alexandria we went to
Athens, then to Constantinople, from
which city we went across the continent,
up the Valley Of the Danube, and back to
Paris. Then we returned to London,
and from there to Liverpool, where we
took passage on the steamer Majestic, II
of the White Star line, for New York
arriving there on last Thursday morn.
ing, the oath instant. That night We
were back in Washington"
There" said the Senator. "is our trip
in brief. Aside from the ordinary dis
comforts of travel, and the inconvenience
of staying in countries whose language
we could not speak, our trip was most
enjoyable one. The railroad accommo
dations, found, were infinitely inferior
to those of the United States. The ac
commodations at the hotels of the ole
world, however, are very good, and their
rates are not higher than those on this
side the Atlantic.
"In some respects Rome was the most
interesting city which we visited. Egypt
and the valley of the Nile claimed all oul
attention, and of Constantinople car
scarcely say enough. have seen moth
ing that can approach it. Of the seen
cry, that in the countries of Ireland
Scotland and Switzerland was the most
beautiful, all possessing different order
of beauty.
Woman in Germany.
"The most striking thing in Europe
was the armed preparations. There i.
the greatest standing army in the world
The able bodied men are all in the army
while the pursuit of the industries is LEFT
to the old men, women and children. Ii
the cities OF Germany and Belgium it il
common to see carts going through tn,
streets with woman on one side of tn,
pole and dog hitched to the other side
The carts are driven bv women almos
exclusively,
with the exception of Great Britain
the agricultural implements are primi
tive. Our improved plows, etc, are I'm
known. In Egypt the farmers still us
the plows of Pharaoh's time"
Politically Speaking.
Turning to politics, Senator Vanc
said "a am wofully behind on this sub
ject. have seen nothing on this lin
since left America, except the event
which were deemed important enough t.
be cabltd across the water. The paper
beyond the Atlantic devote little spac
to news from the states. When Ireache
Washington congress had adjourned
| aud an I ha We had LITTLE cha nee to nos