Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-21
How 20 Txhs . European TOUR foS
$500.

spend"
Ths ticket man laughed long and
loud. ~why." said he. IL you stay as
long - THAI it'll cost you nearer .
shous.nd We get the very lowest
prices On everything"
And. indeed. there 10 pretty general
isea that . thousand dollars Is about
right For do not the Too. 900 Americans
VINO 20 sbrosd annually spend all Of
sloo, ooo. 900, including the money that
goes for lfttts purchases they do not
wish the custom house people 10 see?
But $500 - enough. and the trip u
worth IT. can prove tho former state
xneus by carefully verified quotations
from my own expense account The
latter needs 90 proof
Here Is how single man spends .
Thousand dollars or over upon . three
months tour.
STEAMSHIP tickets :, 49, $3.50 .'--a2 70 u1
TSsysiins sna notei expenses sixty
Jays. 10 10 ouo
Gses, nasesns. photographs, beg
gArA saes. Slaniousss. usssss
ucss-A sc .--- ..-'-...--.--..- 10 70 ao
Xeepsskss add inside nssis 80. =. -.
This estimate would cover the ex-
penses Of troveling IN good, but not ex-
extravagsnt style. 1t takes q little
longer 10 tell how it can be done for
$500.
In the frst place. the common custom
OF taking . Liverpool return ticket Is
expensive. both In time and money.
After seeing England thoroughly and
getting To the continent it Is a waste
of both 20 cross the channel again and
railroad the whole length of England
before setting sail Tor home. 1t Is bet
ter To go by Liverpool and return by
Antwerp. which can be dono without
extra expense. Still better. avoid Liv-
erpooi altogether and take one Of the
cheaper Glasgow lines, returning by
way of Amsterdam. First class passage
tickets by these lines come from SIS To
es5 cheaper than the Liverpool return
tickets. besides saving a good deal Of
railroadin9 and one channel passage.
Once wen across tho Atlantic tho
active warfare begins II tho traveller
has the resolution 70 definitely limit
his stay In England no viii do well to
60 BY Glasgow aud get the long June
twilight on tho Scottish hills Scotland
VII discourage him, however. rs 1t is
the most expensive travelling in Europe.
Tor this reason no viii probably not go
TO Ohm. which Is interesting but not
moro so than dozens Of places yet to
sec, bat 60 from Glasgow 70 Edinburgh
by way of Roy Roy and Roderick
Dhu county-Ioch Lomond and the
TfUsschs. From Edinburgh q natural
route would BE-: Melrose, Abbotsford.
Durham. York-more interesting than
Chester and much cheaper-Lincoln,
Oxford Windsor. London. A dctour
bsfween Melrose and York viii take
IN tho lovely Lake district, which
Is wen worth while, especially
an tho rare days Of June. From Lon
don 10 Paris the cheapest why Is by
NewhaSen and Dieppe, and 1t l. also
the BEST since it gives 2 peep at Rouen,
the most interesting Town in France,
bar Paris. From Paris one goes to
Switzerland direct. and from that won
dsrland OF snow mountains and manure
heaps down the Rhine TO Cologne, with
a anal peep at Belgium and Holland be-
fore sailing rom Amsterdam.
Tho lowest expense of this trip.
everything included. may be tabulated
sornething like this, using my own 40
counts a. the basis:
Steamship tiesets, second or drst
siess ---... --.- .-.'-..- ~ @sS
Stewards feeD.-..-. 49, 49,. oto ~
An sxprnses abroad. sixty days II -
no ..-.---.-...-.........-. 10 80
q - {.
Either of these sums leaves enough TO
take man back home again. il he
lives beyond the Mississippi. and rea-
sonabls allowance of photograph and
keepsake money. It's better not 70 try
60 srnugyIe any clothing. a. 1t can be
bought 20 quite as good advantage at
home: 20 I have made no estimate for
that
The daily allowance Of s250 for all
expenses, travelling. museum fees,
washing. rrstuities and guide books. Is
ample with economy. IL might be
done for quarter less. especially II the
stay Is short IN Britain, which Is the
most expensive country visited. Nor
does this economy involve discomfort
The economical tourist viii never
take a cab or hack They are much
cheaper than here, but they count up.
To avoid hacks he viii carry only .
gripsack OF modest Dimensions. A
larger one can be- checked from point
~ point On the continental railways
luggage usually has 10 be paid for and
h an endless bother. The tourist who
makes $500 answer viii pay no larger
fees. 60 walters and boots than . native
you'll 10.
In Paris he win select . hotel IN the
Latin quarter. which is the most con-
veuieu< - well as the cheapest part Of
che cry. and pay from 50 to rs cents for
lodging and breakfast 30 cents for
lunch and Is 20 20 cents for q table
d'hoss dinner. which wiz not be ct all
bal Paris and London. with . total
necessary expense Of 81 % $3.50 day,
bring down the average wonderfully
The ecuncr-iical tourist has more fun
than the thcusand-siolla man he sees
more ofths countries he passes through.
learns more II their languages. gets a
better idea Of their daily life. and he al
WAYS comes home q better American
than when he went while the man who
ruts up ~ The best hotels is sometimes
epotled for citizenship here by The lux
rry and toedyinz servants there AZ
Asst that's nv conclusion. from ob>er-
vssson and experience.
Nv VALLEY.