Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-24
WHAT HE SAW IN EUROPE.

MI. b. II. Warner Describes Some Of His
Experiences Across the Water.
The parlors of the Young Mems Christian
Association were crowded last night, when Mr..
B. n. Warner gave most interesting talk on
the subject of what he saw while he was in
Europe. Seeing several old European travellers
before him, he said, he was forced to confine
himself to facts, and he hoped that he would
not be looked upon as q professional lecturer.
Americans, he said, visit Europe before they
are well acquainted with their own land. partly
because it was the style, but mainly, he con-
tended, because in Europe one finds much more
opportunity for the study Of history than
here, and other opportunities for general OBJ
servation present themselves to the
traveller there that cannot be found
on this side of the Atlantic. He de-
scribed his voyage across as being quite as
smooth as the trip down to Norfolk. The Euro
pean fee system, Mr.. Warner remarked has al
ways been a great bugbear to travellers, and I'M
necessarily so. The small sum of $40, well dis
tributed, will suffice to bring happiness to any
American traveller on tour Of the usual length.
The secret Of the matter lay in getting on the
right basis of the matter at the start But the
traveller must not scrutinze his bills too closely
he does not want to come to the conclusion that
Europeans are amply able to give Yankees points
on charging. In describing Havre the speaker
paused to praise the compartment car system
of the European railroads. which, he said, he
preferred to ours, although the former have
been much decried. Paris formed the main
theme of the discourse, and gave the speaker
an opportunity to grow eloquent. Paris, he
srid, was great place. and full of some of the
best works Of mankind. He wished that our
congressional appropriations could be sent over
there for a course of object lessons drawn from
the magnificent public works of Paris, for his
theory was that there is here in Washington
the opportunity for the establishment Of
center Of science and art that would draw
people to it from all quarters Of the globe.
People OF the past, he added. are commemorated
in Paris, not for themselves SO much
as for the ideas that they represented. Mems
works are appreciated in France as being SYM
bolic of their motives. The lecturer then took
his auditors with him on his trip through the
Paris sewers and paid brief verbal visit to
some of the other remarkable works of the
great city. France he said, is essentially
nation of ardent patriots. Her people are en-
dowed with brains and energy to a degree that
has set many a standard for the emulation Of
the rest of the world.
Germany, he added, also has q splendid pop
ulation, but differently constituted. Her
people have have admirable ID qualities that might
imitation. Their system of beer drink
ing, however, Is peculiarly their
own. With all of the consumption of the liquid
that he observed he did not see one drunken
man In mis- herman tour, although he often no.
ticed mothers feeding beer to their babes.
Talent, he added, goes further there than here.
Money is O second thought and ranks after
brains and enterprise. In conclusion. after
saying some pleasant things about the smalle..
European countries, Mr.. Warner said that after
all he noticed that throughout the entire con-
tinent the English-speaking people were at the
bottom Of the great forces which have con-
trolled in religion, finance and enterprise.
Mr.. S. r. Bond followed Mr.. Warner with an
entertaining recital Of some amusing expert
ences Of his in Germany.