The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-23
A TRIP TO EUROPE
Not sueh an Event after ALL whsriipE will
send her ouota OF ocean Travellers,

Not BuGh an Event after hti-hheehpKN VIII
send her Quota Of ocean Travellers.
The early arrival Of hot weather hiss
already caused many TO turn their minds
oceanward. Quite a large contingent
from wheeling and vicinity leave for
Europe every year. The time when q
trip across the ocean was the event Of q
lifetime, looked forward to with pleasant
anticipation, and yet dreaded, has we'll
nigh passed, and passengers book for Eu.
rope with as much equanimity as they
would buy a ticket 70 New York. .
In consequences Of the rapidity with
which the Atlantic Is now trayersed by
the "greyhounds OF the ocean, and ow.
ing to the moderate prices at which com.
forts and lnxuries are now tonnd on
shipboard, the number Of travellers 70
Europe lie annually increasing. II is no
longer the rich alone who make the pill
grimags, but people Of moderate circum-
stances now embrace the opportunities
afforded for foreign travel.
Several prominent Wheeling people
will 70 to Europe this summer, some
for pleasure, Others TO place their chill.
dref in educational Institutions. In
addition TO these quite number Of tor.
eipn.born American citizens will visit
he lands Of their birth. Wheeling hiss
a larpe German population, and most Of
those going TO Europe this summer are
Of that nationality. The Slavic element
forms q considerable part Of this city's
population. Unlike the Italians, the
Poles and Huns bring their wives
and families to America. About dozen,
enthusiastic over the prospects in West
virginia, have engaged passage ACROSS
and will return with their families.
An INTRLIIGRNCRR reporter yesterday
made a tour OF the agencies Tor the
trans. Atlantic steamship lines. Meeera
d. +. Behrens, @. A. scbaefer d Co., and
John Bailie were visited. All report
numerous inquiries by prospective
travellers, and prospects for lively tiGkel
sales are bright. Mr.. Behrens, on Mon
dRy, sold eight tickets and yesterday
ax persops who took pRsysge through
O. A. schasIeE & Co. Is agency, lete Baltt'
more for Europe.
A trip to Europs Is within the reach
Of any man with moderate means. fricet
| for passage one way vary from SIS FOL
steerape, TO $500 for extra cabin accom-
modations. A berth In the second cabin
can be procured from $40 up. A round
trip ticket between New York and Lon
don, second cabin, good for one year
costs $50. The prices for irst cabin tickets
vary according TO the location OF state
rooms from SIS up to $l00.
Mr. Il. F. Behrens informed the re-
porter that many more Of Wheeling'E
German citizens would avail themselves
al the cheap rates Of sea travel, but that
good many had left the Fatherland &c
avoid military service, and. accord
| ing to the laws Of Germany
thew were liable 70 be drafted
into the army on their return
M. Bahrens himself was obliged to gel
written permit from the German gov
eminent on his visit to the old country
allowing him TO remain there two
months. And this after twenty years
sojourn in America. 90,
Among those leaving for Europe thit
season are Mrs. Thomas Walton, who
| will 20 TO Vienna, where neF uAuButeE
| Miss Lee Walton, will finish her musical
studies at the Conservatory Of Music
Mr. Louis O. stifel will take his son tc
EUROPE TO complete his education. The
Young man graduated at the Morgan
town State University. MIR. Henry
Hartman, with WaterhoEse Bros, Mr.,
Ziegler, Of South Wheeling, Mr.. Prestin-
ger, Of Elm Grove, intend to cross the
ocean this summer. Mr.. John g. 0ole'
man, Of Sixteenth street, is one OF those
booked for passage.
Tickets are on sale in the shipping
Offices here for single trip or round trip;
Cooks tourist tickets can also be
bought. Should anyone desire to go to
any particular point, through ticket
tolhis destination, be 1t London or Com
ntinople, can be purchasedright here
in Wheeling. The many Inconvenience
attendant on the securing Of ptickets in
foreign countries, with the Language OF
which one is unfamiliar, are thus
avoided.