The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-12-10
HOW WOMEN SHOULD TRAVEL.



Leave Your Husbands and Brothers ct
Home and Go In Couples.
The subject Of travelling in France or
Switzerland or other continental coun-
tries Is entertainingly discussed by Mrs.
Fenwick-Miller in one of the London
periodicals.. Beginning with the asser-
ton that two women may travel alone
unattended, she says that everybody
is most kind to English ladies who arc
thus journeying, and adds: IL cannot
imagine that there should be any diff
Gully in the path of women of ordinary
self-possession and common sense IL.
travelling alone, provided they car
speak little French, and counsel any
of nv readers who have been waiting
and wishing for years that some broth
er or cousin would convoy them to
throw away fears and plunge forth
alone-that is to say, in that dual com
pany, which. as the adage tells us, is
perfection. On such q journey very
little luggage ic essential. Big boxes
are endless worry. A small leather
trunk or large portmanteau suffices.
1t should be big enough to hold cotton
dress, with an extra blouse or two. say
one thin and one warmer. and dressy
bodice for table d'hote, two complete
changes Of linen (which is enough for
long journey, as 1t can always be
washed at short notice at the hotels).
handkerchlefs, collars, writing mate
rails, toilet articles, an extra pair of
walking shoes, slippers and dressing
gown, and few favorite medicines. A
waterproof, warm mantle and little
shawl can be carried in strap. Then,
If q useful tweed or cloth travelling
dress, a light cloak or jacket, and o
straw hat or serviceable bonnet be
worn, the traveller will find herself
amply provided.
Management is another important
point Either the tour should be com
pletely planned out before starting,
with the aid of guide-book, and rigid
ly adhered to; or, what is better, one
person should be allowed to order the
days doings from day to day. Discus
sions and councils are apt to waste time
and end in dissensions. The person
who takes the management, however
must be unselish and anxious for hel
comrades satisfaction and pleasure
and the other must cultivate q swee
and calm temper, paying for her free
dom from responsibility and care b.
patience when any little thing goe
wrong, and by pliability Of will for tn
time being. Given these conditions O
mind-common sense and energy In thu
one and graciousness in the other, witt
affectionate kindness in both-I am con
WINGED that journey Of two friends o
the same sex is likely to be more com
plete success than that of husband AM
wife, or brother and sister. The phys
ical powers and the mental tastes ar
more likely to be similar in the forme
case. Your husband is bored to speech
lessness If you take him for day
shop-gazing in Paris or ask him I
. spend few hours in the fascinatin
ataliers of Redfern or Worth. On tn
other hand, you are reduced to miser
in Switzerland by what he considers a
insignificant and wholly delightft
days walking. Your woman friend
at one with you under both circuu
i stances. How often, when we have fe
) perfectly happy and satisfied with OF
selves and our doings, we have seen an
7 pitied the bored husband or exhaustt
: wife! In short, SO far from being II
r possible it is super-excellent arrang
} ment for two women t. take con-
3 mental trip together"