New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-14

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- Whit APRONS OF graceful shape. STAMPED In one
.o.r With their monogram. was rowea over INC
yor,ssoe by two Of these water pymphs VINO were as
800 IN their task by mere uninteresnnE man WIZ
toos M In the stern Of TIE boat and seeerea w1he
~ npIed Occasionally he and one OF the girls chenseu
800 he taking laborinG while she manned tn"o
=. N cav womaned. the holm. AT KoniTee OoS
EVIDENTLY believe in the cc-navigaton OF the sexes Vn
~ ray home put on pair Of ove1alls and did che
eo,t mine Along Ions dark underground passsso
r,eo.ded BY a man with 3 candle proteepoo " W.
zee and carrying another candle yourself u0wn ""
,onsh inclined planes on wooden seat WIZ" N's
sensation ef enjoying q toboggan SLIDE through N~
coIev dmly nghted and 10 the hst aesroo
49, ,a~r.x across q dismal lake. then back 10
.Sa s,,rsnce in car running at hvep
-. ,hep securing pieces Of the salt as memcnto Oh
an y,sit-thats what an excursion Of the sait mines
means. mine of whatever sort Is Ike VesuVfus
GOOD to do once, but no aftener' hoth a' lh"SV"O
ana salsburg the men one meets were cons'at" ue
hight The fact Is that of the peasanTy OF SuiOpe
tSs bowling dude is the Tyrolean. How gay ana
sasAng he looks with his saucy looking hat set on
Win stil sarcer locking feather or broom, with his
embroidered waiscoat with his gray wooen stochhs''
alarmed with has relief in green worstcd. mus a0'
coutred he harmonizes well with his picturesque
country.
IT'S a world Of change but one wouldn't NINA
that circumstance much In Europe II tue cnahso
Was All Of the same currency. But whcn you come
"a nnd IN your pocket francs OF France ana mara VI
Germany and forms Of Austria and guders OF f'of
land and nras of italy and attempt TO reckon now
much of one It takes to make the equivalent Oh
another the result is that you generally get mNsuea
and what is more serious prepare yoursen Tor get,
ting swindled A fellow-eountryman, who never ale
take much interest in mathematics. assured me-
tsw year. since, that during a summers tF@vel II
Eurepe he lost seine $3.50 by making change uao Is
by having change made for him 10 IS =" une ~'e ol
exchange" which does the business. You oone MO"
Il but the shopkeeper does. or prctends that ne
A.. ard h. is "a anxIous not to allow you too much
for your alien money that now ana tnen' IN i@cU
o,t-oAr he allows you too Tttle Baedeker INFORMS
his disciples that "pominally the norm Is inc
equivalent Of shjings, so cents AGA the goio coiS
and FORMS approximately attain rhear Value
Gnominally" and approximately tse NOT really anu
exactly so the peor tourist who geheSly Id uiS
,s more ar less victmized. To make the nuisance
verse now and then your good but foreign money Is
,.iectes shsolutely Prien, pretty little HaVarlah
s,mr.r resort for example is but few miles rom
SalzburR but IL happens 10 be situated lust over Ve
Austrian border. Gong to the railroad ueAeU ooe at
pren I endeavered unsuccessfuIy to WORK OH some
aerins for ticket 10 Munich. But the tcRet-ssller
would have none Of them on any terms, nomlnany OF
approximately so would have lost my train as wei
&c NV temper II a friend had not succored me with
German gold What have the statesmen and pracucal
eormers Of Europe been doing all these years that TINS
nuisance was not long ago absted2 The bringing IN OF
a uniform currency and the taking out OF the up"
system would add vastly to the comfort OF the stranger
within the gates Of Europe.
Sitting after dinner in a Muufch hotel person who
had been doing Europe this from St. Petersburg
TO Paris remarked that travel steadily on the IN
crease The assertion trte one, but the httIe
incident which he narrated in its support was enter
tanning "A few weeks ago. he said, 81 went with
nv wife 10 leave p. P. c. card at the LouvDe
for the Venus Of Milo. That duty DONE we strolled
through the long galleries to take farewell view d
some Of our fsvote pictures 1t was late IN the after
noon and as stood at one end of the main gallery
my wife suddenly turned to me- after gancing at the
other the vest end and exclaimed Did you ever see
a more vivid sunset3 Why, it is as red as blood
Well nv wife is rather given TO extravaganza in her
ordinations bat this time she uttered only the sober
truth give you my word, gentlemen that the entire
western end Of that great gallery red the jack
rose We stood silent and rapt where We were Tor
some minutes contemplating the magnificent spectacle
and then my wife tTipped forward to get near WOW.
Presently she returned, throwing up her hands and
laughing heartily. What is the matter? said. The
most absurd mistake in the world she replied We're
the victims Of the oldest optical illusion you ever heard
Of. THAT'S not q sunset at all, but merely large
party Of Cook tourists They standing three
deep before three or four famous pcturesmen,
and children Of assorted slzes-snd they all happen to
have their arms behind them and IN the hands Of each
one of them Is Baedeker What we took for vivid
sunset are the muttudin0us bloodred Of their
guidobooks Go and satisfy YOURSELF GO quickly |
did, and 'pon my honor IT was just my wife said"
W. H. NICE.