The Jersey City news., 1892-05-09
DOING EUROPE CHEAP.
Seeing the Sights for a
Hundred and Fifty
five Dollars.
THREE MEN ON A TRIP.
And Their Practical Experience
Abroad-FashiOn Notes..

sure are drawing nearer. HOW SnalI
spend my vacation is heard on all sides?
Scores of people are looking longingly to-
ward the "other side" and are beginning
to adjust their business and social EN-
viron1nent SO as 10 make it possible. To
these, hints aud suggestions with refer
encs to transatlantic trip are very ac-
ceptable, and the following factsare given
for their benefit. People who have plenty
of money will not find any difficulty in
going wherever they will. 1t is to those
who have not much to spend and who
fud it Imperative to make small sum go
us far as possible that the accompanying
synopsis OF a cheap tour may prove OF
value.
RECORD BREAKER.
II believe l have the record, salo
school principal the other day. Il went
across two years ago this summer,
STAYED six weeks. not including the voy-
ages either going or coming. ana spent
but $155."
This may seem incredible, but the pr1n-
cipal subsequently, handed over his diary
to the writer, In which every item OF eX-
pense, from the time of leaving the dock
in New York to the car-fare from Market
street station to his home was included;
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school principals. Two had Travelled in
Europe before, but 1t was the one who
had never seen the other side. who got
through on the least money. The others
expended $165 and $l75 respectively. The
sum total for the trio was but little mere
tn an the great majority use in taking the
trip alone. Either of the three sets OF
expenditures would scarcely cover the
steamer fare for many. Yet the gentle-
men travelled frst-class both over and
back, lived we'll and comfortably, saw all
they cared to see, within reasonable
limitations, and, III word, had most
delightful time every minute.
When they decided to go they made
their plans very carefully. They made up
their minds first, that they were going
for rest and recreation, were not going TO
tear fuyiously over the continent along
the beaten track, and We're not gong 10
distress themselves with trying to cover a
vast extent of territory at breakneck
pace, at which so many Americans 90.
1t was not going to worry them particle
IL they failed TO set eyes upon the Iros-
sachs in Scotland, or Abbotsford. West
minister Abbey in London, or Pere la
Chaise in Paris, etc. They were simply
going for q vacation. Sightseeing was
to be purely incidental. and jolly, easy.
good time was paramount in their plans
they were away from home almost ex-
actly eight weeks and spent most OF their
time in four cites-Glasgow. Edinburgh,
London and Paris. The party had nu-
merous applications from friends who
desired to go with them, but they re-
fused all, as they could not be sure that
others would care to put up with all they
would have to.
They sailed on July II on the State line.
They secured excursion tickets over and
back for s72. so each, arst class, aud had
| their choice Of staterooms. These We're
| exceptional accommoda atIons, and were
| not secured without Influence, Still, this
rate is not much less than the usual fare
| on this line, which Is known as the cheap
est OF all transatlantic lines. The dock
| is in Brooklyn, not fur from the Brooklyn
| bridge The people who travel on these
steamers are mostly teachers, physicians
and refined and intelligent persons whose
means are not great. The steamers land
in Glasgow, and the travellers arrived
there after ten days voyage. From
cipals kept strict account of every
penny they paid ont. They made the en-
tries every night before retiring. In
Glasgow they stopped at the Bridge
Street Station Hotel, at two shillings
(about fifty ccnts) day. On the day
cents each for supper. Every night they
| fixed upon something they. wanted to see
| the next day. They passed the morning
in seeing what they had fixed upon. In
the Afternoon they rested and took life
| easy at the hotel, smoking and reading.
| Occaslopally one or two Of them would
take a stroll in the late afternoon or
evening.
WHAT THE DAIRY TOLD.
The items in the principals diary are
many of them interesting. Dinner on
| the second day in Glasgow cost about
| thirtY-tive cents. supper but twenty cents.
| The principal bought some genuine
| Scot ch gooseherries for half penny, and
] gave an urchin penny to turn hand
| spripp. lodgings for the three on the
| third day cost but $3.50. They spent q
\ day in Ayr, the home of Bobby Burns. 1t
cost each. including car fare. dinner.
The fare to Edinburgh from Glasgow was
| slxty-two cents each. A visit to Holly
| wood cost twelve cents. From Edinburgh
| to London and return their tickets were
| about IS. so each. They went by steamer
and had delightful journey down the
North Sea along. the English coast,
! Nearly every cliff and stretch
| of meadow had its history, and as a con-
| sequence the Newarkers found this episode
one of the most pleasant Of the entire
| tour. The voyage consumed day. The
| arst dinner in London cost but twenty
| cents. They visited Kew, and it cost each
about thirty cents. Three lodgings aud
breakfast for the three during the four
| days in London cost a trifie under three
| dollars. The fare to Paris and return for
each was about SS.70. They stopped ten
! days in Paris, and for four nights lodg-
ings and breakfasts each paid 425. A
| trip TO Versailles cost little less than Il
| half dollar. Paris dinners averaged
about forty cents. The last five days
lodging and breakfasts ia Paris cost but
| 4 16 each.
On August IA the principals began to
retrace their steps. One bought nearly
ten dollars worth OF presents before leav-
ing Paris. This. of course. used up his
money pretty thoroughly, and as matter
| of fact, when the trio returned to London
| they had little left. Fortunately they
had their tickets all the way to New
| York, and had only to be extremely
| cautious in the expenditure of every
! penny to reach nome. OF course, they
4 returned from London to Edinburgh by
! the North sea steamer. The fve-cent fare
| on the horse Car to their homes left all of
them with scarcely a penny, but they had
| done what they set out 10 do--ha6 en-
dyed six weeks sojourn in foreig Il
iauds on the money they would have
I spent in visiting watering places in this
(! cuuutry or in taxing occasional outings.
They travelled second and sometimes
third class on the railways, to be sure,
| bnt they were always comfortable and
had no har ships of any kind. They
| simply took so much money. securing
| their raturn tickets in advance and re-