The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-11
THEY ALL WANT TO GO.
The News" Free Trip to Europe
Proves Very Popular.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT IT.
Questions Begin to Come Inflow Long
VIII the "News" Representative Stay?
And When VIII the Contest be De-
cided ?-Who Are Eligible?

People had all day Sunday to think
about the NEWS free trip to Europe, and
this morning the questions began to come
in. OF course the NEWS couldn't tell all
about such a big scheme in one day, but it
will answer the questions as fast as il can
Itwas rather careless not to tell when
the contest closes, and correspondent
kindly calls our attention TO the lapse.
The last coupon hnust be in on the last
day of April which is Saturday, and the
decision will be announced on the next
Monday, and the News representative
! will be off as soon afterward as possible
TO see how English workmen live.
Another correspondent writes:
To The Editor Of the Neios:
SIR-I like the idea of your free trip abroad
immensely, and think that the report of a
Rhode Island workingman on the condition
of British labor ought 10 be very interesting
| But your scheme Is not fully outlined. How
long VIII the "Trip M taRef Il seems to me that II
at ALL and spends any time in sightseeing, as
he would naturally wish, his trip will take
like to 20 myself first rate, but couldn't afford
to be gone all summer. How is thisy
ID. II. b.
The trip will probably occupy about
| two months, including ocean passage
IL II.
travel or he would realize that man
could do great deal of sightseeing in the
chinks of a great deal of solid work in n
country so compact as Great Britain.
Take London, for instance. He could see
Westminster Abbey and the Houses of
Parliament -in-the morning, and in the
afternoon go down into the haunts of pow
erty in Whitechapel. Aud the Strand and
the Middle Temple and the beautiful
Temple Church lie between. Or the Brit
ish Museum or National Gallery could be
sandwiched in with Newington's fish
mongers or the docks at the East End
Even in the country work and play would
come cheek by jowl. birmingham with
its " 400 industries " is only half an hour
by rail from lovely Coventry, or Warwick
on-Avon. The Trent-side potters are
equally near quaint old Chester. and
Leeds but an easy days walk from York
while in Scotland the port ship carpenters
hew and hammer away within six miles
of Loeb Lomond's foot. Such trip as
the NEWS proposes would be far more
thorough than most tourists take, be-
cause the man taking it would see the
people as well as the scenery and the
cathedrals.
Here is another man who wants to
know:
To the Editor Of the Neics:
SIR-Would n man be eligible who is at pres
ent proprietor of n small meat markeU He is "a
weaver by trade, but Is unable 10 secure en-
ployment in this vicinity He holds card in
the Wanskuck Weayers' Union There are a
large number of his friends who wish 10 try
10 send him 10 Europe per NEWS offer, pro-
viding he is eligible. a. g.
The NEWS offer is open to wage earners
in any branch of occupation except the
making and selling of liquors, and is not
meant to include those who work for
themselves; but if the man mentioned by
A. b." is n skilled weaver, who has al
ways earned his living at that trade and
if his present occupation is only tenn
porary, we should be inclined to say that
he is eligible