Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1892-05-19

me commend the new fashion to all nv
compatriots who have not yet tried it
and who have the means to do 50.
/ suppose no individual can spend j
season at Long Branch, Newport, Sara
toga and the White mountains for less
than q thousand dollars, and Of course
there are opportunities for spending con
siderably more if one is 10 inclined and
has it to spend. | do not address the
larger class who, as ! am informed.
manage to incur charges Of a thousand
dollars or over and get away without
paying them. If there are any such
persons among Lay readers, | cannot adj
wise them to go across instead Of pat
rOnizing trustful and aimable landlords
at home, for the simple reason that they
could not doit. a Cunard ticket is a cash
article, and the wandering American
abroad must pay as he goes, and if he
does not disguise his nationality must
pay about double the price a French
man or German would be charged.
La fact, the American abroad on, as
one might say from the European land
lord standpoint, the American innocents
abroad have almost supplanted the Eng
lishman, who used to be the type Of
wealthy folly and ignorance Of the value
Of money. To be sure, great many
Europeans Of the landlord class confuse
the two nationalities and call all Eng
lish speaking people "Milor Anglais, =
without needing the exact meridian
whence they spring. The golden goose
is as valuable If it come across the high
seas or only across the narrow seas, and
is as sure to scatter its golden eggs with
careless profusion in the one case as the
other. But like the goose, my own
proper goose quill is wandering from its
subject, and that subject is the recon-
mending you, my dear reader, to spend
your next spare thousand dollars in get
ting at least cursory view of the older
countries, which Of course, we all agree,
are not half 10 good as ours, but still
have merits Of their own worth few
weeks study at least
LII yon intend to travel eIl prince, ride
in first class carriages, stay at first class,
or rather At fashionable, hotels, buy
everything you sec. move about from
place to place like the restless and ener-
getic American you are, the thousand
dollars won't last many weeks, and you
will do well to put aside hundred dol
lars with your return ticket so that when
your last bill at Meurice's is rendered,
and your hair stiffens in horror upon
your head, ard your careful French
completely fails to convey your sense of
Indignation and astonishment, you may
still have the means Of getting home, a
sadder but much wiser man than
when you left it.
If, however, you have the wisdom to
accept the experience Of those who be-
fore you have dome the grand tour,
as it used to Ee called, and have them
selves been done charningly brown by
the money gamers of foreign lands, ii
you will read, mark and inwardly digest
the warnings and the advice SO plenti-
fully printed III books, and now once
more proffered for your consideration,
you may make your thousand dollars
spread over many months. and perhaps
year, including Of course the passages
across the Atlantic.
In fact, l know a gentleman who,
wishing to pursue certain studies in the
cathedral cities of England, went there,
staid year, and returned, all upon
$500; but it is not everybody who could
or who would care to do as much as
this, but l mention it to show what may
be done by man devoted to his art and
careless Of his bodily comfort. But
upon the basis Of 81 200 a great deal
may be seen and done and enjoyed.
In the first place, the second saloon Oh
a large ocean steamer il perfectly com
Portable and respectable, and | have
known many persons Of larger brains
than purses who have taken their tick
cts intermediate and survived to tell
the tale with great satisfaction, notably
clergyman Of my acquaintance whom
royalty has been pleased to honor when
once lie had arrived in England, aid
who is always recommending his friends
to go and do likewise Then, having
reached England, France OF Germany,
according to which line you select
and here | will mention that the
German is the cheapest, the French
most amusing and the English the
most luxurious-your first business is To
find lodgings and get yourself out of the
hotel whittier You at first naturally
make your way, unless, indeed, you have
been provident enough to ask some
friend Of experience to recommend you
to a good lodging, and to make bar
gain for your time there. Then find
out what is To be seen and discover how
much DC it il within walking distance.
Don't employ cdlcts de place or ciccroaes
if you want To save both Your money
and your temper, but employ your Eng
Iish tongue (if you are in England) and
your American wits, which are at least
as keen as those Of any other nation
ality.
If you use carriages find out the proper
and legal charge and have it clearly
understood before sou start. Don't be
niggardly in giving tips" here and
there, for the custom abroad is 50 uni
versal that you only lay yourself open
to insult ana neglect by ignoring it, but
it is not necessary to be lavish in this
matter. a shilling-that is to say q
quarter Of 4 dollar il our money-satis-
fies a large proportion Of the horse
Eeeches who cry Give. giver' at every
turn.
Then in the matter Of clothes; plain
nnobstrusive, neat garments are really
more refined and in better taste for q
traveller than anything costly Or showy.
You Will find duchesses, not to say
princesses, 1T certain times and places
Euxuriating ia homespun and soft wool
fabrics, with all their velvets and laces
left in charge of the maid, who for hei
part would scorn appearing in anything
less than silk.
Remember always in travelling that,
although the world is small III one way,
in another it is pretty big, and that al
! though in your own town or YOUR own