Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-04

church
would be crowded every time IL was
opened, and crowded with honest and
humble worshippers.
In view of the coming general election
politicians are beginning to harsnpue and
Gladstone Is writing letters. With an "a.
spect to the G. o. N. the opinion is preya-
lent that he and his party will be yhipped
out of their respective boots, and that Sal
isbury & Co. will be returned to power by
largely increased majorities. 1t Is bad
year for political idols on both sides of the
water. Gladstone's only stock in trade is
Ireland, and the English people are about
as sick of ireland as the American people
are sick of reform" Old issues are
stale, fiat and Improbable. When an is
sue has been discussed once and decided,
that should be the end of it. As the
American people of this generation have
decided in favor of protection, so the
English people have decided that they will
not surrender Irish protestants to the ten
der keeping of their Roman Catholic ooun-
trymen. In still other particulars Glad
stone is weak in comparison. Salisbury's
foreign policy has been dignified, sagacious
and successful. French influence has been
entirely destroyed in Egypt by means SO
adroit that the French still fail to under
stand by what concentration of adverse
circumstances they have been ousted.
They don't whow whether to sail against
le bon Dieu or against their own stupidity.
The most satisfactory of positions in which
to leave foe, while England will ever
hold Gladstone responsible for Gordon's
death x~sssdstone has, moreover opposed
to him some of the brightest wits of the
century. Chamberlain is the most adroit
politician of England. Hicks-Beach has
sturdy, thoroughly English way of putting
things that is immensely taking with the
masses. But greater than they-greafsr
than any conservatives Balfour, who
has so suddenly sprung TO the leadership
of his party. Enclosed is the perorarion
of speech he made the other night be
fore the National Union of Conservative
and Constitutional associations. 1t is elo-
quent and puts the issue plainly and
sharply. So much for politics.
AS this letter is the last of this series it |
may be well to terminate by bits of adyice |
to those who are about coming over. In |
the first place, by all means come. What |
ever sacrifices You have to make, make |
them. We have bnt one life to live, and /
the more the experiences the more we get /
out of il. The most valuable of studies i
is the study of man; man in the various /
stages of civilization; man in the various /
differences Of race, language, custom, re-
ligion and form of government. The /
brotherhood of all mankind in history and /
in destiny grows upon the mind and soul /
the more one sees of the various manifes- Il
tatiols of man and notes how superficial /
are the differences and how deep and radi- /
cal the resemblances. Go rather to coun-
tries which offer the greatest differences Il
Leave every bit of conceit behind Do |
not PREJUDICE. Do not compare with pre-
existing standards. AS far as possible |
look at people from their own point of |
view. An understanding of the language |
of the country through which You travel |
will increase the pleasure and the benefit |
Thousand fold. Read the local newspa-
pers; go to the local theaters and shows |
Talk TO everybody. Don't be afraid to
trot out and make the best of your French, |
your German or your italian. If a Con- |
gress be in session don't miss a hearing. |
If possible listen to the debates of states /
men, attend the lectures Of celebrated pro-
fessors and hear the sermons of renowned /
clergymen. In that way you take hold of /
the living power of a nation. See all the Il
religious, military and civic parades Il
Don't think you will do or see a thing at
subsequent time. Do it right of.
Descending to lesser but more practical Il
matters. Take lots of money with you
Things are not of greater intrinsic value
than they Were twenty years ago, but the
purchasing power of money is less. There
is SO much more gold and silver above /
ground and in us6 than there was forty Il
years ago that the actual value of the met |
al in such particular coin is less. The |
same rules of comparative values apply the |
world over. A dollar at home will only |
purchase half as many pounds of beef as
beef is intrinsically dearer, but because the |
dollar is intrinsioslly cheaper. If plat |
form makers, instead of declaring them
selves in favor of the impossibility and |
arrant nonsense of making the present /
silver dollar tho equal of the present gold /
dollar, would devote themselves to devils
ing methods for securing the purchasing
power of the present dollar, an afflicted |
country might be moved 10 gratitude.
If you are alone, travel first-clsss, put /
up at the best hotels, and are not particu-
larly economical, it will cost you fully IF /
teen dollars day. party of four can
do the same thing for ten dollars piece
day. If you travel second class, make /
long stops, put up AT sscond-rate hotels, |
and make a study OF getting full value for /
your money, you can do it for about seven |
dollars u day. If you propose staying six |
or more months in place you can be very |
comfortable on about half similar comforts |
would cost at home. First class railroad |
travel is the very great expense. 1t Is |
from three to five times the rates of the |
abused "Consolidated," and every pound |
of extra luggage must be paid for In addi- |
ton On some roads you are allowed ff-
ty. on others one hundred, pounds free.
On some not pound. On some roads in |
southern Germany your luggage, If of or
dinary amount, may cost half as much as |
Your ticket So take Just little as pos
sible. At any place you stop over you can |
replenish. Save up money to dine al least |
once and in the most sumptuCus style at
the Cafe voisin in Paris. Then You will
have dinner standard for the rest of
your existence.
Don't scold At times your patience
will be tried to the uttermost by the stu
pidity and perversity of the natives.
Then is the time to keep your temper and
to be calm and urbane. If you lose a
train another Is coming. If you lose your
luggage the chances are 1t will turn mp.
If you are swindled keep a sharper look
ont next time. If You find you have been
done for by a professional swindler don't
call him names; he knows his proper name
already. If you find you have paid ten
times as much for thing as IL is worth
| forget all about it. If it will help you to
| forget throw the thing away and econo-
mize till You have reconped its value. The
power of forgetting is one of the most
| blessed of faculties. One of the chief
values of time is in bringing forgetful-
ness. If We don't forgive ourselves who
will forgive usi AS TO guide books, buy
them ali. The French Guides Joannes"
are the best Murray" is first rate, en-
tertaining, Indispensable. Bedeker con-
tsins the most information. Murray is
more reliable than Bedeker in the matter
of hotels. Don't begrudge the weight and
the bother of carrying some books of gen
eral information. Kuglsr's Handbooks of
Painting-the English translation is better
than the original-Ferguson's History of
Architecture. If you 60 in for sculpture
20. will have 10 consult q number of
works One advantage of travelling In
England is that everything Is so admirably
written up Murray's guides to the Eng
lish cathedrsls are most excellent; full
and satisfactory in every particular.
But these hints might be extended for
ever, and might as we'll stop now as in
the hereafter. The best advice Is 20 come
right over and think about it afterwards.