Grand Rapids herald., 1892-05-12
OFF FOR AN OUTING
Cheaper TO Go Abroad Than 70
the Seashore
SOME HINTS TO TRAVELLERS
How 70 spend thousand Dollars TO Best
Adyanszge-A Great Deal May Be
Enjoyed for Tnzt Sum

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- - marks Of . dear honest
~ fellow. friend Of mine.
just returned from one OF
lkess hopAkip- and Jump excursions to
- other side now 80 COMMONLY sub
otn1ed fer tho sld summer vacation
g sunps watering place. where one sim
~ repeats in very inconveniens and
oEuDomD styis the lzborious pleasures OF
- utntsr N . great city.
AID Just BY way Of parenthesis. let
- cemDsnd the nsw fashion 70 all my
e0mpatxiots who have net yet tried 1t
~ who have tks means 70 do 50.
] suppass no individual can spend q
season. at Long Branch, Newport. Sara
toGo and the White mountains for less
than . thsusand dollars, and Of course
thsre are opportunities for spending con-
ddsrah2y mere il one - so inclined and
has II To spend. ! do not address the
larger class who, as I am informed,
nanage 10 incur charges Of thousand
dollaxs or over and get away without
pnyi1g them II there are any such
psgsons among my readers, cannot ad-
vise them TO '.go across instead Of pat
roaming trustfui and aimabls landlords
- home, for the simple reason that they
could not do n. A Cunard ticket Is cash
article. and the wandering American
sbgoad must pay as he goes, and II he
does net disguise his nationality must
psy about double the price French
n&n er German would Be charged.
In fact, the American abroad or, as
one might say from the European land
lord standpoint. the American innocerts
abroad have almos. supplanted the Eng
6shnAn, VINO used TO bs tho type Of
WeassAy folly and ignorance Of the value
If money. TO 10 sure. great many
Europeans Of the landlord class confuse
1he two nah0ralities and call all Eng
- speaking people '.I4ilor Anglais,"
Si<hout needing the exact meridian
Dhsncs thsy spring. The golden goose
y . valuable II II como across the high
ye2s or only across the narrow seas, and
, - sure 70 scatter it's golden eggs with
Dnreless prsfusiou in the one case IS the
Dthcr. But hike the goose. my own
Srupsr geese quill Is wandering from its
Sub5sct, and that subject Is tho recon-
pendinS you, nay dear reader. TO spend
1oux next spare thousand dollars in get
tng - least cwrsorJ view Of the older
D0ontries. which Of course, we al agree,
,Es not half % good as ours. bat still
have msxi1s Of their own worth few
Beeks' ssudy st least
n yoa intend 70 travel en prince, ride
h FIRST elass carriages. stay at first class,
- nther at fashionable, hotels, buy
DvsFy1hing yoa see, neve about from
Dlsos to place Nike the restless and ener-
Sstic American you are, the Thousand
Aollass won't lass many weeks, and you
lKilt do well tsVct ssids . hundssd dol
hrs with your return ticket SO that when
vow lssebia at Meuice's Is rendered,
nnfyouR hair stizeas in horror upon
Sour hna, and your careful French
pomp3s1ely fAils 20 convoy your sense of
Indignation and astonishnent, you may
sill Asve the means Of getting hone, a
ssdlcr bat much wiser man than
Uhen you lefeit.
II, hewever, You have the wisdom to
accspt he experience Of those who be-
fore you have ''done the grand tour,
- e used to 30 called, and have them
se1vss teen done char1rinsly brown by
The money gainsrs Of foreign lands. il
zoo will read. mark and inwardiy digest
ths warnings and the advice 50 plenti-
fully printed In books, and now once
mere proGerea for your consideration,
you may make your thousand dollars
spread over many months, and perhaps
. year. Including Of course the passages
oc1oss tho Atlantic.
In fact. I know . gentleman who
wishing 10 pursue certain Studies in the
cathedral cities of England. went there
uGsia . yssr, and returned, all upon
QDo0. bos tits not everybody who could
- who wcuia care to do as much q.
Chr, bat I mention 1t TO show what may
D. dons b. . man devoted to his art and
esssss Of his bodily comfort Blu,
uxn Che bssis Of n .oeo . great deal
my b sssn and done and enjoyed.
In the first place. the second saloon on
large ocean steamer Is perfectly com
fowe.bls and respectable. and I have
lzovu many pcrsons Of larger brain,
Ihnn puysss who have taken their tick
- ssin4ermeiiats" and survived to tel
- Tile with great satisfaction, notably
, sclerxyunan Of my acquaintance whom
boyalty has been pleased 10 honor wher
DaoD he had arrived in England. and
no is always recommending his friends
- 70 and DO likewise. Then. hsvine
ssschsd England. France or Germany
Boccrdsnx 20 which lire you select
and here I viii mention that ths
0RnAA - she cheapest. the French
mess ansaeing and the English ths
msk hsxuriors--yoor first business is &
ond Dsiaeinss and get yourself ont of tn.
hoe1 whi<her you At first naturall,
DnskD ysur vay. unless. indeed. ven havs
bsen provsicns enough to ssk som,
oRiend - experience TO recommend vos
- . good issgin<. and to make bar
ram fpx your time there. Then hnt
Due wh>f is 60 be seen and discover how
much of 4 is wishfn walking distance
0nf emRisy ruisss de piors OF csxroas,
y zen want 10 save both yoar none,
md your temper. but crplcy your Eng
1sh tongue az ron are ia England, ans
pour American wits. which are Al Ieas
~ keen ~ those OF any other nation
nl3ty.
n you use carriages snd cut the prop~,
and legal esarg> snd have il cle~rl,
nndexssrsd beferc ycu start. Dent b
Biexsrd1y in gtTi,g ups here an.
Hers. fur tlss castozn abroad h 80 uri
vcrssl that von orsy Isv ycurseH op>l
o. snsnls and neglect By ignoring IL. hu
n = not necessary to be lavish in ths
matter. A shilline-thas IL 70 say