The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-12

rHt cosr) )rAFOREics TOUR FROM
~. UNITED STATES.

ono MHu .Ia t,d uHt wan $50 nnd a. i.sfrs
firkut 90 'uuinirni rruuir wn, Soc q
Good .ai ror sioo-i.or $500 onr uas
rra,ri 1,s thc Continent
lt Is r.f. 1ary to estimate tho average
bmouut u uDr pant hF Americana on q
trip ahr. I H.NH Set r ought 90 be
Ismemho ,I ,y shallow plcketed and deep
hraiuod u uu who hunger i0r foreign trav.
d yct hH. f flg Thousand dollars. that
most 7NH Hrr "trip. un Boz taken f0r
much les. 'h n haIf that amount
There may le few who are willing to -ct
out upon Irupean tour with So and "a
terry ucI ikD ono Br9usltu man who
did -o au h never rvgretCd it Eighty
dollars b. ra her small sli0wunre. but
here is w.at viii DO Passage to liver
pool and fr "a Amsterdam or AlrWerp.
steerage il D. Al cnsee, railroad and other
transit throu % Scotland and England. 20
Paris and th 1ugh the Low Couutries and
certain lnc mf0uable minimum OF food
Perhaps it is { worth while to travel un-
der such deI fvations man under ~
years Of agev ID vote yes. probably. Older
than that, me care more for creature com
forts.
Yet even su b economy can be made more
eudurable by umbcrs / know Of d party
Of six young uen from Harvard who took
steerage ptssi Ie IN the Sertia for taca
tion trip. Tho just filled one row Of berths
IN one of the x rooms. took turns at wash
ing th<r Tin ilshes and hud lots of fun
The Who'll, q . need not have cost each
more than so for a two months absence.
A woman " 40 has saved $50 can. 10 she
hnds another woman of like mind aud
purse, take % rather extensive trip abroad
by travelling second cabin" al "a round
trip expense Of t10, leaving as much more
for shore expenses Second cabin j. per
fectly clean, comfortable and respectable.
with plenty Of food and effective II not al
ways defereDtial service Most Americans
will, however, prefer 10 travel first cabin iu
a cheaper boat rather than take passage
either IN the second cabin or steeraze. Tie
absurd European distinctions Of "clAsses"
are a good joke for short time. Ina week
and in the close panionshlp Of ship
board they become uncomfortable
The necessary cost u first cabin passage
10 Liverpool aud return Is not less than
800 and may be- much more, to which add
nearly 10 per cent for fees A x eat many
dollars may be saved, however. by taking
outward and hOmewad passage by difler-
ent lines. Thus, II ths trip il o short one.
sail 10 Liverpool or Glasgow: return from
Antwerp or Amgterdam II the trip ].
longer and inc udss Switzerland and Italy.
sail 10 Liverpool or Glasgow Uhe latter II
Scotland is 20 be yisitedE return from Ma
piles or Genoa Variety OF interest AS well
as economy is secured by this plan The
cost Of the pas age from Genoa or Hayrc h
. o
the economy ia time and travel ashore
more than makes the difference
An economically arranged tour ashore
will save time and money by being ~ direct
~ possible Railway travelling. always
third class. vii cost about 2 cents a mile
and may be rcckoned up before starting
with reasonable approach 10 accuracy. If
points Of intere { do not lie near the line Of
route, omit the n. There are others a. good.
The econom cal traveller who has gone from
Glasgow 10 u lnburRh by the TrOsiichs
seen AbbOtsfoI ! aud Melrose, stopped IN
Shakespeare co IDtry and seen Oxford, il
ready TO procee' 10 London, with whatever
cathedral town. have happened 10 lie in his
path-say Durl am and York - and from
London dire " 20 the continent, not 10 re
turn.
From LOudoI TO Italy by Newbayen,
Dieppe, Pals, Geneva, LuceTne, Venice.
Rome, kaplca, . "a route reasonably direct.
IL omits tho y tberlands and the Rhine,
which ought ~ 10 be omitted They can
be included bJ detOnr from Paris IN
which case : wit .erlaBd isentered by SchafI-
hansen and IuI ch. In either case-in any
case--the jot rn' W widest separated points
should be tn 80 port Of arrival aud depar-
ture II poss ble OF trip not including
Italy the port return may be Hayrc or
Rotterdam. IN this case one goes south by
the Low Countr es and the Rhine, return
ing north 20 Pa is or vice versa.
Food and lodp nR are much cheaper on
the continent ian In England. On the
average an eier stic traveller can get along
nicely in peri 'ct omfog, but not in 'style,"
for tl.D day. Two, sharing meals and
rooms, can MAKE IL on eco a day, or even
less with eXtre ne economy. In Paris a
dinner, "illifg' In quantity and really not
10 very dreac ful in quality, can be bought
for rs cents, In ,ch for 20 cents. lodging
and breakfast - the Latin quarter, the
pleasantest and most convenient part OF
the city, for f,on 35 cents 10 % cents. out
OF "A IL. 80 allowa ce one can save quarter
OF so "A day To use on the road, where living
IL more expensive, "a IN Scotland.
Ocean passage, with fees, by cheap lines,
siIO or upward; $500 miles OF railroad fare
at cents mile, 80; 90 days living at q 30
a day, go; incidentals, whatever you like
10 make them; guidebooks, in which one
should never economize, els; reserve fund
go. These are the chief essentials OF q
splendid continental trip, includinga "A bi,
OF Scotland, England Paris, the Rhine
Switzerland ION FOOT and bit OF Ital,
without the Low Countries, or the Low
Countries without Italy, going by Glasgow
and returning from Naples or Amsterdam
Altogether $500 should cover everything.
Such a trip involves some walking Il
mountain regions, patronizing cheap ho
tells, which are often the most homelike
and total Independence Of hacks, whicl
Is achieved by carrying ones belongings il
a single light grip and striking out boldl!
for lodgings In every town by the aid OF III,
Ruidebook's street map.-John l.. Heator
In New York Recorder.
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