The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-20
ENGLAND ON TWO
q HUNDRED DOLLARS
How . Tour Of h Can Be Made at This
Low Cost.
MAKES A VERY PLEASANT OUTING
Experiences of Two Young Women
Travelling in the British Isles with
Only a s'Telcscope" and a Hand.
bag..COmforts and Pleasures Of
''Lodgings'' in the Country. Tips.
Some London Tricks.

People are always telling me that
could so to Europe If I wanted to-" said
q foriorn young woman to New York
Sun reporter the other day. "They say
you can svend just as much money as
you want to- What want to know is
how can go and siend Just as little as
] want to-"
A good many other people want to
know the same thing. The papers are
full Of the names of more fortunate per-
sonages who are already outward
bound. with full pocketbooks and long
letters Of credit. The reading Of these
lists Is very inspiring as well as de-
pressing to hundreds of poorer people
who would like to follow humbly in the
wake Of the procession. There Is a
large class of people who have more re-
inement and culture than they have
money. To them. a trip to Europe is
the dream of their lives but they gen.
orally think OF 1t hopelessly as II 1t
were quite beyond the possibility Of
realization.
A European trip may be almost any
thing one chooses to make of 1t. 1t may
be a great and glorious opportunity for
spending money in extravagant hotels
and among thieving shop dealers. or 1t
may be a chance for getting the best re-
turn for a few hundred dollars that an
Intelligent and cultivated man or wo-
man could ever hope for. The talk about
going to Europe with $500, having fine
times for period Of six weeks. and
coming home with money in ones pock-
Ct Is deluding. to say the least.
In the first place the people who want
to 60 to Europe inexpensively are gen.
orally those who have q summer vacation
teachers, preachers, and men who
work on q salary or have small incomes,
and have earned a couple Of months
freedom by years of hard work. They
want, as a rule, to spend the months of
July and August in their European out
ing, and that is misfortune at the very
start. Summer rates are in force from
April Is or May l until the middle Of
July for eastwardbound steamers, and
from May until Oct. Is for those west
ward bound. This makes a difference
Of S. each way on the cheapest first
class tickets available, and a greater
ohASAShSS oh HWY CAPChoANS
THE FARE OVER.
The cheapest first-class fare out Of
New York is $40 on Glasgow line. Be-
tween May l and July Is this fare Is
raised to $45, although round trip
ticket may be had for $S5. Second class
on the same steamers costs $50 one way
and $55 for return ticket. 1t has been
often repeated by travellers that two
can travel together much more cheaply
than one person alone, and four more
cheaply than two. There is no doubt
at all about the relative cost Of going
-singly or in pairs. There must be a
saving of quite 20 per cent. to each per-
son. AS for q party Of four, there
are, Of course, occasions when it is a
pecuniary advantage to have that num-
ber. Long drives may be taken more
cheaply, and there Is sometimes saw
ing on tips. But the time lost In trying
to get about with party Of four more
than offsets any advantage gained.
Furthermore, two can often slip In
where four can not, and an experiment
in both directions will convince nine
people out Of ten that twO-provided
always those two are reasonable and
congenial--is the ideal number for a
travelling party.
Another obstacle in the way of most
people who want to go to Europe mex
pensively Is that they think they may
never go again, and therefore want to
see as much as possible on their first
and perhaps only trip. This handicaps
them at the very start. They want to
cover as much territory in six weeks as
liher traveller would take in six
months, and they will be pitifully per-
picked when they find how much more
expensive their trip has been in pro-
portion to the other fellows.
If a person has 5000 and two months
to spend, the British isles will give the
most genuine satisfaction for his
money, II his taste lies that way That
is to say, If one cares to see q new and
beautiful country. splendid ruins, the
most wonderful collection" Of cathe-
drals and the greatest city in the world
Great Britain will suit him. One car
Zee good deal of it in SIX weeks, and al
the end Of that time be healthier
weAlthier and wiser than If he had tried