The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
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20 Europe III wanted to- said n torlUrn YounI
woman the other day. They say that you chr
spend just as much money as you want to.
What | want to know is how | can so and spend
Just as little as | want to-"
A good many other people want to know III,
same thing. The papers are full ~ the names
OF more fortunate personages who are already
outward bound, with full pocketbooks and Ions
letters OF credit. The reading OF these lists is
very inspiring rs well as depressing to hundreds
of poorer people who would like to follow
humbly In tho wake OF the procession. There
is q large class of people who have more refine
ment and culture than they have money. To
them, n trip to Europe Is the dream OF their
lives, but they generally think OF 1t hopelcssly
as II II were quite beyond the possibility Of
realization.
A European trip may be almost anything one
chooses to mako OF II. II may be a great and
~s.orioss opportunity for spending money in er-
trayaEant hotels and among thieving shop deal
ers. or 1t may be q chance for getting the best
return for u few hundred dollars that an intel
llRent and cultivated man or woman could ever
hope for. The talk about going to Europe with
5000, having fine times for a period OF six weeks,
and coming home with money in ones pocket Is
d%oluding. to say the least.
In the first place, the people who want to go
TO Europe inexpensivcly are generally those
who have a summer Observation-Disclosures, preach
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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 outing. and
that Is IA misfortune at the very start. Summer
rates are in force from April 10 or May | until
the middle Of July for eastward bound steam
ers, and from May l until Oct. 10 for those west
ward bound. This makes a difference of 81
each way on the cheapest frst-class tickets
available, anda greater difference on more ex-
The cheapest frst.class fare out OF New York
Is $40 on a Glasgow line. Between May / and
July 10 this fare is raised to $40. although \
round trip ticket may be had for $50. Second
class on the same steamers cost $50 one way,
and 500 for return ticket. 1t has been often re-
peated by travellers that two can travel to-
sether much more cheaply than one person
alone, and four more cheaply than two. There
Ing singly or in pairs. There must be u saving
OF quite 20 per cent. to each person. As for a
When 1t Il i is t pecnnf srs; S Sd aHrrss; O to hSRs
1 mot. ne cReSply, L sma d ,hsse mey , ss ,rkes
IN trying to get about with a party of four more
than offsets any advantage gained. Further
and an experiment in both directions will con-
vince 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 70 to Europe inexpensively is that
they think they may never 20 again, and
therefore want to see as much as possible on
caps them at It tie He'V vers star start .f'f f'hey MS wa nnhd to
cover as much territory in six weeks as another
viii be pitifully perplexed when they lind how
much more expensive their trip has been in
II person has $500 and two months to spend,
the British Isles will give the most genuine sat
way, That is to say, il one cares to see a new
and beautiful country. splendid ruins, the most
greatest city in the world. Great Britain viii
suit him. One can zee a good deal of it in six
md wiser than II lie had tried to skim"
Europe one can skin the cream of Europe
Is likely to be the consequence.
~ I5sy ELI are never tired Of telling other |
with baggage. People think they are needing /
his, advice, and then they come home and say:
u Mhstsv ss w y9a DID, d9i don Two ta 1a.ns as w %Hsh !
in England and Scotland for i
az wset tsey Last Carried sS% Wns a1sIsss sns only "nS I
The handbag was entirely unneces- (
ARK and should have been dispensed with; The t
8 mighty convenient. especially for women. it k
utterly impossible TO give c]as,;lron, rules p
Ound OF Great, Britain; that is, just what n
; necessary for ones comfort. Moth u
'eople do not travel in Europe to show or their a
clothes, This. OF course, refers TO the or Il
oeiai purposes, The traveller proper. no mat. b
er What his or her pTejudices in the matter OF Il
ecomes quite content to reduce his changes to ii
he least number possible. Consequently, the X
o qualms over his or her one good suit or gown. N
'nly-and this has been said SO often that IL G
SENS almost unnecessary TO repeat it-forget @,
OF TO have at least two pairs OF well-made and II
American shoes and a pair Of Amer, b,
an rubbrrs. Foreign shoes are impossible, and a
le English goloshes are Just what the name Ii
or course. 1.-THE inexpensive traveller" will go g,
class on English railways, remembering
nat on most of them there is no second class. W
anton extravaganza than riding in N frs. 40 a,
AWAY compartment. The baggage system OF ra
leasing thing to be able to say one good word CO
1t. IL you are travelling with only hand lug w
81 railway station. : no Ot sooner Hn d LHan your on sS cal nn Or OF
nnibus draw up at the platform than one Of tho qr
Informed porters gathers up your bags, no ne
the booking Office, window where you buy fir
our ticket. When he has found out your des- II
nation he piles your luggage against one OF the VI
on pillars and you need not give it another bl
.ops1 And. As , the /, train pulls in your porter ap. q
bags in the racks, touches his cap. and be
Lanks you Tor the tuppence you give him.
III that makes only two cents apiece. II there we
a tr9nk, 80 that atruck is necessary, sixpence fal
is also the usual fee for most OF the nu
ow places. In almost every cathedral the me
g features, is closed by a railing. and each per- by
n pays si1pcnce TO 20 in. There is always u res
rson; to show you around and explain things. "a
. will bow most bencvolently over the six pei
y klNol ~ IllHl presumably ~ tile close OF the INC
cult. This sixpence is sufficient for two. CHI
~ expenses may be roughly divided iato four as
.ssea: railway expenses. living expenses, fees, OPP,
d extras. The cost OF travel itself Is not iup
In Great Britain. One can go from Lon SIZE
y 70 Enlhpurgh, Stopping at Cambridge. Ely, lJl
teroor0ugh,, Lincoln. York, Ripon, and Dur TIL
for less than $40 railway fare. one can an,
IKE the eircult from London up the east side rib
Engiahu TO edinburgh by steamer and coach the
rough the Trossacks, up to Oban, down by tift
amer 10 glasgow, then TO Ayr, then through VIII
. iAke country ana by way OF Chester and vii
II best known route back TO London for cas-
out $50, This includes a good deal OF coach aud
!. which Is always expensive. Thus il is seen A
" the eSpehse OF actual travelling in Eng sun
anu Scotlahu Is not at all extraYagant. IN I
teaNlnR OUT opah one could make the cir BOT
TOT lust ABOUT what II costs TO 90 from hero lief
ShICaEo' moi
ho iselng system Is an unmItigated nuisance, tho
.eclally 10 the person or limited means, VINO, wal
wants to give what is proper. Of sey,
3he may lee as eNtravagantly as one rem
'hes. but the amount which vii! secure co,n- u
I anu attention VIII not be found at all Giro
y Eoou RUE Is, not 10 Zee any ono ism
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