The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-20
BAGGAGE REQUIRED.

" DC tne consequence.
BAGGAGE REQUIRED.
Travellers are never tired Of telling
other would-be travellers not to bur-
den themselves with baggage. People
think they are needing this advice, and
then they come home and say: "What-
ever you do. don't take as much lug
gage as we did!" Two young women
travelled in England and Scotland for
six weeks last summer. and the only
luggage they carried was a telescope"
and handbag. The handbag was en-
tirely unnecessary and should have
been dispensed with. The telescope"
bag Is not a, thing Of beauty. but 1t Is
mighty convenient, especially for wo-
men. 1t Is utterly impossible to give
cast-iron rules as to just what one shall
take for a round Of Great Britain; that
Is. just what is necessary for ones COM
fort. Nothing else, except neatness,
need be considered. People do not
travel in Europe to show off their
good clothes. This, Of course, refers to
the ordinary traveller. not to people
who 60 over for social purposes. The
traveller proper. no matter what his or
her prejudices in the matter of clothes
may be on this side Of the water. soon
becomes quite content to reduce his
changes to the least number possible.
Consequently, the traveller who Is aim
ing at cheapness need feel no qualms
over his or her one good suit or gown
Only-and this has been said so often
that 1t seems almost unnecessary to re-
peat it-forget not to have at least two
pairs Of well-made and comfortable
American shoes and pair of American
rubbers. Foreign shoes are impossible,
and the English goloshes are just what
the name sounds like.
OF course, 1.-The inexpensive traveller"
will 60 third class on English railways,
remembering that on most OF them
there Is no second class. To the ex-
perienced traveller there is no more
wanton extravaganza than riding in a
first t-class railway compartment. The
baggage system Of England has been so
much maligned that 1t Is a pleasing
thing to be able to say one good word
for It. If you are travelling with only
hand luggage, you could not be better
of than in an English railway station.
No sooner does your cab or omnibus
draw up at the platform than one Of the
uniformed porters gathersup your bags.
no matter how many they may be, and
carries them to the booking office"
window where you buy your ticket.
When he has found out your destina-
| ton he piles your luggage against one
| Of the iron pillars, and you need not
pulls In your porter appears, finds you
a seat in a compartment. puts your
| bags In the racks, touches his cap, and
thanks you for the tuppence you give
him. Cheap enough at four cents! II
there are two Of you that makes only
| two cents apiece. If there is trunk
So that truck is necessary. sixpence Ii
| the fee.
Sixpence is also the usual fee for most
Of the show places. In almost every ca.
thedral the choir which contains all the
relics and interesting features. is classet
by a railing, and each person pays six.
| pence to go in. There is always a YER
ger. often most interesting and intelli.
| gent person. to show you around and ex
| plain things. He will bow most benevo
, lently over the siXpence given to hin
personally at the close of the circuit
This sixpence is sufficient for two.
Expenses may be roughly divided into
| four classes: railway expenses, livins
| expenses, fees. and extras. The cost O
travel itself is not heavy in Great Bri
tain. One can go from London to Edin
| burgh, stopping at Cambridge, Ely
| Peterborough, Lincoln, York, Ripon ant
Durham for less than $40 railroad fare
One can make the circuit from Londor
up the east side Of England to Edin
burgh by steamer and coach through
the TrOssacks, uc to Oban, down b!
steamer to Glasgow, then to Ayr. thel
through the lake country and by way o
Chester and that best known route bacl
| to London for about $780, This includes
q good deal Of coaching, which is al
ways expensive. Thus 1t is seen tina
the expense Of actual travelling in Eng
land and Scotland is not at all extrava
CANT. BY leaving out Oban one coul'
make the circuit for just about what 1
costs to go from here to Chicago.
The feeling system Is an unmitigate,
nuisance, especially to the person o
limited means, who, nevertheless, want
to give what Is proper. or course, on
may fee as extravagantly as one wishes
but the amount which will assure com
fort and attention will not be found a
all burdensome. A good rule is, not t
fee any one who renders you no service
Plenty Of persons will look at you witt
an expectant eye, but that is part o
their business. Their expectancy Is Il
their eye alone most Of the time.
you do give them anything, so much tn
better. They regard it as ''laniappe,
as they say down south, but they wi
have just as much respect for you
they don't get it. If one fees moderate
ly when there is an occasion for 1t, on
will find that the sum total Of ones tri