The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-04
CHEAP TRIP ABROAD.
MANY TAKE ADVANTAGE or SUMNER
RATES AND 90 TO EUROPE.

M
brtsbiy and NJ Little Cost Several sorts
Of Tours yhst Onsr Thcmssives.
Judging from tho number of passages
engaged at the various steamship Offices,
the annual summer hcgira of American
travellers to the shores Of the old world
will be greater numerically this year
than II was last season. The hard
times apparently have no effect on this
class of tourists. The majority Of June
and July tourists come from tho ranks
OF the professional classes, public school
teachers, college professors and the cler-
ical calling availing themselves of the
long vacation to travel.
The objection Is raised that many
millions Of hard earned American dol
lars are carried out Of the country and
spent abroad and that the truly patriotic
,citizen would better visit the wonders
,of his native land first and circulate his
money among his oompatriots. but that
is mere matter Of opinion. In Amer
lea we have magnificent distances and
sublime nature unadorned, while In
Europe there IL not 30 much Of this. but
the remains Of much that the human
race has accomplished In architecture
and art and glimpses Of the most ad-
vanced state Of civilization to which man
has attained.
It Is worth trip across the Atlantic
to visit London. The Murillos, Rapha-
els and hundreds of other masterpieces
of the National gallery give an eduoa-
tion In art which cannot be duplicated
in this country. The British museum is
treasure house stored with material
more than q man can exhaust in life
time Westminster abbey is near by,
with its honored dead, and not far away
the Tower Of London, peopled with
memories Of the great. the good and
the innocent, and in the cemetery at
tached to the ancient chapel Of ST.
Peter are the remains Of Lady
Jane Grey, Sir Walter Raleigh, Anne
Boleyn, Sir Thomas More and Lord
Somerset. But visit these time honored
historical places, and both history and
literature are vitalized, illusions hith-
erto unnoticed spring to life on the
printed page, and the understanding is
both Quickened and enriched.
AT first thought trip to Europe ap-
pears like an extravagant undertaking,
but little careful estimating of ex-
penses proves that the European tour
costs no more than the same amount of
travel in America. The trip from Chi
cago to New York by any first class
railroad costs $23 for fare; sleeper, So;
meals, So; total, $31-for two days.
travel. An ocean greyhound charges
$75 for six days travel, a slower boat
$50 for ten days travel, including ev-
cry comfort and luxury that the most
fastidious can desire. Land travel ON
the other side is cheaper than in Amer
lea, but the accommodations are much
simpler. In America a young woman
with slender purse must travel first class
and pay SO for every night spent in a
sleeper. In England she may travel
third class at q much reduced fare, on
the continent second class, and it is but
seldom night travel is necessary, for
distances between cities and points of
interest are short.
The cost of summer tour varies with
the purse and the inclination Of the in
dividual. The economical young woman
decides before she leaves home how
much she dare spend. If she travels
with party organized by one Of the
large, reliable tourist agencies, fixed
price is paid for the entire journey.
BY a first class steamer the price is
higher. The fixed price, which is paid
before starting, includes all travelling
expenses from New York back to New
YQrk-steamship and railroad fares,
transportation Of the usual amount Of
baggage, omnibus between stations,
piers and hotels hotel bills, fees to ho-
tel servants, railroad porters-and the
services Of an experienced conductor
who'takes you sightseeing according to
a settled programme, paying expenses,
etc. These excursion prices do not in
clude stewards fees on an ocean steamer
and expenses of carriages, guides or
sightseeing when not ordered by tho
conductor. Personally conducted tours,
when managed by q competent conduct
or with party not too large, composed
Of people of the same grade socially, are
enjoyable and advantageous to the tour
ist, Tor he is relieved of all the RESPONSE.
bility and anxiety incident to foreign
travel, with the constant change of Ian
guage and customs. No time is wasted.
only places and objects Of Importance
and interest are visited and no time Is
spent in places without interest to the
tourist. However, it would be well for
those intending to join such party to
investigate carefully the reliability Of
the firm or individual with whom they
intend to travel, since certain returning
parties have very unhappy tales to tell
Of the way they were herded and con-
Quoted like dumb driven cattle" far
from their "native land. "-Chicago
Evening Post.