The times., 1899-07-30
THE POSTAL CARD CRAZE.
You Must Use IL Continuously When
Travelling Abroad.


The postal card craze is at its height
abroad. and those who travel this summer
will soon catch the Infection of despatehing
postal cards from every station. These
postal cards are by no means the useful
tan-colored cards with which we are famil-
lar. They are the Illuminated postaIs that
were introduced only few seasons ago
Even last summer they were a novelty.
and one sent from Holland during the COR
onation of Wilhelmina was viewed as a
great curiosity
Now every village in Europe has its
postal card. and many have several diff
ferent designs. The postofsice issues them
and is well repaid by the extra number 1t
sells. Many OF them are made in Ger
many and are of exquisite coloring.
Wilheimina's coronation cards showed
the young Queen from her babyhood There
were complete sets of them. seven in a set
displaying the Queen from babyhood to the
throne. The cathedral at Amsterdam has a
card TO itself, and other cards were devoted
to groups of Hollandese children.
In Rome you get the most classic postal
card The well-known outlines OF the
Coliseum. those three pillars OF the
Temple of Castor and Poiiux, st. Peters 8
eHN INC NdtfOdlir iudht you Ietl I0at
scholastic and studious holiday has been
spent when you paste the postcard tro-
ply in your collecting book, or address
such illustrations to those at home; and
you forget that you had not time enough to
study these monuments, that you lad but
ten days to spend where ten years were
needed. and that the intimacy with the
place which the modern postcard seems to
presuppose 1t but affectation.
There are handsome pictures OF Pope
Leo In the Rome collection. and scenes
around the royal palace of the Queen and
King.
The German Emperor, who does things
differently from other people, and has fads
harder than most mortals. has set the most
remarkable pace of postal sending yet
known. On the occasion of his recent jour-
ney to Holy Land and through Europe. he
prepared several thousand postal cards an
nouncing his safe departure. These were
despatched from Vienna, the day OF the
Kaiser's start. and were received in a few
days by friends and mobiles
But still more illustrious example OF
postal sending occurred on His Majesty .
home trip. Packed safe in the Emperor S
baggage were thousands Of postal an
nouncements of his safe arrival home
These were all written before the start, and
were posted when the Kaiser was only half
way home. Germany deyotes its postal
cards to its scenery principally. After the
portraits Of the royal family and the palace
at Potsdam come views Of the Rhine dar-
ling little schemes in color OF castles perch
ed high on rocks, with vines and twisted
trees, standing out against a blue sky.
Small wonder that you jump from the train
TO secure one Of these, even though there
Is only room for your signature below the
picture.
In Switzerland. also. mountains. torrents.
waterfalls. and ravines, coiored or simply
in black and white. are the usual subjects
Sometimes an Alpine rose and the inevita-
Bile edelweiss bedecks one corner. or cou-
pie OF peasants show the picturesque and
graceful national costume, for which the
tourist seeks in vain.
English ornamental postal cards are made
generally out of England. or at least the
color schemes are painted elsewhere. but
the United States cards are made in Amer
ica