The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-28
SKETCH OF A TOUR
What Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Walker Saw in Europe
This Summer.
Ar THE WOMEN'S CONGRESS
In Berlin, Brussels, Dresden
and vienna-On Italy's
Lakes and Over Snowy
Alps.
AIT THE WOMEN'S CONGRESS


Jersey City people who nav been sight
seeing In Europe this year. ~scranbling
over +ba A1ns sa,,ina 49, ~ phsna
- APPS saihns uoWi ene fn'is'
ana tasting the delights OF London, Paris
and Vienna. are returning home. Among
those Who ba.a haa, for+nra+a a,angb ~
MAKE the grand tower are Mr.. John A.
Walker, Of the Dixon crucible Company,
and Mrs walkar xuho tv 4b;s t;,,a m,st
raanr 49, :
AAoW evsry hole ana corner OF the con-
tinent, so often a they visited it. Mr..
Walker takes this frin annuallv far h,,e{-
49, a;wa ~
a' = manassas - sahuwieh M a
little pleasure, and being one who knows
how to use his ewes sees a preaf many
tb3nas - i,4ana
With a News representative the other
day in his graphic way he sketched the
to,,r he bad mada mhsaL 49,. s: 49,
49, = ~ pesan !. IAas
London. where Mrs. Walker attended the
eessians of INC nta,na+;a,a coaarass ~
xsre-S-
women, netd IN the metropolis OF the
world from June rs to July s. The gath
ering Of bright minded women Of every
H. ,na,Iu
tnHie naeufdny laaue Ing session pfoanc-
tive OF much instruction and pleasure and
the Jersey CITY visitors enioyed them
$500 1919
W. hh : sofa Nr rra,,xar anaarino
" nsalu' sala MI. Walker speaking
2 : ! Il, sMrss tyntnia Wessover Alden me
..rr liz y .aS WonnsnS pags u ens
,.,ta5 lnaAe an Interesting auarsss
n naataa fessissd muen a.tentpn. me
~ go = outLeIsalas 9 most peAutuei
q i sa Wolnan pres4dea. f1eT speech
plisAt a,la pralny. we had lichsts
H g u1y + 70 rhe al aS Danqu a. tne
.arhbe nrsssd Z ~ 1850 Msle psessnl,
lHe pfesiaeht OF the AMERICAN society
presided, a mar named Van Duser, but
III m me lht ssx ne auaed e me occasion
Ac might have just d. Wen nave DeeN
absent; Ambassador choate spoke. Car
uliill sausll. sne iahsilsh pfetaIe n MS
e &C. robes made q notable speech
INV ~ muVopsu - q dor the Amsr.caIs N
Of trinity Goliege Cambridge, and Mark
VAIN. Our great humoIast MADE one OF
ms 1i5iinltaoly dIon speeches Wnlcn con-
v wara rhat great audience Ihe galierles
sentlmsn1s were cneered 70 the z II
waS 8 4 &c saensil,s aiu The sRssenes
were OF the highest order The English
aiMays nave q oaslmaste Ihey never
Paoside VINE, pna n you want II You can
nave II Dy orderlng z
however, was enjoyed at the end Of Mr..
ana MIS-. Walkers trip n on the oc-
easlon OF the second visit to London
alter tney lance Irom america they
-
3 with the conpanys agent IN the
mysteries Of business. Thence they
proceeded 70 Brusseis, more talks on
graPhite with the eompanys agent In
passing On the cars they could see the
famous Lion mound on the field of
eaIerfoo, put cid not stop to roam over
dne great gene Of lne Ilttie Corporafs
1oWnlaii. On 70 Amsterdam = then
Berlin. BUSINESS Tor the company was
temporarily shelyed ana the visitors gave
shemseiges uP 70 slsht seeing IN Ger
0lAHXA GA nff4l
,Did you see the kaiser!
ON yes, yrephed Mr. walker, ne rode
past Us.
Inter den Linden?'
"A lake ana a SKIN, a ShaIn and a
mockery,. was the prompt reply This
much guide-Dook trumpeted avenue can
hot pc 10 the avenue or enest-
nuts IN Brussels, which IS four miles long
ana eacn tree IN that avenue Is q sample.
Wnen they are IN bloom the signt is
From Berlin they went ON to Dresden
and Vienna, where they visited the
~Sehonbfunn Paloce: Then TO Italy via
lnnspruch, where they for the first time
the stupendous grandeur OF the
mountains. guarding the approach to
ltaiy: MI and MIS- walker took the
p, Gotnafq ROAD 70 Milan, passing tHe
bafhed IN sunshine and surrounded with
mountains capped with eternal SHOWS.
At Milan q malt was made and the
teiSis stsitSa ~ SRA aita1S diFc
with The busy hum OF social and business
life, Next day they Visited Como, the
pearl of Italy's lakes The day was fine
and they admired the villas and villages
lining the sides of the lake. and were
much interested in the of wash
ing clothes in the lake by the villages.
Crossing the lake they reached Lake Luz
and thence to the world famed
Maggiore, down which they steamed in a
binding storm of rain. Arriving at Dom
the frontier town of Switzer-
land. was before them. The Simplon pass