Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-16
AN IOWA NAN IN EUROPE.
Especial letter to the Times Repub-

| lican.
| Introductory to future letters which
may appear In the columns of the
Times Republican from this correspon-
dent, 1t may be we'll to offer few words
of explanation. The writer is a native
Iowan who writes as he travels from
place to place In Great Britain and the
continent Of Europe. He is mounted
upon Cleveland bicycle, carries all his
baggage strapped to his wheel, and goes
forth with but one purpose, that to see
and hear and learn concerning foreign
countries and the customs, manners, So
cial and industrial conditions of their
people.
The voyage across the Atlantic was
made at a favorable time, during the
early days of July A bright sky and
lsmooth sea We're pleasant features of al
most every day. The great ocean liners
in use by the few principal steamship
companies are a constant wonder to the
llandsman. The Cymric of the White
trip was made, is new twin-screw
steamship. six hundred feet long. with.
a sixty-four-foot beam.
The steamship companies have had
during this season an unprecedented
patronage Every outgoing steamer all
most without exception has been crowd
led and desirable first and second-class
rooms have been generally engaged
/ some time in advance My advice to
4 Iowa people who intend visiting the
1 Paris exposition next year is to secure
| first or Second-ciaSS tickets, as may be
|desired, sixty DAYS before the date of
1 desired departure Seasickness which
lin the old days of ocean navigation
caused VOYAGE to be so much dreaded.
has lost much of its terror through the
advent of modern vessels Forty-eight
hours after leaving port the motion of
| the ship, the cause of seasickness, is
scarcely perceptible to the average pas
lsenger on the larger vessels. The long
| er and broader the ship the less is the
movement. this as matter of course.
OF three hundred and fifty passengers
on the Cymric not one, 1 think, had
real attack OF seasickness. What is to
be said of the third-class or steerage
! Accommodations is a question often
asked by prospective yoyagers who
have an eye to economy. Men or mar
1 ried couples who are willing to deny
! themselves the Injuries and some of the
unnecessary comforts may handily
4 travel third-class on the principal
steamships at considerable saving. If
4 possible. get on one of the liners which
lcafry only first and third-class passen-
gers. and which have their destination
at some northern port, preferably in
Great Britain. Be sure before starting
that the steerage is not crowded Take
A with you soap. towels. brushes. can
4 of cocoa, some condensed mix ana
some fruit, as apples and oranges. If
No bon 1.aJd
remedies for the most common ills, so
4 much the better Before going on board
hire steamer chair, for rent probably
at the dock at one dollar After going
on board, If a Single man, select part
y ner for the voyage, and as soon as pos
1 sible see the Chief steward of the de-
4 partment and quietly offer him gem
erous tip, probably not less than i've
dollars will be acceptable, for a room in
the married peoples quarters. If he al
Ilows this and the other conditions mem
toned above are met, you are in a fair
way to enjoy a comfortable and pleas
ant ocean voyage at a cost of from thirty
. 10 forty dollars, one-tEird To one-haf
THAT of first class. Mind, did not use
the word luxurious. You are to forget
that there is such word. While tray
telling through Canada l met a Scotch
man a professor in Canadian colleSl-
late institute, well-read man of decid-
led views on public questions. Our con-
yersation turned upon the Philippines
Question. 1.-THE Americans will learn.
he said, before they finish this war. a
lesson in charity. They have been very
free to criticise the various colonizing
= nations, and have in unqualified man
ner denounced Spain for her use of
, force, but they will learn that force
must be used in dealing with inferior
nations. These people of the southern
zones" he continued, can never govern
themselves unless 1T be after a long
: process of education extending through
centuries. The United States must
/ snare with Great Britain the respon-
! sibility of the teacher. This is rendered
q greater by the fact that 1T has come t.
, her ursought.s This spontaneous ex-
: pression was of peculiar interest to ms
e as that of an intelligent man who was
9 certainly unprecedented
1t was this same professor who asked
p me, fully expecting negative answer
p if they had fences in Iowa. This sur
o lprising question was brought out by m,
e observation that / had never before
Q seen stump fences. In Ontario the wide
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