Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-13
Interesting Paper On European
Travel.

4 EdNels
Considering the very disagreeable
day Monday, there was 4 large number
of ladies present at the Relic Room to
hear the papers on their European
travels by Mrs. Irish and Miss Irish,
who spent large portion of last year
in the land across the sea.
Both papers were full of interest and
were enjoyed to the utmost 1t is our
pleasure to have the manuscript, and
our expectation to print both articles.
We present about half Of Miss Iish's
paper today, and same Will be conclud-
ed in tomorrow's issue:
1t is difficult to know, in describing
such trip as we have taken in the
past summer, where to begin, what to
tell, what to omit and when to end.
AS we visited so many countries, Great
Britain Germany, Austria, Italy,
Switzerland and France, in so short a
space of time, we can only give i'm
pressions and our individual exper-
fences, which may be entirely unlike
those of our friends. We sailed from
New York June 8, 1899, on the City of
Rome. We were personally conduct
ed party, so the story must begin with
the party. There were ten of us, in-
cluding our conductor, Mr.. Baker, five
men and five women; and we hailed
from five states, New York, New Jer-
sey, Ohio. Kentucky and California,
with four from Ohio Six were Pres
byterians, two being ministers; while
third was lay preacher of the
Methodist faith; so there was no un-
seemly levity, and we generally went
to Church of a Sunday.
Nine of us proved good sailors, new
er missing a meal, but the tenth, our
Kentucky member, poor lady, kept her
berth till we landed, and then remain
ed in bed for several days to recuper-
ate. Our crossing was uneventful, with
fairly good weather; though we be-
came familiar with the musical note
of the foghorn. AS usual it played an
accompaniment the evening of the
concert, and woCed us to sleep o.
nights. We saw porpoises, but no
whales; and though near enough to
icebergs to feel their chill, we did not
sight any.
We were called on Monday, the 18th,
at a. m, and in the dim light gazed
with sleepy pleasure on the green
shores of Erwin. The tender, which is
surely so-called in sarcasm, for il
ever saw a rougher that was one, came
for us at about 430 o'clock. After
two hours ride crowded on rough
benches in this doleful boat, we landed
at Londonderry and had our first eX-
perlence with the dreaded customs. 1t
was the most disagreeable of all. We
we're tired and hungry, and our invalid
was seated in misery on a rough box,
waiting our release. A party of five
priests were chalked without examina-
tion but we seemed to be regarded
with suspicion and were kept until
nearly the last.
After few hours in Londonderry
we took the train for Dublin, and were
surprised to find how small the en-
gines and cars were they looked like
babies in comparison with our own
heavy trains.
That first trip was made in saloon
carriage and we found that they have
nice cars in the old country as we'll as
in this. Everything was novel and in
teresting to us. The hawthorne and
gorse was in blossom, and the cow
slip, a tiny yellow flower, made many
a yellow patch of carpeting by the
wayside. The thatched cottages. the
stone bridges, the roses climbing to
the roofs of the small houses at the
stations, all called forth our admira-
ton and seemed doubly attractive af
ter our long voyage over sea which
was most frequently slate color.
And then we came to Dublin. At
first it seemed strange never to see
wooden house, and the dull brick an1
stone grew monotoRous, and the high
stone walls were a personal affront,
when we were so anxious to see be-
yond them. We were lodged in
charming hotel, with white capped
and aproned maids, and room large
enough to keep house in, with more
than one toilet article whose use at
first we did not understand There we
had the long twilights which are SO
deceving. After dinner we would take
a ride on some of the trans, and find
to our surprise the hour was ten in
stead of eight. l had never seen such
fine compilations ami such scarlet
cheeks and lips. It did not seem like
ly that the little maid selling papers
used rouge, but in this country she
would have rested under strong sus-
picion. And the flower girls were so
as they besought you to buy,
and their voices were so low in pitch.
Of course we rode in jaunting cars.
They may be jaunty, but they are very
jolly, and at first you fear you will
fall off; the driver has the best of it,
1t is said the purest English is spoken
in Dublin. It certainly did not
sound familiar. They call baby car
riass maiI-cart and a nocket book