Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-02-14
Interesting Paper On European
Travel.

Travel.
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Malet with Inscriptions carved on ,
their faces. their gospel of living. One
such ran thus: "The habit of this
house is industry The environment
Of this house Is cleanliness. The |
pleasure OF this house is hospitality"
In QUE the household tragedy was be-
ing enacted, as the neighbors gathered
for funeral and the men stood de-
corously about, hatless and solemn.
To this day. mourn TO say. do not
know which glacier we saw, the Up
per or Lower. Through some mlsun-
iersIanding our party was divided and
the men who walked saw one, and
the women who rode saw the other,
and each half claimed to have had the
best OF it. We saw the ice-cave, cold,
translucent, with pearly tints; grand
gloomy and peculiar. They saw some
thing else. But what is a week or ev-
en- ten days in so lovely country as
Switzerland. With few hours halt
at Berne for its bears, its clock, and
its quaint crowded streets, we hled
ourselves to the gay Paris for which
our young man had been longing.
There he meant to be wicked and dis
sipated and TO do the place as young
American should. Alas, when he had
arrived" and was in one of its gay
gardens at night, he hung for dear
life and reputation to the arm of the
one woman who accompanied the four
men, she q minister's wife, with her
husband on the other arm and the two
| others following closely. She told us
of it the next day with tears of laugh
ter, but | must be circumspect and go
no farther. / omitted to say that at
the entrance they were first refused
admission because the lay wore nc
bonnet, only fleecy rigolette Wown
lightly over her hair, as the night was
warm and the visit unprecedented
For moment they were nonplused
A gentleman near said, "Tie it under
your chin" She did, and presto
change, they were given the entry.
Paris seemed to us not all that fancy
painted, though the longer we stait
the mere we were pleased. Our las
ten days were passed zen Pension
seven of our party having gone on
We were in the Latin quarter, and
fellow border, Washington Profes'
sor, called the two women in charge
the incest people he had met in
France. 1t was our cheapest lodging
with the best meals we had anywhere
butter three times a day, delicious
salads and a generous abundance
The cook had lived with Madame fol
forty years, and she smiled in triumph
and pressed us to take more when a
dish was praised. l would wax gar
rulous over those meals, but remem-
Der how hungry We had gotten. AT
the foot of the stairs near the Port
ress' window a placard politely asked
us to wipe our feet. We had bare
floors with rugs, and the tiniest wash
bowls and pitchers, but with large
can to replenish them.
There are many pleasures to be had
in Paris for little or nothing, among
others the concerts in the Public Gar
dens, where a few cents will pay for
seat and program. All over the con-
tlnent they lead an outdoor life, the
cafes being thronged apparently by all
classes. Being lone women, we did
not visit them at night, but were much
entertained by the accounts OF those
at our Pension who did. One eve
they visited two called respectively
Heaven and He'll, the latter being the
most piquant. They ate at glass Ia
bles with colcred flames beneath, and
demons served them, while artificial
snakes. spiders and sich dangled from
the ceilings. Our Professor charac-
terlzed them as childish and trivial
and not up to the demands of our Am
erican public. We went one evening
to the cafe Rouge, where for twenty
cents one had some drink and sea-
during a concert lasting till twelve II
one chose to remain further orders be-
ing optional.
The music was very good. The air
was thick with smoke, with an cccas-
ional respite when the doors were OPP
ened during the musicians rest. If
we spoke OF the more important sights
Of Paris we would never end.
From Paris we came to Rouen,
where we lodged at a funny little hotel
with corkscrew stairs that fairly made
your petticoats whirl, and bedsteada
so heavy they ran on a track. On
leaving we were asked to sign paper
which asked our full names profess
sion, date and place Of birth, our
home, nationality, where we came
from, place we left last, and where we
were going. We were short OF French
money, as we bought some souvenirs
and were to cross to England that
day, and so emptied our purses tell
ing the innkeeper it was our last sou
He laughed and insisted on sending a
boy to carry our satchels, only asking
20 be remembered to our friends in
America. We tipped the boy with
English money and had to tell him Its
worth in French coin.