The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-11-08
SEEN ABROAD
Miss Lena McMiIlen in Foreign
Lands.

10hO Al SniS ClIy W6tl pi6ASSu WIN
the trip and the places visited and
the adventures and experiences Of
the excursion.
The itinerary Of the trip was as
follows: Leaving this city in the
late springi in company with Miss
Maine Meredith, the lady embarked
at Montreal with the De Motto party
OF exucrsionists and landed at Liver
pool, England, where a brief visit
was made before journeying to Lon
don, where another short stop was
made. Thence on to Holland, whore
the cities of Rotterdam and The
Hague we're visited. Belgium was
the next country visited and the
cities of Antwerp and Brussels were
seen. Eight days were spent amid
the beauties of Switzerland. Basel,
Zurich, Luzerne and Eiesiedlen
claimed the attention of the party
and here they passed through the
Tyrol to zirlin in Austria, where
carriages were taken for the "Pas.
sion Play" at Oberammergau. After
a day and half at this famed place,
they journeyed on to Munich and
Heidelberg. After looking in upon
Mainz, they took boat down the
Rhine, making brief stops at Bingen,
Ooblenz, Drachefien and Cologne.
On into France, six weeks were COZ 9
sumed in visiting the Paris expo
sition. Here there were numerous
side excursions taken into the coun-
try "round about" After five weeks
spent inEEngland and Scotland, the
home voyage was commenced and
landinglmade at Montreal; thence to
Oskaloosa.
There were twenty in the party as
1t started out and the members re.
NAMED together until the journey
down the historic Rhine had been
completed. Here the party divided.
Miss Meredith was left in Paris with
the party of Prof, Rosenberger, Of
Penn College, and the journey was
concluded with a lady of the De
Motto party.
The Passion play at Oberammergau
impressed the lady as being the most
interesting part of the entire trip.
1t was far greater than expectations
and it was regretted that so little
time could be given to the quaint
city and the play. Next in import
ance was the Paris exposition. This
at first was very disappointing. AS
one visits the place for the first time
the disappointment is very great, but
there is an improvement upon ac-
quaintance. There cannot but be
comparisons with the Worlds Fair
at Chicago for those who have been
at both places, and the result is in
favor of the American show, which
was indeed much greater than the
French fair. The lady states that
any one who was at the Paris expo
sition must be proud of the United
States for the splendid showing
made. One is rather impressed with
the meagre showing in the line of
the simplicity and even the plain
ness of the architecture of Americas
part in the great show, but on the
other hand wherever this country's
interests are found, there has been
made provision for the comfort of
the people. There are chairs and |
resting places in great abundance |
and the comforts of the visitors are |
looked after as they are at no other
place in the exposition. AT a great |
number of the places in the fair
there was no provision whatever
made for the comfort OF the visitor.
Americans are we'll thought of
abroad. Every one seems to like
them. In France they are the fa-
vorite foreigner, ranking far above
the English. In fact, this preference
is so apparent that the English are
inclined to be jealous Of the Ameri-
cans.
Speaking of the English, they seem
to be much slower than the Ameri-
cans. They are slow in grasping
ideas and in taking up things, and
lack that push and enterprise for
which the American is noted. OF
course everything in England is old
and established and modern i'm
provements are not desired. II they
were, there is no place for them.
This accounts for the slowness of the
English in taking up things Ameri-
can, or other than their own.
Holland is quaint and very inter-
esting and the lady regrets that they
had 80 little time for the study of the
people at the several places visited.
Everything here ts 50 different from
seen before.
Brussels is most interesting city,
perhaps more SO than any other seen
IN the trip. The city is sometimes
sailed Little Paris" Here there
ire great number of the most hand
ome and elegant buildings to be
een anywhere in Europe. x
The quaintness Of the scenes and !
he places passed in Austria furnish !
d a wealth Of entertainment for the
,arty.
The old university town of Heidel-
erg, Of which so much has been
zritten by authors OF all times, com