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FOR GLOBE TROTTERS.
Which is Rnpidiy 80 PERTH
ncnt Advice from IA Frenchmnn Con-
potent TO Speak on the Subject.

pttcnt TO Speak on the Subject.
NJ MaJesch has been good, enough to
send us a spirltuel book which he has
written on "L'Art de Voyager a rEtran-
GER
OF travellers there are many kinds. In
the foremost rank M. Malesch places lie
explores unknown countries. But he is
usually an Englishman or an American.
The cultured Frenchman will confine
himself to more accessible regions.
Yet even to such g. one there are many
things that require to be learned, and
some that should be forgotten. There
is, for instance, the question Of dress
always important in France. The Pari-
sian should not attire himself for the
voyage in the costume of the boule-
wards. In comparatively barbarous
countries he must ralinquish a little of
his native elegance. He must also, it
appears. refrain from being too particu-
lar in other respects. "Vous servez-
vous du tub, chaque matin?" he asks,
knowing that the hardy young French
man has adopted this religious habit.
But he oounsels it's abandonment while
travelling. 1t involves carrying sponges,
and causes additional expense in hotels
and inconvenience in private families,
where it is not generally practiced en-
dehors de pAngleterre. On the other
hand, as concession to human weak
ness, Mr. Malesch permits the traveller
to carry SOAP
1t Is Mark Twain who explains the
absence of this article in many Cont
mental hotels. The English, he says,
bring their own soap; other people do
not want it. Clothing Of all kinds, and
particularly boots, should be rather
useful than ornamental. Our author re-
lates an affecting incident in the course
of his travels. when he found himself in
the moist and picturesque Norwegian
city of Bergen. 1t was fine day--for
Bergen that is. the rain was falling
heavily. M. Malesth, in spring over
coat of stylish cut and neat little boots
of Partisan make. did not like to ven
ture out Of doors. His eye lighted on
two English clergymen, father and
son, whose attire filled him with gloom
They wore mackintoches, and ungrace-
full knickerbockers, and boots of APP
palling shape and thickness. AS M.
Malesch surveyed them, he forgot the
beauty Of the English misses whose
charms had once ravished him. dams lie
comte de Norfolk pres de Norwich and
felt that the British We're race devoid
of personal attractions. But presently
he reflected that he had not come to
Norway to drum on the window panes
of an Indifferent hotel, and went forth
to face the elements. In five minutes he
was soaked in ten his Partisan bottines
were PUPPY wrecks. He bought golosh-
es and tied them round his feet with
bootlaces, but they got stuck in the mud
and left him worse than ever. In de-
spair he abandoned the attempt to ex-
plore the town, and returned detected
~ to the hotel. In the evening the two
Englishmen reappeared, with dry feet
inside their clumsy choes and healthy
appetite for dinner. They had been all
over the place and up several hills. and
had hardly noticed that it had been
Malesch's faith was revived He be-
lieved once more in the superiority Of
the Anglo-Saxons, and bought himself
a new pair Of boots.
The question of clothes is. of course,
intimately connected with that of lug
gage. The golden rule is to carry eve
rything you want, and nothing what
ever that will not be useful to YOU
There are people who prepare for a
brief sojourn in a Continental watering
place as if they were starting for a
campaign on the high veldt. They put
in riding boots and spurs and cases of
timed provisions, and other objects
which work out destructily in france or
marks at the weighing machine of the
railway station. Many housewives
store their trunks with their favorite |
brands Of tea and cocoa, as though a
grocer's shop were unknown in-Germa-
ny and France. Some men like to have
a"little lfterat ure with them, and 1t Is |
virtuous taste, but it should be INDUCED |
In moderation. M Malesch is an en- |
thusiast for lie hold-all, another inven |
ton of the once-hated Saxon. Certainly |
it is superior to the bulgy canvas bag, !
and cavernous, which /
Is preferred by the Latin races. But, |
however he can arrange it, the passen-
ger who is his own porter saves HIM
self much trouble and many tips.
Apart from the quantity Of luggage it's
quality is to be considered. A severe !
is more to be admired than
Of workmanship. In the hand
baggage lightness should be sought, but |
for the larger pieces the main requisite
Is strength of construction, SO that they
may sustain uninjured the shocks and /
bullets to which they may be subjected
Few things are harder for woman to
bear than to see some mighty American
trunk armor-plated and IRON bound,
launched full upon her fragile dress bas-
Set--with the knowledge that her best
bonnet lies beneath it's convex cover.
Finally, the tourist does well to make
himself acquainted with the customs
which prevail in different countries in
'egard to the transport of his effects.
IN America he will secure his Checks
and stroll unincumbered from the sta
ion knowing that his baggage will fol-
ow him after many hours. In Germa-
~ he will attend with military preci-
don to the general orders issued to him
~ imposing persons in uniform; in It
lily he will fill his pockets with small
,pIlS and pI eDalS 10 IellSOLA lbls goods,