The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-04
HOME FROM EUROPE
Wichita People Tour Nations
of Old World,
LIKED SCOTLAND BEST
Visited Paris, Rome, Vienna,
Berlin and London.

DR.. z. E. Hamilton, with his wife, re-
turned home yesterday from their tour
through Europe. They were away from
America two months and three days, and
their trip cost them about $40, which
the doctor says s very reasonable con-
sidering the pleasure and instruction to
be derived from the tour. They landed
IN France, spending the first five days
IN Paris and the sixth at Trumpt. the
vendame column and Eifle tower. The
latter he regards as the greatest wonder
IN the French capitol The arch of tri-
umph he SAYS is the borrowed idea of
Napoleon from the arch of Titus at
Rome and of which he took a picture,
showing the ruins Of the cillisseum in the
background.
The vendome column he did not re-
gard with much enthusiasm. At Yer
saules he saw the palace Of the great en-
peror with many curiosities taken from
other nations during the wars from 1893
TO 1S15 Principally military relics.
From France they went to Switzerland,
remaining at Lucerne four days; thence
taxing their journey through st. Goth
ards tunnel through the Alps and Italy.
They visited the cathedral at Milan,
whic his the most wonderful SIGHT they
have seen in that city. -Four days more
they spent in Rome, looking at the great
ruins Of ancient days when the Eternal
CITY had practically universal admiration.
From Rome they went to Naples TO Flor
ence and to Venice and thence to Vienna,
Austria Here the. doctor visited the
hospitals and taIke4 with men disting-
uisned throughout Europe in the medical
profession. From Vienna they went to
Berlin. which. the doctor says, is the
most modern capital in Europe. 1t re-
minded him more Of American cities than
tha many other visiteU by him. They seem
10 be having a boom in real estate and
s. additions are being plated as they were
in Wichita in the late Eighties. The
doctor also says that they are building
fine streets in Berlin and that the en-
pcror is encouraging their adOrnment
with monuments and statues. he was
in a hotel when the announcement Of the
death of the empress doswager was made
through extra editions of the papers.
From Berlin they went to Amsterdam;
thence to the Hague, where they saw
things of much interest. of which they
took photographs. From the Hague
they went to Ldoonn, Liverpool, Edin-
burg ana Glasgow. Their visit in Scot
land was, in their opinion the most de-
IightfuI. probably, for the reason that
they were able to speak the language of
the people and hence could find better
etertainment In London the doctor put
in two days visiting the hospitals lie
saws that the most interesting things he
saw in the metropolis were the house Of
parliament and the Prince Albert memo
rial Dr. and Mrs. Hamilton did not 80
to ireland They got good glimpse of
Queenstown from the harbor and saw
the Kerry Head from the ocean, but out
side of these two points they saw moth
ing of the Emerald Isle.
The doctor says that he saw a great
deal of poverty during his trip, and says
that the farmers OF Kansas are princes
Of The soil compared with their brothers
in Europe.
DR. and Mrs Hamilton were in the
Cook" party and made what is known
as the European capital tour. The party
consisted of % persons and were furnished
everything-guides, carriages, meals,
lodging-flom the day they left New
York till they returned TO it. Their
Interpreter could speak five languages
and was well versed in the legends. his
tory and statistics of the country through
which they passed.