New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
SOUTENIRS OF TRAVEL.
HOW TO COLLECT AND ARRANGE THEM
FLOWERS FROM NOTED PLACES.


1t has been observed that the acquisi:ive of
people begin before they have finished European
tour evince some symptoms of the disposition
OF collector" And not without reason. Recol-
lections large part of the pleasure to which
foreign travel gives rise. and recoecJions re
vived or perpetuated by the possession of articles
which the traveller collects Costly articles Z hch
are to be rarely used not good mementos
as those things which allowed to be often in
sight.
My dear" said woman her husband.
they were about leaving Paris. before go
wish you would fetch buttonhook for my
gloves. You can get It across yhe street" But
her husband replied "If you don't really need l.
this morning We will reserve that for Oijon-just
the town for such Grand
At Dijon. therefore. they went to a little cutters
shop and they approached it across tie square
they informed by inscription on a black
marble tablet that I'm this house Bossuet was born.
Everything here bright and shining as a
new knife blade A pretty French girl showed the
wares and gossiped cheerily on during the mo-
mentous process Of selecting buttonh1ok in Bos-
suet's house.
An old and experienced traveller. who understood
well the OF pleasant associations. cnce said
that his principal preparation for going abroad
consisted in using up and giving away his Amer
icsa things" that he might begin 10 supply
himself anew as he travelled the other side
When he came home Il was with sole leather
trunk that reminded him Of Liverpool, an UNI
brella that spread the brilliant panorama OF Re
gent-st hat that always made him think Of the
Boulevard des Itanennes when he looked !nto it, as
he put It on watch that spoke Of Switzerland
at every tick. a that he had cut in the Tyrol
2 pocketbook Of Russian leather from Vienna, and
a pair of spectacles from Berlin.
Many people regret as they draw near the close
Of their tour that they have not preserved more
mementos This is often the case with those who
,ravsl rapidlv and who consequently find their
impressions becoming confused and inexact
Photographs Of the scenes visited can in some
degree at least, be supplied the travellers re-
f,rn to Paris or London or New-York But half
the value of the picture is dependent on the re-
membrance that you bought it on the spot or
picked it out as the best from among the various
celebrated shops.
One who keeps a journal will find It easy to add
much interest 10 IL by inserting pictures or the
places visited; but those who do not "lsh 10 @ MlILe
al ali will find II interesting 10 keep a scrapoook
example; the programme of the great musical
festival you attended; the caTas OF IFlehas enc bi
YOU stopped at from the top OF their ollis me
own eyes in Lyons; the passport you carried the
card that admitted you to the am5assadST 4 oa.ac b
their own story. And when you have stuck them
into youm sna 6Tt Pgt S an an old and
marked your route plainly on 1t with a CoioGea 'o
pencil you It1ay have %aae %"Td history OF your
Perbans the prettiest books of this the
albums OF pressed flowers which some women
bring home with them. Two little pieces OF sun sun
ssea peees S Of bong
stout wind about. constitute a mower press
that can be carried in the pocket It assists in
preserving the colors TO change the papers after a
Few hours pressure Flowers thus gathered from
The gardens the palaces. the cottages. the graves
visited form a suitable and beautiful collection Of
souvenirs
When ultimately arranged upon the whlte pages
Of a scrapbook they present the story of a pill
9rimage 10 a hundred shrines Here is a daisy
sron The Acids that Burns ploughed; here is
wild weed that grew on the messy mantel shelf OF
the chamber in which Mary Queen of Scots was
horn; here is ivy from Kenilworth. and here are
Anime flowers from the Valley of Chamouni-
az course there is much scope for fancy in the
arrangements of such leaflets Some prefer to do
ti,is work OF ARRANGEMENT while on the journey;
others TO bring home their treasures in a more
compact way and arrange them aIterward News
naper will serve for packing the flowers. but blot
ting paper is much better for pressing them in
the first instance AS for mucilage, powdered
gum. carried in lit lie vial and mixed, few
grains time. with few drops or water as
IS better than gum arabic for fastening pressed
flowers.