The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-07
CAPT. ENGLISH WRITES
HAS ABOUT CONCLUDED A DELIGHT
Full EUROPEAN TRIP.
With His Wife He VIII Return to In
diana Early i'm January-The
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Captain and Mrs. William E. English
Will reach Indianapolis, after an absence
of eight months in Europe early in jan
uary. The home coming of Captain and
Mrs. English will be an important event
in their large circle of friends, as a re-
port has preceded them from the old world
that the stork has made arrangements to
visit them after their return. Their trip
has been fraught with pleasant exper-
fences and without any disagreeable incl
dents, according to the letters received
here from them.
The Paris edition of the New York Herald
recently contained a dispatch from Naples
telling of the arrival there of the Baron
Nathaniel Rothschild in his yacht, the Veg
liza. from Trieste. 1t also noted that among
the guests at Bertolini's Palace Hotel, Ma
pies, besides the baron, were Captain and
Mrs. English, Count Goetzen, Governor of
Zanzibar, and his family and others.
In a letter to a friend in Indianapolis. re-
ceived yesterday, Mr.. English said:
when 1 last wrote you several months
ago had just finished various wander
ings in Belgium, Holland and Germany and
had reached the old cathedral city of Co.
the River Rhine After making this de-
lightful trip we left the boat at Mayence
and then visited successfully Frankfort
on-the-M Main, Heidelberg, Mannheim and
Baden-Baden. From Badens noted water
ing place We turned off TO Triberg In the
heart of the Black forest and thence trav-
eled through the most magnificent seem
| cry to the falls of the Rhine at Schaff-
I'm Switzerland we visited Zurich, Rigi,
Lucerne. Berne. Interlaken and the famous
| CIrunenwald glacier. Leaving Switzerland,
| we sailed across Lake Constance and
| stopped at Lindau on the Bavarian shore,
and later continued on TO Munich. the in
terestins capital OF, the kingdom of Ba-
| varia. Next we went over the line into
Austria and made a tour through the pic
| turesque Tyrol stopping for time at
| both Innsbruck and Batzen.
From the Tyrol We crossed the frontier
| into Italy by way of the Bremen pass
over the Alps, and, taking it slowly and
| comfortably, made pleasant stays at Ven
! ice, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples.
| In Naples We experienced the only pleas
! ant weather We saw in Italy, and, as this
| was my fourth visit. with always the same
| damp, chilly, disagreeable weather, 1 have
| finally reached the conclusion that sunny
Italy is a fraud. a delusion and a snare
After pleasant excursions from Naples to
| Pompeii, Vesuvius. Capri, Baia, etc. we
! turned our faces northward once more and
| after short stops at Rome (again) and
| Genoa, sought this haven of refuge and
| rest in the heart of the beautiful Riviera
| of south France. where, with all our sight
| seeing now ended, We shall rest and take
it easily until the time approaches for us
| to sail from Havre to New York. The
situation of Nice upon the sheltered waters
| OF the Mediterranean sea, surrounded by
| and palm trees Is inviting beyond descrip-
ton, while its delightful climate, warmth
and sunshine make IL particularly attrac
tive at this season of the year. To the
seeker after health. like myself. 1t is ar
especially enjoyable and restful place
while the other hand, if the visitor i:
seeking gsyety and excitement. Monte Carlo
is only one-half hour away. and there II,
| can find both in large chunks
FEW INDIANAPOLIS PEOPLE.
I'VE have seen but few indianapolis PEG
pie during our continental wanderings bu
several days ago met Newton Claypool anC
his family here on their way into Italy
In Amsterdam, Holland, we also spent som,
pleasant hours with Mrs. John N Care,
and Mrs N A. Gladding, whom we wer,
agreeabIy surprised to find upon our ar
rival were registered at the same hotel
While in Paris last August 1 called at tn,
office of Consul General Gowdy and fount
him as pleasant, kindly and genial as o
old and always most happy TO greet ant
welcome a feIlow-Hoosier from Indiana
Cantain Gowdy has made an EXCEPTIONAL,
capable, accommodating and efficient Off
| Ger and is deservedly popular with hi
fellow-countrymen abroad. Indiana ha
been we'll and. ably represented in the con
| sui generals office at Paris in recen
years, Captain Gowdy having succeeded
our own Samuel Il. Morss in that posi-
Morss left an excellent record behind hin
and is very highly regarded and mos
pleasantly remembered by the American
colony in Paris.
I'VE shall remain quietly here in Mic
until late in December and shall then re
turn northward by way of Marseilles, Ly
ons and Geneva. At Geneva we shall hav
the pleasure of seeing Mrs. DR.. Franklin
w. Hays and her son Tom. the latter be
ing at school i'm that city. After shor
visit with them We shall go directly L
| Paris to make final preparations for al
early departure homeward bound on tn
good ship La Savoie of the French trans
| atlantic line. and may be expected to ar
rive on the Circle early in January. w
are returning little earlier than origin
| ally intended when We left Indianapoli
last MAY, but from May. 1902 TO Jan
nary 1903 is a sufficiently lengthy absence
and we shall be glad once more TO plant on
feet on Hoosier soil, for after all, Their
is no place in all the world like Home
! Sweet Home