The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
"EuPHIE" ABROAD.
American Girl i'm Europe and Her
Weakness for Ice Water.

American Girl In Europe and Her
Weakness for Ice Water.
London Leader.
Her name is Euphrasia; one of those
pretty words that admits of affectionate
shortening-so we call her Euphie. Now
that she is in some stages on her westward
journey able TO think collectedly
about her visit. Whilst conducting her
round Ga humorous phrase that for mad
whirl of which she was the vortex our i'm
pressions and hers were apt to be blurred
and dancing-like bad biograph pictures.
On the strength of some six years in
fancy in a northern county, Euphie cher
ished the delusion that she was English of
the English. She impressed upon us that
no one could possibly mistake her for any
thing else; shaking her rakishy-tilted
straw hat Of an unknown shape here, an6
digging her toothpick-pointed, cockle-toed
shoes. that were as patiently American as
she was. into the gravel
When she reached Euston she thought she
would have a pineapple phosphate right
| there.
The solemn waiter gasped as he heard
the order.
Pineapple phosphate" he murmured
is a chemist's?'
Euphie was no more fortunate in her
other orders, but ice water, at least, there
would be plenty Of.
NO, miss. There's no demand for it,"
said the waiter, looking at the welcome fire
it was June-significantly.
Since her arrival Euphie has been show
ing how English she Is in many ways. The
West End shops should be all the better for
her visits; and the sprightly shop-walker of
Messrs. Appleby & Appleby must remem-
Der her as a sort Of earthquake.
What department does madame want?'
See here! I'm just going to have gen.
eral look round your store
Which she does. Turning over the stock,
sampling cloths. asking prices. and gen.
orally making things hustle. When she
buys anything she works out sum from
satisfactory pays for it; If not, she coolly
countermands the order.
Our stores puzzle her. All our goods are
in the windows; and then, the shopwalker
why was he there? She has no sort of
use for like that.
Other surprises came to Euphie. Like
most American girls when over here she
keeps a journal which is religiously written
up each night. This treasured volume, 1t
is understood, will be read before the
Omegha County Literary Society this fall;
SO she is anxious to make 1t interesting.
One Of her first trips was TO Richmond,
and its view and inhabitants will be hon.
ored with mention in her journal. The
cuckoo and nightingale not favoring One
CHA county with their society, it devolved
on Euphie to hear their notes and record
them in the journal. Obligingly enough.
Richmond Park. She recorded this impress
sion: THAT the cuckoo's note is very like
the clock of that name" But she could
do nothing with the nightingale except to
quote Keats and other poets.
Bus drivers all over London knew her
| and her questions. She was able to get all
sorts of curious information from them,
and would come home and shame our ig
norance by telling us what the horses sun
bonnets cost and such useful items of
for us of which the sample given is aver
age 1t is the only one of which time
table exists.
Saturday.
10 to 1890 Chickering's dinner; local
1880 to L o'Clock-Bus ride to Abbey at
Westminster, view exterior.
to 1:30 o'Clock-Lunch. Qce water ad
lib
1:SO to 2:3O o'Clock-National Gallery.
to o'Clock-Tower of London.
4:3O to o'Clock-St. Bartholomew
| Church, the Charter House.
$50 o'Clock-Tea. (Potted meat sand
witches and ices for herr
$ to oClock-Gray's Inn, Staple Inn.
Lincoln's Inn, Clifford's Inn the Temple
Embankment, Trafalgar square.
| At this point she suggested finishing up
at theater. but we felt more like making
| it a hospital. So she gave in, and reluct-
| antly boarded a home-going bus.
Buses are a great excitement to Euphie
| There is a sort of Alpine risk in scaling
| TO the giddy SUBMITS, and showing the
| driver how English she is by never asking
him to stop. She has bag for her bus
| tickets, which are treasured as souvenirs.
AS for luggage labels-Euphie's grip"
| with them. Steamer and custom, carrier
| and railway-each has added a trophy to
| 1t. The pigeon holes at a terminus are not
| safe, for she wanders casually over and
abstracts a label for some place she is not
| going TO and gums IL on.
When We went north a tragedy almost
| happened. A porter with a wet sponge
| requisite label when Euphie bounced on
| him.
| See herei You just leave my grip bev'
beg pardon, Miss the porter said. "I
wasn't meaning any harm. But how It s
| going to go in the guards van with all
| these on and get anywhere's don't know"
Know" said Euphie, who expects you
| to know? It's going to the carriage with
me. Just you Slipping sixpence in his
| hand) get me all the labels you can-pink
ones especially"
| That train journey north in mid-July was
| to give Euphie another chance to show her
| English ways. 1t was bitterly cold night,
| and most OF the passengers Gncludng that
young LADY, were glad of rugs and over
coats. When the breakfast car was slipped
| on at Edinburgh there was a stampede for
| hot coffee and other things. This over the
| attendant came around for orders. A white
| mist filled the corridor, and we all shiyered
| as he thrust his head in and said
Tea, coffee, chocolate?"
Orders for these came from all sides
Above them Euphie's voice was heard ap-
pealingly:
Conductor. have you any ice waterY