The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23

To travel widely and to travel well
a more complete equipment is requir
ed than a mere supply of ready mon
ey, a facility in reading time tables,
and a knowledge of the contents Of
the best guide books. 1t is the man
ner that makes the good traveller. To
Naave at your command a thoroughly
agreeable code of etiquette when cast
among strangers in a strange land is
a more delightful desideratum than
ample funds or an accomplished cOur-
Ter. says Adelaide Gordon in the Inter
Ocean.
BY this mean that you know not
only how to render yourself persona
grata wherever and whenever you I'M
dertake an expedition, but you should
also understand and freely exercise
the art of inspiring the pleasantest
relations between yourself and your
fellows travellers. Carried to its really
finest point of perfection this is the
art of showing consideration and ex-
acting 1t in return.
Now this is not pure altruism or
mere etiquette. The advice I have
just set down I enthusiastically rec
Ommend because, If followed, it is al
ways and ever the best policy. 1t
pays, and, furthermore, it makes for
individual comfort and cheer. 1t also
expedites the business of moving from
point to point and applies invaluable
oil to the wheels of the tourists ever
changing social conditions.
The standing wonder and the ever
lasting pity is that so few men and
true (and women also) seem to ap-
preciate how nightly important a
genuinely agreeable manner is to ev-
cry traveller, be he commuter or globe
trotter- know, and we all know, the
people VINO go on the grand tour of
Europe or for an hours run by rail
and have a miserable time every inch
of the way.
,.o+r,r,
any wholesome enthusiasms or merely
with distressing tale of woe. There
were time, money, health, and good
weather at their disposal, but they not
only succeeded in missing all the
pleasures of the trip, but somehow
they showed a positive genius for fall
Ing into difficulties. Nothing went
quite right nyWhere-serVants were
Alsulting. trains late. hotels expensive
slshIs not worth the seeing. If on
hearing the story of their afflictions
you are inclined to believe that thew
were the victims of bad luck, just dis
abuse your mind of that suspicion
The chances stand ten to one that
the fault lay right in the travellers
themselves They were most proba blv
unaware that an exquisite poIiteness
VIII very often go further and buy
more than petty cash, that amiable
complatsance is far better than stand
ing on your rights, and that a good
natured common sense will gain ad-
o n fyr
demands utterly fail
If YOU wish 70 travel in the hest
way-that is to say, with the least
friction and with a view to extra ctino
every bit of possible pleasure from the
opportunities that present Themselves
utilize all the practical philosoDbv
you can command It's exercise is
sure to render you doubly attractive
and successful.
BY this 1 mean the philosophy that
brings you smiling through the storm
and stress OF real difficulties and tho
thousand and one small disasters that
are bound to lie in your path It is
easy enough TO maintain a charming.
good nature so long as the luck is
quite TO your liking. but the test of
temper breeding, and good sense is
Hlslue when the train is lost or the
motor car breaks down. the dipine
car Is missing, luggage gone astray
OF none but the most inferior hotel
accommodations are TO be had and
me table d hote proves to be a deIu-
Ston OF good cookery and a snare to
your digestion
You show the stuff that is in Won
~ tle common sense and well bred
SoIHposure with which YOU endure
4uconNenlences, accept DELAYS and
greet disappointments You nro1-e
Mhetner You are an Accomplished
TaVeler by the bland resignation dis
prayed In the moment when your
LOpeS ana your patience are both
6IeatlN trled. ana YOU prove lust the
sNsrse oS railing to meet difficulties
ana ulscoura-em with the boTa
easy smile oe the nFifosorba- AN'
me practically phflosophical t,-a,-
SIeI never rrets. and storms ana
RACES with undignified futilitv at fa4e
a!u erIing human nature. When a
tiilstah e mas been made he wastes no
Iine IN 1uriously fixing the hian,a
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