Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-10
STUDIES OF sEAeoERs.
Observation by Liners Captain OF
Voyages to Other Lands

Observation by Liners Captain OF
Voyages to Other Lands.
81 am always curious to meet an
American after his first trip to the
other side," said the captain of an At
lantic liner to a man making his maid
en- voyage, according to the ST. Paul
Dispatch. ut is rather singular that
Yoyager never finds on his first ar
rival III Europe what he expected.
81 am going to Paris, because that
has been the dream of my life" is
frequent remark. Occasionally Que
hears London or Rome or Venice men,
toned III place of Paris, but rarely do
we hear a voyager say that he is go
ing to Berlin or Vienna because he has
longed to see either Of those capitals.
''The traveller on his first trip usu-
ally talks as if he knew of but two
cities on the other side-London and
Paris. One often hears Of tourists go
ing to visit the continent, but 1 am
speaking of the man or woman who is
going over for only few weeks.
81 know a New Yorker who studi.
ously prepared himself for few weeks
in Paris. He took a course in French
in his college and then had a French
tutor for six months. When he sailed
he had a French SECRETARY. In fact,
he had spoken nothing but French for
several weeks before his departure
81 met him soon after in London. He
was enjoying himself to the limit He
said he never wanted to see Paris
again, and he considered that the time
put in preparing himself for a sojourn
| in the French capital was thrown
| away.
ION the other hand, l had an ac-
| quaintance who lives in the far West.
He had a letter to me from the captain
of Pacific steamer who asked me to
| give him all assistance l could in Lon.
don.
Gail the way over the Westerner
| talked Of nothing but London. In vain
did l suggest Paris as diversion. He
declared it was the only city he pro-
posed to avoid.
Arriving in London, 1 put him
where he would have many advan-
tages. On my return voyage looked
him up. He had gone to Paris, his
broker said.
II saw nothing more Of him until
| the following summer. He was bound
for Cherbourg- going back to Paris.
Said it was the only spot in Europe
worth seeing.
can interesting traveller is the man
who goes abroad to see the country
and avoids the capitals. A young ac-
| quaintance Of mine is now making a
second tour Of the continent. But he
has never seen London, Paris, Berlin,
Vienna or Rome. He told me this sum-
mer when he was going across for the
second time that he had no desire to
see any of the capitals mentioned.
Another acquaintance of mine has
been twice around the globe and has
yet to see Paris or London. OF course,
he is an exception.
81 have made more than 100 voy-
ages across the Atlantic, and with the
| exception Of an occasional native Of
South America, l have never met a
man or woman who has been to that
continent. Another singular thing
about seagoers is that the majority of
New Workers who go abroad are much
better informed about European coun-
tries than they are about their own
! they have seen more towns and cities
and have travelled more miles in Eu-
rope than in the United States. But
they know as much about the business
of their country as if they had been in
| every nook of it."