Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-20
DOUBLE THE AMOUNT
ADVICE TO THOSE WHO INTEND
TO GO ABROAD NEXT SEASON.
Precaution Should Be Taken Against
the Chance Of Being Stranded
by Too Liberal Expenditure.


ing. and Americans are returning to make
more of our dollars to spend abroad next
year, let me give word Of caution to
those of my friends on this side Of the
water who may be contemplating a trip
next summer, and let them not forget
~" said Washington gentleman who has
just returned from a two months trip
through foreign parts where one puts his
hand into his pocket every five minutes OF
the day, and as long as he is awake dur
ing the night to pull out the never-ending
tip for people who have reduced tipping
to science. or, more properly speaking, to
q well-conducted and orderly managed
business.
IT you contemplate taking, say, $1,000
IN drafts and money with you. just double
it. and SO on all along the line OF possible
future expenditure. whether your spending
capital 10 to run from only 500 and steer
age accommodations up to 100000 with an
upper-deck parlor suite over, and the Amer
lean prince act on the other side.
II know how 1t Is myself. for 1 was
stranded in London for three days await
Ing Identification, and the arrival Of mora
money by cable, which. by the curious
irony Of fate once bad luck sails in to take
you into camp, was delayed through error
The great mistake we all make over there Is
that we buy many more things than we
expect to. for you just simply can't resist
the temptation to purchase them, and this
is especially true with the female members
Of your family when they roost In London
and Paris for few days
Stranded Americana
They told me at the office of the United
States consul general in London that some
times several times day Americans would
come in trying to either secure loans. have
checks cashed, or even get advances upon
some valuable article which may have been
bought and in most instances these per-
sons were perfectly responsible. OF course,
our consuPs office isn't clearing house
for such short-sighted persons. And found
that most Of the American consuls saw,
even In the smaller places in Switzerland
and other continental countries, had the
same story to tell.
"Of course my remarks don't apply TO
these foolhardy geniuses who go over to
Paris and the Italian cities to study art or
cent cash assets and ninety per cent sup
posed talent. If they wish to live upon
crust of hard French bread and cup Of
tea In little room on the seventh floor
somewhere in the Latin Quarter across the
Seine, that is devotion to art and lack Of
devotion to ones personal comfort.
And do not fail to make steamer reser-
Nations for your return lassage There Is
an awful rush at the close Of the season,
when, II you are shy a stateroom to get
home in 1t seems as IL every other Ameri-
can ABROAD naQ COnCluQeQ TO take the very
same steamer back that you yourself had
decided upon. If perchance business or
other causes prevent your sailing. you can
dispose Of your return reservation ten times
over and at the tail end Of the season,
when the rush sets in to get home. you will
in all likelihood obtain a premium therefor.
This is where I made another mistake,
and I was glad to limp. as it were across
time isn't money. as is the case with some
American business men. I didn't mind 1t
half as much as expected once the en-
gines got up steam. and ! found the table
to be good, but If ! had been obliged to
have been homo on a certain day the voy-
age would have proved irksoms to de-
gree.
Plenty Of Warm Clothes.
Another thing. take plenty Of warm
clothes with you. and surely steam rugs,
for you will be surprised to find how cool
1t Ia at sea. even In the summer months.
while in the fall and spring 1t Is positively
cold as compared with shore fife. But
above all just bear In mind that 1t is your
money. and your money only, that counts
on the other side. and don't think of start
ing, no matter what your station Is In life,
and especially II your income is limited,
without first making preliminary arrange
ments with friends here upon an agreed
code to send you funds right quick upon
cabling. The best way to do 1t Is through
your own bank here in Washington.
Washington who pine for stay abroad, /
give them my encouragement. for the value
of such study Is too apparent to require
dilation, but under no circumstances delude
yourselves with the idea that tubes of paint
and brushes are nourishing diet. l hap
pened to meet a Washington boy in Paris
who is doing nicely in his studies, but he
cited instance after instance where his
American friends had started in with too
little preliminary capital and without the
ever-necessary reserve at home, even
though the latter was slender one.
while living is pretty cheap in the
Latin Quarter, yet everything IL charged
for. from matches up, and life In all of its
phases. from diet down. Is so very different
from what 1t is in American cities. In a
country where they tax a man for the num-
Der Of windows he has in his house, as in
France. the hberal-giving American should
understand that things are different from
his point of view. and he pays accordingly.
LAS for the lucky ones among the capt.
tabs fair sex who are to pack their trunks
for trip next year, just get together all
Of the cash you rake and scrape and
keep 1t safely hidden until you-get in Paris
and London. Every minute you will see
something you really must have and as
time advances, and the spending habit
grows. as 1t does abroad. this time will be
shortened to about every second you are
awake"
Discovery Of Coal.