New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
BACK FROM EUROPE.
Lucid 4ccOunt of What One 4mer-
ican Girl Sac There.

oh Mr. Robinson, how do you do? I'm right
glad TO you again, My. Is it only two
months? It seems years and years since you
were standing on the wharf waving goodby to
us. Say, You know that little American flag l
was waving at you from the back end of the
boat? Well, We carried it everywhere we went.
and we most always managed 10 have 1t show
ing. Pepper mostly had II tied on his umbrella,
ana sometimes Grace had it for bow at her
neck. Cousin George took it out In church once
and the man came and wanted him to put it
away. so we all got up and MARCHED right out
To show our disapproval OF foreign tyranny
Oh. we were real patriotic, - you. Pepper
said he guessed weren't achamed of
our country and we let everybody know
it, too. We lost most everything we carried
one time or another but we never lost that flag
nor my camera. And I know youl want 10 see
the pictures we took-they're just splendid. We
had fine luck about the light and everything. and
MOmmcr says they're priceless souvenirs Of our
pilgrimage. Here's the album II begins right
away on the steamer going over. This is our
party the first afternoon. all lined up and look
ing pretty. Don't George look handsome?
oh. well. of course I'm not there be-
cause took It, Here are some that George took
Of me after Ia got my sea le--after I'd got TO
feeling all right again and wore my white sailor
SUIT Never InlnU VINO gave the
flowers. You needn't look al these they're sorle
George took when l didn't know it.
Well, it's just the second officer he was an
awful tiirt. but SO manly. do admire a manly
when he found that out Now these
are what took at Chester; were
all standing on the walls. or perhaps it's
the cathedral behind US. Them? Oh
they're a couple OF Englshmen we just sort of
met there. one of them Was awfuIly struck
on Grace We found out ne was 4 baronet-that
Is. he's going 10 be a baTonet as soon as six Of
his brothers die. lie was rather modest about
1t himself But Pepper was so delighted he in
sisted ON calling him my lord" right away.
Mommcr hoped he'd invite us all 10 visit his
baronial halls but he didn't. They had to
squeeze up pretty close 10 get everybody into
the picture; that's why you don't see more of
Chester. Here we all are in London; me, too
you see. l got Il policeman To take US; he was
tickled to death To do it. | guess. He said il
was rum go. l know that is London, because
We're right In front OF of those American
bars that used 10 make Popler and George so
tired. They said the cocktails tasted like hair
oil, There! Isn't that fine one? It's st.
Peters at Rome! Don't you see II? Right there
that little mushroomy thing between Grace and
Ella. suppose If we'd taken down our para
soils you'd have seen IL better. Pepper didn't
think much of Rome; said it was mostly in
poor repair and had no future. But l thought
the Lido was lovely. Oh. l guess that's one of
the canals in Venice isn't II? This is all OF us
just getting into gondola-Mommer wanted to
snap II because it was such a poetic scene.
Well, the gondola doesn't show in the
picture; no, that's Aunt Hattie's foot She
always gets in the way. somehow. Just fell
madly in love with the gondoller till 1
found he'd been barber In Jersey City.
George says gondoa is n gone dollar.
George is always saying bright things like
that. This one is Pepper and Mommer and
Grace and Aunt Hattie and Cousin Ella and
George in Paris. Let's see, l guess It's Paris:
yes. II must be- because Mommer's wearing her
new hat she bought there She called It an ar
tistic COnfeCtion. guess ii must have been:
it's only lasted a week This is the Eiffel Tower
Wen, l don't blame You. It's just be-
hin6 Aunt Hattie This is all of u.s. taken by
three perfectly sweet officers in the hotel at
Berlin. L say it's Berlin. but Grace is just posi-
tive its Yes, 1 suppose IL might be
most any place. We went all over Germany
Berlin and Dresden and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I
was specializing all summer on music. languages
and art, and you get much of them all In
Germany. especially language. But If you go to
the best hotels and take tourists checks every-
where, you don't have to bother with much of
any language except good United States and
Pepper says that's good enough for anvbodv
That's really the way to see the national life OF
any country ana, besides. you meet so many
nice Americans, no matter where YOU 60 Oh
say, DO you remember Harry Strong who was
80 attentive to Grace last Winter? We met him
and five other college boys at Heidelberg 7
think 1t was, or else 1t Genoa and / tell
you 1t grand. after seeing nobody but
strangers ana a few Foreigners all summer
Here we all are in bunch. The background
don't show very plain, but guess it's a beer
garden. In Germany we spent all our time a,
beer gardens. Pepper said they were real home
like. l don't care at all for ice cream soda now
This is big crowd OF us waiting for the trair
to start up Mount Vesuvius-no it's the Corner
GTat you can tell by the sign on the car That,s
Grace and Ella talking to the Count OF Waf
fenicht. He was at hotel. and Pepper was
so pleased to meet a real count that ne lent
him $3.50. The very same evening the co,1nt
got message his mother was dying and>he had
to leave in such hurry that he forgot TO give
Pepper his address. This is Mommer and Aunt
Hattie and Ella and me just being put into 81
carriage by the consul at Brussels OF course
we went TO call on him to show him our Ameri-