Omaha daily bee., 1907-07-14
RUSH ACROSS WATER
Height of Tourist Season Finds
Travel Very Heavy.
MANY WEALTHY PEOPLE ON WAY
Demand for Fine Accommodations
Unusually Heavy.
SCHOOL TEACHERS TAKING TRIPS
Thousands of Molders of Thought
Seeing the World.
GENERAL BOOTH AND HIS W. -
Explains How He Accom- Ny o
Much in Interview Ar sN m
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GENERAL BOOTH AND HIS W.

sons wild rush to Europe is at its height
and the steamships, numerous and gigan-
tic as they are, scarcely suffice for the
accommodation Of the Americans upon
pleasure bent or thirsting for information
and travel culture. Apparently all classes
have the fever. Imperial suites" on
''ocean greyhounds" are in demand by
steel ma gnates, successful spectators and
heavy capitalists in general.
The cattle carrying steamship lines are
besieged by youths who desire TO work
their way across and who trust to luck
to return. Fortune has been unkind to
so many of these young men, however,
that the American consul in London re
Gently recommended legislation compelling
the steamship lines that took them over
to bring them back If they became
stranded abroad. Last summer several
students from a western college found
their way to England working on a cat
tie steamship. at wasn't 80 bad" one
young fellow wrote to his mother "espe-
cially when the first-class passengers
found out who we were. The worst thing
about it all was being obliged to wear
the same clothes day and night without
any chance to clean up. 1 never was so
glad TO see a bathtub as when / reached
England"
Made Money in England.
The history Of this particular young
man and his chum was that they took
their magic lantern show dowt Into
Guernsey and Jersey and actually made
money with their illustrated lectures.
Their friends who accompanied them on
the trip tried to sell books in Devonshire
and came to grief and had to borrow
money to get homo. From this the stu
dents of this particular college, which is
! in the western part of the United States.
argue that the people of England are
more interested in looking at pictures
than they are in reading books.
According to the reports received by
the home offices of the steamship oom-
| panies, thousands of school teachers arc
preparing for a pilgrimage to different
! parts, of Europe To meet the require
| ments of these school teachers, remark
ably inexpensive tours are being arranged.
| Allied to these are the tours made by
members of womens clubs In the smaller
| cities and towns.
| Heretofore the custom has generally
been to visit Great Britain first and then
wind up with the continent. But the
| manager for a tourist agency says that
! It appears as If nearly SO per cent of the
l
nent and wind up their tours in England.
| He gives 1t as his opinion that the reason
! for this is that they prefer to do the
most of their shopping in London and
that they have found It more convenient
| to walt until the close of their European
tours, do all the shopping in week or
two in London and then sail for home
! General Booths Work.
The manner in which General Booth man
ages to accomplish so much has been
explained in an interview upon his arrival
from Japan. The first secret of his life
is simplicity, and the second is the art OF
leaving every secondary detail to his as
sistants and yet keeping grip himself over
( the heart of his work. Al his personal
rooms at the headquarters OF the Salvation
Army at Victoria street, for instance, he
| explains that you will not find book or a
paper that does not deal with the affairs OF
the moment. A big. firm table, number
of maps on the wall and an easy chair oI
two complete his equipment
He lives at a little house at Hadley Wood
a house that would be rented at the most
at not more than $500 a year. The rooms
are scantily furnished with the goods that
he had when young Methodist minister
Here he sleeps when not travelling, pretty
we'll away from the noise and the hustle OF
the heart OF London. Up to a few years
ago he started in his day with a cold wAtel
bath and made a point OF working two ol
three hours before breakfast. Since hC
became a septuagenarian, however the colo
water bath has been cut on. together will
the work OF the early morning hours A
1880 however, comes breakfast, tea and
toast with sometimes an egg. The tea II
knIR W,,4I1
later than o'clock he is at his work, writ
ing, debating, interviewing.
His food is simplicity itself. He neither
smokes nor drinks. For several years h,
has been q vegetarian, not as a matter o.
principle, but because II suits him. TIL,
midday meal, the chief one Of the day
consists OF vegetable soup, q vegetable dish
and macaroni and cheese or a rice pud
ding or a baked apple. At I o'clock Gomez
another cup OF tea with bread and butter OF
a scone and later in the evening the hna
meal often nothing hut bread and water.
Generurs Daily Life.
He always II possible takes a short res
after his midday dinner. He has kept thu
up for many years and believes that 4
largely contributes to his staying power
during the latter part OF the day. Dinner
over, he goes to his room and, lies dowr
for a quarter OF an hour OF perhaps twenty
minutes in the dark. While he does no
give food much thought he devOtes al
amount OF attention TO certain persona
details that would surprise some He Il
careful that his clothes are dry and tha
he does not stand In a draught while speak
ing at his meetings An assistant, who hai
Travelled with him for many years, an(
this assistant sees to It that when he goe
on the platform the conditions are right
that the platform is the right height, IN,
reading desk I'm the best position, the light
so that they do not shine in his eyes an,
so on. He says that he would probabl!
find It OF little Inconvenience to live for
month on dry biscuits but that he woul
find II hard to endure speaking with 4
chandelier flashing In his eyes OF sittlnl
still with clothes damp with persplration
A Little Evil Good Thing.
Bad boys" have had their inning II