The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-04
ARE YOU GONG ABROAD?

The following interesting article from the
pen of one who has travelled extensively in
all foreign countries, and therefore zone
who knows Us quoted for the benefit of
such of our readers as contemplate trip
abroad:
There is no time in ones life so re-
plete with interesting and highly
pleasurable incidents as that spent in
travelling through the old world. The
beautiful panoramas that hold ones
vision while passing from village to
village and the quaint sights in the
cities, so different from our type, fur
niSh food for recOllectiOnS and deScrip-
tive stories for years after. One who
has not been abroad cannot realize
how his ideas of life are broadened and
how much education he receives with
a few months, OF. even few weeks,
contact with the people and the ways
and manners of the European coun-
tries. 1 have travelled all over Europe
several times during the past few
years and each time find something
esting, and strongly. advise every
American to spend few months of
his lifetime in the. foreign countries,
FOR pleasure as we'll as for education.
1t is wise to visit the steamer a day
or two before sailing and get the head
Steward to reserve you seat at the
table. Also see the deck Steward and
rent a steamer chair which will cost
one dollar and will be the best invest
ment of the voyage. Do not forget to
buy a warm steamer rug before going
likely to be cold on the ocean. Ladies
will find their gossamers comfortable
during rainy or rough weather.
A full outfit of winter. clothes, in
Guiding undergarme is necessary
as a safeguard against the cold days.
Men should take their light overcoats
and warm gloves. For women a win
ter walking suit of dark color, a heavy
cape or ulster, stout walking shoes,
thick gloves and a yachting cap or
soft felt hat will be desirable. It is
well also to take along a rain coat,
rubbers and an umbrella for rainy
days in Scotland and elsewhere A
silk waist to wear at the Captains
dinner and on other more or less for
feminine heart. These and all other
needful things for two persons can
easily be packed into one steamer
trunk, one large suitcase and one
carryall. And, oh, yes! Don't forget
Baggage for Steamship Passengers
should be distinctly marked with name
of passenger, steamer, date of sailing,
and number of stateroom; also whether
wanted" or mot wanted" by passen-
gers in their stateroomS during the
voyage. Labels and tags for this pur-
pose will be furnished by the steam
ship companies upon application.
Trunks for use in staterooms during
trip, if not over g inches high, 2 feet
wide and 8 feet long, will fit under
twenty cubic feet of baggage (about
800 lbs) is allowed each adult cabin
passenger by the various steamship
lines.
Hand baggage, if carried in COM
partment with the Traveller, is trans
ported free by almost all European
Railroads.
money on such trip is foremost in
the minds of people who are not mill
lionaires, and next to having the
money to spend it is important to
carry your funds while travelling with
out danger of loss or theft or over
charge in exchange. l have found IN
all my years of travel that the best
mode of carrying money in travelling
abroad is in the shape of American Ex-
press Company's Travellers Cheques.
These cheques can be purchased of any
agent of the company or of your bank.
The reason that 1 recommend them is
that you have no trouble in getting
your money, as they are accepted by
all Banks, Merchants and Hotelkeep-
ers, and the cheques show on the face
just how much money you should get
in any country in Europe. I have
used them without the least trouble
even in such remote and strange lands
as Palestine, India and Japan.
The money of the different countries
is not difficult to understand if one
remembers simply that four English
shillings or four German marks or five
French francs or Italian lire are the
equivalent of a dollar. Each of these
coins resembles a silver quarter" of
| our own money, while the six-pence
and half franc look so much like a
dime that they also seem familiar.
For rapid trip trough Europe the
guide book published by Baedeker is
most Useful. The American Express
Company also publishes a valuable
booklet entitled Notes and Facts Of
Interest to Travellers" which they send
free upon application, giving maps of
principal cities abroad, directions and
cab fares in large cities. overland
routes and fares, tables of foreign
moneys, timetables and other valu-
able information, which travellers
should obtain before leaving this
country. The American Express Com
pany also maintains a Railway Ticket
Department in London and Paris,
where travellers can obtain at reduc-
ton of about 80 per cent from regu-
lar fares, circular or Rundreise tickets
over all European railroads. / can
recommend in every respect their serv-