The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-23
European Trip for 500

+ NEW YORK, July Its cheaper t,
@ live in London or Paris than in tn,
. United States, and the person who ha
s40O and, wishing to go abroad, i:
afraid to, will have no difficulty anC
need undergo no hardship to prove thu
economic proposition.
If the sensible man makes up his
mind to swallow the little annoyance OF
not living in the first cabin during his
sea trip, he can save a sum which viii
enable him to add many really desir-
able advantages to his experiences In
London and Paris, writes a traveller
The difference between first cabin and
second cabin is $40 or $50 for the round
trip-and s75 allows for an increase to
the daily expenditure on European soil
of IS a day for fifteen days, an advan-
tage which is not to be lightly re-
garded.
Suppose you have made up your
mind that you wish to go to Europe
this summer That sort of decision
may be arrived at by placing 500 in
your pocket and heading straightway
for the office of a steamship company.
There, without delay, engage your ac-
commodations in the second cabin of
one of the large steamers. Many per-
sons Of moderate means plan to go to
Europe, but few ever precipitate mat
| tiers by buying their tickets. Once
that small act is done, the trip is at
| last a reality, and the great wonder
ment in the purchasers mind is that
he never thought of doing it before.
Expenses on board the steamer are
slight. In the beginning there is a
dollar or two to the head steward so
that he will give you good table, al
| though the location of a table is not
the most essential Importance of your
! journey. But you don't need to tip too
much. After the head steward comes a
dollar for the boy who waits on you at
table, and then a dollar or two for the
steward below decks. The steward Of
the decks in the open, you may pay,
to the extent that you make use of his
services.
At the end of the journey the boy at
the table will expect to get dollar or
two mSfe, and the stateroom steward
! will certainly look for his baksheesh.
/ One can get rid of them all with So.
For 81 or IS the traveller in the second
cabin can obtain excellent service. The
dollar or two to the waiter will be the
best investment, for that dignitary will
then put himself out to appease the
appetite with plentiful quantity Of
food.
At Liverpool the modest traveller may
just as we'll make up his mind to go
up to London in third class compart-
ment. 1t is perfectly respectable and
clean, and the landscape is as clearly
visible from a third class compartment
as from first class.
i At Euston, which is one of the Lon
don terminals, a porter seizes your lug
gage, and for three pence or six pence
as yon prefer to pay him-bestows you
safely in a fOur-wheeler. The hanson
cab is an attractive vehicle and, in
comparison with American prices, in
Expensive; but the four-wheeler is good
enough. 1t will take you to Trafalgar
square for a shilling-a price which
makes no heavy demand on the remain
ing 1920. Probably you will wish to
spend your first night on English soil
beneath the roof of a good hotel.
Without extravaganza, you can do this
Strand and Charing Cross there are a
number of excellent hotels where one
may lodge for the day, cheaply.
Divide the allowance for the next six
weeks by six, or forty-two days, and
the average supply of cash per day
comes to about Sc. And this is not at
all bad allowance for the average
American abroad or at home.
His first duty on the morning after
his arrival should be a search for lodg-
Iings. For specific example, he can go
to Bloomsbury square. near the British
museum. or to London, w. c., and OBJ
tain a good room for the munificent
sum of 81 a week. For a small addi-
tiQnaI consideration, the landIady will
give him his breakfast. For Sc he can
secure both lodgings and breakfast in
LondOn-and this outlay will scarcely
make a very great hole in his weekly
allowance of $42. With the remaining
$36 he can take in the sights.
Perhaps it is best for him to pass by
the hansoms. They cost only 81 cents
an hour. or if he tips the driver, say
IS cents an hour, but he should walk,
or ride in the busses. AS a matter of
fact, the red-hlooded traveller will pre-
fer to ride in the buses and walk By
either method he can obtain a far bet
ter acquaintance with the metropolis Of
England than he can obtain from the
hanson.
London is such a large place that one
may roam all day and never cease to
come upon interesting phases of the
city's life. From Charing Cross the
metropolis radiates in every direction
for fifteen miles, and there are many
busses in the personnel of London
traffic system. Besides there is the
Underground and the 'tuppenny tube
They get you across the city very
quickly. When you are in no mood
for slower methods of travel take
them: they cost no more than the
American subway trip.
For the ordinary American the West