Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-06-12

ippincs. who usually packs up his
buds, rccrusscs the Pacific to San
/ Francisco and then swcls the gross
earnings of some interstate railroad
company.
There Is a notion among the army
men, 1t appears. that to come home
via Suez costs a stack OF money
( anywhere from 5000 to $4,000. The
| lieutenant says II needn't cost over
! say Si45. allowing 500 for travel
by rail in Europe. $50 for frills in
the subsistence line. and $50 for
cas-, guides and tips. A steamboat
3 passage from Manila to Hongkong
costs s2j. and the North German
Lloyd hooks you through Csecond-
class from HongkonE to New York
for $22O-the ticket good for a year
and the passenger free to go ashore
at any point of call and wait for
/ the company's next liner. The lieu
tenant remarks:
II made the trip, second class. in
one Of them (thc llnersD, and have
no hesitation in pronouncing It bet
ter than first class on one of our
army transports. The staterooms
/ were larger. the mess better, and
G"COmuodations superior in every
way. One feels some misglvings at
mingling with second-class passen-
gers, but ours were very respect
able lot. Among them were a num-
Der OF Americans from Manila -
school teachers (both men and wom-
en-, business men and government
clerks. The remainder were princi-
pally wel-to-do Europoans--Rus-
SLAMS from Port Arthur, English
tfrom HOngkong, French from Saigon
and Dutch planters from Java, home
ward bound on vacation"
The government allows its army
officers on leave a month OF travel
time. This enabled the lieutenant
to put in eight days in China and Tin
his own language) carried him clear
TO Egypt. OF course ne improved his
chance to look around a bit in Eu-
rope, though his side trips are Just
so much extra expense, lie says:
The great bulk Of American
tourists go second class, and a great
many go third. One advantage of
third Class-asidC from the economy
of It's the advantage II offers of
observing the native inhabitants of
the various countries. \ fellow pas
senger Of mine had bought a first
class ticket clear across Europe, but
when he saw the conditions he trav-
eled third class on 1t in order to
There is little danger of rubbing ell
bows with the germ-infcsted class
We see in our big Cities-that class
doesn't travel much. In fact, after
one goes up against some Of the
specimens of American tourists, hG
turns ~ the Europeans with a sigh
) OF relief. After trying all three
classes of travel in Europe. | can
say for third class that 1t is quite
: similar to trolley car in the States
, and the passengers are of about the
grade one would encounter in dag
, coach from Kalamazoo to Omaha"
The guides and cabbies did not
please him in Egypt--or in Italy
= either He writes them down al
predatory" lie had three severa
l guides at Waterloo, all stupid: tn,
three didn't know as much about the
battlefield as he did The Tip
problem bored him worse than any
2 thing else. Getting money from
home proved to be simplicity itself
l while in Genoa" he says, hap
pening to feel the need of funds,
cablod to bank in an obscure tow
Q in Idaho for 500 and received 1t IL
two days at cost Of about 50. Ii
London our attachc cashed a pa,
voucher for me, assuring me that /
was no trouble whatever" Concern
Y ing his experiences in buying Lon
Z don clothes he reports:
s while there are probably tailor
I there who make GlOthe to 1T, wa
1 unable to find them. / had TuXe
E do made by one of the best tailors OF
e High Holborn for six guinas ($3D
e which would have cost SIS in tn
4 States, but with weeks strenuOu
! work of trying on and making al
C terations he never got 1t into an
c shape approaching a fit; it was NOR
= like CONFUSION. brought 1t HON
D and let two or three American tail
Z ors struggle with 1t, but 1t was
I hopeless task; | finally gave 1t to
preacher. At another London hous
( | had white flannel suit made, wit
e similar results--eXcept SO far | hav
h been able to present It to anybody