La Junta tribune., 1909-01-02
On Board the celtic. 1850 Nile. from

On Board the Celtic. 1850 Niles from
Queenstown. November l2. 1908.
Az q fitting close to this series
OF letters. I win take up few stray
threads oe my travels. When l reach
New York I will have travelled almost
ten thousand miles after leaving New
York, June 18th last. OF this distance
about seven thousand. five hundred
miles were BY water. II has been an
interesting and delightful experience.
Ny natural love Of seeing everything q
be seen and Of learning and acquiring
knowledge, the one great ambition of
my life, has kept me full Of enthus-
>iasm. and impelled me to sacri-
Dfices of comforts and endurance of
hardships that most travellers will not
suffer. What regret-the only re-
Rret-Is that I could not see and
learn more; but there will be another
regret, after my travels have come
to an end, that cannot remember all
1 have seen and learned. My trip ha
be1n q flying. superficial trip. What
l have seen have seen rapidly and
hastily, and have not learned the
interesting and wonderful lessons and
studies as is my accustomed habit
the habit Of thoroughness. My many
friends will ask me Of hundreds and
hundreds of places and objects. and
whether saw this or that or
another; but want to confess
once for all. that nine times out OF
ten will have to answer nay.
have seen many places. works OF
art, works Of nature and monuments
of utility; but there are tens Of
thousands Of these interesting and
notable places and objects OF
the travellers interest that have
not seen. Take Rome for instance.
There are probably one hundred and
fifty interesting churches and almost
one hundred art galleries and musean
In the wonderful city-I say wonder
full city, OF Rome. was In Rome
one week. visited but a half
dozen or so churches, and about the
same number OF museums and art
galleries. Why, to see the museum
and art gallery OF the Vatican or the
. Borghese. one should spend more than
two weeks. and then It would be but
Q superficial study. Probably four
hsurs IL all I spent In the Vatican.
Hare are the great master paintings
Of Michael Angelo. his Sistine Chap
ei, with its The Lost Judgment:
RapAae3s' AAaunciation, Madonna 70
liSuo. TRANSPORTATION. Coronation Of
the Virgin. and others. Guido Renis
Crucifixion Of st. Peter. and Madon-
M, and msmy other celebrated
paintings. These works should be
studied. not seen. Even in the Sal-
laries have visited. l have seen
but 1.-THE. less than a 1.-THE Of
what they contained.
l will take up the little incidents
of travel and give glimpse OF my
experiences. One naturally will
want to know something Of the ex-
penses and the little necessary
experiences and conveniences, or
rather Inconvenience of travelling.
engaged with the ChautauQua Tour.
which Is under the direction OF
Messrs. Naylor and Rosebush, profess
sors in Appleton College. Appleton,
Wisconsin, to take their tour from
Nsw York to Paris. via. Naples and
through Italy Switzerland, South Ger
many, the Rhine and Belgium to Par
Is from June 18th to August 29th. for
$435.OO, all necessary expenses paid.
They acted as guides. looked after all
transportation. baggage. Planned all
trips and visits to the museums and
galleries. churches and other places
of interest, paid all fees and tips.
and relieved me from any concern In
regard to any of the above. l had
my whole time and thought to devote
to seeing and studying.
There are advantages in travelling
with q travelling party and an exper-
fenced guide. and there are some
disadvantages. For one who has but
q very limited time to travel and for
one who does not understand the
Language OF the country. and this
includes the great majority OF the
American travellers. this is the best
way to travel, and also probably the
cheapest way. At least one can know
for q certainty how much will be re-
quired before starting. OF course
there are many Incidentals which q
traveller can make more or less; but
they may not be many or cost very