Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-14


seen of a country through which she is tour
ing will derive more lasting beneEt and enjoyment
from weeks months sojourn in the one foreign
city than will she who, in half hearted scarcely inter-
ested manner makes tour of the globe. Great as
can be the pleasure in a summer holiday spent in
travel by train or motor through nev unfamiliar
lands, still travelling should be sought simply for
the delight of the moment, but should be looked upon
a real episode in ones life experience to be
looked back upon always in series of interesting
vivid mental pictures True enjoyment in travelling
is impossible without fairly clear knowledge of the
countries visited the people, their history their art
and their language ANY girl with the least spark of
intelligence will naturally enjoy the ordinary fun of
travel, the meeting new people and the constant ex
ctement of moving about from place to place. being
shown the principal things of interest in each town.
city country place, but she will learn but little in
this way, and will often become bored with mere
sightseeing if she has not provided herself before
starting the tour with fund of information of
every place to which she will go and very complete
list of things and places which che is especially anx
ious to see.
The girl who makes her first visit to the Old World
after her graduation school or college is
indeed to be envied. Her knowledge of facts and
dates of painting of architecture still fresh and
sure and she cannot fail to be enthusiastic visiting
those places made familiar to Ler by history in
viewing for herself the beautiful buildings and the
famous works of art which hitherto she has known
only by means of blue prints none too satisfying
copies. Even the busy schoolgirl, however, will do
well to confne her reading for time before she
is to sail to literature touching upon the countries
which she will visit during her vacation books of
and historical novels often give a wholly
fascinating idea of country CITY that is not to
be obtained in any other way.
4 ENTEN sewing circles, bridge classes matinee
clubs and private theatricals already being or
ganized for the eight weeks more or less before
Easter, but the girl who has been promised summer
trip to Europe will do well this year to devote all her
spare time in preparation for the fun that to come
language class can be every bit enjoyable as any
bridge class, and is always possible for band of
girls to meet together two three times week and
study the art of conversation in French German
Spanish Italian if all the members are not so
fortunate as to be contemplating foreign trip Ae
most every girl who has been to school been drilled
in the rudmens of both French and German and feels
that she has certain acquaintance with those lam
guages the people and their literature. Yet she will
be aston1shed TO find how very helpfess she in the
ordinary everyday conversation of that tongue when
she tries to make herself understood by who knows
nothing of her English Just little practice neces-
sary, and by the time she is leaving country she will
perhaps find herself at last becoming proficient in that
tongue. This chagrin and the disappointment can