The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-21
VHIZZEDIOEUROPH And BACK
DINNER PaRTY DOES q Tor 90
THINGS ~ FIFTEEN DAYS
Weai OSsS ana meturnea m sne Lasltaala
and Tees IN l.oaaea and Parts a-heSl-
use went 10 PtsoeA. bat tire PARTY 90
i've Iosh IN the l.eadnH sights.

erupIeted ~ party % Hys New York
o. that reached here IN ire Idl-itania
o. her last westward voyage. They had
Nsen gone from New York just fifteen
CO.. end hftsSn hOurS. bat they had
,r1.ssd the ocean twice. done London and
pa-is made two channel crossings by
a,Hsrsr, routes. and they agreed that they
t.d en- iovCd the trip.
The Journey was the outcome Of
dinner rarity at which the hosts were a
y1.ng broker and his wife. and the F'Iests
Young woman who was friend OF the
We we'll known railway oficiAl aud "a
.pung banker. The banker had crossed
,rs ,,ear often. hut none Of tie others
lad ever got any further in thai direction
than Con-y I-tlEd. ~ the diaScr the
l,lA dr,ted o. Paris.
lets al make up rarity R.d 60 over
there '1. hostess exclaimed
Their acre various Oh iections The
railroad maa sid he could net snare the
umo The broker said trait Things looked
to durious IN ;le street ioT him u get
away The tanker. however. snid ne
peeded a rest. and an ocean trip would he
tie best thing pcssiole for him. The
otnsr woman was enthusiastic. and she
wa- sIre her Parents won,d agree 10 the
lr,Ler wife would act a. cha,eron. -
a.. fiTst Vots stood ~ ?. Then the
hruker vs. NIn over easily by hts Ni'e.
ard then tnally the railroad man decided
that ne needed little change. ard ;ne
neat thing was % s@e about tickets and
y.an q route. None OF the men cOuld
sare more than three weeks AZ re n,usi
there were several backings and I'LL
ings before the day Uf departure. bet
nnally all got on the IusiC1nia OF March
D. ready for the journey. They had
counted or leaving the boat at Fishxuard.
aud their schedule as PLANNED ran about
Lhis way
Neins. isv. March 20. Seav. New York.
"a
Monday April Z. early afternoon. arrive
Al Fish guard. Late afternoon. crrive a,
London Dinner a. the Csri'cn. TO theatre
., the Oaleiy. and supper a. the savoy.
tuesday. April 5. Westminster Abbey.
shopping. and seeing London BY taNIcnh
sP NJ. leave ChartnR Crcss for PARIS VIA
Dover :Hi calais.
Wednesday. April .. . A. "a. arrive IN
Paris
ThursiAy and Friday in Paris
Friday. April dP NJ. leave Paris for
london Wa houlogne ard Folkes,cne
-
london Noon. leave or boa train for
liverpool 10 board the Lusitania
Friday. April IS. bark In New York
This schedule might have wcVked out
had the Weather been propitious. bar IL
wasn't Let the banker tell the story.
~ was all very hne the first DAY but
when ] got up 10 take my bah the hrst
morning oGi found the ship nad struck
something which was described 20 me
later as heavy head sea. / reached the
bathroom. Dat a moment later NishsC 1
hadn't 1 got in tHe tuD and a. ! CId 50
the water ala went 40 me o,Eer END o. d;
hen II came back with q rush ana Sas
nearly snothered. ! got out as hastily
"a ! could and vent bAck To my berth.
where | remained until about o clock
that night. When pulling fnyself to-
gether | dressed ana found INV way 10
the chairs on deck. There ] uncovered
the two women and both said they had
spent the day where they then were
The other too men said that they had net
minded the weather At al.
Well. the following Monday we got
our baggage. ready TO 80 ashore, but az
CLOCK In the evening we we're informed
that on account Of the heavy gale then
raging the ship could not land her pas
senRers and mail at f,shguard bur would
have 70 proceed on 20 Liverpool. We
arryed % the Mersey bar about o ciock
IN The morning and anchored. We did
not get ashore until about "a NJ
hen We had great trouble getting a
compartment. Every one seemed 70 be !
taksn. We were hnrrying about all |
upser whsa we discovered lust before the
tran vas about to leave that a New Yorker /,
who had taken a whole compartment Tor ,
himself and wife was minus his ba gRa &c
and would have TO remain behind ~ we
appropriated has We lunched on the |
. clock On Tuesday afternoon instead Of at |
n clOgk MOnCaV night
The others were determined TO see
Westminster Abbey and 20 make a tour |
e. London in a taxi and they did II. |
Ne dlned AZ the Carlton. went to the /
Gayety aftsrward and supped at the Savoy |
~ culrse ne we're still behindhand on |
our schedule. but there was 30 way OF
getting to Paris after supper. 20 we |
started at O'Clock on Wednes 1ay morn !
ing
new turbine steamers. hut when we 20, /
% Dover We learned that the Queen % !
England had been ahead Of rs and had !
carried "a the turbine and they gave us /.
one ~ those miserable old craft they Use I
for substitutes. IL vas a rough passage. /
stayed out on deck the whole way across /
hanging on 70 q rope.
We reached Paris about go p. NJ and !
vent 20 the Ritz. where we had expected I
Sas Hll~d 80 then We Rad 20 do some hot4l |
kuntng Finally we found one in the !
RI. de IA Pan. We men then went out
- 80 tho first sights shown 20 an Amer
iran man in Paris, namely Henry's Bar
ana the bar Of the Hotel Chatham. and
then duly prirned with apeTtiss' Of
homehks appellation We gathered the
Re ~ together and went 70 the Cafe de
PAS 20 dine Afterward IL was the
knh~s Borgeres. than a cnfe called
Fytcnsrs and next MAxim's.
Tho women went shopping on Thura-
dav morning. and for 1&isunsr We went
~ - Armenonv1llc. which was just open
ana contained not m0fe than bali q
c'z-n parties. Next Ws drove out to
A-'s'n for the races. and all lost money
o. 'Uo They we're steeplechases. and
caA q our horRss fell in the last ditch, |
Will" the other swerved Gus Of tbs course
inst n tiroe 20 put him behind the lsa6ser.
Wa 1lned again At the Cafe Do Paris
Ar1 then took in the Grave, Heaven and
heN n ths Boulevard Ciichy and thsn
NsEi Tor supper 20 the Abbmye. Next
Ne vent ~ tbs Rat Mort. then 10 Monico's
An7 finally landed In Maxins again. Tho
nen' morning the women did some shop
png and then we all hInched ~ tho
'Aie d PARIS. - IL seemed 80 could not
az anywhere else. and then At p. NJ.
t"os N" ain hack for London.
h"r reaching Folkestonc we had