Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-05-06

be undertaken by people who have not
already had considerable experience in
| travel Like everything else, the art of
| intelligent travel is only gradually ac-
| quired and the man who suddenly
starts for the China seas before he
knows something Of Europe is begin
| hing at the wrong end
Within the same range of observation
it is fair to presume that an American
should not start for Europe till he
knows something OF America. although
Mr. GascOyne is writing for the iufo~-
matlcn OF the British people, and not
for Americans. Having made many vow
ages Craftsmanship he is also convinced
that haif of the people whom doctors
send around the world for their health
should not be sent. The idea common
among layEen, that IA sea voyage is
beneficial! in ease Of conSumption. he
believes is msCund, while he knows
from personal experience that n sea
voyage is very uncertain remedy Tor in
sonlNia. In cases Of dcap-seated dahil
ity and the after-efiectS of excess the
comparative monotony of life on board
ship is often positively harmful How
ever, sea voyage in warm, sunny lat
ltudes is sovereign cure for Il person
suffering from Overwnrk, but otherwise
reasonably healthy
ire best way to see any country in
western Europe is to walk through it.
III IN France, there is no better way
than TO traverse its splendid network
OF waterways, padding your own canoe.
or else as patron of canal barge The
bicyclc Is also a useful means of con-
Veyance, although wind is the nveter-
ATE zoe OF the CycliSt. There is also this
comfort: In France the tourist is almost
always assured of a kindly welcome and
mo"est charges. While in Germany and
also III Switzerland there AS. times
when Teltonic brusuueness and Swiss
suavity ere trying In Switzerland
mountaineering develops an odd kind OF
athletic .noobshress among people, and
the swagaer Of the latter-day Alpinst
is disuuietingy
No person should go to the far east
without first becoming acquainted with
the valley of tie Nile. No person can
escape tie glamour of the Nile or the
wondrous ruins on its banks. The at
moSphere of Esyrt. the glorious exhil-
aratioE of the desert air, the red sun
SVt''' t'ie lrnTNelOu~ after S1OWS on the.
river those magical moments at night
fan when the long reaches above Luxor
are Suffused with Z luminous blue haze
all emphasize the fact that when Egypt
has ciair'ed you for its own, it will
never lose its grip upon you while life
lasts. The finest month of the year on
the Nile is November, fer the weather is
then genial and balmy, while in Deem
Der TIE wind from the desert sometimes
cuts like a krifa and if you are swath-
ed in an OverCoat the Nile is robbed of
half its romance.
When a person goes to tho east he is
advised to take SLOW, easily jogging
steamer. The writer also drops Il hint
relative to tips" Which. h" says, should
be very moderate. And another thing
he suggests:
Outfits for the east are Il leluson,
mostly devised by London tailors who
have never crossed the English chan.
mel. Travel as light AS possible Take
a small assortment of yonr ordinary
winter and summer clothing ana an
amplitude Of underwear Never move
without q dress cont and dinner jack
ct. even though you start to climb Mi
Everest
The parting admonition follows:
No person can race around the globe
and appreciate its marvcls and its
bear in mind. as said CarlyIes eccentric
professor, amy road will lead YOU to.
tue end of the world"