Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-09
TIPS TO TRAVELLERS
Suggestions to People Mean.
ing to Go Abroad.
YEARNING FOR NEW LANDS
Nervous Men and Women Who In.
sist on Making Foreign
Pilgrimages.
From Casselrs Journal.

From CasselFs Journal.
The habit of travelling is with many but
a sign Of the possession Of overstrained
nerves. People who cannot remain in one
chair for five minutes at a time. or who
in talking to you rearrange your necktie,
are generally folk in whose conversation
the sentence comes:
IT must get abroad this year whatever
happens
Also, there are the people who desire to
put considerable distance between them
selves and their business worries Zone
finds them down in the farther extremity
of CornwalD. also the people who, having
no troubles. journey in the hope Of finding
some; also-to complete the list-those
who wish to see the world and convert
q mere name on map into a tangible
thing to be recorded in the memory. A
prejudice on the part Of railway and
steamboat companies in favor Of sys-
tenn Of cash payment discourages some
who would otherwise be willing to en-
bark upon considerable journeys and to
these I venture to recommend the pur-
chase OF a secondhand guide, compiled
by Herr .Baedeker. With its aid and a
slight effort of imagination they will gain
most OF the pleasures Of foreign travel.
and they will certainly escape many Of
the drawbacks. I once took a theoretical
trip of the kind through the Austrian
Tyrol and enjoyed 1t greatly; afterward
mot knowing. poor fool. when perfect
happiness had been touched). I went over
the same ground in order to verify theo-
retical impressions, and for my trouble
was punished, first by local wine sold
near Innsbruck without the Poison la
bel which 1t should have borne: later at
Meran. by some veal, left over. apparent
~. from the feast given to the prodigal
son.
Making Out List.
It would be unfair to pretend that in
regard to packing up for journey 1 can
claim to be an expert; a wearer Of but
toned boots who has too often had to
make himself indebted for the loan Of
hairpin cannot pretend to have achieved
perfection. but I hope 1t Is not to be al
legged at this time Of day that one must
be able to do a thing oneself before dar-
ing to teach others; concede this. and
number Of honest and distinguished crit
les would be sent strafghtway to labor
colony in Essex. Make a note of the ar
ticles you wish to take with you, write
the name Of each as it occurs to the mind,
and check the list carefully on the even
ing when the work of packing is started.
A kit bag is an engaging article OF voy-
age, especially for the bachelor who does
not greatly care IL garments do become
SuEhtly creased, IL Is never 81 lHdt,
with a shake something more cannot be
placed inside; the kit bag Is child. never
knowing when it has had enough. I'm
fortunately. the kit bag, amiable enough
at the start, betrays it's defects as a trav-
cling companion at the first stopping
point For those who enjoy the pleasures
Of the chase, there may be sport in hunt
ing up and down and in and round for
the second slipper. but the hopelessness
of the game deters most. There is no
other method Of finishing known to me
but that Of emptying the whole Of the
contents Of the kit bag on the floor. Kit
bag, trunk or portmanteau. do all You
can. where the journey necessitates many
changes, to keep the number Of your bag
gage articles down to g. reasonable fig
ure. There are people who can remember
two. but are baffied and beaten when this
number is exceeded. Pay your railway
porter we'll; he Is a good fellow, and he
comes to your assistance when cabinet
minister or a specialist from Wfgmore
street would be of little use.
About the English Traveller.
It is sometimes urged against the Eng
fish traveller that he Is an inarticulate
person, prone to affect dumbness and
sometimes pretending to be deaf. For my
part. like him. Compared with the Sec
nj