The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19


... INTO one of the Fifth ave-
... ..t.-t agencies and noncha-
.r.. l-k for ticket to French
yr.a Aa.. After you have finished
'.J,u.r. .lit YOU do not mean any
Ain, rt.r.u ~cttiements in Canada the
,,,nr -,u..min who attends To you
.m pra.u.. , AN the manager and you
.Gl mos. .E.Iy have the pleasure of in
,,-r.u. .... .n didn't you know that
>a,,np.r .. ,ur French flag still flies
,n X,r. tu.uya ON the little fiyspeck
=, ~, l. p,lago called st. Pierre
-. .. Wcks itself under the
s,.,...... a.as Of southwestern New
hundu,.
,r.r ..... manager RECEIVERS from the
A,,l .. ... us a mere tourist tell him
.,,bi,. .N his next surprise will
aane Co.,, tau tell him that it is barely
.Ny l...- from New York. How !
,s .. ..,t this little known spot
= vacation is a sort of romance in
,,.f A,I q course. like a really truly
,m,n,.. has woman at the bottom
..t
Nor name Is Frances and whenever
,, In t..ut about anything | go and
a., her opinion. do not always agree
.,s what She advises, but usually she
,,Yrs u. into action Of some kind.
ti,v,pu resolved to take a two weeks
,,c,,I,r and not knowing where to go
went q, Frances to find out.
orrrr.-" ! said, 81 am going on a
vacation.
"Wh,.. she answered.
81 don't know" | confessed, that's
rby I'm here. I've only got two weeks
and dom want to go to Atlantic city,
isbury Park Arv,rnc, Long Beach,
Aanu, H.-I.tnds Or
.you won't get anywhere in two
week, # yuu start on "A journey of elm
NATION Sd, broke in. Never mind
'uher. you don; want to 60. Wher" do
Vol wan. Co go?-thats the question
az tell you. don't know
Then why don't you do what that
man a, Oh, Icuuisons' spoke of the other
nght9'
.Wha, was that" | asked.
ooh. met man there the other
,sh, who aid he was on steamer
go.ps from san Francisco to Japan a
y4,r of 49,, ago and he met quaint old
, German On board and chummed in with
him TIL, Old chap was about sixty
vars If age and travelling alone. one
Ay he asked the old German where he
was max me- for. and To his surprise he
replied TO the Vale of Cashmir
The Vale Of Cashmir' echoed my
man what on earth are you going
there for?
"WeN. III tell YOU said the old Ger
man. Nearly all my life | have lived
IN Milwaukee,. where | am brewer.
gave mo- family and no relatives. a few
wears ago woke up to the fact that
had been spending my life making
money and had not taken time To see
much Of the world, 50 | resolved to
travel
"The conventional method Of sailing
70 Europe and living in first class
! hotels IN cities which all resemble each
other did no, appeal to me very much
W 50 ore night | went home and got out
an old map Of the world mounted on a
globe commenced spinning II around
took a long pin in my hand and closed
my ewes with the fixed resolve to go "a
whatever spot on the globe | would
pick with the pin.
"You will laugh when tell you that
/ 90 hrst place | pricked was fpsilanti
Nch. and / went to Ypsilanti for my
inst vacation. Within that same year
tuned my -lppc and pricked lrkutsk
Siberia, and journeyed to Irkutsk
Tbs is the third year of my travels and
lpckcd Jn, Vale of Cashmir. and to
The Vale II caShmir I go. And whcr
| ! have seen 'hc Vale Of Cashmir I'll gc
back to Milwaukee for another year
There wha, do you think of that
sad Frances It's she concluded.
Bully little .dca," replied. ME foi
The atlas Got one?"
n "Yes. hur viii YOU promise to 90
Wherever We prick the atlas? Honor
right"
Cross my heart I'll go, even If Il
means Pittslurg." I vowed. but hole
0, moment" added, III we're COINS
70 play this Kind Of game. please con
me yourself 10 the United States anC
Canada. Ny vacation lasts only TIVE
H"ks 81 Vale uf Cashmlr for me
thank YOU"
The atlas was brought out and lai'
on the table Frances covered her eyes
WIN the longest hatpin she could fine
sne stood al. prepared to stab SOM
section " North America. Bing, dowi
zane the pin and at first sight it looke'
SN ] w''r 10 spend my vacation il
We middle ny the Atlantic. However
%cIoSer examination we found that tn
va really hHj penetrated a speck OF al
''No Cla..s up under the south
''s'ern shuI. If Newfoundland.
mats ho" T came to spend my vaca
x Nn at ST. Pierre.
Nobody VOC N,w York seemed to knoN
!" now to rot there. but after a goo
wa " inquiry map gazing, time tabl
'"tirch Hu' u,ographng | took boa