Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-09-04
IN EUROPE JUST
BEFORE WAR BROKE OUT.

spent his vacation in travel on tn
continent of Europe The itinerary 0
his travels was broken, however. b.
the sudden outbreak Of the war.
series OF letters written by Mr.. Bowie
to his mother, in their portions not in
timately personal, the Journal ha,
been permitted to publish and they
will be read with keen interest here
in the Cd home.
The first Of the letters is dated July
70 at Heidelberg Germany, and tells
Of having seen Holland and the Rhine.
BY REGINALD BOWLER
We have seen Holland and the Rhine
and the greater part of the trip is done.
Tomorrow we go on as far as Basel,
stopping in Strassburg on the way,
and expect to reach Lausanne the next
day. The crossing from London was
good so far as weather conditions
were concerned, but for the sake Of
saving expenses we came second class
and the Accommodations were very in
adequate, as for instance, one sheet
and one flthly-looking blanket to
each bed. II required considerable in
genuity to adjust a single narrow
sheet so as to avoid touching the mat
tress on one side and the blanket OH
the other, and to keep it that way ali
night. 1t took US IA hours to get across,
including of course the parts of the
voyage on the Thames in England and
the Mas on this side, and we landed in |
Rotterdam the next morning about sew
en- o'clock. We did not stop to see
the sights of Rotterdam. owing TO linn
tied time and money. anil did nothing
but get our baggage checked on to
Switzerland. which, by the way, is an
expensive business in Europe. In most
of the countries on the continent no
baggage is carried free except what you
take in the car with you, which means
that you pay something like the rates
Because of the length of
he vacation and the number of books
have to take along, l had to bring {
ny trunk this time, ard the charges +
ire going to amount to over ten shil- &
ings, one way. We will probably go I
'ack by way Of France where the rail- '
Dads carry sixty-six pounds for moth S
ng, so it will be less returning. T
So we went Immediately from Rot t
erdam to The Hague where we spent n
early all day Wednesday. OF course
hief attraction there is the Peace 7
'alace, which is elegantly fitted up and a
urnished inside, but is very ordinary Il
boxing building from the outside.
IL the information 1 got about 1t was
l Dutch, but 1 gathered from that
18th the assistance of English and CO
erman. that Carnegie gave the start q
,r the building and the different ma pl
ons furnished the interior. l do not p'
link it has been used yet, but when tn
lie conference meets again it will be tn
that building. We did two or three m
her places, including an art gallery. re
Id an old municipal prison which had
me interesting specimens of instru
ents of torture used in the time of the
QUESTION and in the afternoon went vi
It to Schevenigen, the Atlantic City an
the Netherlands, though we did not oh
I'VE time to go in the sea. The Hague ul
IS the reputation of being the smart UP
t of European capitals. and is in CO
me ways a fine city but do not like =
e style of Dutch architecture. 1t wv
lows too much the stolid lines of
2 Dutchmen themselves. The Roy
Palace is built like hotel, and its
o wings and the courtyard adjoin
2 pavement of the sidewalk, with 80
d sign OF lawn OF GROUNDS Oh any Lii
Id. while it keeps company with ant
ops and department stores. Oh
n the evening we went on to AM 9s,
ruam' Whlch is sun more cnaracter- dat
cally Dutch, with canals down the bea
idle of nearly every street. But TIA
go to the real Dutch life the next -
', or perhaps l should say the trad all,
nal Dutch life, because in other nor
ces they seem to be as modern as Int
body else, when we took trip on III ~,
Zuyder Zee to see some old cities cha
ere the people still wear wooden the
es and other ridiculous clothes. red
ere the women do the work, and v VIZ,
ere the American tourist is fleeced the
all that the traffic will bear. 1t bon
an all day trip, lasting from ten II
il six. but travelling on the canals ~
slow and there are good many Off
IS to go through, so the distance Win
not so very much. The first coin
e we stopped was Broek-i Wat n ~
nd. and the principal thing of in N
st was a cheese factory, where all {