Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-19
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ginning to rejoice that passports for foreign travel are
soon to become things Of the past, and that tourists
win again be free to roam all over Europe as they did
until the summer Of four years ago. Thousands Of
Americans have been waiting for the signal to pack
their trunks and to cross the pond in order to see what
1t was all about.
Long before Mark Twain described the exciting ad-
ventures Of. his "1nnocents Abroad the American
traveller was a familiar sight in the Old World, and
even in those days his staunchest friend was Baedeker,
the infallible ana immensely valuable handbook for
tourists. When the American Of this period goes abroad,
it will be without his Baedeker. for the book which was
almost an institution has been pronounced too cunningly
German to be Of any real help to an American. AS the
age is one Of substitutes, it will be possible to replace
Baedeker. and English firms appear to be leading in the
preparation Of guidebooks for the new era Of tourist
travel. "
European countries have been distinctly foreign
ground to the average American who could do" the
continent in a couple Of weeks and knew as little when
he came back as when he embarked for the ports
abroad. Thousands Of tourists have been travelling just
oua Of curiosity or because they liked the celebrating
method Of recuperation which modern facilities provided
for the person who is sufficiently we'll supplied with the
necessary wherewithals. It has been a matter Of pride
to be able to afterward describe hrst-hand impressions
from London, Paris. Rome and the Cologne cathedral
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somewhere in America and there always WEE a certain
cir OF distinction about the man or woman who had
been fortunate enough to speed through Europe in con-
tinental overland trains or high-powered automobiles.
The American tourist Of the coming epoch will have
other ends in view than just sightseeing and recreation.
Europe will be no more a mere travellers Eldorado. 1t
has become a world replete with new and magnificent
inspiration, and when the visitor from this country lands
on the other side Of the ocean he will feel at once that
a new atmosphere lies over the ancient lands,
There will be no more "foreign-ness" about Europe,
for thousands and thousands Of square miles have been
soaked with American blood, and wherever the wan
American soldiers fought as valiantly, as energetically as
though they were giving battle on their own soil.
And not only that. But wherever tourists may wend
their Why outside the actual fields of former battles, they
viii be received as representatives Of a. nation whose
prestige Is in the a%scendency and whose generosity
toward friend and foe alike has become a byword from
North Cape to Athens, from the TRIAL mountains to the
western coast Of ireland.
For reasons similar to these, the American in the
future will travel abroad with a new and keen sense
OF SILL being at home. he will move on soil which has
become sacred because of the shedding OF American
blood and the American nag will be the first to greet
him. no matter In what part Of Europe be chooses "a
arrive.
In other 'words-America has grown Tremendously
during the years Of war-uot politically or geoeraphi-
cally, but in sentiment, and the effect is that it is no
longer possible for an American to go abroad" IN the
old accepted sense. Wherever he goes, he will be in a
very intimate sense welcome and fully at home.