Woman's enterprise., 1922-09-01

SAV~ III AkNO
FROM GIRLS ABROAD
Written by Miss lone Burden, Tour
ing Europe.
Letter N. 2-Pearl and lone
in London.
The Imperial Hotel, Russell Square
London, W. c., July 4th, 1922
Dearest Folks:
lake 1T from me, we selected the
best tour offered in Europe this sum.
mer' Our party is small and it i:
de Luxe. Here we are at this
sWanky hotel with the best service
the most congenial crowd, and the
most cultured, interesting English
gentleman conducting US. It isn't as
l imagined; Mr.. Stone (don't say as
we do "Stone,' but give it the English
"Stunn", just as "Dunn') pays the
bills which are numerous, and without
any furry, arranges sight seeing
trips in a way that no one would
connect US with a tour. We don't
realize it ourselves, but in the other
parties, one actually loses ones iden-
tity. l couldn't be more delighted,
and already l feel that have gotten
a liberal education, and if feel that
even now at this stage of the game,
what worth while way it is that I
am investing the money covering the
tour.
1t is difficult to write letter giving
an adequate idea of what W. have
seen, but shall do my best for I am
not keeping diary so I shall ask YOU
to keep these letters, rambling as
they may be, so l shall have them to
refresh my memory in after years.
Please don't eri. .ieise them bct remem-
Der am writing in a hurry always,
and frequently under difficulties.
My last letter was written just be-
fore the voyage over was ended, and
mailed in Liverpool, so l shall begin
here with our last ten days out at
sea. l told you what 4 beautiful daJ
Sunday proved to be. After Saturday
We had only the very pleasantest
weather, though neve. lose sight Of
the fact that it is never warm enough
~ 60 without a coat.
Consult your map and first find
Skaguay, Alaska; draw line across
Canada, and find the Gulf of St. Law
renee, then Cape Race on the south
coast of Newfoundland. Travel north
east and around the north coast Of
Ireland. You will find that as far
north almost as Skaguay. Naturally
we should have expected icebergs, etc,
from off the coast Of Labrador and
Newfoundland. The trip before this
one, the good ship "Canopic" plunged
through bits of ice, and many huge
ones we're quite troublesome. We came
into the Irish sea early Monday morn
ing about dawn, and the trip down
was interesting and most beautiful;
there were many types Of ships and
small craft, and we hailed our sister
ship, and were powerfully sorry for
the passengers who had before them
what We had just experienced. l pray
that it will not be stormy and rough
on our return-we are assured it will /
be slightly warmer.
About 9 o'clock we passed between
the Irish coast and the Isle Of Man,
and on the map you will see Peel. !
The ruins of the old castle can be
seen from the ship, and is very
lovely sight.
About twelve miles or land, one
half hour from Liverpool, the new
pilot who directs US into port, comes
aboard, and then the captains work
is done for the new man acts m that
capacity. From the time the new
pilot comes on the ships crew is busy
getting in readiness for inspectors,
landing. sending the baggage off, etc.
We docked about two o'clock and
it took US till four before we finished
with the immigration officers, our
baggage had been. taken to the GUS
tom house, we had it inspected, and
met Mr.. Stone. He attended to all
details, and-like the royalty-we
boarded the queerest train you ever
saw. can't tell you just how de-