The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-24
EUROPE HAS
BIG INFLUX
OF TOURISTS
BY MILTON RR0NNER
\EA Service Writer

London-Iou see them on the
e'r"ets of London these days. fair
haired young men, often hatless,
with knapsacks on their shoulders,
stout walking sticks in their hands,
and their legs encased in puttees.
And YOU seem TO remember seeing
their like in various places in
Switzerland. Italy and Norway.
Then one addresses a remark 10 his
companion and you are sure. They
are talking in German. They are
German university students spend
ing their summer vacation wander
inc afoot around England.
It's their first invasion since be-
fore the war. For a long time they
were shy about venturng upon Brit
ish soil, but this year many of them
have broken the leo and have Sc
cured from the British government
permits to visit here for period os
six weeks.
They are very earnest. If divinity
students, they specialize in cathc
drals If they are taking bachelor
Of arts course. YOU see them puttnr-
ing around all the shrines connected
with the great British writer's. If
they intend to be business men.
YOU see them in the mills and fac
tories.
And sDeakinC of foreigners N
Britain. the United States is send
ing a larger contingent this year
than usual. And the panied COM
ments of the news pers are very
funny 10 read. You see, none of
these Europeans make any bones
about it. They welcome us for our
dollars. The more we spend, the
heartier the welcome.
But the gravamen Of the complaint
about the Americans who have come
this year is that they are not spend
ers Hotel porters gravely assure
you these "Ysnks" are not as good
class as they used to get befor"
the war. What they really mean is
that before the war the only Ameri-
cans who came over were rich bone
heads who had lots of money but no
brains.
The people who come over now
have lots OF brains. but not much
money. They have come over not to
splurge. not to impress hotel funk
les. but to broaden their education
by getting the most they can out Of
foreign travel. And the average
American can be prouder of them
than of the mere idle rich who think
their dollars cover multitude of
sins including empty skulls.
Sn"akng If holidays tens Of
thousands Of workers in factories
and mills in Lancashire and York
wakes" It's an institution peculiar
~ British.
For whole year long TIE work
ers in some town will contribute
each week to fund. The whole
purpose of the saving is to have
money with which to go on vacation
That's the wakes" The huge sums
accumulated for the purpose may be
gathered from the fact that in IA
Lancashire towns the total amount
thus saved ran up to the very re-
spectacle figure-$5 000,0 900.
Hence all during August trains
going to the seashore, boats going
to the Isle of Man and to IRELAND
will be crammed with workers anC
their families.
Economists may gravely discuss
whether Britain is on the downward
path commercially, but the average
Lancashireman or Yorkshireman will
have his holidays just the same.
There are Frenchmen who say that
the middle name of their prime min
ister-Paul Prudent Painleve-wil
have to be changed to "Imprudent.
He has taken more risks than an!
premier within recent memory.
Not long ago, desiring to get first
hand knowledge Of the serious mill
tary situation in Morocco, Painlev,
flew the long and somewhat danger
Gus distance.
And at once upon his return, hav
ing to review the French naval fleet
he was not satisfied until he wen
aboard a submarine and had tn
officers submerge it and go for
cruise underneath the waters.
Cook with Gas. It's tn