New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-26

rope tain any other American.
According to London hoteliers.
1927 sees the centenary OF tho
American tourist traffic to Europe.
for it is just 100 years ago this
spring that the first crowd Of Ameri.
cans crossed the Atlantic for
| though we might not call it that by
present tandards-purely pleasure.
Hotel officials announce that as
far as can be gathered from the
newspapers Of the period and other
records. 1t was in May. 1927. that
the first American tourists went to
Europe. The went aboard the Sa-
vannah. vessel that was propelled
BY both steam and sails, and the
voyage took approximately three
and one-hali weeks.
The first tourists" were a Mr..
and Mrs Samuel Humphreys. two
daughters and a small son from
Philadelphia. 1t was stated that
Mr.. Humphreys was making .he
voyage for the benefit of his hoa'tE,
The centenary suggests stran,a
and wonder making contrasts. Nr.
Humphreys and his family spent
about rs days on the Atlantic III
stayed, it is believed. at one of g..
small inns near the Strand, viii 4
were then little better than COTE.
houses.
They had a drive to London from
the port by coach. AS for the COM
ferts or otherwise OF their hotel. it
might. perhaps. be best to draw q
veil.
Now, 100 years later, Miss Ameri-
ca Of 1927 feels peeved if her ocean
greyhound takes more than five and
IL days on the trip. She expects 10
find her favorite flowers awaiting
her in her suite wherever she stays,
and apparently expects such ey-
travagant luXuries as a special Lamp
on her dressing table that will show
her complexion both by daytime
and nighttime lights.
One hundred years ago, Sam
Humphreys and his family were the
only L. S. tourists in 1927. In the
last three years one hotel alone has
entertained quarter of million
American guests.
1t looks very much as if tomor-
rows concert of George Barrere and
his Little Symphony orchestra will
be the last artist concert series to
b" sponsored by the New Britain
Muical club: not that there will lie
no more artist concerts in the city,
but in all probability they will lie
taken over by the Civic Music as
ISOLATION being formed.
The Musical club has been Civ
Ing artist concerts for seven years
and has brought stellar lights OF
The musical world to the city to the
extent Of two or three such concerts
a year. Some OF them have been
lying ventures but others have not.
3nd 1t can he said without chance
OF contradiction that the Mu:jcl
cIub Is not numbered among tho
outstanding financial institutions OF
the city.
The Musical club is no- a high
powered craftsmanship organization,
4 t.
'IiNlng concerts is one thing; scllia,
them 70 the public is quite anotn.r.
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