The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-15
GRAPHIC STORY
OF A FLIGHT
FROM EUROPE

In the week from an extended trip T.,
Europe. She reached New York OH the
French liner He de France. with other
Americans fleeing from the European
war. Her experiences abroad, and oil
the ocean voyage home. fam ali eXcit
ing story which Miss Adair has kindly
consented To describe for the edifica
tiUn If The Herad'S readers She says
After IL days OH the Atlantic, the
GrilSholm landed at GOthenburg. Swe
den. From there a train took us Il
Stockholm. Sweden'S progressive CAPT
tai. This city Is proud of rtle fact that
it has no slumS-everyOne has enough
OF this worlds goods. and cleanliness
and cOntentment reign supreme The
city library (StadSbibIiutAek) is an
ultramodern marvel of beauty. Also
the flower bedecked mOdersliStic apart
ments.
From Sweden we went 70 COpenhag-
en-. the city of fantastic roof shapes
and rolling bicycles The famous silver
and porcelain shops claimed a great
deal of attention, also TiveG. the favor
lite amusement park of the Danes Be
fore leaving Denmark We visited the
birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson
and Hamlet'S castle at ElsinOre
From Denmark we weUt across the
North Sea To Harwich, England and
from there To London, one of the most
interesting cities in the w0bld We saw
the attic room where Samael Johnson
worked on his dictionary: 4nd had tea
and cakes ut the George -Inn, where
Charles Dickens took tea other inter
hxff n. .
guards at Buckingham palaa.e. and Sun
day service at Westminster Abbey AT
ter the service we left the sbbey to the
tune of Big Ben striking twelve.
OF special interest 10 libra rians were
the ancient hand Illuminated and hand
written manuscripts and jeweled book
bindings found at the British museum.
AT Standardization, the land of
shakespeare and Anne Hathaway we
attended the play, Richard Ill, at the
new Shakespeare Memorial, theater
The next point Of interest was Ok
ford. with its colleges and the famous
old BOdleian library where rare old
books are guarded carefully. some held
by chains 10 the shelves. OAly advanc-
cd students with proper credentials,
who are doing research work are ad-
mitted.
The next move was to- Paris, the
smart, sophisticated art and fashion
center of the world. People from all
four corners of the globe come to Par
is, and il was great fun IL order tea
at All outdoor cafe on the Champs
Elysees and watch the cosmopolitan
street crowds pass by. Other places of
interest were NOtre Dame cathedral.
the Louvre museum and the book
stalls along the Seine river Also a fas-
cinating little childrens library called
"LHeure JOyeuSe." and The famous
BibliOtheque Rationale of France, To
say nothing of the perfume shops and
other intriguing stores along the Rue
lie la Paix
From Paris train took us 10
Geneva. switzerland. with. its unfOr-
getable Alpine scenery One night We
were entertained as we slipped chocolate
OH the yeranda of our hnel by real
Swiss yOdelerS. who gathered in u
group OH the lawn. We found our visit
10 the League of Nations buildings
very profitable, especially sts library.
From Geneva we went 20 Lucerne
The outstanding feature here was an
all-day bus trip into the snow capped
Alps.
tn August . we entered Italy Our
two weeks there were spent seeing
famous cathedralS and demonstrates,
such as st. Marks i'll Venice and st.
Peters in Rome; also the Vatican Ii
brary. which contains very valuable
and precious old books, and other fam
Gus Libraries. among them the Lawien-
ziana, which has very unusual stair
case, designed by Michael Angelo.
Italy is ~ full of art treasures that
one could stay there years and not see
them all. Ne saw an old, m0naStary
where monks used to sit anu engage in
the backsaching business of writing
whole books by baud.
Orher exciting experiences were a
swim at the Lido, faniAus bathing
beach Oh the Adriatk sea, gOndOla
rides On the canals of Ve4ace, a band
csncert alnsng the ruins 0f old Rome,
and last bat not leJSt. a "trip To the
island of Capri and the Hlue GrOttO.
Tie day was perfCC, and the island a
jewel in the blue MedferEanean. The
Dext day. August %. we seft Naples,
saying farewell 10 smoking Mt VeSu-
wins, on the Conte Iii SavOia, The ocean
liner was thing Of beatty and we
enjoyed our trip TO Genoa. After a
sightseeing trip around Genoa, we
came back 10 the boat aid watched
those who had embarked waving sad
farewells to loved ones ON the pier.
But the boat did not sasl \ notice
was posted saying that on. account of
engine trouble il would be delayed for
few days. Shortly. ii developed that
the government had ordered the ship
not to sail. Then we knew that war
was near-it was our problem tn ga
ourselves back 70 the United States
as best we could A SpecialEtrain made
an aIl-night trip intO Paris with some
200 Of Us. Our days in Paris were
spent. not In gayety, rs a. few weeks
previous, hut standing in line at the
various steamship Offices trying 10 get
passage home. at the American Express
Agency cabling for money, at the Am
.erisan embassy for advice<and ut the
Italian Line trying To getS our money