The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-05-09
ROBERTS VIEWS ON
TRAVEL
RUTH PECK MCLEOD

Everybody says my mothers got
such grand education, but she says
it's largely due to her travelling. She
says her college education wouldn't
have meant nearly as much to her if
she hadn't travelled about in this
country and been abroad, too. Mother
lectures at the church on the Holy
Land and dresses up in the costumes
of the different countries, and all the
people in the church talk about how
talented she is. She says she's not any
smarter than anybody else, but she's
just had the advantages of travel.
People say my mothers the most in
teresting talker in town. Dad says
that's because she has something to
tell. Most women just talk about how
Johnny or Mary is just getting over
the mumps, or how the laundry tore
up their bed sheets, or how bad the
weather is. You know how they talk
when they have nothing to say.
Why Dad says even some of the col
leges now are taking the students on
round the world cruises. That's sure
ly the kind of college Pm going to
pick out. You can read about all these
places like Niagara Falls and the
Grand Canyon and the Adler Plane
tarium, but you have to go there to
see how they really are. No pictures
or books can really describe them.
It's no wonder that our School Board
pays our teachers more when they
travel in summer. Those that have
never Travelled have nothing to tell the
class. There's poor old Mrs. Rags
dale; we feel sorry for her because
she's widow and has to teach, but
she's never been anywhere. All she
ever teaches us is just the words of
the book-she's scared to death of
questions for she doesn't know much.
Our gossipy neighbor says she's mar
row-minded, but Dad says she's just
never been round any.
Some people say they can't afford
to travel, when they could if they
weren't so eXtravagant. They spend
too much on their clothes and ,furni-
ture, and they are wasteful. | was
talking to a neighbor about travelling,
and she said she wished she could af-
ford to have her Mack go to the Plane
tarium. While she was talking she
s.irai1aing the water ner vegetables
were boiled in, down the sink. My
mother keeps that for soup. She says
it's the best part. And my mother
goes to the market and chooses things
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telephone. She says it doesn't cost
nearly as much to live that way, and
you have better things to eat.
And about classy clothes and fine
furniture-they wear out, and you
have nothing left, but you never get
through enjoying your trips, because
you can think about them over and
over like old Mrs. Tyre. She's an old
lady who is all alone in the world. She
used to be rich, but she lost most of
her money somehow She overheard
a woman say about her: "Poor Mrs.
Tyre, she can't afford to travel any
more; she must be miserable" Mrs.
Tyre laughed and said: "My travels
will never end. Why there's not a
day | don't sit down and live over
some of those fine trips I've had Not
having money doesn't bother me much
because I've enough to live on and
that's all | need. Don't you think l
don't travel. Why half the time when
people think Pm just sitting over there
by the window feeling lonely Pm not
there at all, Pm in Europe, going
through the fine art galleries, or
climbing the Alps, or going through
Westminster Abbey. That's the beauty
of travel-being able to enjoy your
trips over and over, again and again."