Milford chronicle., 1940-06-07
RUIN PEcK l1eLEoD

Everybody says my mothers got
such a grand education, but she says
its largely due 70 her travelling. She
says her college education wouldn't
have meant nearly as much to her II
she hadn't travelled about in this
country and been abroad, too. Mo-
ther 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
shes not any smarter than any
body else, but she's just had the ad-
yantages Of travel. People say my
mothers the most interesting 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 best
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
colleges now are taking the students
on round the world cruises. That's
surely the kind Of a college I'm going
to pick out. You can read about all
these places like Niaagra Falls and
the Grand Canyon and the Adler
Pianetarium, but you have to go
there 70 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
Ragsdale; we feel sorry for her be-
cause she's a widow and has 10 teach,
hut she's never been anywhere. All
she ever teaches us is just the words
of the bookshelf scared to death
Of questions for she doesn't know
much Our eossipy neighbor says
she's narrow-minded, but Dad says
she's lust 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 neighbor about travel /
ing, and she. said she wished she |
could afford to have her Mack go to |
the Planetarium. While she was talk
ing she was draining the water her
were boiled in, down the |
sink. My mother keeps that for soup. |
She sayseit's the best part. And my
mother goes to the market and 1
chooses things herself instead of or
dering over the 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
wear out. and you
have nothing left, but you never get
through enjoying your trips, because
you can think about them over and
yer like old Mrs. Tyre. She's an old
itlS VINO IS 'adl alone IN the world. (
She used to be rich, but she lost most
If her money somehow. She over
leard a woman say about her: "POor
Mrs Tyre. she can't afford to travel
my more; she must be miserable. II
drs. Tyre laughed and said: My
raVels will never end. Why there's
lot a day don't sit down and live
,ver some of those fine trips I've had
iOt having money doesn't bother me
much because I've enough to live on, /
nd that's all need. Don't you think
don't travel. Why half the time
Vhen people think I'm just sitting
yer there by the window feeling
Onely, I'm not there at all, I'm in.
Europe, going through the fine art I
alleries, or climbing the Alps, or go
lg through Westminster Abbey. /
hats the beauty Of travel-being
BILE TO enjoy your trips over and 1
Var. again and again " {