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e g K- Septt"mber .JO, J«Jli WILMETTE LIFE 47 "Taste of Europe" (;ives Tourist Desire to Remain Longer REV. f. C. STfLER TEllS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE ·..:·· '< ni I~ t t ~. c~· ! :\ ht· (I) ·r. H\. .l "View of the Old World Enables · One to See More in America" He Writes This i5 the second story of a aerie5 by the Rev. Francis Carr StiOer of Wilmette Baptist church, describing his recent tour of Europe which included a visit to th'! Holy l_and. In the article herewith presented Mr. StiOer entertainingly writes of the .. Tourists' Taste for Europe." By The Rev. Francis Carr Stiller .l.undon from dod.- ;it :-;( ·Ut hamJIDaylir:ht :oa,·in~ timt· was in iorcc, <And a~ we neared the biggest city in the world, the leisure hours had come, and cvcrvwhcrc men and women, boys and girls were enjoying the out-of-doors, and in e\·ery center was a public play~ronnd. !\othin~ will so lou~ prolong a natbn's liie: <i~ outdoor play. ton. u~ h' . ;II l' 1 a:· And I likt.·<l En~land i11r it~: CC)Urtcsy. lly fril'nd and l hopttcd ;, hu-. in iront oi our hotd aitt."r dimwr Hl the first night in London to dn a litt 1<: sight"on our own." \\" t ' \\anted to g-et to Tra i;&IJ{ilr Squart:. \\'t: tuld our condnrt,·r thi:-;. tlu: n dimht."d to the iront ... t:at nl\ th...: top oi tht: lms. On thrn· :-t'parah· occasion:-. that conduc~ecinJ[ ·· IJ- hi1\.ll" tor c;mJt· up to wht·n~ Wt: were sittingt~ ~in~ \b cnunsd and iniormation. and hu:' conductor~ in Lo nclr·!l do not l'XJH.·ct tip~. This wa~ 1111~ "tipicat·· pron·durt·. 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I ht·re· arl· tt··tture:-- ;tlh·ltt tltt ·; J,!rt·at l·itit·:-. oi tlw wttrlcl that h·wl !to makl' thc.·m all alikt·. Tilt·\· ~trl' \\ ha~ Wt' t'<tll CblllOIH~Iit:tn . But ii \ · ·~1 ll. 1'11, · \t · -.t J·T'··l~.thh ct~Ht· ir·.·tJt ·' ~- ~~ur~l'. an :\mnican t 1\lrt ... t ,·:Itt third . . \111! all th· \\ o·llJt· n ·hd 1111t "l·.tr "top in l.t~J\(Ion at tltt· 1~11 ...... \.11 :"iu:u·, -ill- ... :.·rkilll..!'. In !-!1·r1t·ral. J'l'l'l'l~· ~,,.r,· Britons Lack in Gro~minc \l.··rt· tl_ 1a1t c·IW n~t·1~l.l·t·r HI Plll" part~. ln·lntt..: t i 1· · grt·at thtft·n·ttn· lu:t\\t't'll tiH l... lld<~1h" T" a1~cl th~· :\mt·rit·an. \\"a~ r-.. ;~d_.\ lt· )':t~:. hn;tl _!tHiglllt'llt 011 .d1 Bnu .. Jtcr-. . . I IlL~ \\'t·re·"JH·l '\' \\dldrc ..... l"d ;,..., _ \ntl"rh·_;, ; t.. . I ht· 111~·11 \\lll't' trttU·t·r . . ,,J ··lie ..,111: a11d r~~al ot :lll.lth · t~· hq.!lll 11 ' :tppn·n;th· tt. ( )j ·i n.;u tlw ... tart. Frann· i:-. .. unni{·r than En:.!lancl i&JHI. at ll'a~t thi -- ·:t·c.r. wa!" ,L!or.gt· t~lt:-> m it s n ·nlurt· aud iB freshm·:o' .... In ;.11. wt· \n.·n.· in Fr:.nc(· ci~ht cia\·~. Thn:t.: of thn ~ t· \\e:rl.' ..,lH:nt en · . ~ tirch· on the railroad train . ~o wI1at ran . \\l' cJiscus:" l'Xrtpt ··;,(.f}uiring a ta:-.tt:· ior Franct· . Ye:-. I could di~cu~s tlw railroad traini' on whid1 1 traveled ~t·('l)tHl da--... Bttt tht·n. \\ L:, pull out a minor :- t :lp. Tlw «line:r-.. " t:re tht· ht·:-t p:.n 1 ,i tht· train. ;tltih·ll).dt their Franki ... h tt' tll}H.· r l1ri .. tle:·l :1 i.it when · :\ tlll: rn~an · · a n <I yon a -.-.l·rtl" 1 vnur ~:-m. · · jl\lfl' ·1 ] fCl~ k rt"flbt.' l) tto lil..;l· : 111y \\ · II"IL ·nnt·d that it ,,·as .,11 tla·ir hqu~rrs that tht·\· w;uk tht·ir prolit Ill 11 .t: tlilll·r~. 'r1 1 ~.,- 11 ". ,. \~:· C'f)nlrl 1 1avl· (tl~ · t. u: Jllt:al~ . 'J'\ lt· · illl"ol 1... \\' t·n · tl h ' j )\' :->, 1 \\" l" il'l(J 111 · . 1y ::' 1-") .. Enr"i"·. and ro .. t mlli··nn .:. Paris, City Beautiful 1 ,,a., ~nrrv inr th\· pt: .,pk who t.:oulJ · , 1'. I n<'it lll'r r\·;ul w·r :-pt:a.... · rt:nC.l II ·· 1 nt · "lu read it t'0\11 llPt :-pt·a,.; lt, l lL'u iairh· "dl j 11 r tran·lin~ t·urposes . Exc;. 1, 1 in the :\nwrira.n l~otc:l .. anci t. :-hopping rcntt>r. an« l \.. 0\·r.: :-. u ffll't::i, · 1 fe\V oi Olllr:-t' , Wl' hHill( \Try , 'l~), 1' 1 . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 1 pl·oplt· \\"h :· could Ul!(h:r:-t:~nd l·.n!'!' :sh: T11E Phrnu::-;: Til. · .-rari, .;z and Thi:-- wa . . also tntt·ut tht fn-11rh uoat~ ,·;.rnllir,· !" .llarhiil· .i :t··ri: .tt ' on \\"hirh \\'t' cruisl'd the· ~lt· (!nt:rran. ·l1111 lf,rtha··~n ·s t't~tf·l·/1 li· ,·f,,,·); ! l'an fur :-ixtt't'll ·lay~. .\cttr'l··ll·... To mh ,f< ·~._-,,. !,{/); · Sinrt'· lllV :t·turn. 1 ha\'_ \· . ~~- ;~rncd \~ mz th,· 1,mL· u; til,· Tl.wl!t':: at 1 my chagrm. that I :--t·nt. -.l· \_t:ral_c~nl. l.fllui r·i . 'j,,; ,·,·r rit~lrr '· frit·nd:' at lwtth' wtth llt~utnc~cnt pt...,tagt·. I am . . urt· tht·y \\un1d tor1-!in· me.· ji thl'Y had Sl'l'll how lon~ and 11id int' J·<1 " :11 h:t·l 'l·tl.! :! n· ,!1111- hanl 1 lahon·d with a \l(· .. tal l'krk to lllt·r mah.ing ;i ~tiHIO 111il , otlltt ·· tour ,lt-tt·nnin\· what tlw ratt· :oh ::mlc\ he and oi En~ lan ,; . :'rt~itllld. \\all' -. an:l how dramatically lw a ...... un-'1 liH. that lrt·Lmd. ;l!td ht· \\it' ·illq~i~ channt·cl thirtY rc:ntimt·:-. wa:- suftit·il·nt. ·and that \\it ll cn·;-y ::J t·llll"llt ,,j :t. F:·om thl' ~ah· hac) just n·ccntly htTtl ~stahe·xtcndnl f<~lln· r~:tti .. n- ·.vi:;t rhi:-- Ji .. lll·tl. . I i r it'1HI. I i.·mHl th;1t ,,.; ,;d I had :\~ j,)r Pari!'. l must cuntt·:-~ th<lt :tlrt·:Hl~· l·t·).rtl!l t· 1 ... u .. pn·t \\:"" true. nt·\' t·r wa..; ~ 1 Jthnsia ... tir alu)ut :\~tPf!!con thai tiw difft·H·n n·-- in 'l'l"l"I"IJ <llld rtb - Bonapartt·. lli~ philus·lphy ut ht<'. 1 tont !h.t: i1ad irritat\·d :Itt :tt first. IH'\'c.·r rould apprl·ciatc l?ut hl'. ccrt~m ""uld ... ttc·:l hn·omt rhc.in · de 11ant:-; i11 h· knew how to plan a l'lty. :\n odi0\1:' th, · dtanu ,.j Engli-dt Jiit . ll:,m 1 pari~on~ art· ·.n:.·;~nt_ whc:n I ~ay Tht· ··l'1HI "i tiw rt~ad" i~ t:.t "t ~>p" that I hdit'\'t' Pan~ 111 1t:-._ cmccpt10_ Il . and tlu· hl·tlll i:1 tlw road j.., "'tht turn - anc.l prl'~t·nt dc.·vdotm·cnt 1" the 11ltht ' inL!'... Y11u tlrin on ih\· kit ;end, yon! hcantiiul city I h&\\'l' c.·\·.c:r. !'c:t:n. It" . ri .. ,· in th· liit and Y~"ll .. rt:gi:"tt·r·· your ~paces arl' ~o f.!l'l!t'ron~. lh cun·e(~ "lm.rgagt·" ii ~~~u ,Jo 11111 \\i . . h to ,-arn· boulevard=-~·) ~ract·HtliY rdatt·d to.om · it. :uul tht· dt~"r-knol. i:- in tht middf(. anoth<'r, and it~ n·rdt~rt· :-O pr,JIU'"l'. .. j th~ d··nr. <tlld tlw huttn i .. n:·t ~;&It- llow is it that in Part:' trt'l':-- can ht· t'cl. :ntd tht iru it j, :-t·rvtcl at tht· t'IHI prt'!'il'f\'t·d. !>!fOwim! out oi li_nk npt·n roi tht· J.r\·:tki:.:-: and ,, ... ta·dt'ar i:-; ings in tla· sidt·walk:' t·n·n i·l the: hn,~ ! .t tr:llll . aud l't·rt·al j .. pttrricll!L allll tlh: cr.owd\·d downtt·wn :-.tr.t·l't:'. ;uu! w·· Juh· 1-tth. tht."rdorc I liked France I I I,,) '(' \\t·l: · l!l'"·'llll'cl: :\l·n!tt·r .Jt .. p- . l·1:1 ·· 1~tllrbt ,·;111 .. ,., . all tlu· -.i:l..!ht· i_n I. ·tr1~un 1r"'" hu~ . . ,·at· ollltl_ J.} IIIIIP\\ .111!-! !--!lllllt:" \\h._. "'l'lll. Ill!~ tht·lr p:trrot -hkt· .. l·lTt ht ..... uul ,o!ll· ;ma.' \\ith··ut kn11\\· in~ tit,· Briti--h nn·}'lt· .. r En!-!li .. il liit· .1t ;til. Tht: d:t _ , hdort· "' It· I: F.11gl:t111l. I ;n·uid tht· Anh·ricanizt·al in:-titn'i'""· l·c.·g;u1 t·· inl thal I \\ i .. ht·d I rnuld thinl-(s arl' ~o !'otrang(.' c·\'<'11 in En!-!lauc! : .. ray tht·rt· all :--tltn:n,·r. . Tht·u "11 tla wh'-'n· y<·n mulc.·r:'tancl tlw l:tiiJ!U:tge · , :\tlauti,· ... tt·anu:r rt turntng. I Jill'\ ;p ll··t quill" tlh· ~ \\\"!' · · tt I nar_k,·r ;1 hi~t:uit. It ;~11 lllil\ irritat~· hr-.t. hut !tkt· tan toot! that ~«IIIII grt~\\ .. :-\HT! in thl' alh)utlt. :-1' it j.., jtht t~l_l"l' littlt: rhar;c,·tni ... tir:- ,._i a llatioJ_l-., · h~t· that m tht· t·nd l·ontnhutt· hl tt~ n·..:tiul ~.·harm. lllttst ftlt tht.'nt alown. lll "u: vt_l~lt.!l"" whl'll W\' zont· a bl.wk tor hU!Olllt:~s. :\g-ain, 1 hdit·\'\.' it I" l'a:-i\·r tn make.· a r!t~· hl·antiful w.ithout ....b·_-~r~ap~·_r ... . 'llw -.vmml'tn· ,,, till' hmldmg~ \\ tth their dornwr ~<lofs. is tllll' ai thl· thi·t~:owhich n·st:o; till' t'\"\' that looks nn Outdoor Life in Enrland Pa rijio. · . likt· England hr it~ wllolt·som" 1 sh·ntl·i likt· to talk ahuut ~:tns ·_Hwlonr lift·. ~h first glitnpst."s wt·rt· taxi -("ah.;. hut t1wn I am r\:"··lHd t~ 1 i trom the..· window.o{ tht~ tritin that took (Ct,ntimu.·(l nn P;ag-t· -'UI