VIII.-Outfit of a Tourist.

To begin with, a moderate amount of baggage or luggage as it is called in Europe, should be taken, rather than much. However, some writers recommend the contrary. Washing is so cheap, and at the hotels is done upon short notice so quickly, in one night even, that one can keep himself presentable at all times, with a small number of changes. Our convenient paper collars and cuffs cannot be found abroad with any degree of certainty-hardly anywhere could I find them.

To travel with luggage is a much more perplexing matter in Europe than in America, owing to the absence of a convenient system of checking. It is costly, too, as the luggage must be handled by a porter at every change, if it be too heavy for the tourist to do it himself. It is expensive from another standpoint, an extra amount of baggage is always subject to special rates of charge for transportation. The following will explain this, and will aid those who desire to have some idea of the charge for excess luggage In England, about 100 lbs. of luggage are allowed free transportation; in Germany, 50 lbs.; in Austria and Russia, 55 lbs.; in France, Spain and Sweden, 66 lbs. One-fourth the third class maximum fare is changed in Austria for 60 lbs. of excess luggage; in Bavaria, for 50 lbs. ; in France for 62 lbs. ; in Switzerland for 52 lbs.; in Würtemburg for 40 lbs. In Belgium and Italy the charges for luggage are very high; no free allowance is made, and the extra charges on heavy

luggage sometimes exceed the fare of the tourist who travels with it.

For the ocean passage the tourist must provide himself against high winds, steady and strong winds, cold and balmy winds, sunshine that will burn the face, perhaps, rain and sleet if the year be so timed, and stormy clouds. Hence his clothing should be warm, as the ocean is cool even in summer time, the temperature grows very perceptibly colder from New York out, after passing the Gulf Stream. Returning, the reverse is true. The clothing should be ample to guard against chills, for colds, and severe ones, can be contracted on the ocean, notwithstanding the often-repeated assertion that colds cannot be incurred on salt water.

Outside wraps, shawls, overcoats, caps, hoods, worsted leggins and rugs, are so necessary to protection from the severe weather that the comfort they bring more than compensate for the trouble of encumbering one's self with them. Upon reaching port these extra goods can be left until the tourist returns, either at the office of the steamship company or at some hotel in the city where landed. They will be entirely safe in either case. It is well to have some suitable and cheap box-trunk for holding these clothes; yet they can be simply wrapped together and bound with a strap. Before being thus stored away they should be duly aired that they may be properly dried from the moisture of the sea air.

As Scotland and England are subject to so much of rain-fall it is a desirable thing for a tourist to have with him, a thin, light, rubber overcoat and leggins. The light, gossamer rubber cloaks for ladies are very valuable garments. The only safe way to travel in these countries is to go

prepared for rain at any time, either with or without warning. The English have this saying to tourists in their own country: "If the sun shines take your umbrellas, and if it rains do as you please." It is said that gentlemen can buy their rubber goods generally more reasonably over the water than here, but the ladies' cloaks should be purchased before starting as they cannot be readily found there. These rubber goods are occasionally very convenient while on the ocean, as in the case of a rainy time.

Tourists possessing the rubber goods really need no umbrellas, yet they are, especially for ladies, a convenient article. The best umbrella for the traveler is the silk one, of a size which fits it for protection against both rain and sunshine. Not being wanted on shipboard they are best purchased in Europe when needed.

Tourists cannot be too well bred in the matter of dressing, either while on shipboard or on land. While neatness and taste are always in order, it certainly looks very vulgar and weak to display fine goods out of time. I have seen costly dresses thus exhibited on the ship, and soon ruined by coming in contact with some drippings or washes from the machinery. It is said that the sea air is harmful to some of the finer goods, as light colored silks. It is customary, perhaps, on board some ships, for a few of the passengers to appear in full dress at the dinner, or table d' hôte. This, however, is a fashion which no one, under all the circumstances of an ocean voyage, need be bound to follow, whether the tourist be a lady or gentleman. Plain, substantial, well-fitting and appearing, and comfortable clothing is all that need appear on the voyage. This is also all that is demanded on the land journeys, unless the tourist

attends receptions, formal dinners and the like, when the customs of the occasion should be heeded.

A most valuable and necessary article to possess is a good small field, or large opera-glassone with strong powers of definition, and of long range of sight. It should have a strap attached by which it can be carried over the shoulder. A pocket-compass is almost invaluable—any cheap one, so that be tolerably accurate in its workings. To be able to determine readily the points of the compass is a great aid to a correct understanding of the situation when in any given locality. Tourists need shoes or boots that are neither new nor old, but entirely "broken in," so that walking can be done with ease all day upon the stone pavements, if need be, and as is so often the necessity in the cities. Hardly a worse thing can befall a traveler than to be compelled to "break a pair of new boots while out sight-seeing.

For the land journeys, to guard against the chillness of the evenings and the mornings, there should be worn all the while clothing good for warmth, including light flannel underwear, and also an extra cape, shawl, or light overcoat should be provided.

In some of the Continental cities travelers will profit by observing that the resident inhabitants seek the shady side of the streets, of walls, and the like, instead of walking along under the full blaze of the hot sun.

For the daily traveling, the tourist should have by him no luggage except what he can carry readily in his hand, if he does not care to be annoyed and fretted by anxiety for it, as he is going from point to point rapidly, by all sorts of

conveyances and under all grades of sky. One of the very handiest of articles for carrying hand luggage is a brown linen sack, cylindrical in shape, fifteen or twenty inches long, closed at the ends, opening the whole length, being furnished with buttons and button-holes for closing it, and is carried by means of a shawl strap having a handle. This is a kind of omnibus arrangement, that will hold less or more, and almost anything. It is better than a sachel or valise, ordinarily, as it is small if only a little be in it, and it readily expands upon demand.

Another suggestion is ventured, although it does not appear gallant-it is that in a mixed company of ladies and gentlemen upon a tour, the ladies do their share in caring for the hand luggage. This is quite essential in many of the excursions where there is a crowd to jostle and perplex the tourist, as so often happens in Europe, and no time can be lost to attend to ladies, who should assist rather than hinder expedition upon such occasions.

It happens not unfrequently in summer time that, during the ocean voyage, the skin of the face literally peels off, leaving the face tender to the touch, the winds, and the rays of the sun, and that sometimes while traveling on the land, especially in the mountain regions, the sun and the winds burn the face. Lotions are needed upon these occasions. The following will be found valuable both as a preventive and as a cure: Glycerine and camphorated ice. Spectacles of common smoked glass will be found serviceable to protect the eyes on the sea as well as on the land.

Should the tourist meet a mosquito that should honor him with its bill, he can correct the irritant by bathing the mutilated parts with milk and vin