DOING ENGLAND ON THE CHEAP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 3

DOING ENGLAND ON THE CHEAP.

(Br a Wehinoton Gibl.) Just,at this time of ycSr, when many people are starting for a trip to the Old Country, a few hints as to how they may see the most for the least expense, may be accept- , able to many, especially to girls who are travelling by themselves and trying to do it cheaply. .

.;•■: First and foremost, donot spend too much ■oil.yourfare toEngland. ■■■■ Seoond-plass fares'by; most lines cost about £40 single arid-£7O ■»terai-L-;but l -^if/ybu.--r^'d-\the.'','shipplng'..-a , di' •vertisements; carefully' you will 'see■ certain ways- of: getting Home for £30 single ' s fare.! Secondly, do not' buy anything at Colombo'or' /Tenoriffe, : as, the,, case may. be,'; for. you '■■ can get'exactly .the; same" things as the" traders : there, will:, tempt-'yon with. for lnuch .less,in I Manchester of London.' '. This,'is a hard saying, but a true one. It ; is nice to have bretty trifles -labolled "Teneriffe" or "Colombo" in -your.own'.mind, but that.imaginary ticket is .not worth.tho cost.'.-.- :■" :■■ ■_'<: •<-\i.-'.---': , Kv

, It .is; well , 'if, you can' arrange'beforehand' to: have; lodgings taken for'you by.: th'p-time you reach London, and so save'any hotel bills but, if it is'necessary to go to an hotel, select' one of the many'.where bed and breakfast can be had for 55., such as the well-known "Waverleys," which you will find all over England. :Lbdgingsican;be.'found' in the•'• West Central district :for2ss. : ; a week, with, sometimes without lunch.' In any case you will more often require to lunch out instead of returning half across London, ■ and ■Sβ it will be better, to take a room only or rdoni arid breakfast,';at-105...a .week,'.'lunching; atan:"A.B.C." or;"Lyqn , s.Cafe, ; !.one of which will be : found near wherever; you;may .be,; and where, tea. or coffee, bread.arid butter/eggs or cold, meat; can be had-for 6d.. At many small restaurants about Soho or other parts' of London you.can get dinner for. Is. or Is.6d. One advantage-of this roving is that-if you aregoing'to'the" cheap seats at atheatre with a ]ong:wait:.beforehand,' you can have your dinner in comfort near by. If two girls are seeing London, together and intend to -re- : main some time, their best plan is to take-a small flat'or furnished rooms'and "do" for ; themselves. , 'A.; tiny : flat. of : ,two. ; or. three rooms costs about. £1 a iweek,; gas for cooking and lighting comes to about 2s. 6d.-more' but divided between two the cost is little and the marketing is rather fun, while the time taken, in .'getting- breakfast 'is really ' very little..: One; advantage of this having ■ one's own domain is .that it enables one' to :take short trips about the country without paj-ing for. lodgings, twice over.: ... ■ . ; .- i W . nen , : Ravelling about EnglancL'you will nnd a little book of "Recommended Addresses," published by the "Teachers' Guild;" a most useful companion. Through it you •can'obtain cheap lodgings in any part' , of iingland, and by consulting this arid taking advantago; of cheap excursion fares whenevor possible, and-trips-of-, two" or .-three days to, say, Cambridge, Oxford, Rochester, Canterbury or. Brighton,; many pretty, spots can be viihtediat .a cost of torn £1 to 30s. each. - For longertnps in the Homeland it is best -to..book through Cook's, as they can arrange tours more cheaply than the' railway companies, though it is best to be independent of-.them as far as lodgings are concerned. A trip embracing the' English arid Scotch lakes, the Highlands, by way of the Caledonian ,Canal, Edinburgh, and the Midlands, cost just £7 each for fares, A fairly comprehensive tour of Ireland, can be. done for very little more,; and Wales can .be combined with the Irish trip, or can bo arranged for separ- : ately for about£sj including -visits to-semo spots in'.-the'South of England. All these are .naturally third-class train , travelling though first on the'boats. Most girls coin" to' England have relativos or friends to visit;and the wise virgin'will intersperse her' visits with skhtseemg, by which aho will sarevsoinjr

over the same ground twice. As.it is quite possible she may bo asked to i;o half across England for a stay of two days, the visit would prove rather expensive unless she mado a stopping-place between other visits or sights, luany excursions can be made by. the day from. different points. I'or instance, stay-in Gloucester or.'■ Leamington will afford opportunities for visiting Bath, Warwick, Bristol; Stratford-on-Avon, and the VVyo Valley, quite the finest.panorama in all Jingland, while, from Plymouth, you can visit lorquay, the Dart River, and various spots on Dartmoor.. : . ■ . ..'''

... The | problem of hotels while touring need not alarm any girl with a limited purse, lhora are many small temperance hotels all over -England,: notably the "Wayerleys," wnion are all most clean and comfortable, and charge about 3s. a night for a room and meals on the same scale. So, it two girls TW* E t e^h ffi P eM is very small. "* theY.W.CA., the Girls' Friendly, wn * & s T et,es > bave lodges ,■ in-many + K rme - r h I S a fi«° branch inDubhn. and another in York, where lodging is and tlZ 8 S - "I 8" a da y :fa - Ml board, ties alnl ?? tO - visitors - 550 * o ™' cheaper.than the ordinary boardinghouse, bhVtte ar +° a i° mM y .hostels nnd K nm« \ aturall y " e difficult to get into . and some,have restrictions which are not Thus^foVth?^ 1 W th \ mere WMlr nn th g S Cost ,15s. a mells sav in, and breaWast s y stem other :olhe?iS^ufe-t^ all heavv luggage in advance, and when tTa veiling.m Ireland never expect a raiW guard to see that your lug E a E e is d/nnS ■^^^■■^•"WbdiS P wg s^e^He-isanlnshinan.andita