London, Aug. 10.
One is frankly surprised to find the morning paper: coming out vith exclamations of amazement! at the information imparted to them by the Gentlemen Who Personally Conduct Tours, that it is getting quite common for women of all classes to travel.abroadj unattended. If they really feel astonishment, they know very little about seaside life, to begin with, or about Continental travel. Tu this country we are very rapidly following on American lines, where the menfolk either have to stay at home and work, or if they can take a holiday, devote them selves to golf, while their womenfolk suit themselves in their own way. The old idea of the family departing en masse to the same seaside where they always have been for years is quite exploded. Last Saturday was the eve of Bank Holiday, and in chronicling the departures from the—stations the newspapers called attention to one aspect of the exodus which admittedly jis: noticeable—*Where, were the men?" They never seem to go with the family now, or possibly they motor or ride down in preference to travelling by train.
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