Show CONDENSED HER OUTING plucky stenographers era pilgrimage to ron don and parla la three week time it takes a new york girl to overcome obstacles says helen combes in kate fields washington one of them who seaming her living as s stenographer has been for a long time saving her spare money with a view to visiting europe this year she had enough when vacation time came to carry out her cherished project but alas she bound that not a day over three weeks leave of absence would be granted her she did not dare throw ap her position as she knew from experience that good places are hard to get eight here is where most girls would have given in to the force of circum stances and spent the vacation in america not so the plucky little stenographer she left the office a saturday morning in august went on board one of the fast steamers and in exactly a week landed in liverpool taking a night train she arrived in london bright and early sunday morning and proceeded to do the town she saw the tower westminster st pauls houses of parliament the national gallery and a host of other things before leaving on monday night to make her way Pari sward crossing on the night boat she arrived in paris tuesday and spent two clear days sightseeing notre dame versailles pere la chaise the louvre the morgue the champs an evening at the grand opera and numerous other diversions occupied to the full the time she spent in paris leaving there in time to reach dieppe thursday night she crossed re the channel arrived in london friday took the train for liverpool and had several hours there before boarding the lucania on its baided westward trip she arrived in new york saturday september 9 and after spending sunday quietly turned ap as bright as a button at business monday morning thac ambitious young woman did not boast of her flying trip but somehow the facts leaked out on the steamer and were considered too good to keep |