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Show SEEMINGLY NO THRILL LEFT I Tales of Travelers Altogether Devoid f Attraction In These Daya of the Telegraph. It is & pity In some ways that travel,, even to tho uttermost pa,rte of the earth, haB beoomn in this ag;e so much a matter of" course. Not so long ago a first sight of London or Paris would bring a thrill to an American-; and a he entered into old world culture and felt Its settled traditions, he as api to be Jlfted out of himself by constant Btirprises. But now, with hundreds ol periodicals recounting and actuallj picturing the maroh of events, with the sighs of Persia and the outcries ol China heard here almost as soon at they are uttered, travel and foreign acquaintance have lost much of theli romance and refreshment. Set an Intelligent In-telligent young" American down Ie front of the Taj Mahal, and its contoui will Beem about as familiar to him ai the Metropolitan tower. Nor do vft care to havo returning travelers un burdening their exporionces to us oi flhowering us with kodak pictures W read of and look at the rest of the world in tho samo way in which we got a reckoning pf our country's doings do-ings at our morning or evening coffee. After all, It takes less than half an hour to send a message" around the world, and why should the man who has been to Shanghai foist his stale news upon us? If he has anything worth saying, let him write a book and ive will se whother we care to read It Youths Just out of college who have a craving for reel advonturo no longor think of gratifying it in travel; they seek employment In a coal mine or bo-come bo-come cowboya. |