QUAINT TOURISTS.
Two Dutch newspaper men have deserted their profession in order to see the world. They rejoice in the names of Piscuisseaud Blockziji, and since leaving the.lr native Holland they have adopted sj;rppt 3pd popart singing as a means of parpipg ttye money to enable them to travel. "iy tourist who heard them sing, and con* tributed a mark to their, exchequer, wonders what would happen if all th? groups which are now Staking the world tour in gcpentric fashion were to meet. He recalls the fact that last year he met a man, bis wife and a dog who bad started for the end of the earth and return, and the couple were working their way by mending umbrellas. Au American youth is making the trip selling newspapers, and a man, a woman and a donkey turned up in Vienna earning their travelling bv the vending of p6stcards. The wander-lust still moves men in strange ways,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1099, 20 May 1913, Page 4
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158QUAINT TOURISTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1099, 20 May 1913, Page 4
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