Europe Revised

contemplate trips abroad I shall, with their kindly permission, devote this chapter to setting

t eleven P.M. You may be going a long distance or a short one-it makes no difference; you leave at se

and tear, freightage, forwarding and warehousing bills, tips, bribes, indulgences, and acts of barratry and piracy, I should be able to laugh in the income tax's face. In this connection I would suggest to the tourist who is traveling with a trunk that he begin his land itinerary in Southern I

ce. With the exception of two or three special-fare, so-called de-luxe trains, first class over there is about what the serv

fficial who will come through the train at from five to seven minute intervals. However, he will collect only a sheet every other trip; on the alternate trips he will merely examine your ticket with the air of never having seen it before, and will fold it over, and perforate it with his punching machine and return it to you. By the time you reach

ard liberally to keep other passengers out of your compartment. He has no intention of doing so,

some one's feelings by offering a tip to the wrong person. There will not be an

ntil you reach your destination. For self-defense against the germ life prevailing in the atmosphere of the unventilate

the following morning at seven. As a starting signal the presiding functionary renders a brief solo on a tiny tin trumpet. One puny warning blast from this instrument sets the whole train in mot

are always about the baggage such crowds of persons who have the commoner initials, such as T for Thompso

wagons or dining cars, which are expensive and uniformly bad.