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hind. Stock up on heavy flannels a

t any American who appeared at a frontier without a passport would be h

experiences by reading a small handbook of advice. The topics were arranged alphabetically, and the specific information set out under each heading was more valuable

e country. A passport is always valuable as an identification when money is to be drawn on a letter of credit. Very often it will secure for the bearer admission to palaces, gallerie

nt for passports before we b

d seals and curly-cues. But for splendour of composition and majesty of design, the passport makes all other important documents seem pale and pointless. There is an American eagle at the top, with his trousers turned up, and beneath is a bold pronouncement to the world in general that the be

sult or an impertinent question he could flash it forth and say: "Stand back! I am an American citizen!" After a week in London w

ached out a little scoop shovel loaded with

much as a glance at them. I said to one banker: "We have our passports in case you require any ident

his was sheer courtesy on his p

that we could smile coolly and say: "Look at that," at the same time handing him the blue envelope. Then to

day or other one of us would approach the entrance to a palace and that a gendarme woul

visitors,

l, mon

, do you kno

monsi

closed until you find out. I am an American.

erican would pass in, while a large body of English, Fre

the gendarme who was to be humiliated, we discovered that we couldn't speak his language, and, besides,

, Italy, and France, crossing and recrossing frontiers, and we never enc

d get a few hearty laughs. Suppose he wishes to send a message to his brother in Toledo. The code permits him to concentrate his message into the tabl

are engaged and will be read

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theatre, Illaqueo-Have a fly at the stati

out of order. Del

you obtain

ey wanted to cable Iowa to have his Masonic dues paid and let Bill Levison take the river farm for another ye

from Plymouth to London he was working on a cablegram to his wife. When he turned it over to

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y and seemed to be

ave by having a co

am think when h

ress. 'Liz' for Lizzie and 'Cam' for Campb

bout a buckwheat hobgoblin h

the code. When my wife gets that cable she will look up those words one

us the f

ings considered. We had only two days of inclement weather and I was not seasick at any time. We saw a great many porpoises, b

as a letter," said

words," said Cupple. "I wou

er know how many knots we made each day?" ask

he said that the cablegram had g

ast word of the message as "auspicious" instead of "suspicious." A refer

e acquaintance of sev

lower the boats. The passengers were in a panic, but the captain coolly restrai

had enjoyed the voyage and escaped seasickness, but she did not like to leave him on the deck of the ship with a lot of women and children stepping

t she could not find in the code a

o London, and when Mr. Cupple coun

ht. Igno