The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-01

was allotted 70 FRENCH ~ ~ eSSoP.1.
az the cosmopolitan tongue. Speak 1t,
and you can 70 anywhere. ! have been
surprised TO lind that even in the inter-
ior Of Denmark, Sweden and Norway
there was always some person on tue
cars, who, although native there, was
able to talk to ME intelligiGly IN my
mother tongue, But while this 10 az
true, Unjust add that your comfort wiz
be greafiy increased II you know at least
n little French and German. Even lew
words will be OF immense service. II you
do not know the language when entering i!Is
country, you can soon PICK up = HUE HUE
OF It, and you had better do It. In irav,
cling through the continent would MOI
l'for any money be destitute oil some
knowledge Of the principal tongues; anu
vsi ;groEsnce OF them Is not an insuper-
abie barrier even to the comfort oil sucn
journey. u.,s
rbo ho,els on the otherside OF the
oodon ,,;fer very much from ours. Their
oSea" s are moi made by the day. You
o","t and head waiter assigns you
enter A 7, i quite the thing for the tray.
s aTV 10 90 and look at it before he takes
Il There is a certain charge made for
n according to its locality, size and the
Ike Then there is 30 much additional
for attendance. On the Continent also
one item Of your bill is for lights.
Breakfast andte Is always Ia carte, that
il YOU order in the coffee room what you
want and pay according to your order.
Dinner will DO served in the same man
ner II you wish il. But at some OF the
hotels Of Great Britain and almost uni
yersally on the Continet table fhote din
ner is set at fixed price in a room al
lotted to that meal. All who dine there
take their places at the same great table
and are served in courses, with an elabo'
rate dinner, which usually requires about
an hour for its completion. Most Amer
leans do not like the table dhote. They
object to il because II is so formal and SO
pro!racted. Il also commonly is at
late hour in the afternoon, and is ex-
tremely hearty. Bad dreams are apt to
follow. confess that rather like it.
1t is great ciyilimr. An American can
moi there bolt his food and run, even II
he il disposed 10 observe this national
custom. To u traveller, however, because
OF the hour and the length OF this meal, it
is Objectionable.
When you are about to leave the hotel
you order your bill, not ut the office, but
from the waiter who has attended upon
YOU, He takes your money, has the bill
receipted, returns you the change, and
always Is ready to accept any loose silver
which you may choose TO put into his
hands. In few Of the restaurants the
walters have no other pay than that
which those whom they serve choose TO
give them. This is not the case in the
hotels; still every employe will accept a
gratuity, and often expects it. The sys.
TEN prevails very widely in various &C.
equations, and is one Of the annoyances
OF a traveller. He never knows when he
has done the fair and honorable thing in
the way of remuneration. And 1t il a
curse 10 those who occupy these posi-.
tions. II inevitably destroys their self
respect. Your billw be itemized down
to the chops and eggs you have eaten.
Do not expect to find European hotels
which are like the best in the United
States. They do not exist. The systems
are widely different. Both have their
advantages and disadvantages. In ours
for the same amount OF money you can
live better than you can in those OF Eu-
rope; but, il you choose 10 live plainly
and cheaply, you can do it more success
fully in some parts Of Europe than in
America. Their hotels are far more
quiet than ours. We make OF ours great
carayansaries where multitudes Of people
herd together. In theirs you can be al.
most as secluded as in your own home.
One thing you will miss abroad: It is
the abundance and variety Of American
vegetables and fruits. They do not have
anything like these either in Great Brit
ain or on the Continent, and such as they
do possess they do not use 10 the extent
which they might. The American also
in summer will look in vain for the ice
pitcher. II he succeeds in obtaining u
limp OF ice as big as hens egg he is
fortunate. Indeed il he drinks water at
all at his dinner he will astonish every
body. All the rest Of the company will
Use wine or beer. Still recognize many
things which are. praiseworthy in the
Eusopean hotel system and which we
might adopt with advantage, although
as a whole our plan is the best.
t RAILwAYs.
There are no such things as our Union
railway ticket offices in the part OF
the world in which l am writing. But
Cook, and also Gaze, OF London, have
supplied the vacancy which has thus ex-
listed. You can in their Offices obtain
tickets over the principal routes Of Eu-
rope. have travelled almost exclusive.
" with Cooks tickets, and have found
them eminently satisfactory. would be
willing to pay premium in order 70 get
them Tor some Of these routes. When
not used you can return them at loss OF
ten per cent.
The rate Of speed on tue principal
railways Of England, and on some OF the
Continental roads, Is much greater than
with US. In other places Il Is slow. FIJI.
teen miles per hour is thought to be fast
running in Norway. The cars are con-
structed on different plan from that fol-
lowed in the United States. They. are
built 10 compartments, each OF which
usually holds about ak or eight persons.
There is no communication on the inside
between the compartments. The entrance
is at the sides. In Great Britain the cars
are stopped at certain stations, and the
tickets are examined and collected there
or they are given up to the guard after
YOU have left the car. On the Continen
often there are narrow board along the
outside OF the cars, and rail. Along
this board and holding to the rail the
guard makes his way as best he can while
the train is in motion, and then puts his
head in at the window and looks at your
ticket. The rope which communicates
with the locomotive Is on the outside oil
the cars, on the side, above the doors. In
Switzerland the American and European
systems have been combined. The cars
are built in compartments, but there Is
nm inside communication between them
You will look in vain for water coolers
or for water closets. The only country
in which found them on the cars was
Sweden. The baggage Is carried IN one
apartment Of passenger ca, ana may