The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
ROUND TIE WORLD In 40 DAYS
ANY ONE CAN NOW CUT JULES
vERNE'S RECORD IN TWO.

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vERNE'S RECORD IN TWO.
Fayorite Scents Of Queens and Expresses
Saturday winston ChurchiI's Lucky
bay-The Small Pensions Of Genius
Low japanese Birth Rate-Game
laws fer French Snaiis-Physician
warns Against Peruicious Literature.
LONDON. Sept. e.-Somebody with a
liking for time table statistics has dis
covered that In the event Of the Cunard
Line using English Channel ports 1t would
be possible TO reduce by one-haf the
time taken by Jules verne's traveller in
circling the world. This 10 how the trip
could be done In forty days:
Leaving New York OF Saturday. say,
at noon. by either the Lusitsnia or the
Mauretania, q passenger would land al
Plymouth the following Thursday and
be conveyed to Waterloo station in Lon
don by the London and Southwestern
Railway either In the forenoon or al
such an early time in the afternoon as
to enable him to catch at Victoria Station
the e:s5 p. M. train for Berlin. where he
would arrive the next day. Friday. at
o:ss p. M.
He could leave Berlin at 7:l2 P. NJ. the
same day, arriving at Warsaw at SOL
A. NJ; leave Warsaw at 1905 A. NJ. and
arrive at Moscow at lao p. NJ. the next
day, At Moscow he would have ample
time to take a drive around the city be-
fore boarding the Siberian express. leay-
ing the same day at 7 P. NJ.
After q short stop at Irkutsk, which
would enable him to take in the sights,
the passenger would arrive at Vladivo-
stok the second following Thursday at
1O:tS A. M. In V~ladivostok he would
have time to rest and whatever sight
sseinr and recreation the city affords,
for the regular service to Tsuruga does
not leave that port till the following
Saturday at s P. NJ. landing him at
Tsuruga, Japan. on the Monday following
at 6 A. ID.
In Tsurga he would find q train which
would bring him to Yokohama the same
day, In time to catch the Canadian Pacific
Express steamer, which leaves Yokohama
every third Monday.
The crossing Of the Pacific requires
but twelve days. the arrival at Van
couver taking place on the following
Saturday but n 4.
At Vancouver the passenger would
again have several hours leeway. for the
Great Northern Limited train to st. Paul
does no. leave that port until 4 p. H..
arriving at st. Paul the third day at 2:l5.
and giving the passenger a few hours
to spare in that city until the departure
Of the fast Northwest Limited train for
Chicago. arriving Wednesday. early in
the morning.
At $50 p. NJ. he would board the Twen-
tieth Century Limited, the famous New
York Central train. arriving in New York
the following day tThursday) ut a%3n
4. NJ. having thus consumed a little
less than forty days for the entire circuit.
with plenty Of stops. and having covered
300 miles by rail and water.
Nor would the cost of the journey be
~exorbitant. Taking it for granted that
the Cunard Line would charge the same
r,inimum rate to Channel ports as II does
to Liverpool. the trip to London would
cost Ell. The cost OF the Journey from
London to ~vladivoCtok, including Sleep
lUR CHI, t6 dOOut 1fo. AZ iohOnNinds
including sleeping car, just over Gs.
A first class ticket from Yokohama to
New York. including Pullman cars across
America. costs q few shillinge over G55.
II &c add TO this a sum OF Go for tips,
meals on trains. hotel expenses at Nladi-
vostok, carriage from boats to trains.
and vice versa, it will he see that the
gross total Of the trip would not exceed
ci55. or about s!75.
Not to smell was the description
once given OF the best perfume for women,
but few fashionable women are content
with this negative perfection. Her own
peculiar perfume Is the jealousiy guarded
secret Of many a fashionable woman.
For royalties apparently there Is no such
secrecy.
Queen Alexandra's favorite perfume,
it is we'll known, is a certain scent which
Is a combination Of rare essences, the
secret Of which Is 30 carefully guarded
that no money a purchase the recipe.
The late Queen Victoria used this same
perfume for more than fifty years. No.
body but the manufacturer knows the
formula, but a Paris perfumer Of long
experience hes pronounced 1t a blend
Vi ia.:, :io!o:, jasmine, lavender and
orange blossom.
or all royal ladies the Czarina Is said
to be the most prodig, n in her expenditure
for perfumes, paying $40 900 a year for
scents, cosmetics, face washes, soaps
and similar articles. Her toilet table,
made OF solid silver, with feet Of mala-
chite, Ia loaded with costly bottles Of
rarest perfumes.
Her favorite Ia one Of Parma ~violets,
and at Grasse, In southern France. an
army Of girls and women are occupied
in cutting the choicest Of the flowers
specially grown for this purpose. The
maker Of the perfume Is under heavy
bonds not to let anybody else have any
Of it or know how 1t Is made.
For Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland,
to whom nature, aided by the Young
Queens love for outdoor exercises, gave
q glorious complexion. n perfume
%slfices. This is cen de cologne, which
she Uses plentifully in her cold bath cac.l
morning
A few drops Of this same perfume
Oh her handkerchief Is enough for Queen
Victoria OF Spain, who believes in clear
water and pure soap for the retaining
nf her pink and white complexion. The
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