La Junta tribune., 1908-10-17


London from Paris. BY express. and
am carrying only my hand grip. I
went into the custom house. placed
my grip up on the counter. holding
the key In my hand. ready to unlock
1t and exhibit Its contents. were It
required. but the inspector came
along. looked at It, then at me. gave
It chalk mark and went on. That
was all that has ever been requir-
ed Of me, in all my travels, 80 far.
I have had no trouble with anybody.
since ] came to Europe. and have
been treated with the utmost kind
ness and courtesy. by all the Of
ficials ! have met One has only to
be frank and courteous to them, pay
them the respect their official posi-
ton entities them to receive. and be
courteous and respectful and polite
to everybody and everything will be
pleasant and people will always be
ready and willing to do him any favor
he may need or wish to receive.
Just before l left Paris. a lady with
two manageable daughters and thre
young sons fresh from college, an
American lady, who was making her
fifteenth tour of Europe $50 she saidl
was unburdening herself-and all the
family joined In, too-at the upper
table. Of her great misfortune. be-
cause one small trunk was being held
in Paris, by the customs officers. 1
quickly learned. she had started out.
In her first encounter. by telling
the officers what they should do and
what she was going to do Well.
she discovered that she could not
tell them their duty and that she
could not tell them their duty and
that she could not do just as she
wanted to do. The officers stood upon
their full authority and she did not
get her trunk. Had she handed the
officers her trunk key. at the very
first, or offered to unlock 1t. there
would have been no difficulty. but thu
officers would have assisted her In
any way she may have needed.
| CD Oue " UC hio buoAN
sharply to make no mistakes in trav-
elm, when he does not know the Ian
guage of the country. I have not
yet missed a train or made a mis-
take In taking a train. although l
have come within hairs breadth.
more than once. Il. changing cars
at Rosendach, l mad. after passing
through the custom house to go to
another place, to take my train for
Utrecht. hurried, as l had but a
minute to make the change. and l
found my train, just In time to go
aboard. do not depend upon any
inquiry. lest l may have misunder-
4 stood the directions or may have
been misdirected. came still near
er missing my train At Urecht. the
i day following. I showed an official
4 my ticket At the platform-there are
several tracks-and trains for differ.
4 ent places-and he motioned In di.
rection further and said something
in Hollandish, In which he said.
"Uhr," Q clock. saw the clock
and went where 1t was. ] saw no
train, after waiting a short time. 30
I went and found another official and
showed him my ticket. He came
with me, showed me the entrance
into . subway. just around the cor
ner near the clock, and went down
into It and crossed under the tracks
to another place, where my train was
| Just ready to start. ] did not have
fifteen seconds to spare. In Ger
many, no one is ever permitted to
cross q railroad track, and 1t is
the same In Holland, not SO, however
in Italy, France, Switzerland or Bel
GUM. II no difference. how many
| trains come into 4 depot, you can
| not cross one track to reach a train.
go down subway under the tracks
and come up at the proper track or
| platform. One day we were chang
ing cars at Wurtemburg. Germany,
saw a man, a little distance from me.
| beyond several tracks, driving fine.
white shoat, holding a rope tied to
its hind leg. l thought | would take
picture of the man driving the
pig. SO took my kodak and ran
across where he was. The pig was
like all pigs, when you drive 1t, its
head Is turned towards you on the
other end. This pig ran here and
there, SO that was SO busy and in
terested In getting in proper posi-
ton for the picture, that did not
hear the policeman calling after me
and warning me TO come back. and I