New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
UIben Touring in France
w omen May Travel by Automobile with Small lncon
veniencc and Much Enjoyment
BY BLANCHE M'MANUS.

along the most luxurious line OF resorts In the
world IL is remarkably 1t worked out az a
trfe s. day head, not including Monte
Carlo tea on the terrace.
The selection Of chauffeur for the wO1nans
automobile tour II quite an important n"tser but
class the French chauffeur viii be found 20 be
quite reliable person. chauffeur engaged TO
drive party OF women about should - dur mn
pressed at the beginning OF the Journey that their
interests his and that ne VIII nos be allowed
TO put those OF the garage propr!eto-s AMI hotel
first: that IL Is his business 70 take SOU where
you so. we'll with respect 20 hotels as
places A polite. diplomatic chauneur-and that Is
what they when they know their business to-
day-wiii seek TO make everything run smoothly
just AS soon as he scents an honorarluin as MS
possible due az the end OF the tour. Ysu have only
to hint such possibility: he Will do che rest.
Mako II liberal enough. 40 60 francs FOR week
or ten days. and your chauffeur w'u give UP all
thoughts Of trying 70 wheedle commissions counted
in sous out OF hotel and restauran. Keepers, and
Will be your friend instead OF theirs
Lead your chauffeur into the bvrosis whenever
you feel like II, for they invariably excellent
in France. and mind his preferences for
ia srande route" You will enjoy some morning
or afternoon ride much under shess conditions
than II you made Ia visesse'' by SON, bee-lins
Route Nationals.
As regards luggage. the viii behave much
better. and viii the chauffeur X suitcase each
be the limit.
The most lelsureiy tour In any "a. ct Franc.
Will scarce put than three DAVIS distant
from a base Of supplies where one can leave heavy
luggage, or have II sent on by railway baggage
accompanies" the surest way OF making con-
nections with one, belongings. Petit, vtesse''
and "srande vitesse" already ansiGl,ated when
IL comes 10 this method.
The spectacle OF dusty trunks being unstrappsd
and carried into hotel each night only TO be c,r-
ried out again the next morning and strapped on
again unopened IL a common sight IN the places
where automobiles most do consresate. One starts
out braveiy with the idea OF dressing for dinner"
but a hundred kiIomstre ride. with two or three
chateaus. a church two, etc, thrown IN soon
drives away any such inclination. My advice to
women motorists is 70 keep away from such hotels
as make this tax upon cne's energies obligatory.
Great palace hotels alike the world over
whether they be In Monte Carlo Vleana London
or San Francisco. and X VOC want really 10 know
France keep TO the small country hotels and Won
Will fare batter-leaving price the question
than in the more splendid establishments
Acquire some knowledge OF French, no matter
how little nor how poor In quality. Willis Il 81
possible that your chauffeur will speak some kind
OF English IL Will make you more indepenIent OF
him and prove much 10 your advantage on many
occasions 10 be able TO speak words Of French
assertion that one hears English spoken wherever
one goes IN Europe. Everywhere some people go !!
AT all the stock tourist places hotel director will
be found and stray waiter two. and probably
the hall porter. who knows English OF a sort but
for the most part the kind OF English I'm which an
extended conversation be carried on is of a rar-
ity all over Europe, and beyond phrases and mono.
syllabes II comes suddenly a dead stop. For
the most part, English Is still dead language in
the countryside OF France. there least French
is necessary IL one would enjoy II 70 the tuIL One
goes touring in search OF the picturesque and the
novel, SO carry q simple French and English phrass
book along with the suiasoooks and maps. II Will
- useful.