The Washington herald., 1910-10-16

when eleven days were delightfully."- en-
ioyed. From Paris he ran down through
the chateau country and circled around
TO Boulogne. from which port he crossed
10 FoIkstone and thence to London.
"W hen / started" he said. ~ had
no charts or maps or definite programme.
] merely laid out the route between the
big cities and then let circumstances do
the rest If / were 10 go back again.
however, ! would spend more time In
England, or. rather. ] would tour through
England. Scotland. Wales. and Ireland.
/ only had four days In England and l
wanted four weeks"
Impressed by the Roads.
What are the most vivid impressions
OF your tour"
The roads. the roads. the roads, said
Mr. Stoddard. with great emphasis. Il
have always been interested In good
roads. but We hardly know in this country
what good roads mean. ! Travelled 400
miles In my automobile and l give you
my word that the roads IN Rock Creek
Park. which are the best we know any
thing about. were more than equaled
during the whole OF the ., 20 miles. Even
in the Black Forest the roads were per-
feet In Holland the roads are built OF
stone blocks and are delightful TO travel
over In France the roads are dream.
They are absolutely smooth and ALSO
lutely clean. Here is a photograph OF
road in France, lined, as most OF them
are, by beautiful poplar trees. There
was one stretch OF that road where my
odometer registered llls miles before va
came 10 even a curve, let alone a turn
and that turn was caused by a railroad
crossing. Those roads. those roads
those roads, They Will live in my mem
ory forever. The speed of the road Is
the speed OF your car One day, run
ming down through the chateau country
we started at $50 and stopped 10 inspect
two chateaus and one cathedral. and yet
when We stopped at $50 o'clock we had
run les miles. could talk about these
roads forever"
Traffic Regulations.
Did you have any trouble with tn
authorities?"
they do everything they can over Their,
10 make things pleasant and agreeable
for the automobllIst. The only exception
was In Paris. where II took me eigh
days Of red tape to get my license. Real
ly. though. except for the pleasure o
making trips 10 Versailles and other sub
urbs, didn't care much for the Pari
license. Let me tell you about Paris
The taxicabs run up and down tn
Champs d'Elysee at the rate of thirt,
miles an hour, and, as there are no spec,
limits anywhere, the French chauffeu
runs as fast as he can without incurrini
the charge Of recklessness. l take OF
my hat TO the French chauffeur / an
not a coward. but he takes chances tina
l wouldn't dare 10 take. And that re
minds me. too. that all the talk abOu
the magnificent traffic regulations abroa
can hold q candle 10 New York In thi
respect II is true that in London IN
procession OF vehicles stops when IN
I bobby holds up his hand. but even thi
does not compensate for the troubl
which is caused by stopping on the wron
side of the curb. AS for Paris. there ar
not any traffic regulations at ALL
/. Thus, for several columns, did NJ
Stoddard chat Interestingly about hi
trip. There is much more 10 tell-ho'
| he bought a luncheon basket outfit
Munich. and thereafter how he and Mr.:
Stoddard had their midday meal al fresc
along the roadside; how he brought bac
several hundred pictures OF the hote
where he stopped. and the picturesqu
scenes upon which his eyes rested; no.
| he managed TO get along. despite III
| fact that pure American was his onl
language; how he travelled by day an
found shelter by night All this, how
ever, must be left to the imagination
OF, better still. get Mr.. Stoddard to TAX
you into a quiet corner and tell you III
whole story in such a way that you az
| convinced that automobiling in EuroI
Is the greatest thing in the world.