The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-07

then it went off with all the noise and
water-raising that lively mine isl
expected to produce. Luckily it did
no great damage, though it shook upI
the ship and gave the passengers al
fright from which it will take them q
long time to recover. The most Sc
riously Inconvenience person accord
ing to reports was a lady who was
taking a bath The bathtub cracked
and all the water ran out. Her state
of mind may be imagined. They do
not as rule have life preservers in
bathrooms.
When | have time-if ever | do
have-I shall write three articles. One
will be on the difficulties of writing
under present conditions. Another will
be on the difficulty of crossing from
tiers and third will be on the con
fusion of changing money.
AS to the last topic | have travelled
with five different varieties of money
French in another, Dutch in a third
Belgian in fourth and German in
fifth. One must remember which peck
eft to go for, otherwise there would be
trouble. Mr.. Bryan might like to
to know what an open sesame gold
piece of any coinage is.
Speaking of working, correspon-
dent must do his best under any and
all adverse circumstances. The i'm
portant thing for him is not to attrac,
attention to himself by his working.
He may have to scribble in cafe, in
a dimly lighted hotel room, on rail
| al ha
roadside And one does not always
have an ample supply of paper.
| have spoken of losing my notes.
| As matter of fact. they were few in
number and in shorthand Ineligible
only to myself OF course, this tsh ort-
hand might increase the suspicIch, if
any suspicion were entertained, that
one was spy. 1t is much the best
plan de beste, as the Dutch would
say--te make no notes at all, but rely
on memory. The hardest thing about
i this memorizing is the matter of adj
dresses. / am on my way to Brussels
with messages from the American em
bassy at London. Most of these mes
sages are, for reason which may be
understood, verbal, and they involve
addresses, the thought of which haunt,
me day and night. l have just rur
over them and they ALL are in my
mind, but will they be tomorrow?
make myself believe they will be.
When the time comes to frame :
TRULY international language, | sug
gest that 4 committee of European
walters be selected to attend to tn,
. matter, l know of no people wh'
would be more competent. 1t is amaz
- ~
l walters have. They are twentieth cen
fury towers of Babel. | have heard
Z waiter turning from table to tabl
4 converse fiuently in four languages
T One wonders how they manage to es
:. cape being taken into the universitie
a as instructors. Doubtless the profes
! sion of a waiter is more remunerativ
than that Of professor.
5 The Amsterdam taxis are remark
t able affairs, resembling an automobil
/ drav in front and at the rear bein.
e like unto landaulet. Altogether eae
e taxi is a veritable juggernaut, and til
# people dash from the narrow street
t when they hear the horn.
J. One more word and this letter
IS done 1t is on the marvellous DARN.
& not to say foolishness, of the Amer
! can business representatives in Europ
o at this time What these men will d
3 in seeking Cuisines almost passe
!. comprehension. Day before yesterda
l talked with man who, despite a
warnings, was gaily on his way b
train and motor car from Roosendaa
II Holland, to Brussels. Today / Ia
y converse with another traveller WI
IL was promoting pulmotor to resus
y tate the wounded. He was, it may
n mentioned incidentally, from Chicag
Ip His general idea was to go to Antwel
5 and then to go over the Belgian ba
| tlefelds. If he goes he had bett
r carry his own pulmotor with him, wit
L instructions in German for its use.
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