Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-14

sidered an essential part o. the prepara-
tion for the trip. Some books go a great
deal further and prescribe a rudimentary
knowledge of physics and chemistry IN
order that the traveller may have no diff
ficulty translatinR the temperatures
registered by Reaumur and centigrade
thermometers into terms Of our own
Fahrenheit
How and when 20 Fec.
Closely allied with this Is the necessity
Of starting out with clear understanding
OF the English private-house feeling sys-
tenn. Herein, you soon discover, your
friend with a fondness for the big pond
must have encountered no end Of embar-
rassment
England" your guide-book authority
telsl you. rs the land OF tips. You cannot
escape them II you try a weekend. Sat
urday TO Monday at a private house OF
no great pretension will cost the casual
visitor about $50. whether men servants
OF maid servants are employed"
There follow simple directions: Two
shillings and six for housemaid and
butler. In the absence of butler, his fee
goes TO the parior maid, with two shill-
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the boy. You should allow about s. a
week for such items. for the book says.
English servants carry your luggage and
things and, consequently, expect II. Fee
them even II the hostess puts a notice in
your room asking you not to do It; you
will usually be successful" says the rule
book.
BY the time you have got this far, you
wonder whatever your untutored friend
did when he had crossed the big pond and
found himself smack up against the door
Of an English private house with maid
servants and manservantH and buffers
and boys and parlor-maids itching - oee
how well prepared he was As a week.
ender he must have cut sorry figure
Doubtless, he could not even tell what
the temperature was In Fahrenheit dur
ing his whole stay, and when the hostess
asked him what the average depth Of the
Dead Sea was his sense OF unprepared-
ness must have been complete.
The last two Of the ten or twei, = weeks
now required for preparation may be
spent in reading books OF history about
the countries you plan to visit, and in
having your shoes repaired and one or
two extra pair OF eyeglasses made Mote:
II you do not happen to wear glasses
extra pairs may be dispensed with, al
though you will need a new oalr OF rub
bers, anyway The extra glasses are
recommended. not because servants In
England or the continent expect You TO
have them, but because you might break
pair A, say, and then, n you had no Others
you'd have to go to some German or
French or Italian oculist for a new par
And that would be a difficult thing To do
since the only conversations that the
guide books permit you to carry on In 8
foreign tongue have to do with POSTAGE
stamps, railroad trains museums, cathe.
drals. days OF the week. soap, wash r.
women. buttons, sausage, wine lists. art
galleries, sealing wax. and bootmakers.
To repeats therefore, extra glasses should
be taken by all save those who 10 not
wear glasses at ALL
The new pair OF rubbers is ADVISED be-
cause or the possibility of ran, and the
danger Of damp feet Old rubbers or
slightly worn rubbers will do-provided
they last out the trip-but In any case
you should take rubbers because over
there they are sometimes hard 10 buy
and usually expensive.
II is much the sGIne with shoes Have
them In first-class condition before YOU
start Tourists shoes do not command
the respect OF all European bootmakers
and you run the risk of getting them
back with paper soles IL you take them
TO be repaired
'Soles made of paper in place of leather
ere not nnknOuvu
New York Post.