The herald., 1917-10-18
TRAVEL IN EUROPE
War Time Experience of Interest
to Tourists of the Good
Old Days.
Joys AND HARDSHIpS Cited
Impression Of American Woman, Trav-
cling With Two Children, That
Second Class Was Comfort
able, Soon Shattered.

An American woman with two chill
dren recently travelled from Paris 10
Rome. As matter of economy, and
relying upon the impression gained be
fore the war that the second class was
comfortable, she travelled second class
il was comfortable in France. but when
an Italian train was taken, at Modane,
train that also accommodated local
travel, she found her company to con-
SiSt of men and women Just little
cleanly, In dress and given to eating all
sorts of food and drinking all kinds Of
wine in their seats, according TO a cor
respondent Of Railway Age Gazette.
The discomfort Of the journey was
increased when, near Turin, II began to
rain. The woman was looking out the
window watching the rain pour down
the hillsides, only as 1t seems to have
been able TO do since the war began.
when she felt some water dripping
upon her hair. She looked up to dis
cover that, through a leak in the car
roof, the rain had come in, utterly
ruined a new hat, and was busy soak
ing into her valiSeS slowed in the racks
overhead. The further the train went
the worse il rained. She went to try
70 find seats in another car. All of
them We're leaking. An appeal TO the
conductor was fruitleSs. what can
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hot during the summer it opened up
these seams in the car roofs. and they
haven't been repaired. It's war time"
and so forth.
Went to Sleep in BouIoene.
Supposing you are provided with
proper passports, you are able To buy
your railroad ticket without difficulty
and travel even through the war zones.
until you come to a frontier station.
Here your difficulties may be few or
many, according, not to your passports.
but to your luck. knew one man who
went from Italy to England and back
again and his only unusual experience
was this: At BOulogne he went TO bed
on board a channel boat expecting to
wake up the next morning at Dover.
He woke up once or twice during the
night, heard the usual splashing Of wa
ter through the portfolio, and promptly
went to sleep again, unafraid Of sub
marines. Shortly after daylight he
woke up, looked out and saw that the
vessel was tied up to a dock. He
dressed, packed his valise and went
upon deck, ready to go ashore. There
he saw the same dock he had seen the
night before he went to bed. Surprised.
he asked If the vessel had been forced
to put back to BOulOgne during the
night. "She hasn't left the dock at
ALL" he was told. "Her departure has
been postponed until tonight. Mean
while you passengers must go ashore
and report to the police station" The
man spent a dull day and finally did
arrive at Dover the next morning.
On the other hand, at the frontiers,
many people, especially women, have
which to some Of them are
particularly dreadful. Many Of the
spies used by both sides In the war
have been women. Consequently all
women are apt to be subjected to
search at the frontiers, no matter in
which direction they may be going.
Customs officers have been made wary
by multitudes Of tricks. Thus 1t being
as a matter Of national econo-
ny for persons to take gold coin out Of
France into Italy. or out of Italy into
France. or any other country. a poor
woman carrying a basket Of eggs re-
Gently was stopped at Modane. Inspec-
ton of the basket revealed under the
eggs 10000 lire In gold 1t is not I'M
usual for country women to carry
baskets of eggs or chickens, but the
trick of one has since made the
frontier difficult for the others.
A distinguished French woman, who
had spent some months in Italy, stimu-
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