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Sherman Must Rest or Go Blind

united states senator Lawrence
Y. Sherman of Illinois, has given out
the statement In Springfield that he
Is facing this alternative: A years
complete rest or blindness. Special
lists have told him that he has almost
worn out his eyes from overwork,
and that he must quit work or lose
his eyeslght. This undoubtedly ex-
plains Senator Sherman's attitude
during the last session of congress
when he more than once threatened
to withdraw from the political field
at times when debate waxed warm in
party council.
Senator Sherman was elected
senator March %, 1918, to fill the I'M
expired term (l913-15) of William
Lorlmer; he was reelected for the
term 1852. His term therefore ex-
pires March next. Representative
William B. Mckinley of Champaign.
nineteenth Illinois district, has been
nominated by the Republicans as
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lya Tolstoy Marries Again

Count Ilya Tolstoy, son Of Count
Leo Tolstoy, was married to Nadine
Pershina, said to be Russian coun-
tess, at the city hall in Newark, N. j.,
by Mayor. Charles P. Gillen. Both
were married before and according
to their application for a license had
been divorced on the same day, July
%, 1920. 1t was said that the count
met his bride on the Galiclan front
during the war while the countess was
engaged in Red Cross work.
Neither the count, who gave his
age as fifty-four, nor the bride, who
said she was thirty-four, would dis
cuss their personal affairs after the
ceremony.
II want no publicity" he said. II
will answer no questions. 1t is our
own business"
Mrs. Tolstoy's former husband
was Nickolai Pershina. Mr.. Tolstoy's
former wife was Sofia Philosofo.
Gustav HIrshovits, vice consular
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Walker Seott's
education as q re-
nance writer be-
gan while he was
q child IL can be
traced even to his
cradle, for he was
sung to Hseep mot
with luHabies but
with the hhliMsg
songs Of the exiBed
Stuarts. AZ soon
M he could un-
derstaDd stories,
his GRANDMOTHER
and aunt poured
into his eager ears
tales OF border
warfare and Old
Scottish ballads.
He was q sick
~ child, and this
resulted IN q per-
nanent RnzxseneSs.
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the game that gives me freedom On
death IN played out by the hands Of
othersl Look from the window once
again, kind maiden, but beware that
You are not marked by the archers be-
meath. Look once more, and tell me n
they yet advance to the storm"
With patient courage Rebecca again
took post at the lattice.
"What dost thou see, Rebeecaf'
again demanded the wounded knight.
Nothing but the cloud Of arrows
flying SO thick as to daze mine eyes,
and to hide the bowmen who shoot
them"
'That cannot endure" said Ivanhee;
eff they press MT right ON to carry the
castle by pare force Of arms. the arch
cry may avsil but little against stone
walls and bulwarks. Look for the
knight Of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecea,
and see how he bears himself; for as
the leader IL, so win his followers be-"
II see him not" said Rebecea.
"Foul craveni" exclaimed Iyanhoe,
~does he blench from the helm when
the wind blows highest7"
HE blenches notl He hlenches
not !" said Rebecca. II see HIM now |;
he leads a hody Of men close under
the outer barrier of the barbican. They
pull down the piles and palisades;
they hew down the barriers with axes.
His high black plume floats abroad
over the throny, like raven over the
field Of the slain. They have made q
breach In the barriers--they rush in
they are thrust back. Front-de- Boeuf
heads the defenders; see his gigantic
form above the press They throng
again to the breach, and the pass Is
disputed hand to hand, and man to
man. God Of Jacob It Is the meeting
of two fierce tides-the conflict Of two
oceans moved by adverse windsI"
She turned her head from the lattice,
as II unable longer to endure q sight
so terrible.
'Look forth again, Rebecca," said
Ivanhoe, installing the cause Of her
retiring; 'the archery must in some
degree have ceased. since they are now
fighting hand to hand. Look againi
there Is now less danger"
Rebecca again looked forth, and a.
most Immediately exclaimed: Holy
prophets Of the lawl Frontde-Boeuf
and the Black Knight fight hand to
hand on the breach. amid the roar Of
their followers, who watch the prog
ress of the strife. Heaven STRIFE with
the cause Of the oppressed and the cap
tveT She then uttered loud shriek.
and exclaimed, HE Is down-he b
down.
swho Is DOWN. cried Iyanhoe; .for
our dear lady's sake, ten me which
has fallen"
'sThe Black Knight" answered Re-
becca family; then instantly again
shouted with eagerness: but no.
but mol The name Of the Lord 81
Hosts be blessedi he Ii on foot agnin,
and fights as II there were 20 mems
strength In his single armi Rs sword
Is broken; he snatches an ax from
yeoman; he pushes FroDAdeBOeuf
with blow on blow-the giant stLoIa
and totters Ike an oak under the steel
Of the woodman. He fails-he falls ]
/. The Black Knight approaches
the postern with his huge ax-the
laundering blows which he deals-you
may hear them above all the din and
shouts Of the battle. Stones and
beams are hailed down on the bold
champion: he regards them no more
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the then king discharge Vladslaw
Poeski, claimed be her ancestor.
Meanwhile Philadelphia Joseph Gross attempting
the the Polish adventu This
Burnsky fighting the Russian hordes
Revolutionary fame He who lives their
impoverished Poland.
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old Police Dennis
mayors personal aid the witnesses The bride gave M
address 235 Washington home Mr. Hrshovi Count Too
his lecturer and his Brewster N
When Count Tooy 1916 lecture the life and
his father contributed
newspapers, mostly ant situation.
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hadfought
1883 brought
parents 1859 He schooling Illinois institutions
1ss690 He
speaker Illinois 1908 of Illinois
Sherman married
and s a widower
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Valuable Discovery.

An ell obtained from stumps OF ~
pine trees has been found 70 I've vuiw--
able for Fecoverine silver from p.
verized ere hy the 6otation process
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headquarters has been Simply that acted
held itself the
partment through be secretary the
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ND I must lie here like q
bedridden monk II ex-
claimed Iyanhoe, '.whIle
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panies alternating and, at need' pu.-
ting on an extra plane or so, are, one
way, 300 francs $50 today, $ls yes
terday. and perhaps s23 tomorrow, az
pending on the vagaries OF eHcnaHseI.
Go-and-return, $50 francs-and IL Is
a notable fact that such excursion
tickets are the most popular: Iney
indicate, in spite Of their name, tne
hurried business man ana not tne
sassy tourist. Commercial freignts
are cheaper. notably. than on aa as
London, in this. that the rate de-
creases on a sliding scale. to francs
so per ki1o beyond twenty kilos.
Bayonne- Bilbao (Spain) has been
operating since June 81. 1920. one trip
daily in each direction. quitting Bay
onne at am. and Bilbao at ) pm.
The same machine often does both
trips. but there is a continuation to
Santander. Bayonne- Bilbao is less
than 100 miles. in balmy. still air
above beautiful coast where oak
into the water and red cliffs shine
above purple waves. The ticket is
$50 Spanish francs. one way. say, S23,
by the mysteries of exchange.
Paris-Lille and Paris-Cabourg are
done by the same planes of the Paris
fifteen French air companies and as
many English devoted to local in
terror travel, tourist work and joy
rides as reasonable as 81 per whirl.
Others (utilizing modified war plans)
are going in for freight. One-the
Aerienne Francais-does nothing but
take Photographic views from on
Highland finds it a money-making
proposition. In England. an aircraft
company, doing a large passenger
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about $50 miles between breakfast
and dinner and taken $500 francs
(say, $470) in fares alone. tOf course,
$500 francs means more than $47O
in Paris-London, notwithstanding
arithmetic and the II. c. l., because
the franc and the pound are the
local bases, say what We please and
go broke as We mayo In addition,
there is the freight, the mail-car-
rying and the system of kilometric
to encourage the establishment of air
lines.
The London Australia raid by Ross
Smith, second pilot, and two mech
anicians established definitely, they
say. that it is possible to utilize avia-
ton for transocean travel For the
transatlantic trip, does it not point
as straight to the Sergass sea sta
tons, though they may cause more
than one reader to smile, if he has
not personally visited the regions!
Ross Smiths longest nonstop flight
above the ocean waves. on his way
to Australia. was S68 miles. And
bon crossing of our own Lieut.. Read
with warships watching at sta
ton intervals) point to any different
transatlantic route than one that can
be established with stations in
island region Of southern calm?
If it be true that the grand period
of commercial aviation awaited the
appearance of machines whose motors
can be watched and cared for in full
flight, no confidence in the motor, in
our days. is likely to replace entirely
the passengers repose of mind in the
ing the channeD and the sidestepping
of the rage of air and ocean in lati-
tudes Of warmth, stiffness. repose,
placidity. STERLING HELLO.
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FINANCIAL.
Luxury and Safety of
Europe's Big Air Liners

Malaga. and cross the Mediterranean
in the afternoon. to land at RANGERS
2:30 pm. at Rabat pm. and sleeI
at Casablanca And the next das II
you wish. you can jump on TO Marra
koch, and then over the Atlas noun
tains into the uncharted sands OF the
Taflelet. This latter trip, year ago
afoot, took all the courage OF sea-
soned explorers.
1 added that any one can GO IT TO-
day, at an expense of 1000 francs
(Toulouse- Rabat. 1850 kilometers, OF
LOSS miles,, at less than franc the
kilometer. which was the hlre OF
good touring car with chauffeur II
France before the war, and one quar-
ter Of tire same today.
II is The most romantic air line oil
Europe. and is destined to JOIN ur
with vast governmental and private
enterprises opening up the Sahara
and Morocco.
But there are others. Every day
the Paris papers are enlivened by new
STYLE tourist items like the following
IL. T. Sawyer Of New York anC
Lucisn Hays OF Texas have arrived iT
Paris by air from London, the plane
in which they flew as passengers hav-
ing taken the longest time on record
for a single nonstop flight between
the two capitals.
".Our trip was delightfully."- pro-
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NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

NEW YORK, October 2s.-After
opening at an advance of Is TO %
points, the market for coffee futures
eased OFF several points under real
izing during the middle of the morn
ing: march contracts sold down from
s.eO TO s.37, or within IA points NJ
last nights closing figures, but prices
railied again later on reports of a
further advance in the Santos mar
ket. the sitter ruling of Brazilian
exchange rates and renewed cover
ing. March closed at S.4s bid. with
the general market showing net
advance of 20 to 35 points. Closing
bids: October. 1855; December. 7.79:
January. SOP; March, S.4S; MAY. S.7s:
July $40. and September, $50.
Spot was reported quiet at ~ to for
RIO rs and Tx to liz for Santos Is.
Few oners were reported in the cost
and freight market, and those from
santos were higher. including As at
1923 to 1915 American credits.
The official cables reported an ad-
vance of SO to rs reis in the Rio mar
ket. with decline of SO reis in the
dollar buying rate and an advance
OF 3-16 in Rio exchange on London
The early cable showed an advance
OF 323 to 525 reis in Santos futnres
and later further advance of 100 To-
$50 refs was reported. Brazilian nor
$4,000. p's'
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longed to 4 hours 40 minutes said
Mr. Hays, who has a Texas reputation
as a bronco buster. We were par
ticularly fortunate in encountering
some hard clouds. and I believe We
damaged them a little-chipped off :;
few corners. One piece about as big
as a 15-cent hunk of ice in Houston
hit me in the face Mr.. Sawyer sat
in the forward open cockpit the whole
trip, and claims that our Paris-Lon-
don route must have passed by Arch
angel. / shall employ planes on my
ranch to locate strayed steers"
In the Paris London trip, which is
the oldest. there are already five COM
peting lines with gentlemens agree
ment.
The distance London-Paris is 242
miles and it is done on schedule of
two and half hours. mostly starting
at noon, although there are morning
and afternoon departures. The trip
one way costs 10 guineas, or $50
francs passenger. and freight 10 TO ~
francs per kilo. The postal surtax
has been reduced from francs to IS
confines.
The second Oldest Tame" is Tou-
Ilouse-Rabat, already mentioned. Be
fore the opening of the spring season
March Is. 1920 it had carried pas :
sengers. without an accident. l39,aoo
miles. a total five times the earth
circumference. Yet the Worid kne"
nothing about it.
The Paris Brussels ''air lane has
had two lines since July ]. 1870, on
business understanding with the Syn
dicat Aerien Beige. which carries on
to Amsterdam with Belgian and a
Dutch make. Paris Brussels is ibo
miles. done in less regularly than the
one and a half hours schedule. The
service is daily, from one to four
avions per direction. the two COM
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BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK.

BALTIMORE, october 23.-The i've
stock market continues easy LOT II
grades of cattle. the offerings at the
stockyards being ample, ana whiie
arrivals by boat are light beng
mostly ordinary stock, they are SLOW
to find favor. Prices today at Light
street wharf
! Reef cattle-First quality, per
Mound. 11a12: medium. per pound, 8
aI0. Bulls. as to quality, per pound
4ha7. Cows. as to quality, Ter
nound. 4a1: thin steers, per pound, ott
oxen, as to quality, per pound.
4has Milk COWS, choice to fancy,
ner head. 60.d0as0.00; common to fair,
Der head, 30.00a5o.00- Calves. veal.
choice. per pound, l7a1s: ordinary 10
medium, per pound, 12a15; heavy.
smooth, fat per head. 25-0da3o.00-
Rough, per head, 15.00a2a e6; com
mon, thin, per head. s.0oal2.0o.
Sheep-No. 1, per pound, sac; old
bucks. per pound, 4a5: common. per
nound. 2a3 Lambs, spring, choice.
per pound, 11a12; fair to good. per
pound, 9a1o; common, thin, per
Hogs-Straight, per pound, 16.
Sows, as to quality, per pound, 10a1S;
stays and boars. per pound, 7aS. Live
pies, as to size and quality, per
pound. 12a15. Shoats, as to size and
quality, 12a15.
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NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK, October 23.-The ar
tual condition of clearinghouse banks
and trust companies for the week
shows deficit in reserves of $23.s77.-
so, due to decrease from last weak
of s5o,2Ss.2oo below legal require-
ments.
The statement follows:
Loans, discounts. etc, S5,405, o22. 900 4:
decrease, 9O,s43.O00.
Cash in own vaults, members fed
crease, 1927, 200.
Reserve in federal reserve bank of
member banks, $507,26 900; decrease.
$65.454. 900. "'o'
Reserve in own vaults, state bank
ana trust .ao companies, ss.s7s,ooo; in
Reserve in depositaries, state banks
and trust companies, $e,427, 900; in
Net demand deposits, s4,141.573, 900 j:
decrease. s112.s35,O0O. U. S. deposits.
deducted, $64.919. 900
Time deposits. 1921, 725, 900; increase,
Circulation, ss4.ss1, 900: decrease,
$4,000.
Aggregate reserve. $525,S7e.ooo.
Deficit in reserve, $23,e77,1s0; de-
crease, $50,233,200.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in Greater New York. not
included in clearing house statement:
Loans, discounts, etc, $500, 4Os. 200;
increase, $1,956.300.
Gold. $S.046,000; increase, $91, 500.
Currency and bank notes, $17,141.-
300; decrease. $6s3,400.
Deposits with federal reserve bank,
New York, $52.S5s,so0; decrease,
$1.651, 800.
Total deposits. sess,a1s, 400: in
crease, $4,295,00O.
Total deposits eliminating amounts
due from reserve depositaries and
other banks and trust companies in
New York city and U. s. deposits,
Banks. cash in vault, $25, 727 SOC.
Trust companies, cash in vault,
S52,11S,4 400.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, October 23.-The big eS-
mort demand of the past few days ana
the strength in foreign markets gave
; ,rains A good tone at the start to-
dav hut when the buying power eased
off The market broke. and at the hnlsh
wheat was to "a lower, with De
cemhsr 1898. to 200 and March 1913 L
70 93a, Corn was off " to ! ana
oats were unchanged to Is down
Provisions ranged from 80 lower to
% higher. no.
ling irregular almost throughout the
/ sassion Cash interests were tho best
se1iers. while outside buying was
light The best price of the day was
m.de shortly after the start, due to
scattered buying, but this was foi
lowed by irregular recessions ana
~ rhe business. The news of the day
Included conflicting reports from
.broad relative to the strike Situa-
ton, Export demand was reported as
inactive today, while yesterday it was
said around 100000 bushels of wheat
were worked for export.
Early strength in wheat helped corn,
bnt selling by largo interests soon
filled buyers, the market easing rap
idiy. The close was weak at about
the low point of the day. Corn in
dustries were said to be either en-
t;rs,v closed or operating only in
ne IT. time this week, this time of the
year being usually an of season for
this industry.
Trade in oats futures was very
Hrhf and the finish. which was near
he low for the day. was practically
Unchanged from the previous days
aside from covering by shorts in
January lard and a little selling of
october. provisions were auil; .
EASY; No. . red and No. 2 hard, 2.25
snot' G. i. f. track. New York; No. =
n ,piysa durum, 2.20 c. i. f. to arrive.
Corn-Easy: No. Yellow 1.0SA =
and No. : mixed, l.oIA e: !: I; New
No. white, 65H; No. 3 white. 64ls.
Iard-Easy; middle west, 21.S0a21.10.
other articles unchanged.
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NEW YORK SUGAR PRICES.

NEW YORK, OCTOBER zS.-RaW
sugar was steady today. but only for
ve1v prompt sugars. There were no
buyers for shipment sugars and offers
of cubas at 7.75 cost and freight, Oc-
tober shipment, and full duty at IN C
c. i. f. attracted no interest. Porto
Ricos were offered as low as $50 to-
day C. l. f. early November shipment
without finding buyers. Cuba cen.
trifupal remained unchanged at SIS
duty paid, spot and prompt.
Refined sugar was also unchanged
with q lessened demand. although
brokers claimed that a somewhat re-
newed interest may be expected dur
ing next week.
The market for sugar futures was
irregular, closing points lower to 10
HIGHER. the distant months being
|steadiest on Cuban demand.
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NEW FLOUR EXPORT RATE.
Shipping Board Establishes Five
Cent Differential Over Wheat.

Establishment of a base differ.ntial
of cents per hundred pounds on
-four over wheat carried in govern
ment-owned merchant vessels begin
ming November | was announced yes
terday by the Shipping Board.
Although from an operating stand
point, the announcement said, wheat
as a raw material should move at "A
lower rate than -four the board VIE" =
ed with concern the small eNp?r,
movement of flour as against the rcia-
lively large movement Of wheat.
The board has reachef the CO.
eIdsIon that the prevailing adJus.-
ment of ocean freight rates" 1t ado -
ed, while largely controlled by mar =
ket conditions, is seriously retardinS
the movement of -four and acceleraf .
ing the movement of wheat the effect
beIrg that the manufacture of Hour
is being materially curtailed in this
country"
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GETS CONVENTION

GREENVILLE, s. c.. October "a
The southern textile con.ention in ses-
sion here today selected Atlanta as the
place for the 1921 meeting. selected
J. S. Bacham of Rome, Ca, as chair
adopted a resolution pledging sup
mort to farmers to get a better price
Tor cotton and to the mill manage
ments in the present unusual and
difficult conditions.
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MANY PINEAPPLEs HERE.

PHILADELPHIA. October % (Spe-
claD.-There will be an abundance Of
pineapples and prices ought to be low
enough for every one to crafty his
taste for the delicacy
The American steamship Red Hook
arrived from the Hawaiian Islands
with $4,000 cases of pines. They are
In cans. twenty-four to the case, or
1924 900 cans
The cargo is the first of it's kind
ever landed in this port.
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EARNINGS ARE TREBLED

NEW YORK, October % (SpeciaD.-
the American Sumatra Tobacco Com
pany, 1or year ended July 81. reports
federal taxes, of $2,5S1,O31. The
amount applicable to the common
stock was equal to 1851 a share.
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CHICAse PORK DOWN.

CHICAGO. October % ;S~r"is.:i.--
Semi conditions are again
featuring the hog market, with sales
men panicky and anxious TO dispose
of their belongings. many of them be
longing to local spectators. Prices
declined so cents to 81, with the gen
eral average 10 cents lower. TO 1890.
the lowest since the bottom point
was reached in the second week Of
last December.
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CANADA GRAIN STORE

-, NEW YORK. October 90 (SpeciaD.-
Figures of the Canadian bureau of
s san, In ottawa for week ending
oeplember "a, 1920, show that the
quantity of grain in store at the
direrent public elevators through
out Canada has increased by 2.2O4 579
bushels in wheat. oats, barley and
rye. as compared with the previous
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CoTToNsEED OIL FIRM.

NEW YORK, October 23.--While
quiet. cottonseed oil was firmer to-
day on 4 demand from shorts, in
spired by scarcity of crude offerings
Active months closed 10 to % points
net higher. Sales, 1900 barrels. Prime
crude, 500; prime summer yellow,
spot closed 10.70a11.50; October. 1870;
December, 11.12; March, 11.45. all bid.
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$12,O19,4O6 IN SURpI11s

NEW YORK. October % Especial.
The Corn Products Refinine Con-
pany for nine months ended Septem-
Der 80 shows a surplus after charges
and taxes of $12,619,406 This is
equivalent, after making allowance
Tor preferred dividends, to $22.2O a
share on the common stock,
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UNITED FRUIT DEAL.

NEW YORK, October 90 Especially
1t is reported the United Fruit Com
pany has acquired substantial inter-
est in the Carib Syndicate. 1t is as
serted that the purpose of the United
fruit in associating itself with Carib
is to assure United Fruit of a supply
OF fuel oil in years to come for its
shipping business
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NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. October 23.-Dry goods
markets hesitated today. when prices
dropped and raw materials values
were unsettled. Yarns were lower,
cotton cloths slightly steadier. linens
weak, burlaps dull and wool goods
unsettled.
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lunch at Barcelona, and then on to
Casablanca. in Morocco.
Today, bi-weekly from Paris. by the
same Latecoere air line, you do not
even need to- reach Toulouse by rail.
Arriving in the arly afternoon by
avion. you quit Toulouse at $3.50 am.
lunch at Barcelona, and, continuing,
take tea with Carmen at Alicante.
You go to the opera, sleep in a good
hotel, skim off at $40 for lunch at