Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24

operate. II costs 81 500, for instance.
20 serve single nDoal for all ths
passengers on one Of these boats. Tho
total operating cost for ono vessel per
round trip IL about ys00. 900. And ths
steerage. which formerly produced a
large part Of this revenue, now brings
In very little. Some ships. with
capacity for $500 steerage passengers
arc carrying only 300. Which ez-
plains," said tho ]. ". ". official. why
6rst-class rates can't come down"
Expense Compared TO Railroad Rates.
Even 80. ocean travel is almost az
cheap as rail travel in the states 10
lapprozinates something less than 10
cents mile, FIRST yclass. Tor the 5000
lmile journey ncross the Atlantic on the
big liners This charge includes meals
and sleeping accommodations. There
is a slight fiuctuation In rates. depend
ing upon the type Of ship chosen fCr
tho voyage as well az upon tho sea-
son Of tho year. For instance. the
minimum rate on n de luxe ship,-ths
Majestic. Olympic or Homerlc-for
icrossing from New York 70 Cherbour1
or Southampton. Ia about 1915 IN each
direction. in the height Of the season,
with no extras.
But. alluring as these ships ara,
with their Turkish baths. gym
nasiums. swimming pools. tennis
courts. huge ballrocrns. and Pariaian
restaurants upon their upper decks.
it is not necessary for the thrifty
traveller 70 use them. Cheaper ar-
conmodations. equally az comfortable
If not 30 luxurious. can be obtained
, on tho Liverpool ships, which take
: days, and on the vessels which mako
Antwerp IN 2 days. There are also
cabin class ships which cross IN g or
: . days 70 Liverpool and 70 or II days
i 20 Hamburg. These laet arc atead dy.
p staUnch boats ranging from 0 000 10
9 1900 tons IN size. and give excellent
service. They are very popular with
d, Old transatIantic travellers. many ~
Z whom can afford 70 pay much nnore
81 than the average cabin class rate.
which IS now 1925. There is ons
: regular traveller on these boats who
p wears A cane and white spats and
n takes his valet with him.
r With the American dollar at TO
o present high rate of exchange value,
d Europe is about the cheapest part of
Q the world IN which an American ca n
q spend 2 vacation Railroad travel on
o the continent averages about 2 cents
J. a nile-sonnetirne- less than that.
y Taxi fares range from q cents 20 a
quarter. while extensive motor rides
Into the country seldom cost more than
=, dollar. Living also is much cheaper
~ than IL is at home. This Is not N
IN apparent IN the metropolitan hotels
.- which charge New York prices But
"a in the smaller English and French
n inns. which are most desirable because
N Of their quaint atmosphere. one car
M secure comfortable accommodation,
"a FOR about the equivalent OF g A dav
f. All Of the European nations are nov
putting forth great efforts 20 attrac
n. the tourist rade. England. especial lly
~ which has been rather Indifferent 10
ga ward visitors IN the past. u provid
=. ing unusually cordial this summer
n- Perhaps the recent revival OF inn
"a keeping in the British Isles, which ha
no become a favortts occupation anon
OF ex-soldiers, has something 20 do wit
cd this. Even Germany - exhihittr
90 great hospitality toward American n
nv and their dollars. IN spite OF the an
ot palling depreciation Of the mark. 4
he American with a small income ca
n now live comfortably there on a
n amount that would scarcely rlaintai
- him at home-our not quite so con-
ng fortably as p German citizen ,oul
re 1--we on the same sum. For there
7is one handicap about being an amer
can in Europe. Il is difficult to co.
ne ceal the fact from the continents
nd shopkeepers. VINO usually have Nv
IN sets OF prlces--one Tor Americans an
70 one for the natives