Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-08-10
TRAVEL IN ENGLAND.
Railway Trains Unlike Those in
Use in America.

speech before the Pilgrims socIe-
~ i'll London urged British to
travel more extensively ia Amer
lca, he pointed out that Ameri-
cans have travelled III England for
years. Despite the frequency OF
travel in the British Isles, Amer
leans still find that our British
cousins do many things which
strike us as quaint or peculiar,
according to communication to
the National Geographic society.
IF, for example, the Ameri
can Is travelling rirst class (cOr-
responding to our Pullmans and
our chair cars) he finds that each
compartment, as d rule, accom-
Eodates six travelers-three OH
each side, with arms allotting the
proper space for each traveller.
The third class compartments ac-
commodate eight persons, and in
the majority Of cases OH the
trunk lines all the spaces are ta-
ken. There is seldom difficulty
in obtaining first class seat, and
this is the chief advantage, for
which from 30 to 40 per cent
higher fare is paid.
"The traveller usually delegates
to the porter with his luggage
the task of finding a seat. A bag
or coat may be placed OH a seat
to claim it for the traveller who
may defer boarding the car until
shrill warning whistle blows.
''If the traveller is going on a
crowded train he would do we'll
to obtain from the head attend
ant Of the dining car first sit.
ting card before the train starts.
After the train is under way an
assistant attendant comes through
the corridors announcing that
breakfast is ready for those hold
ing first class cards.
Most of the English dining
cars differ considerably from
American diners. The passen-
gers sit in high back pews instead
of chairs: The breakfasts are
usually Of the club variety, there
being little choice for the trav-
sler. First our assistant attend
ant appears with individual dish
es or porridge CASUALLY rather
tasteless according TO American
standards because it has been
cooked without the suggestion of
salt). This attendant is pursued
by second with hot milk,
which he pours Oh the porridge
il the traveller desires. A third
attendant follows with huge
pot of coffee in one hand and an
other of equal size filled with hot
milk in the other. lie fills vouI
coffee cup with the coffee and
milk poured simultaneously and
in equal quantities. Then comes
the bread basket attendant who
allows you to take roll or a
hunk Of bread Git is seldom cut
in thin slices).
"The pOrridge or oatmeal is
eaten with milk Cor cream) and
sugar, the latter obtained from
shakers with patent caps which
seal the shaker when placed up
right on the table or in the wood
en salt box rack screwed OH the
window sill. The salt is poured
from shaker with a little fun
mel in the top, and, strange to
say, even though the climate of
England is exceedingly damp, the
salt flows freely at all times and
never cakes in the shaker.
The porridge course com
pleted, our hurrying attendant
removes the plates while sec
ond asks if you will have plaice
or kippers. Perhaps you know
what he says, perhaps you don t.,
but you are being given your
choice Of fresh fish or kippered
herring. Meantime your cup is
rcfilled with milk and coffee, of
which you doubtless drink q good
deal, not because you like Eng
lish,made coffee, but because
there is nothing else to drink;
the glass of ice water of the
American dining car is conspic-
uOus FOR its absence. After fish,
the traveller is usually given q
choice of eggs and bacon or grill
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