The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-18
"SEE AMERICA FIRST"

on the other into the corridor,
which runs along one side Of the
coach.
Reserved Seats
Broadly speaking, on European
railways there are no separate
coaches consisting entirely Of re
served seats, like the Pullman
cars in America. A few lines in
England run Pullman cars, and
of course all compartments in
sleeping cars are on reservation,
but in general the above holds
true. Instead, any seat, number
of seats or compartments in an
ordinary day coach may be re-
served according to regulations
which vary in the different coun-
tries. Usually a small fee is re-
quired for reserving a seat, and
in some countries, notably Italy,
the reservation protects the seat
only until a few minutes before
the time of departure. After that,
the seat belongs to the one who
gets there first, Throughout Eu-
rope, it is the custom to require
the marking of seat in some man
ner when leaving it, for however
a short a time. A book, gloves, or
hat suffices. 1t is sometimes pos
sible to obtain exclusive use of a
compartment without taking quite
all the seats therein.
For sleeping, first land usually
second) class passengers on pay
ment of supplement have access
to sleeping cars much like the
compartments in the newer AM
erican Pullmans, where all bed
ding is supplied by the company.
On other runs, only "couchettes
are available, where only the
mattress is supplied, and the
traveller must supply his own COW
ering, If desired This can usual
ly be rented, and turned over to
representative of the rentor at
the end of the run.
To Americans the total absence
of drinking water on most trains
Except, of course, in the dining
cars) proves an inconvenience, but
the natives provide themselves with
bottles of mineral water, light
wines, or beer before leaving, and
do not seem to suffer in the least.
Generally only tabled 'hote
meals are served in dining cars.
There are several sittmgs, and
tickets thereto are issued by at
PENDANTS, convenience that
should be appreciated by those
who have stood packed in narrow
corridors waiting to get into an
American diner. q
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Baggage M
The amount of baggage carried
free varies in different countries,
as also the customs. In England
most trains carry luggage vans, !"
or baggage cars, in which trunks
+and other heavy baggage may be
carried, but in which there are no
facilities for checking. On arrival
at destination, each passenger
must claim his own trunk. The
proper procedure when two per-
sons claim the same trunk has not
yet been settled upon.
On most of the continent, only
such baggage will be carried free
MS can be taken into ones COM
partment with one, and to be al
lowed in the compartment at all
it must not exceed certain dimen-
sions, so that it can go in the rack
above ones head. All other bag
gage must be registered" which
means that it is carried checked in
the baggage car much as in Amer
lea, except that extra payment
must be made.
The advice often encountered
to carry only hand baggage is due
to the fact that many trains do
not carry baggage cars. so that il
heavy articles are taken they must
often be left behind to come by a
later train, with consequent risk
of never catching up. Contrary
to the custom in America, it is
usually the faster trains which do
not carry baggage cars, and the
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