The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

ter; elsewhere the minimum charge is
5 cents The American Express com
pany, whose Paris Office during the
summer rush handles as many as
10000 letters a day, finds that 80 per
cent of all letters received for patrons
carry insufficient postage.
Another thing which causes confu-
sion is that no kilograms or letters
can be sent collect, so that when it is
expected that cables will arrive after
ones departure a small deposit should
be left at the address in care Of which
they will arrive to cover the cost Of
telegraphing them on.
Hotel customs do not differ greatly
from those In this country. The
american plan" of operation is found
far more frequently than in the land
which gave it birth. Many hotels now
make a surcharge for service, and in
many cities and some countries there
are taxes on hotel bills. These items
are not included in the prices quoted
for accommodations, but are added to
the total of the bill, so that If this is
not taken into consideration the total
is apt to be more than expected.
The hall porter, or concierge" is
an important individual and can do
much to make ones stay pleasant
Contrary to the usual impression, 1t
is only in England that the traffic
goes to the left. Elsewhere, when 1t
has any noticeable prediction at all,
it inclines to the right. Americans
who have wondered at the incessant
squawl1ing of motor horns in Paris are
Informed that an ordinance requires
bulb horns within the city limits.
Taxis are surprisingly cheap in
Paris, and nowhere are they much
dearer than In this country, in spite
of the considerably higher price Of
gasoline.
Compared with America, there are
of course extremely few buildings
which have elevators, and those which
do often have queer customs. In
many apartment houses the elevators
will carry one up, but If one wishes
to descend one must walk In others,
tenants may ride free, but visitors
must pay. Servants are denied the
use of the elevators in many places.
In spite of cheaper labor and COM
paratively plenty of servants the au-
tomato elevator is met with much
more often than in this country.
European Subways.
Americans who use the European
subways are surprised to find first
and second-class coaches and smoking
cars, with different rates and different
tickets for the different classes. In
London the rates vary with the dis
lance Travelled, and the tickets bear
the names Of starting point and desti-
nation. On the Continent a. fat fare
is more common. There is no surveil-
lance to see that a traveller with a
second-class ticket doesn't get into a
f1rst-class coach but occasionally In
spectors come through who mildly col
lect the additional sum from delin-
quents.
On some lines season tickets are
sold, good for an unlimited number OF
trips during the period named. AS
everywhere, the tickets must be shown
at the entrance, where they are
punched and surrendered at the exit
In London most of the subways-
"tubes," they are called-are deep I'M
foreground, and so elevators from the
train platforms discharge the passen-
gers into shop-lined arcades through
which they reach the street. Some of
the Paris subways were built by Eng
fish companies, and consequently the
trains run to the left