The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-21
Notes On European Travel
BY George D. Mann

To an American the great steam
lOrry or truck is most interesting
medium for heavy carriage. One man
Goals the engine near the driver
seat while the other drives. Labor is
cheap in England and coal for heavy
trucks is much less expensive than
gasoline.
| When enrolled in the Auto club OF
London, \ service equal to that Of the
A. A. A. of the United States is
available. AS matter Of fact it is
even more complete. Keys to tele-
! phone boxes along the main high
ways are supplied and local calls are
free. Patrols are engaged by the
club and they salute every club car
| that passes. They are posted at i'm
portant places to give aid in case
Of need and in traffic dispute with
| the officers the club furnishes legal
| advice. Dctours are called loop
ways"
Maps and itineraries are drawn
which take the motorist to the main
points of interest over the shortest
poss IDLE routes. In Liverpool our
route to Chester, through portion
of Wales and to Glasgow, was out
lined in very short order. At Glass
gov, the clubs representative will
route US over Scotland, and some
other branch will give US the most
interesting itinerary to London and
southern England. The roads are ex-
cellent, leaving nothing to be desired.
A drive about Liverpool proved
most interesting as a first glimpse
at the English houses, quaint gar
dcns, hedges and park of generous
proportions. The house where Glad
stone was born is fittingly marked,
and few miles away in WalssN is
Hawarden Castle, where the great
premier lived for more than 60 years.
Public drinking is most excellently
controlled in Liverpool. The English
harmaid in some of the inns seems
to throw restraint about the tipplers,
hut what impresses an American is
the fact that most OF the bars are
labeled American Bar and Smoke
Room" In some places the brass
rail glistens and free lunch thrives
in what used to be American style.
The bars open at IL: 30 a. M, close
at 3 p. M, reopen around p. m, and
close promptly at 10 p. M. One lit
erary innkccper has his liquor list
iUteTSUeTScu Will Tic IOIlOWIHS uuO-
tations: "May there be no moaning
at the bar" Tcnnyson; "When the
butt is out, we will drink water, not
a drop BEFORE" Shakespeare.
Adjusting oneself to the English
style of cooking is more difficult
than the rules of the road. When
traffic is all moving left it is easy
TO follow the line, but to recognize
and relish some of the dishes takes
time and courage. To an American,
the absence Of the varieties of food
that are ever present in the Yankee
cafeteria, lunch counter or first-class
restaurant is noticeable. An abund
ance Of food does not exist here, and
the light diet of many people in the
public eating houses attests to this.
America wastes enough to keep many
well fed here. There are pinched
looking faces and evidences of pow
erty and want which none can APP
precate who has not seen the seamy
side Of an English city. In rural
England, conditions are exceedingly
different. The people of all walks Of
life look we'll fed and of average
prosperity. Their horses and general
run of stock are remarkable in sleek
ness and show every evidence of ex-
ccllent housing and care.