Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10
BY CAMILLE LEMERCrER.

BY Gable v the Sssr fna 1873 acas0 Daily
PARTS, France, February 9.-Tour-
ing and motoring conditions in France
are every year improving. Transporta-
ton by railways is easy. convenient and
the cheapest in Europe. Roads have
been greatly bettered In the course OF
the last few years, and the main hlgn-
ways which cross France from north to
perfect state, making 1t possible to
drive at highest speeds, while the less
frequented but more picturesque coun-
try roads remain unrivaled for leisurly
promenades.
Excellent first or second class hotels
can be found at every resort or touring
center, and in the smallest country
towns modest inns offer good food and
lodging to those who, while on the
trail, don't always require palatial CON-
fort. ~.
Generally speaking, French people
welcome foreign tourists kindly and es-
pecially the Americans. But. except In
first-class international hotels, travel
ers must accept local habits and Gus
toms, and will have difficulty In pur-
chasing American" food and accom-
mediation.
Tourists in France will doubtless re-
call that France Is q country Of old
civilization, and that. right or wrong
French people are proud OF their ira
ditions. Keep smiling" in every cir
cumstance remains an excellent motto
way through many q continental din
Guilty. @@aN
Railways Enter Competition.
Railway companies are making great
| efforts in order to compete with tht
| increasing road trafic. They have i'm.
proved their time tables and offer to thu
tourists many advantages, such as spe.
cial holiday fares and round-trip ticket.
at low prices for the most attractive dis
| tricts.
But railways are indeed convenien
only for long distance and fast jour
neyS-for instance, to 60 from Paris Il
the Riviera, the Alps or the Pyrenees
| If you want to enjoy fully the natura
\ splendors and the architectural treas
ures Of the district you are visiting, !
will, of course, be better to use the road
which will put you in direct touch will
country people and landscapes.
Railway companies now realize tina
| the evolution Of modern touring can
4
] decided to add to their old transporta
! ton business the new one. Such dis
trictS as Alsace and the Vosges, Brit
tany, with its wonderful coast and 1t
ancestral Celtic customs, Touraine will
its renaissance castles, the Pyreneal
mountains, these are, well equipped TO
road touring by public sightseeing aut'
cars. But the most interesting prog
ress in that way has been made by to-
P.-L.-M. paris Lyon Mediterranee
Railway Co., whose territory include
Burgundy, half of the, Massif Cen
trail, the Jura and the Alps Provenc
and the Mediterranean Riviera from
Marseille to the italian border.
The P.-L.-M. Route des Apes" l
now famous througho':. the world. 1t
Winter and Summer itineraries offer
thrilling three-day drive through tn
highest European mountains from
Lake Ieman and snowy Mont Blanc Il
sunny Nice. This year the P.-L.-M
establishing the first complete equip
ment Of whole French region for tour
ing by sightseeing cars.
| Here's Way to RIVERS.
! II you wish to spend some day
travelling through Provence and TIL
French Riviera leave Paris by nigh
train Get out Of your sleeper q
Marseille. A sightseeing car Is wait