Evening star., 1937-07-18
By JACQUES FuTRELLE, JR.


startling are the stories that
come to light with research
- into old records There are
travel agents today who remember the
time when, in a rate war, Steerage
passengers paid $40 for Atlantic pas
sage. Steerage was steerage with
vengeance in those days, far cry
from the almost sWanky and certainly
comfortable ocean travel at its cheap
est today But who remembers this, a
caution to travellers in what is now.
and has been for many years, for that
matter, tip-rdden Europe? Service
at stations is free to travellers, who
are requested to give no tips"
This injunction is one of the odd
and amusing bits Of advice circulated
among travellers in French railroad
time table of 1848, when it took be-
tween three and four hours to 60 to
Fouen from Paris St. Lazare Station.
Now the Paris-Le Havre railbus covers
the same journey in one hour But
other things were different, too, as
shown by the following notices to rail
passengers.
Every time a voyager desires to
change his seat he must notify the
conductor and show his ticket"
Smoking is forbidden in railroad
stations and trains"
No embarrassing packages may be
carried by voyagers into railroad
trains"
Travellers are warned against get
ting acquainted too easily and too
speedily with fellow voyagers. A eau
tlous retlcence is recommended.
Dogs must be brought to the sta
ton 10 minutes before the departure
of the train
NOTES on Yellowstone National
Park Feeding the bears that
wait along the roadside for Just such
indiscreet visitors has resulted In in
1uries to at least l3 persons during the
first few days Of July. Bear feeding
Is prohibited, despite the apparent
frlendliness of the animals. After all
they are wild animals, with powerful
paws and sharp teeth.
OF water for its altitude on the North
American Continent. 1t covers 139
square miles
The last trout is being caught this
week from the far-famed Fishing
Bridge, that narrow and curving span
Of tlmbers on which anglers have
reeled in fish dinners by the thou
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nodate two lanes of traffic with safety
the new structure will have special
aisles for the angler taking him from
the iay-Walking fisherman class.
Do you have any guns or dogs
With you?' is the lnvariable question
M the rangers to incoming parties
Recent arrivals included a party of
four. a kitten and. something new to
the rangers, magpie. These instruc-
tions followed: The magpie may have
the run of the vast preserve, but kitty
must be kept on a leash.
A MERICANA: Memphis has one of
Of the largest park systems in the
South-32 tracts. comprising 1000
6S4cSs CN Splo III OF Ga bllt 6lllel
of Waters from a point in which is
nov De Soto Park These areas in
clude a large ZOO. The citys Museaum
of Natural History is known locally as
the pink palace" name which
strangers adopt readily 1t is built Of
Tennessee pink marble.
New Castle. Del, old capital of the
State. has, despite the modernity of
its people. one of the most interesting
and stately aeeregations of Colonial
architecture in America. Almost as if
bv preconceived concerted arrange
n1ent it has retained most Of choice
eighteenth and early nineteenth CEN
fury homes and buildings but only
gradually has its fame spread among
those Americans who take more than
casual interest in the antiuuarian's
treasures Even the convenience Of the
automobile has not convinced the city's
fathers that they must pave, as a
tribute to traffic, all cobbestone streets,
some of which we're laid in 1915. On
one day OF May each year, usually the
third Saturday, the townsfolk hold
open house. inviting the public to in
speCt the beautiful interiors of the
homes as well as the public buildings
and collections of historic objects.
Carrying out of the spirit of the day,
the householders dress in appropriate
Colonial costumes
The city hall in Dubuque, Iowa. was
modelled after famed Faneuil Hall in
Boston. intimately linked with the
birth and growing pains OF America.