Evening star., 1937-06-06
ODD HABITS RULE
TRAVELLING PUBLIC
SIS, 900, 900, 900 US. Indus.
try Inspired by "Getting
Away From 1t ALL"
~ the Associated Press,

y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 5.-People don't
travel to get somewhere; they travel
to get away from something
That, s. Douglas Malcolm of the
American Express believes, Is the
secret Of the $4,000, ,000, 900 travel busi-
ness.
The five billions includes more than
merely the pleasure travellers. Nobody
knows exactly how the total divides
up. because travel includes 50 much.
People have marvelously quaint
travel habits. For example Fasteners
always 60 around the world toward
the east; Westerners almost always
start west.
People also continue the old emigra-
ton lines, or backtrack on them
Vacationing New Orleans citizenry
heads north up the Mississippi. Mid
die Westerners 60 west, or southwest,
frequently to Mexico. Californians
may do either: 60 on west to Hawaii
OF come east over the mountains.
Popularity Changes.
People likewise are governed by sea-
son, although they are flckle about
this. Mexico Is now a year round
destination. 1t didn't use to be-
Alaska is now June destination. 1t
used not to be popular at all
Winter people are going to South
America very popular), South Africa,
Australasia, and to Norway and Swe-
den for Winter sports Thousands of
reservations were made for the north
Land last Winter.
Besides the South Seas, South
Africa and Russia. people are now
looking toward Finland, it seems. Eng
land is hoping for tourist business
such rs it never had before-thanks
to the coronation. This last proved
a mixed blessing Although boats
were booked up months ahead, 4 Ger
tain amount of business vas Cancelled
and still more was kept away by fear
OF crowding
The prospective crush was so bad
that months before the coronation
Rotary International, which wanted
to hold its convention in London, was
forced to transfer to Nice.
Cruise Idea Born in 1918.
The cruise, one of the big travel
Industries, was born in 1915, when
= boat called the Pastores made a
circuit Of the West Indies The first
round-the- world cruise was made by
the Laconia in 1922; the first Mediter-
ranean cruise the same year by the
Carmania. And the North Cape cruise
was born two years later-noW q brief
stop in Russia and sometimes Iceland
has been added to this last.
Like everything else. the cruise
business has had its drama This
came in 1928 when a certain travel
man snatched himself out of a pre-
carious financial situation by making
the cruise cheap. People would go to
Bermuda. he reasoned, if hotels weren't
so expensive. So he made an inclu-
sive round-trip rate, and used the
ship as a hotel while anchored at
Bermuda.
Then he thought up the three
point cruise: Halifax, Bermuda, New
York. He tried to do cruises to no
where, but the Government stopped
that; ship can't clear = port with
out = destination.
Railroads have been making travel
easy. too, and fares cheaper.
Speed in Wholesale Lots.
Long stainless steel trains slice od
hours between Chicago and the coast,
Chicago and Denver. Boston and
Providence, many other cities. Sin
years ago some 80 trains made sched.
uled runs Of so miles an hour OF
better over some 100 miles. Now
more than 400 trains, their runs total
Ing 10000 miles, are scheduled at sc
miles An hour or better Vacationists
and others, are whipped between Chi.
cago and Denver at 66 miles an hour
average on the new stainless steel
flyers; 4 day has been saved between
Chicago and Los Angeles.
Old-timers hardly know the trains,
with orchestras. hostesses, game rooms
and dance floors. A steam train run
ming between Cleveland and Detroit
looks like handsome club; some OF
the Diesek are As beautiful as an ex-
elusive hotel.
Already there are air pullmans,
spanning the country in little more
than = night, and planes serving hot
meals. There are bus pullmans, too
long, tall giants Of the road. People
travelling to get away from something
can begin relaxing the moment they
leave home.