Evening star., 1938-08-14
Nv JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.

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first trip to France: Get the
4 4 number of porters, taxi drivers
and other service persons in case they
get lost, or for indentification If
something else goes wrong.
Repeater travellers are inclined to
boast of imaginary exploits in locating
good hotels for just a SOU" Con-
suit qualified travel experts about
hotels. their rates, tips and taxes. that
appeal to ones comforts and purse.
Shipboard information bureaus will
prove helpful.
Be exact and dutiful about customs
declarations. Provided they are de-
clared. cigars. cigarettes-only so ci-
garettes for each man or woman-may
be taken in free. Or men may carry
in Is cigars, or 31a ounces of smoking
tobacco More is dutiful.
Load your camera before reaching
customs. Photographic apparatus 1.-TWO
to each passenger, provided they are
of different shapes or types) enters
free. along with the Aim roll, pack OF
plate in use. Two Aim packs, two rolls
Of films or IL plates also may 70 in free
but declare ALL Portable movie cam
eras of the amateur type enter free,
with two rolls of film.
Automobiles, typewriters. hunting
equipment (guns). gramophones. ra-
dios, ETC.. are dutiful. but the cash de-
posit is returned to temporary visitors
when they re-export the articles.
In taking q taxi, write out the name
Of the hotel or other destination for
the driver unless your pronunciation
is excellent. Taxi fares are cheap
but there is tip. Frs. ESQ to Frs
10 fares call for q one-franc tip;
above Frs. 10 fare, a Frs. $50 or 10
per cent tip. Late at night, the legal
fare is so per cent above day rates
so don't accuse the driver of cheating
Generally, tips are included In hotel
bill. Higher class hotels exact Is per
cent; others. 10 per cent. Extra tips
are in vogue for special services. Tir
10 per cent of the check at restaurants
and cafes. At theaters and cinemas
Except in few cases) the usher is
supposed to get tip. Frs. $50 per
person is practical.
Some hotels serve American break
fasts at an all-inclusive rate fol
those who find the Continental fare
of coffee and rolls too meager. Be
careful about prices when ordering
extras. Grapefruit and oatmeal. for
instance, are luxuries and are SO
priced.
Only progressive hotels knowing
American tastes for butter and ice
water seem to supply sufficient
amounts.
Keep your railroad ticket, ever
though your train has arrived at its
destination. Although the conductor
has punched the ticket, it is collected
at the gate on the way out Of the
station.
MINDFUL that Americans in short
A'A trip miss much of the character
istic color splashed along the remote
bypaths of Mexico, and anxious to
promote forgetfulness Of economic i'm
passes through the delights of travel
q group of Americans residing in Mex
leo has arranged q novel series o.
programs, centering in Mexico City
itself. of the most spectacular ano
charming phases Of its folklore as
presented in dances, songs and fetes
In eight Wednesday evening shows
recently begun. the American Friends
Of the Mexican People" have brought
together under one tent, as the circus
men might say, natives Of the various
sections, in their regional costumes
their music and dances; leaders OF art
interpreting in English the spirit OF
the Mexican schools dances peculiar
to Michoacan, Jalisco and Yucatan
interpreted by the ballet Of the Teatro
de Bellas Artes. and music by the
famed Arquesta Tipica.
Color moving pictures have caught
the spark and the solemnity of the
more exceptional festivals, some oi
them staged in the more adventurous
off f-the-beaten-track areas and whose
dates skip about the calendar anc
even cheat the visitor who had planned
to include them in his itinerary. Re