Evening star., 1940-05-26
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.,
Travel Editor.

Travel Editor.
California and the West figure
more prominently in late spring and
summer plans of travellers than any
other section of the world, accord
Ing to summary of travel in
quiries received through the 81 Of
fees and travel bureaus of the
American Express Travel Service
during the 60 days preceding May Is.
The outbreak Of total war" in
Europe no doubt reshapes an in
finitesimal part OF the plans of
Americans, but generally, this ratio
is predicted during the summer:
California and the West, 1887 per
cent; Mexico, 955; West Indies,
7.27; South America, 7.l6; Canada,
6.97; Bermuda Nassau, 6.57; Ha-
vana, 654; Alaska, 5.81: Florida and
South. 5.64; Honolulu, 5.23; National
Parks, 507; Eastern States, 1896;
New York Worlds Fair, 382; river
and lake trips, 285; dude ranches,
2.43; San Francisco Fair, 242: Pana-
ma and Central America, 2.15; Far
East, 203; Europe, 1.85; round the
world, 80
A breakdown of the figures re-
veals that 50 per cent wished to
travel by land; 40 per cent by water
and 8 per cent by air The in
quiries about travel to Europe are
not explained other than by the
agency's presumption that they were
based on the hope of an early end
to hostilities.
After watching with compassion
the struggles of those American
travellers who speak no Spanish, the
Pemex Travel Club. with head
quarters in Mexico City, has issued
thumb-nail dictionary of English
Mexican terms to tide the visitor
over troublesome spots in his jour-
hey. The list of phrases goes pretty
well into detail on questions and
orders that arise in filling
station conversation-about filling
the gas tank, repairing tires, put
ting water in the battery and such
but some the phrases are appli-
cable to general travel and for the
convenience of prospective travellers
south of the border are reproduced
herein English, Mexican and then
phonetically.
For simplicity, question marks are
eliminated.
Does anyone here speak English?
-. Hay alguien aqui que liable
ingles i. AHL-gee- ah-KEE ken
AH-bleh eeng-GLESS.
I don't speak Spanish No
hablo esponal . No All -blah ess-
palm YOHL.
Please speak slowly Favor de
hablar deSpacio . Fah-VOHR de
ah-BLAHR des-PAHS-yoh.
What is the price of this i.
Cuanto vale este KWAN-toh
VAH-leh ESS-toh.
How much do / owe you &.
Cuanto lie debo :. KAWHN- leh
DEH-bo.
How much will it cost /. Cuanto
costara KWAHN-toil ko-stah-
RAH.
1 have no change No tengo
cambio No TENG-go KAHN
beech.
Do you accept travellers checks
=. Reciben cheques de viajeros :. {.
-SEE-ben CHEH-kehs de vee-
ah-HEH-rohs.
Is there a toilet-washroom-here
=. Hay w. C. aqui ~ DOH
bleh-oo sch ah.KEE.
How far is it so -... Que
distancia hay Keh
dees- s-TAHNS-yah I ah --.
Where is the road to -.. {.
Donde esta ell camino @.
DOHN-deh ess-TAH el kah-MEE-
To the left; to the right A
Ia izquierda; la derecha All
lah ess-kee-YEHR- -dah; ah la deh-
REH-chan.
Straight ahead Adelante,
derecho. recto Ah-deh-LAFIN-
ter. deh-REH-cho. RECK-toh.
What is the best hotel, restaurant,
here? Cual es el mejor hotel,
restaurant. aqui Kwahl ess ell
meh-HOHR oh-tel, res-tah-oo-
RAIN, ah-KEE.
How do get there? Por donde
puedo ir ALA Pohr DOHN -deh
PWEH-doh eer ah-YAH.