Evening star., 1941-07-10

bedroom. compartment or drawing:
room.
It's well to make pullman reserVa-
tions in advance. Examine your
ticket. which will give the NUMBER
of vour seat or berth, the car IN
which 1t is located. the time tne
trair leaves. and the date. ReserVa-
.iens may be made by telephone
In which case you will usually nave
to nick up the tickets a few hourS
before train time.
When trains leave at a late hour
from the larger cities, you can
often board them and go 10 pea
some time before they pun Out
In the same way, you can otteh
sleep until 7:3O or in the morning
even though your destination IS
reached several hours before. Sut
this is true only when the Whole
train-or your car-ls not going
bevond your destination.
At the station, a redcap Will carry
your bags and see that you geC
abroad the proper tram 1or "Iliell
YOU should tip him from III or ~
cents up. depending on how much
luggage you have II you engage
him long before train time. ooh
worry if he goes away somewhere
with your bags, leaving you Sha"-
ING vo,lr nails in the waiting room
Ven he back In plenty OF time 10
zee YOU safely to your berth. HOW
ever it won't hurt TO note the NUM-
her on his badge, just in case. YOU
can carry your own bag IL you
prefer-it's no disgrace.
Trunks or bags which you won |
need on the train can be checheo
tn vour destination at the baggage
room There is no charge Tor Unls
service unless YOU have luggage OF
excess weight or value. lts gooo
idea when possible to cheek your
luggage so it will go on an Garner
train. Then you won't. have TO wait
At the other end for it to be un-
loaded.
When the forthcoming departure
Of YOUR train is announced through
a loldspeaker toften by man WnoSe
mouth is more or less full of mush)
YOU 90 to the gate and present your
tickets. Above the gate Will De
sign bearing the name OF your
train. its destination and ITS oe-
parture time, so you can't go wrong
If you're in possession of your senses
In the larger cities. at night, you
NAV have to present your tickets
to a row of conductors sitting at
long table. This is done so they
wont have to disturb you after you
board the train.
otherwise. your tickets will be
taken up on the train by a brace
of conductors railroad and Pull
mani before you climb into your
berth They'll return to you a
ticket stub showing your berth num-
her Hang on to it, just IN case
.ome befuddled old lady thinks sne
has reserved the same berth.
If YOU 90 out to the train without
q redcap. YOU can find your own car
bv looking for its number. Whlch
will be displayed in a window near
the end of the car.
Once you're aboard you'll be IN
the tender care of White-coated
Pullman porter, who will look after
you for a tip of from 25 to 80 cents
depending on the length OF your
trip and your accommodations. A
quarter is the usual tip for day
trip. so cents for an overnight
tourney. The tip is given when the
porter brushes you off as you ap-
proach your destination or just as
you leave the car if you prefer.
Sometimes your berth will be made
up when you board the train, IN
which case you can sit in some
other seat or in the club car until
bedtime. The porter will tell you
where the club car is located, Il
there Is one. There will be maga-
zines and a radio there to keep you
entertained. When riding in the
sleeping car, the person holding the
lower berth Is entitled to the sea-
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