Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
By JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.
The Stars Travel Editor

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Great Britain's chief salesman
for one of its top industries
tourist travel-came to Washing
ton last week to sell his favorite
product.
Sir Arthur Morse, who became
chairman of the British Travel
Association after heading up the
Bank of England's operations in
Hong Kong. visited here Thurs
day on a tour of major United
States cities to point out the ad-
vantages of using the tight little
isle as the gateway to European
adventure. Contracting travel
agents. he suggested that they
advise the tourist to linger and
explore, look back into century
upon century Of significant his
tory, feast the eye on royal pag-
eantry and take in the sports
that help form the British char
acter.
Here is part of the picture he
gives the tourist:
Food rationing ended last
summer; meals are as complete
as before the war and are mod
erately priced. He recommends
trying dishes for which the
country is famous-roast beef.
Dover sole. Scottish salmon,
English lamb. At country inns.
visitors can dine well for one
dollar. Full course meals with
entrees of steak, chicken or lob
ster cost as little as SITS.
Motels are appearing, supple
menting accommodations in no
tells, picturesque inns and guest
houses. Hotel rates for room and
bath in London range from $3.50
to $12 a day, and that includes
breakfast. A single room and
breakfast is about So outside
London.
Choice Shopping Items
Shops are full of such choice
items as soft woolens, bright
cashmeres, leather goods and
silverware and fine tweeds. A
special arrangement spares the
American the purchase tax.
"You show your passport at the
store and the goods. if costing
$14 or more. are delivered to the
docks or the airport from which
you plan to depart. or they will
be mailed to your home in the
United States"
There are more stage shows in
London than on Broadway, and
tickets are easy on the purse.
Excellent orchestra seats sell for
as little as $3.50. Plenty Of night
clubs.
Railways offer travel incen-
tives, such as a nine-day guest
ticket. Cost is $50 first class, $24
third class, and it gives unlimited
travel anywhere in Britain by
any train throughout it's nine
days of life.
Summing up the price angle,
Sir Arthur says: Twelve dollars
a day is still sufficient to cover
comfortably a visitors day-to-
day expenses. This includes &C
commodations, meals. entertain
ment and travel within Britain"
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Snapshot Hints
Advice to vacationers with
cameras can come from many
expert sources. but there has
been drawn up a set of seven
hints especially for those travel
ing by bus. One thing the hints
cover is shooting from behind
the tinted windows of the mod
ern bus.
The publication Bus Trans
portation, mentioning tn It
market studies regularly show
that 10 to 80 per cent .of all
tourists take their cameras with
them on trips" suggests in a
recent article that bus COM
pan1es put a bit of emphasis on
catering to camera-toting trav-
elers. Making film supplies
easily available is one of the
practical methods advised to
make a vacation by bus a last
ing memory.
Some of the snapshot hints
are fundamental, for the article
maintains that "the majority of
camera users are still rank anna
teurs" and many lack knowl-
edge of the simple fundamentals
of camera technique"
The Hints
Here are the seven hints: