"Für

men," "For Ladies," "Für Herren," "Pour Hommes," Damen," 66 Pour Dames frequently the "class" also is designated-and they are generally in charge of a man or a woman, who expects a small fee. With these are often united the lavatories, and when such is the case, there is sometimes a stated price-so indicated by a notice for the use of these apart

ments.

The names of the stations are placed conspicuously upon posts or fences, at the ends of the platforms, and on the stations themselves. The station guards call out the name of the station while the train is coming to a stop. The serious drawback in this is that the name being new to the traveler is so strangely pronounced to him that he can not understand it with any degree of certainty; the only sure way is to watch for the name on the station. In some parts of the Continent the names are less conspicuously placedsometimes they are only upon the ends of the station buildings, after the manner of many of the stations in Massachusetts, on the line of the Albany and Boston road.

Upon the arrival of a train at a station, the porters, who are always numerous, hasten to open the carriage doors, first selecting the first class compartments, and ask if there is any luggage to carry. Hacks, cabs, and omnibuses, abound to wait upon passengers, but there are no express delivery wagons. It is advisable not to ask cabmen at a station about hotels, as they may possibly drive you to the wrong one." I do not recollect meeting a "hotel runner," still, he may flourish in some quarters of Europe. The cabs in some of the Continental cities are directed to their stands by an official, and passengers, thus

desiring, are assigned to a cab by this officer, the driver simply obeying orders. This is particularly noticeable in Berlin and in Paris. To avoid the pitiless pestering of the porters and cab-men, or "cabbies" as they are generally termed, who are so very persistent in their desire to serve you, in some cities, it is a good plan for the tourist, upon getting out of his carriage, to take his hand luggage and walk directly out of the station, passing all of those greedy fellows without a condescension. Having gained his freedom, the traveler can stop to inquire his way, in quiet and in peace. He may seek this information at his pleasure, of any policeman, of whom there are numbers at the stations. It is about fatal to a tourist if he once appear panicstricken and uncertain in his wants among a body of idle porters or cabbies, because they will advise him to so many ways, and with so many words, and with so great vehemence, that he will lose the balance of his wits amid the din.

I always found it safe, when entering a strange city, to take a cab to the hotel which I had previously selected, and there ask the manager or hotel porter, to pay the driver and charge the account in my hotel bill. By this means I was saved exorbitant charges, particularly when in cities where the language was not familiar to me. In case of employing porters to carry luggage, this course will also be found advantageous.

The stations contain many advertisements and notices, which are suggestive. In a second class eating-room at Perth, Scotland, the following was seen: "Porters, guards, and trainmen, must not be found in this room at train times." Sometimes, but not often, is seen, "Beware of Pickpockets." Passengers will frequently find it to

their comfort and advantage to purchase lunches at the depots and take them on the train, especially if the ride is to carry the opportunity for obtaining meals beyond due hours.

In the Islands, friends can meet people at the cars, in the stations, or accompany them thither, but on the Continent, generally, this meeting can not extend beyond the ante-rooms of the stations, unless by express permission from the chief of the station guards.

XIX.-Railway Luggage.

In caring for luggage there is perplexity. It is noticeable that passengers in Europe, except Americans, travel with much smaller pieces of luggage than do the people in this country—the trunks are not so large-there are many portmanteaus, sachels, traveling bags and shawl straps. This state of things is founded in the railway luggage system itself. The luggage is "lifted" at the stations by the porters, if it be more, or heavier, than the tourist wishes to handle. In Britain, if the pieces are not taken into the compartments, in which only the small, hand pieces are allowed, the porters carry, or wheel upon a small hand truck, or upon a barrow, the pieces to an officer, who determines if there be any excess weight, and then pastes upon the trunk a coarse paper label containing the name of the station to which the passenger is booked, as shown by his ticket, the railway company giving no check or receipt. The porter now places this luggage in the "luggage van " which is assigned to carry it to that given station along the route. The passenger should not neglect to assure himself by personal inspection, that it is in the proper van, and he should carefully note the number which is painted upon the van, in order to facilitate his readily finding it when he shall have reached the termination of his journey. He pays the porter from three pence upwards for each piece of luggage handled, depending upon the amount

of service rendered-it is best to hand the porter his fees, without asking questions. At its destination, the officials take it out of the van and place it upon the platform, where the owner must claim it. If it should be unclaimed, it will be placed in the room designated "Left Luggage," where it can be found. Luggage should always be very fully and legibly marked with the owner's name and address.

Another way of transporting luggage is by a freight-accommodation train, called a "goods train," or "luggage train." The tourist, after carefully and distinctly labeling or "tagging" his trunk, can arrange with the hotel porter to deliver it at the station, where it will be put upon the goods train, and will be safely delivered at the hotel or other place to which it is destined. If it be prepaid and addressed to a hotel, this insures a bed on the passenger's arrival, and saves trouble and expense; or the hotel proprietor may be written to receive it and to pay the charges for transportation, which are moderate. This is a convenient way to manage with a trunk, in order to be freed from it when traveling on detour excursions. In Britain these goods trains are comparatively rapid, but on the Continent a tourist may wait weeks for his luggage by these trains. When rapid transportation is wished, always send goods by express train, even in Britain.

Still another mode of managing luggage is the following, called "registration," which is virtually our checking system, with receipts instead of checks, and a careful weighing of all luggage. At the station the tourist expresses his wish to register his trunk to a given city; the porter will take it to a scales-stand, where an officer will