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Show Comfort In Oermaa Hallways. London Truth. A lady wlio has just traveled from Berlin to London via Flushing sends me a liielan-choly liielan-choly picture of the contrast betwem the discomforts of travel lo Germany anl England. Eng-land. It is, i know by expcriotieeotti too true, In Germany the passenger on almi; journey has ample opportunity for otjiiii-in' otjiiii-in' meals, which arc served ' in exeSfflcut style, cither at the stations or in dining enrs; rofre'shtm nts of good quality are brougKto the carriages al Intermediate stations; kc carriages are well warmed, comfortable m, Supplied with lavatories. The traveler r. aches our shores, probably half dead with sickness, cold and exhaustion, to llnd that neither al the landing place nor in the train is there so much as a cup of coffee to be had, and that, he has to travel on in a cold, comfortless train without any prospect of food until he reaches, London. Is this our boasted insular comfort, or is it the price We pay for leaving our railways so free from stale interference f ... |