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Show Praise for Russian Railways. "A hymn of praise to tho Russian railway," writes a Vlenneso traveler. "Tho Itusslan tracks begin nt Warsaw to havo a considerably broader bed. This Is for a strategical purposo, to rouder difficult tho Invasion of European Euro-pean armies. It Is also a bencflt to tho traveler, for tho Russian coaches nro wider and moro comfortablo than tho European and tho side passages along tho coupo aro very convenient for llttlo walks during tho Journoy. A soparato heating compartment nnd buffet, with tho lntllspensnblo samovar, sam-ovar, nro situated In tho center of tho long car. Tho trains do not Jolt, although al-though thoy aro almost as fast as ours. Tho smoko and soot do not drlvo through tho tightly closed dou-bio dou-bio windows. Cortnlnly thoro Is moro need of preparation for n comfortable Journoy -In Russia than In tho west Tho distances nro Immense, a twenty-four-hour Journey crontlng no com-mont." |