ething to the hall porter, to your waiter, to the boots, and to the
chambermaid. The amount of these fees differs according to the length of
your stay. I should say a half crown to the porter and less sums to the
others.

In London a shilling a mile is the accepted price for cabs within a
certain metropolitan radius called the "circle." "Thrupence" or sixpence
extra is the tip "to drink your health."

Afternoon dress is the correct attire for the park after midday, and
cabs and hansoms are not seen on the Row during riding and driving
hours.

In Paris you may wear a blue blouse and make the turn of the Bois in a
_fiacre_. The tariff there is two francs an hour, or two francs fifty
per course, from one place to another. The _pourboire_ is fifty
centimes.

In France the _pourboire_ is a veritable tax, as it is in Italy and in
the Latin countries. In Germany the mark is equal to about twenty-five
cents of our money, and it will go a long way. Ten marks will fee a
houseful of servants.

At the station in Paris fifty centimes is given to the porter. The
"commissionnaire" at the hotel expects fifty centimes. Waiters'
_pourboires_ are eighty-five centimes at breakfast, and at dinner a
franc. In a _cafe_ they are twenty-five centimes.

The woman at the theater who puts a footstool under your feet expects
one franc, and at many of the playhouses she must be feed for a reserved
seat.

In Paris the orchestra stalls are occupied only by men. At the opera
during the season evening dress in the boxes and stalls is, of course,
_de rigueur_. At the Comedie Francaise on Tuesdays and at the Odeon on
Thursdays you must be in evening dress in order to gain admittance.

Chairs are sold in Paris at the Catholic churches, and in both the
London and Paris parks seats can be hired for a few pennies or sous.

In Paris omnibuses only the seating capacity is allowed. When the
omnibus is full, a sign, "_Complet_," is fastened on the outside.

At the gates of each small town in France the _octroi_, or impost,
levies on articles of food brought in, and the customhouse in England
seizes all American reprints of English books. There, as well as in
France, spirits and tobacco are dutiable.

It is only civil to bow when passing the Prince of Wales or members of
the royal family. In Paris every hat is removed when a hearse passes, as
also in Italy. In Germany the hat is removed when the emperor passes.

Passports are necessary for Russian a