23 OCTOBER 1926, Page 31

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How often must the English traveller' be reininded- that- he shoUld take his own soap and writing Paper with- hail'. on the Continent ? Even the best hotels do not provide then, or at any rate do not prOvide writing, paper or mien ink in the quantity, quality and .accessibility Which we are accustomed in England and America. It is very inconvenient to have to write on transparent paper with a pen like a rusty pin and an ink-well like the Sargasso Sea. '"- * * * *