CHARACTER ON LUGGAGE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1248, 3 October 1911, Page 9

CHARACTER ON LUGGAGE.

IV.UTEIW DEVICTW. The Pnris "Matin" is exposing the manner in which the traveller ha-s his ch.irac.trr written on his luggage for tlic benefit of successive porters mid hot?I servants. The code, recalls the Hi<rns thai beggars aro reputed (o put on certain liouff-i as signs for their fraternity. In the case of I lie luggage, little scratches or cuts are made, on the ling. A put on ono of the upper corners is bad. It signifies that you are a bad customer. Your tips are very scanty. Whether you go to Paris or Versailles, to Dinnnl or Aix-les-Bnins, the hotel waiters will at once spy the sign. You will l>o treated as a nobody and an encumbrance, a person to whom every fdf -respecting waiter is bound to be disagreeable. li your bug 01 yonr box has a diagonal cut with a knife near oilo of the lower corners, the. sign is still worse. You not only give scant tips, but you are exacting and disagreeable. Look out, then, how you will be treated, four coffee will be served cold, ajid your wine, or your lieer will bo hot. You will be charged with champagne of the first zone on your bill and served with champagne of the sixth or twelfth zone. On the other hand, a cross on one of the lower corners improves your situation. You are exacting, but generous. You will get what; you ask for, but no attention will be paid to your remarks. Small vertical lines cut ne-ar the lock are the best vou can have. You are not exacting, and you are very generous. Waiters will sfumb'.e over each other in their haste to serve you. Yon will get the "best room in the hotel, the best dishes at the table, and a do7,en invitations to return when vou are leaving. Therefore, look carefully at your bag or box, and if it has no vertical lines noar the lock cut them in yourself, and you will be happy on the Continent. The most deadly sign of all is a curved mark on the left-hand upper corner, which signifies "inexperienced, has not travelled much."