The Modern Sleeping Car.

The modern sleeping-car is just as wonderful a vehicle in its own sphere as the twentieth century dining car. On the Home railways, each first-class berth in the sleeping-car is a separate compartment, and is fitted with a box-spring mattress, like an ordinary bed. The cars are specially sprung to reduce oscillation to a minimum. The light in the compartment may be kept on full or dimmed at the passenger's will, and a reading lamp is provided. Hot and cold water, with lavatory basin, are installed in each compartment, and when the time comes for the morning clean-up there is no frantic sprinting to a lavatory situated at one end of the car.

In addition to the first-class sleepers, third-class sleeping-cars operated at reduced tariffs, are run between London and Scotland, London and Holyhead, and London and Cornwall. These cars have seven compartments, each accommodating four sleepers. For businessmen to whom time spells money, and for tourists who wish to see as much of the Homeland as possible in a limited time, the sleeping-cars, both first and third-class, are of the utmost utility.