Accommodation for Smokers.

Worshippers at the shrine of My Lady Nicotine are well provided for by the Home railways, something like seventy-five per Broadly speaking, it would be infinitely more convenient if railways had to provide one type of accommodation alone, instead of having to meet the wishes of smokers and non-smokers; and to provide for the passenger who seeks to obtain super-luxury accommodation, even if this entails a higher fare. First and third-class accommodation, as provided by the Home railways will be merged, ultimately, into one class, but the time is not yet ripe for this move, greatly though the railways might welcome it. For the time being, a certain proportion of passenger train accommodation must be given over to the first-class traveller, even though page 19 this may spell wasted equipment on many routes and on many occasions.