, 1872-12-15

you need not resume your boots, but had better
slip your hrctics on. You will probably have to
take care Of yourself, rs the male biped, scent
ing the food from afar, will make 3 rush for it.
Keep cool. and you will have no trouble. 4 lit
tle fractional currency, iudiciously administered
to tho porters and waiters, facilitates matters
wonderfully.
BEDTIME
arrives, usually at an early hoar on the cars,
and the porter makes up the lover berth for
You. You have the advantage Of both mattress
cs which eoftcns matters, and order your bed
made with the head toward the engine. In su1a-
foot open, admitting plenty OF fresh air,
of air On your head and shoul-
dcrs, while the cindegs will fly by and
for the porter to make all things ready, 60 to
The ice-cooler and fill 1. small empty flask, which
you must have in addition to the one you should
always carry with good brandy or sherry in it.
PLACE your traSelling-baS a at the foot of your
these closely together with stout pins, down the
centre. and also at the sides, to the cushioned
backs Of the seats, SO as to prevent their being
brushed apart by passers-by. There are
some male animals who ecem to take par
Now you. ere secure from intrusion,
Tor there is safety in the numbers about you,
and be would be audacious wretch who would
dare intrnde upon you. Capulet's query may bo
nence. After the clothes are unfastened,- and
Oh how good it feels for they had grown just
the least bit uncomfortable robe de mutt
may bo slipped on aud over it that pretty wrapper
tack of Paris fever after your return from the gay
capital. This may all be done kneeling or ait
ting; then, having fastened the wrapper, riso to
your. feet, and let all the dainty be-
charming through tue previous hours drop to
your feet. Hang. mp your dress on the hooks
you will find, and fold up the other garments
take of ell the superfiuous braids;; loosen your
hair, and herring-bone it over your crimping-
pins, the same as you would at home,-an art
80 long practised, 1 am sure you can do it by
the sense Of feeling. Now you can sleep the
sleep Of Innocence and peaco; and just go to
work and do it. Don't lie awake waiting for
collision or any other accident. You arc in 3
sufficiently dainty toilette to come gracefully out
Of any slight aiialr Of the kind, and, if you arc
very badly snlnshed up, why, Gs Mr. Toots SAYS,
Its not of tie slightest consequence, tho
dress or undress, OF COURSE Te mean-
Your thoroughly-fnstened curtains have Sc
cured you from any peeping Toms OF Coventry,
and you need fear no other molestation. Take
your beauty sleep. then: and wake With the dawn,
fresh rs q roso. Your eyes will probably look
like two sparks in burnt blanket especially if
it is summertime but you have the appliances
to remedy that 1t is early the first rays OF
tho sun have not yet pierced the gray veil OF
morning {; but you have slept well in your loose,
flowing garments, and are wide awake. Various
sounds resembling steam-tug whistles will con-
vince you that most Of your fellow-uoyageurs
are in 'd:eanlland, the feminine por-
tion who are not posted having at last fallen
into dcze Of exhaustion, each whalebone and
hoop having made its special indentation in t:le
bruised hesh. Now conEance your
GEoRS1.G To1LEITE.
Take from your bag one Of the nalf-doZen nap
kins with which you have supplied youx.alf, eat
uTete it with Cologne and thoroughly wash
yourself. It will refresh you, and remove the
cinders far moro eGectusly than water; hut,
With that liquid which you secured tho night be-
fore: you will bathe your eyes and cleanse your
teetL, for, Of course, you hay5 trayolling-cup
with gou. Those of vulcanite, that shut
together and have cover, GRO nice Tor this pur-
pose. Next, by tho aid Of your Land-glass and
tie mirror in voar section, dress your hair: and
then You viii I.d it comparatively easy to stand
up in your berth and resume your clothes.
C!esn collar and cuffs Will make you look per-
fec:ly fresh, ard You can uafasten your barri-
cade and come forth quite as il fnt 2s if
you had j77st Left your own dressinS-room. The
porter will replace your section, and you may
read your s.ccess in his ebony face and worries,
and lie is 1e mean conno oiSseur, assure you.
-sow Contemplate
yorE 1LLLo3-TouE-s1s
u the compartment oppo9lto arc family COM
p.iEinS four personE-an Old man aud g boyoc-
cGp5ing the upper berth, while long, thin
lower beth, wIli!e Z pair Of Congress CATERS,
10. 7'e rrotrude beyond tie curtain. They
tie wouien, not the boots-have been in u state
bordering on distraction al night, with heat,
hoops, ard Leadacle, and hare no faith IN
sleeping-cara, so will probably mover travel in
one asa1n. Tho con-secused curtains are brushed
aside. showing disaeye1nent Of attire not par
ticl1la-]y attractive ..
Just beyond, from an upper berth, you see
pair OF legs suddenly thrust forth, but hastily
Withdrawn, r:1,ila an arm is wayed wildly, end
ard an entreating voice, il . sl1rlu soprano,
calls, i" Steward, won't you bring the stops 2"
.Efter a brief delay, the appeal is answered and
the owner OF the voice deEceais By no means
gracefully, and it is not ankle to bo proud Of.
Can that be the woman whose coiffuco you al
1nired almost to envy tho night before? Such Z
tangled msss wLi'o her poplin, dress is one
side-slance at the mirror, and your conplaceneo
increases imneasarably but how this victim of
Ignorance glowels Ct you. She hatos you, while
you cca afford to pity lter; and you do,
time tie masculine portion Of the travellers arc
also Gtrrng, and, until their toilottcs cce COM
rletcd, they will utterly ignore tic place an:c
DANES OF ordinary poHtere.s.
Your frovsT nejghbor watches her opportu-
nifty, and when tho1.,eh of Chc7io. shirt-blecyes
has subslled into its duster and seat, and sct-
tied itself to watch the Eleusinia Of fcu1ni2i:7
from which the veil is rather rudo1y torn aside
in theao railway-lodGings. she gsts chance to
make her toilette, with plenty to supervise,
while tie
SPECIAL BRUTE
talses lis place at the cardoor. SO as not to lose
any possible opportunity Of making nuisance
Of himself. U1r unfortunate friend is obliged
to wash her face in tue same basin where SO
many have preceded her. providing theye is
water enough left to do it With. She tries push
ing the hair-pins back in heE hair but it will not
do; tue structure is tuubling and must como
down. She looks at you, and wishes she was q
child and could mako faces, or man and might
swear, but being q Woman, must grin and bear
it; 80. with oue defiant glance, she commences
operations. Or come tho braids, and the
rats, and the rolls, and the pufrss, until
hangs revealed in all its acanty brevity.
She ought to keep cool, but she doesn't, and it is
rather j trying situation; SO. instead Of combing
gently through that microscopic capillary orna-
ment OF Nature's bestowal, thonotion somewhat
resembles hetchel1ing, and the comb is very apt
to break in the process. The natural basis is
socn adjusted, however, and the structure is re-
built. How the men chuckle; how she wants to
box the OF tie special brute at the car-door,
standing there with his hands in his breeches-
pockets. and whistling some burlesque melody;
how red she gets in tho face as she realizes that