, 1880-05-23

Between New York and Chfc4g,


| "DAILY FOODS
Between New York and Chicago.
WRITTEN ny II. II. FOR THE TRIBUNE
MADE out of tist-sktn, ma'am, and it'll keep
| forever: Cleans beautiful, especially the white
| ones. You can wash 'em right on, If they get
dusty" said the eager voice,-a little girl in the
doorway of the drawing room car; and she held
| up tmplnringly to our view two roses. Yes act
| ual roses, and not half so ugly MS many one sees
| which arc made OF wax, and kept under glass
cases: red one and white one, each bedded In
some sort of artificial aud improbable green.
| mo, thank you," we said hastily, and she
turned away disappointed; and we remembered,
! too late. how very few pennies it would
| have taken to buy one OF the fsh-skin
| roses, and how easy it would have been to make
the next poor wayside child happy by giving it
to her. After ALL they did look good deal like
roses; and who has not often felt that, If roses
would keep forever" and ''clean beautiful"
they would be worth even more than they are7
It was partly MIR. Pullman's fault that ne did not
buy the poor little girls rose. We were abb
sorbcd In the adu1iring study OF novelty still
greater than a. rose made out Of t1sh-skin,-f. O.,
a stationary washstand In the drawing-room Of
Pullman sleeper. 1t looked at first sight like
q mere freak of wooden decoration in shape Of
small, round table; but close inspection showed
that the top could be lifted up, and lifting it up
revealed shining basin with all the usual ap-
purtenanoes Of its sort.
"Ths one thing needed wo exclaimed, Is to
complete the comfort Of the drawing-room."
Henceforth long Journeys in sleeptng-cars have
no torrurs: that boot1ess struggle to get up first
in the mornings IS done away with. You can
take your time and your leisure as you are In
tho habit of tax ing them in your own bedroom
at home. and ctn wash your hands as many
times ilay as you IKE, without the h,1miltatlng
preliminary Of tottcring and clutchug pill
grimage through tho entire length Of the car.
fordcd the climax Of sceping-car comfort; one
felt that, when IL door from his bedroom opened
into e. u small bath bath room and dressing room.
else except the occupants of the oppostt draw
fnE-rooul, he had great cause for thanksgiving:
but the double drawing room cars seem to be
gradually disappearing from our long routes and
saddening run1or bus been circulated that Mr.
Pullman has determined to build no more Of them.
washstand is to be hailed with all the more
gratitude and Joy. They can be easily added to
the drawing rooms already built, and, no doubt,
worlds" will remain .'to be conquered" in the
line of comfortable inventions by that Alex
a1der Of builders, Mr.: Pullman
In tho conquest Of rnllway-comfort is any rail-
way-1nanaxcr who has the comprehension to
comfort Of raIlwny-trayel proceed from the
fact thnt ra.lway-trnyelers are either ill-fed,
iETegularly fed, or not fed at ALL Shut man up
in the most luxurious house Imaginable for
twenty-four hours, and give him no other dis
comfort whatever than the being obliged three |
times in the course Of that twenty-four hours to
restaurant, ana., under the pressure Of
nervous terror lest he do not eat on
IN Which chs sixty s peope are ] eating around bm at
tempt to make meal Of bad bread, bad butter, |
tasteless meat, unrccognizablc vegetables. and |
irritable and III at the end of his day; and this
without my added discomfort Of jar OF motion, |
dust, OF boys with bananas to sell
The only alternative the American traveller |
bis food and lrinR with him: this IS burlensome
aways, and often simply impossible; therefore
is due to the rnilway- management which feeds
as well rs transports its passengers, The hotel
room car. To add to a good nights sleep a
good breakfast, to follow mornings tire
some ride By good lunch, and to go to
who can tell how much it reduces the fatigue,
the general wear and tear. Of q long Journey?
No ono! Because it IS precisely this class OF
losses aud gains which nre unreckOncd and only
IN the average mans views OF
life and living. Few people apprehend fully
as de ro tneg qba
precious capital OF reserved force.-that capital
on which we all draw rccklesly, rs ii we were
thing US millionaire. The richest have but
Just enough to carry them through at fair
rate; the majority are, from their birth till their
death: oegg:lred horrowcrs~-at large only about
half the time, and the rest of it languishing in
those hideous debtors prisons Of disease and
All Of which is a sermon preached to no pur-
pose to the majority of the American people,
but sermon which followsspontaneously we'll
When this way OF feeding trnvelers becomes the
'ulc. and not the exception Of ya1lway-travcl,
,ne good stride will havc been taken toward the
improved health Of large part of our popula-
ion. |
Two nights and q day of such comfort as this
Rad sKe Tsw x9 zna Sed 09
'uller tnan tho simple calendar Of It's hours
lie blossoms, pink and white 10 ereat mounds
,eid up against the sky, aud pink and white 10 |
Of sof ansns b e. Pss dsa
ce. s' Young grated trees, rrig and straight
ors; tas da prve2Rsa Rs9RsF ree easss sant IN and
,runed trees, in solitary uncultiyated places.
fdes. s. for those irrcpressible communists, boys
'bickets Of Wild plum. tpo, and cherry IN such
old bloom that they @ looked Ike copzes OF
ons, and cowslips. and houstonias in great
atches Of lavender and white. All these we
and did we eaos ieSs af or ts
1t talking about them over our broiled chicken,
spara9us. strawberries, and Burgundy: More,
noweth nothing @ Of Nature says Quaint % Old
ide himself withal from her lnrder."
Ard thdt the brpilcd chicken, asparaxls
:rawberrics, and Burgundy were served in our
wn private room, with linen as clean and ,asses
, bright Is we would hnve had ut the Breyoort
len In the cleancst Of white jackets and white
prons,-wns not this too much to expect on
lirty to forty miles an hour? ~-' oS'''
Hundreds Of miles Of apple -blossoms, and all