The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-10
NUMBER 10.
ADVICE TO LADIES
who are Compelled to Travel Alone Ia
ssssst she Cars

who are Compelled to Travel Alone Ia
: hse she Cars. @'
s-. I, Be sure you know where you want
to go before you get on the train. fa
II. When you purchase your ticket
you will have to pay for it; no use to tell
the ticket agent to /" charge it and send
the bill to your husband And if he
says the price of the ticket is 81 SO,
don't tell him you can get one Just like
it of the conductor at the other store for
50 so; he won't believe you, and he may
laugh at you.
LII. Never travel without money. It
requires broad views, liberal education,
keen discernment and profound judg-
ment to travel without money. No one
can do this successfully but tramps and
editors. -
". Beware of the commercial trav-i
eler ........, e
v. Don't give q stranger yeur. ticket
and ask him to go out and check your
trunk. He will usually be only too glad
to do it. And what is more, he will do
| it, and your trunk will be so effectually
checked that it will never catch up with
you again. And then when the conduc-
J tor asks for your ticket and you relate to
him the pleasing little allegory about the
stranger and your baggage, he will look
incedulous and snile down upon you
/ from half closed eyes, and say that it is q
! beautiful romance, but he has heard it
before And then you viii put up your
| iewelry or disembark at the. next station.
vi. II You are going three hundred
J miles, don't try to get off; the train every
| fifteen minutes under the impression that
j you are there If you get there in
| twelve hours you will be doing excel
/ lently. sss
VII. Call the brakeman 6 conductor
he has grown proud since he got his new
uniform, and it viii f1atter him. -.
VIII. Put your shawl-strap, bundle
and two paper parcels M the hat-rack;
hang your bird-cage to the corner of il,
SO that when it falls off it will drop into
the lap of the old gentleman sitting be-
hind you; stand your four house
4 plants on the window-sil1; set your
1unch-basket on the seat beside you; fold
+ your shawls on top sof it, carry you1
i pocket-book in one hand and hold. youl
silver mug in the other; put your two
valises under the seat and Hold your
bandbox and the rest of your things IN
your lap. Then you will have all your
baggage handy, and won't be worried o.
frustrated about it when you have only
twenty mine seconds in which to change
cars. --'--- -.-''---- ',ii 'ss''5
TX. Address the conductor every ter
minutes 1T pleases him to have oyou
notice him. II you can't think Of any
new question to ask him, ask him the
same old one every time. Always cal
him "Say," or "Mister" Fsa
x. Pick up all the information yor
can while travelling. Open the window
s and look forward to see how fast the en-
gine is going. Then when you get home
you can tell the children about the big
cinder you picked up with your eye, and
how nice and warm it was, and what i
tasted like. a., -. -.
XXI. Don't hang your parasol on The
cord that passes down the middle of the
car. It isn't a clothes-line. It look
like one, but it isn't. tss.
XII. Keep an eye on the passenge
who calls the day after Monday Chews
day." He can't be trusted car
length. Is szAsE ass = Jtt
KILL Do not attempt to change $2l
bill for any one, if you have only IS q
with you; it can't be done. -
) XIV. If you want a nap always Ii,
q with your head projecting over the seat
into the aisle. Then everybody VIII,
goes up or down the aisle will mash you
hat, straighten out your frizzes, ant
knock off your back hair. This vii
keep you from sleeping SO soundly tina
you will be carried by your station
, -B,rdette, in Burlington Hatokeye.,