Richmond daily palladium., 1884-08-23
WENT m FOR COMFORT.
Train Passenger Taught Happiness
without q Private Car.
New York Sun

Just before the O'Clock train started
out of the Jersey City depot of the Penn
sylvania railroad the other night, a little
woman, followed by little man, bus
tied into the car. Both were very
round and very short. and each wore
enormous spectaeles with gold rms
They We're well dressed and very much
wrapped up in each other. There Were
a number of half seats vacant III the ear,
but no whole seat was vacant The PAIR
stood near the forward end of the car
and gazed with mellow radiance through
their gold bowed spectacles at the trav
elers. Their faces were German, ans
the expression of each was deep and
thoughtful 1t was evident that they
preferred TO stand up together rather
than be srated apart
a long legged man, who had seat
by himself, became impressed by their
unhappy plight after a time, and, rising
sectionaIly in the air, offered them his
seat and took the vacant half of the
bench Immediately behind them. Both
of the plump and bespectacled travellers
rewarded him with broad smiles, and
then the little women hustled into the
seat and deity removed her hat, huge
straw structure. and handed it to her
companion. He fixed it in the rack
overhead, and then pulled a small
alpaca cap, such as drummers wear on
trains, out of his pocket and handed 1t 20
her. She drew it down over her brown
hair. and tied a handkerchief around
her neck Then she pulled a linen
duster out of her saehel, and with
the assistance of her companion,
buttoned 1t all the way down
from the neck. After it had been
belted snugly at the waist she drew on a
pair of thread gloves and then stood
ready to assist her companion, survey
ing the car meanwhile with grave pla-
cidity Her solemn expression, the huge
spectacles, the snug wrapper and the
little jockey cap made curious combin-
alton.
The fat little man, after considerable
difficulty, managed to wriggle out Of his
coat and get into a tight little duster
very much resembling that of his wife
He. too, tied a handkerchief around his
neck, and pulled cap over his head
Then he put all the traps and belong
ings into the rack overhead and sat
down in the middle of the seat. His
wife, who still stood thoughtfully looking
over the car, fished a white handker-
chief out of the pocket of her ulster, and
folded it into small square. This she
laid carefully upon her husbands
shoulder, and patted it daintily with her
gloved hand She dropped into the seat,
wriggled around for moment, and
then placed her right ear upon the
handkerchief and closed her eyes. Her
husband put his arm around her, and
allowed his left ear to rest upon the
top of her head. She folded her hands
comfortably, and both of them closed
their eyes and fell fast asleep.
The lamps sparkled upon the two
pairs of huge gold spectaeles, and cast
soft light over the two solemn faces.
When the train arrived at New Bruins
wick the little woman raised her head
suddenly and thumped her companion
in the ribs, and both of them straight
ened up in their seats. Without word
she removed the handkerchief from his
shoulder and placed it on her own and
stretched out her arm. He slid down
to the further end of the seat, put his
head on her shoulder as she had on his,
while she rested her ear upon the top of
his head. Her arm was around him,
and she patted him gently until they
were both asleep again. At Philadel-
phia they walked up together, smiled
broadly and affectionately behind their
gold trimmed goggles, and trotted hap
PLY away.
''Well, gentlemen" said the long
legged traveller stretching his arms into
the air and nodding his head emphat-
ically, that is the way to travel Nils
son, Patti, Abbey, and the rest may have
their private cars, their French cooks
and their other gimcracks; but for full
blown, ell-rounded comfort, commend
me to our German friends. That" he
said, as he seized his gripsack and
started toward the door, lis about as
near bliss as you can even get on this
mundane sphere"