The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
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Passengers in a Philadelphia Train Taught
How To Be Happy without Private Car.
New You'd Time.


How TO Be Happy without Private Car.
New York sun.
Just before the o'clock train started out of
the Jersey CITY depot of the Pennsylvania rail
road the other night, little woman, followed
by little man, hustled into the car Both were
very round and very short and each Wore
enormous spectacies with gold rims. They were
we'll dressed and very much wrapped up in each
other. There were a number of half seats va
can't in the car, 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 speetacles at the travellers. The
faces were German and the expression Of each
was deep and thoughtful 1t was evident that
they preferred to stand up together rather than
be seated apart
self, became Impressed by their unhappy plight
after a time, and rising sectionally 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 re-
warded him with broad smiles, and then the
little woman hustled into the seat and deftly
removed her hat, huge straw structure and
handed il to her companion He fixed it in the
rack overhead, and then pulled small alpaca
cap, such as drummers wear on trains out of
his pocket and handed it to her. She drew it
down over her brown hair and tied a handker-
chief around her neck Then she pulled liner
buster out Of her satchel, and, with the assist
ance Of her companion, buttoned it all the way
down from the neck After it had been belted
snugly at the waist she drew on pair
Of thread gloves and then stood
ready to assist her companion, surveying the
car meanwhile with grave placidity. Her sol
emn expression, the huge spectacles, the snug
wrapper and the little jockey cap made a curl
Gus combination The fat little man, after con
siderable difficulty, managed to wriggie out Of
his coat and get into tight little buster very
much resembling that Of his wife. He, too, tied
a handkerchief around his neck and pulled a cap
over his head Then he put all the traps and
belongings into the rack overhead and sat down
in the middle OF the seat His wife, who still
stood thoughtfuily looking over the car fshed a
white handkerchief out of the pocket Of her
ulster and folded 1t 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 has
band 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 twopairs Of huge
gold spectacles, and cast soft light over the
two solemn faces. When the train arrived at
New Brunswick the little woman raised her head
suddenly and thumped her companion in the
ribs, and both Of them Strengthened up in their
seats Without word she removed tho hand
kerchiof from bis shoulder and placod Il on her