Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-09-26
NOTICED IN TRAVELLING.

NOTICED In TRAVELLING.
That people don't ride so much in
extra fare drawing room cars when they
get where nobody knows them.
That on some Of the New England
boat lines they still follow the primitive
practice of chalking the trunks.
That big trunks are not as popular as
they were and that old travellers now
favor having several small ones instead.
That cars entirely open on both sides,
like street cars, are run on the Long
Island Railroad on its sag Halbor divi-
sion.
That many persons prefer to walk up
and down stairs in some hotels rather
than wait for the slow old time elevat-
ors.
That the baggage car Of nearly every
through train now contains the tin
bathing tub Of some swell English
tourist.
That susceptible people get as sick
sometimes in crossing between Newport
and Narragansett Pier as they do on the
ocean.
That good many old maids prefer to
ride on the outside of the White Noun
tain hotel coaches, because there are
more men there.
That the best and most sensible look
in ? Young ladies do not wear bangs, but
comb their hair straight back or part it
at the forehe"d.
That Schoolmarms are vending their
way homeward and that hundreds OF
them have been spending their vacations
"down East"
That the general appearance OF the
shore and adjacent country on Long IS
land does not equal in interest or rich
ness that of New Jersey.
That new kind Of drawing room
| chair has been introduced On the Ston-
| ington Line which goes back aud allows
the person in it to recline as on couch
That golden rod is now at its height
| in the mountainous and billy regions Of
Yankeedom, and big beds of it can bt
seen on hill sides from the car windows
That a good many short haired youne
ladies with bangs and carrying banjoe'
are seen on the Main Central trains, will
tickets punched to Bar Harbor.
That ladies On a number of the rail
roads kick mp an awful row when the,
find that their dear darling pugs and pc
poodles have to be put in the baggag
car.
That the baggage express people d
not make connection half the time, ant
experienced travellers usually hire cal
riage and carry their trunks with then
That parties of foreigners may be see
on almost any fair day roaming aroun
the old business and shipping quarter
Newport, looking at its many points
interest.
That travelling foreigners are general
eccentric and irascible, ask the conducto
great many questions and have an al
of wanting to kick up first class ro'
with somebody.
That the attachment of drawing ROOF
cars to almost every through train hs
led many ladies to discard special trave
ing dress and wear in some instanct
their best walking suits and hats.
That troops of ladies in elegant attil
come down from the beautiful Manhal
, sett House on Sheldon Island to me'
the little boat that touches there on tn
way from New London to Sag Harbor.
That all over the country there is
, protest against the defarement of rocl
and other beauties ofnature by clap ira
D advertisements and in some quarters tn
: vandalism is made punishable by law.
That hotel bell boys manage to ket
1 very we'll posted about when the CUES
Q to whose rooms they bring ice water, et'
are going away and always want to p
!. in a few extra touches of attention the
Y That the trains of The Boston al
l Providence Road cross the Thames riv
a. New London on steamer which n
on the upper deck a restaurant whe
clam chowder is the principal ingredie
: of the bill of fare.
That lovers of fine wafer scenery
on the sunny side of the New York, Ne
L Haven and Hartford Railroad, betwe,
New York and Boston, rather than mi
the superb shore view with its panoran
of rocks and rivers and bays.