Wichita eagle., 1886-10-29
eagle
THIRD CLASS TICKETS.
INCIDENTS NOTED BY THREE LADY
TRAVELLERS IN ITALY.

The Interior CT Continental Third
Glass Carriage Chat of the Passcn
gers-So;ne Amusing Remarks - GOOD
Nature and Primitive Politeness.
Like all continental third-clasS carriages
CUTS was open from end to end, with bare
wooden seats ranged from side to side. The
carriage was divided into two sections, with
doors at each side, but an active person land
many of our persons were active) would
easily pass from one section to another simply
by climbingover the backs Of the seats, which
backs were the height of sitting mans
shoulders I'VE sat, as in al European car
riages, upon seats face to face, so that OH
lirsey-woolsey knees almost touched the jean
and corduroy knees IN front Of us.
As happened oftencr than not, or carriage
was very sparely filed. Hence we three
were able 10 ride with faces toward the en-
CINE and TO have our whole seven-Illan power
of seat 10 ourselves. Although our train was
Omnibus IS eli troisielHcs are, ard shame
lessly addicted to dawdling wherever inn OF
pothOuse pretended TO be town, we felt
secure against interruption, for the night was
drawing on as many voyageTs were likely to
descend from our carriage as TO enter it. and
in European travel Us in American the same
unforInulatea law abides that 10 sleeping or
comfortably ensconcad person is - be dis
turbed by new corners 50 long as vacant
place remains. SO we made ourselves at case
by spreading sbawls upon the hard seats, ar
ranging slchcls for pillows, and stretching
ourselves out like half drawn accordions
For there IS certainly this advantage il third
class travel over eli other, that the third
classer can oftcner stretch himself at full
length, even although only upon hard boards,
and thus rest rs he never can in the elegant
perpendicularity OF armed and cushioned
seats
TOWARD TIE ALPI;E WALLS.
Rumble, rumble, rumble How almost nm
bearable became that wooden, springles5
rumble as We pounded on toward the Alpine
walls between France and Italy. Those bare
seats ceased to be wood, and became cruel
adamaut. We wlithed and twisted and
found no rest for our weary anatOmies As
morn broke, however. came one relief 70 cur
nisery-the sT?inc=cold noises ceased, and
with the opening Of windows came celestial
breaths 10 tlcNngc that horrible atmosphere
Of barnyard-sodden coNhida, rocking cortlu-
roy, clay pipes and vigorous garlic and
cheese. Then through the long, runlbling
day came the small excitement Of seeing Our
companions constantly changing. the dread
lest those decent Young diess.lal;ers and
their mother set out and their places DC filed
with loud-laUs GinS soldiers, the pleasure OF
seeing women predominant in the long car
Ilage, the dispute. of :; masculine gain, and
the chagrin that al the soiled>innoccnts and
their tactical Ell!pmas grayitated to or own
particular section Just because we were there
and plcasalte:' 10 sit VIII than sour priests,
merry con5cTiptS and broaJ-beamod peasants.
We made OCT foreign speech 20 each other a5
inconspicu1us rs We could, yct coo and hum
it as we might, it dil not fail TO attract &ttan-
ton
Sometimes, ncar noon, at the different STA
tons Of the famous wine land we were crawl (
ing through, parties Of kinds clamored into /
our wagon evidently fresh from c0piously |
wined midday meal Then We had Wild dis /
courses On politics, heated controversies on /
various subjects very little understood by the .
controycrsiGlistS, intelT2in@led with rough |
but never ulclean jokes. vt times there was /
heavy horse play when young c3nscripts pre- /
dominated among Us, and in distant sections /
We saw wrestlingS and tumblings that looked !
very much more serious than they were As ,
a rule, however, quietness and propriety
reigned, and our own section was little dis
turbcd save for the yells and kicks of oar
wooden-shHd, soiled innocents. At one stati,l
came q formidable addition to our section,
which addition added to our obese nun. and,
like her, counting but one, made Us realize
how much better adapted to continental third
class travel are the proportions of a Byzantine
Magdalcn to those of 4 RubenS' Venus. This
woinans costume was so Supremacy somberas
to make orr nuns seem almost coquettish be-
side it. What she wore under that heavy,
black pail we could not make out. All that
we could see was this exterior garment, hiding
her almost as completely as the hearSo hides
its dumb bU.ylen.
TELLING THEIR BEADS.