The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-09-01
A TRIP OVERLAND.
NOTES OF A TWENTY-FvE-poLLAR
TRIP ACROSS THE CONTINENT

a Ginrce INSIDE the Pullman of an East
ward Bound Trsln--rho Beginning of
AcQunintancoship At ogden and
cmnhn--BrenIs-Up mt Chicago.
The first night on sleeper 10 one OF un.
cnsiness NOBODY sleeps we'll People lcoS
rskance at each other, and wonder who Is
who Nervous, untrayeled women scent the
confidence man ia every male biped in The
tar; they sprinkle themselves with buhach
lvfur, retiring. Women who are old cam
ynigners, finding themselves reiegatel to.
Upper berth'. make theit moan within ear
hot OF men who havo lower bcithi IL
generally Internationally II tho women
aTe pretty or stcut Let a man be the
greatest boor that ever breathel, end he
viii change with alacrity it fat woman
has his upper berth There Is gruesome
S'ory extant Of the top berth breaking down
uude- the pressure OF leminine edipose. The
lower he. tn was reduced TO primal chaos
while sho feminine adipose lay among the
debris solni IN wind and limb Still the
lower berth Is the fayosita
There are other unpeasantnevses 60 lie ex-
pc ted on that first night Nobody Is set
ted, aud nobody knows. whnt.t TO do with
clothes and valses. Men constantly misiay
tier boots Sometimes to avoid this they
wear them 10 led The placards posted up
IN tbs bed rooms Of western hotels--"Gen-
tleman must not 60 to bad with the r boots
cn'--would be effective on s,eeper. Men
also are prone 10 hang their hats on the
wrong pegs A man feels uncomfortable
v hen, having laid him down TO sleep,
feminine hand aud arm, clothed In white
samitc, mystic, wonderful, suddenly iiscs
from the ctLer SIDE OF the partition, and
gently Lgt firmly removing his hat, replaces
it with bonnet When bed-tlns comes,
and the porter IN his white coat makes up
ths berths, there is quite O hustle OF excite
2lost, the novelty OF the situation chnrniS
TIE BEGINNING or AcoUAINTANcEsHIR
The next morning people so.tle down to
work and take their bearir - Iempers are
Ia deshatiile, and enc can form u pretty
accurate estimate Of ones fellow travellers
1hs women, nfter each spending en- hour
in the dressir g-roorl, emerge, plrming
themselves, and curled Mostof them hurry
10 their seats with hang-dog air, guilty
conscious OF having used all The clean tow
els Now and then bolder one saunters
down the aisle, challenging criticism The
men struggle up IN lazy Indian fle. They
come hurting down from the upper berths
like giant Rntsdiiuvian birds 1he checked
gentleman lies abed late, rs does the young
lady who has the berth below bis l.cused
from bis slunibers by the still, small voice
OF the porter, be braces his feet against the
1ootboard and takes glorious stretch
With n rending OF wood the footboard fails
out, and Angelina lea confessed, wrapped
IN fur cioaks AMI rugs, and cismoring IN
q vtyacious agony.
Thc first day like the first night, IL
period OF apprehension no one has grown
used to the car. Everybody is dying to
4 iasf ft4u
closures The making OF friends and the
voyage Of discovery after.their anlecsdents
and connections make one understand the
feelings Of Stanley on thu scent or the Con
60 Ihe condolences exchanged on q rail
Nay journey are appalling Women and
love-sick young men are especially known
in this department A woman becomes
confidential in the first hale hour. Witness
the stout German Joress wLo confesses
loudly that her hat cost 81; or the young
girl in the corner, erstwhils dissolved in
weeping, who infinitely describoS to one OK
the chapsroned girls whero she is going,
how she feelsYher name, age, and aspirations,
and tito horrors OF her pGrtings Hence
these tearsi Toward 6fternovn interest
waues even in these enhancing disclosures,
and hot brooding stiffness fills the. car.
all confidsn es short Of Old love stories arc
told; conversation is worn thrcadbare: peo
F! 10 yawn over their books; the women
deli ateiy nib5le atkers and candy. 10
ward night, rs the porter manipulates tbs
beTths a dead silence fails on all Yawn,
ing Is done openly, poses are neglected. An
air Of disheyelment prevail There Is a
suggestion OF curl Taper about the ladies'
NoCo1y 10 interesting; o joke. sickly and
stale, would DO haiiod with JOY. But tho
greatest bAncca o. the party Is keasy eyed
and duh
At Cgien With lhe first change OF cars
comes furry. Ihsre is a Wild rush for
Breakfast, and nn inclination ON til, part
OF everybody 10 look asgan at every other
ody as possible Morincr. Halt ths PEG.
.e on the first cur branch or 10 Salt Lake
City, and "loider, fiercor, deaiiisr than be-
young LochiIyaT, they have very pal'ably
tome out OF the vest They ero tue sly Q
tf people that such papers 6s London lun
t.nd Judy are fond OF regarding as repro
sentative American types Tue women
wear linen busters and what were ouee
called Pork pie" ha.s They nre not unii re
the women OF tue Kansas prairies, who have
ileen immor taiized in fong as .prairie Low
ers" Tie men haye thin lips ana the .uare,
eoatlise bearl peculiar " Brother Jona
than's pictures.
~ TIE DnEARy, EcHOfS0 DEPOT.
AT Omaha people began to II lie that they
were travelling overland Tor s. For hours
beforehand they Hdgeted over their ranates
and bsrths. Distracted women went about
reeking the advice Of 1itn in the hope that
they would Offer 10 dix things7 for them. /.
1ien, ON their parts, gathered their eTects
and prepared for light In the dreary,
echciug <cpot tho confusion was h5rrr,ie 4
1eoplo ran niInlessy about like decapitated
fcwls, earoinihg against officials and lodging
trncks Ths chnperone and her two girls led
from Office 10 Office falling over Tia IN bags
and gradually tccoming distiapght The
checked gentleman, as te followed the zig.
rag course, gasped 10 himself, ~ hree blinl
mice; 500 low they rum" Immigrants OF
all nations aud first class passengers fought
together at tie rebate window like a group
OF Bnyder's dogs The enligrants generally
got tho best OF IL The unprote ted first
class females were driven TO the WALL aud
then leaned on by solid pack OF Irish ana
Italians At the window where the rebate
was refunded an apology for line had
b on formed the only law recognized init