Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

were alive now he would be in his element
travelling; for, il will be remembered, he wa.
very fond of talking with strangers wisely re-
hecting that if they knew more than he thew
would impart useful information 10 him. and
that IL he knew more than they he could teach
them. An ordinary passenger coach offers a
hne held for this species Of intercourse There
you will always find the individual who insists
upon talking and the individual who insists
upon maintaining silence. There are the two
men VINO form an intimate acquaintance
IN q. few hours, exchange cards and
never meet again. There is the Young man
VINO Is bent on making a mash" and
sometimes gets kicked for his paine There i.
the other young man who helps female in dis
trcss without any sinister intent and thereby
perhaps, meets his future wife. There Is the
travelling man." who knows everything. M.
been everywhere. brags, boasts and in reality
doesn't know anything. There is the modest
man, who will not talk at first, bnt who after
ward deveiopes into well-iniormed and agree
able companion. There is the Englishman.
who has rugs. bags, hat boxes and sticks ali
clustered about him, and there is the country
man. who travels hundreds of miles without so
much as the smallest gripsack to keep him COM
pany. There is the man in Scotch cap who
sleeps All day long and the colored clergyman
in tall silk hat who can sieep even If he wants
TO. There is the baby that cries-oh, what
horrible endless wail-and there IL the Young
enid that plays in the passageway and makes
irieuus Win all good natured passengers, In
short, every type of humanity can be seen in a
railroad car.
THE HOME COMING.
Just now the trains that come into Washing
ton are loaded with families returning to their
winter homes. II was seeing them that made
the young man quoted at the beginning of this
article renounce all thoughts of matrfmony.
he shuddered at the prospect OF carrying a
not INFANT IN his arms for an hou- or two. Ii
would not be pleasant to most men, but is it
disagreeabie to the man to whom the child be-
iongs9 he really seems to enjoy it, and he
fans away the flies, and maybe sings a lullaby
softly below his breath. 1t is hard, though. TO
have to do for a little while what his wrfs does
all the time. If there are three small children
and no nurse she has two on her lap and he has
one. If his child cries he hands it over TO its
mother at once II they want water she gets
up and brings it. Ali the time he reflects that
he Is most exemplary husband. while she
never thinks she is doing any more than is her
simple duty. When they arrive in town he
PUSHES of to his Office and leaves her TO decide
now to get dinner ready without a cook. how
10 get house to rights and hunt for a cook
ana housemaid at the same time. II is a great
tning 70 be man, great thing to be q bach
elor and to travel without cares. and not bad
TO be married man and to shift all the domes-
NC cares upon your wife's shoulders; best of ali
II Is good thing to be able to growL There
are some married men who shirk the trouble
OF transporting family homo altogether, and
even go away from the city in order that they
may escape the disagreeableness of the house
that is being put to rights but it ism creditabe
to them TO do this.