The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-24

It was one of those ''rare June days
when seated upon the rear platform OF
an Observation Car watched the con-
stantly shifting scenery recede and
vanish In the distance.
Giant monarchs of the forest quick.
ly faded into iilmy verdure and were
lost to sight. Lofty hills whose cresls
looked rough and frowning as we
swept by rapidly took on moro peace.
full aspects, seemed in the far away,
to kiss the azure heaYens, and smile to
US sweet goodbye.
And so it is with life. As the years
roll on the scenes OF earlier days arc
wrapped in cloudy forgetfulness.
Days when there were no weather
reports to beguile us into leaving our
umbrellas at home. Days whom the
lumtering stage coach was the only
congregational Limited, whose top
lofty driver had never dreamed of as.
sun:ing the naughty and the supercil
ious airs Of the modern Pullman por.
ter.
But when those memories come
trooping out OF the past, they show US
an era primative and provincial, though
5acred to the memory Of our lore
fathers whose sturdy merit must he
admitted worthy of all emulation.
Last call for dinner" dining cal
second to the front" Our vision is
gone. Summoned from dreamy medi
tuition on the past we quickly. koenly
appreciate the Injuries of modern
travel as set forth on the Menu of the
Pennsylvania Limited, probably the
most perfectly equipped train in all
the world. Composed exclusively Of
Pullman Vestibule Drawing and state
room, sleeping Cars, a Dining Car, a
an oking Car and an Observation Car
the entire train represents IN design
construction and finish the most ac-
ceptable results OF constructive and
decorative art.
As all these cars are connected by Pull
man Patent safety yestibules, ladies'
and children may pass from Car to car
without danger or the slightest expos
ure % weather. These safety vestibules
not only allow freedom of movement.
but iinpsrt steadincss OF motion, and
diminish the danger of tclescoping i'll
case of collision.
The smoking car Is costly furnished
and supplied with books. periodicals
and the daily newspapers. On the
bulletin board arc displayed the quo
tutlons of stocks and the commercial
and general news OF the world taken
fresh from tho wire at each stopping
point A hair dressing and shaving
establishment, with q bathroom at
tached, adioins the smoking room.
The Sleeping Cars ombody the latest
and most approved ideas of comfort
and luxury for the travelling public,
In addition to the appointments now
expected in every fast long distance
train, the Pennsylvania Limited Ia
marked by the following distinctive
features:
Bulletins of the latest financial and
general news; Stenographer and Type,
writer Ladies' Maid; Observation Car.
Modern ingenuity has been taxed to
make this the ideal train In safety,
comfort and luxury. In the ODseiva-
ton Car Is loacted the Stcnographer
With his Remington Typewriter, a ma
chiEe which within ten years has com
pletely reyolutionized tho methods OF
correspondence in the business world
His services are fee. Passengers may
dictate to him letters or kilograms
which will be duly transcribed on his
machine md mailed or forwarded at
the neAt stopping point.
And SO 1t is, that tho business men
ensconaed in munliiceut luxury with
every comfort at hand, may keep III
touch with the markets of the world
and attend to his more important cor.
respondence, even while gliding along
the peaceful banks of tho Juniata or
skinming over the crest of the lofty
Alloghenies.
Truly this is a great world And
tho days and methods of the stage
coach arc no longer lin it,"