St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-02-13

IAsiP Pessesssss.
e'sThere b something very distinctive
aboat luggage. especially hand leg
gage" said an old traveller. ''H0w
often in getting into . railway carriags
abroad, or . parlor ear at home. have
glanced At the seats in my neighbor-
hood. instinctively judging of my com
pagnons de voyage BY their belonginGs.
It's really astonishing how such little
things indicate character, pursoite Gnd
social statuA I am . bit Of dotoeelvo
In ; way. too. not that should eare "a
ferret out crime, but Il h sagreat smuse-
ment to me to put this and that togeth-
or. and draw conclusions .thenefrom;
and sometimes have made wonderful
hits in guessing about . fellow travel
er's Affairs. But that u my private di-
osyncrasy, and Il neither here nor there.
TAere ere certain signs Of good breeding.
and the habit Of travel. that all who
run may read In the way of bags for
instance. there are two kinds that are
1considered good form to carry They
are both made Of sole leather, and arc
hand-sewed. but arc different in shape.
One will hold your evening clothes and
. goodly number Of shirts, il stiR and
square. with corners Of leather. very
neat straps and buckles and handles.
all ;hsnd-sewcd, with as much caro- q
the finest shoe. The other il very soft
and expansive. and holds any amount
Of wearing apparel. and is also Of sole
leather. most neatly made. An En-
Rlishnan. almost invariably. IN Ameri-
can sometimes. carries in addition his
dressing case, which contains every
imaginary convenience for the toilet;
but that il not necessary, as the case
may be made to 6t into one side of the
bag.
Americans understand the art Of
making themselves comfortable far
better nowadays than they did . quar-.
ter Of century ago. and what would
have been considered an afIcctatiou In
the way of personal appurtenauces b
dec,ned . necessity now. only fancy" !"
said an old lady TO me the other day.
''when Mr.. A. (hcr husband) used 70
60 OF Tor the night he would stick his
tOQ.h-brush and shair-brush into some
little calico pocket had made for him.
roll them with his night-shirt in news
paper, and stick the whole into his
overeoat pocket ] dare say yOu young
men would think such o provision only
At for day laborer In these days; and
get Mr.. A. was . nice. clean man.
In the way of trunks . sole-leather
case like this sketch gives . certain
stamp 70 the owner, IL II 80 unpreten-
tiouA 20 comfortable. 30 adapted TO all
kinds Of travel. and from the character
Of the leather and It's make withal 20
costly. that its possession betokens In
its way . gentleman. II II perfectly
soft, viii stand no end of wear. tear.
and will hold . quantity OF things. and
is equally appropriate, whether in com
pany with my lady's boxes going to
Paris, packed on the back of camel. in
an elephants howdah. or In the cabin
Of . steamer. ~
''Women's hand baggage b not - de-
Anab:e ~ that Of men. II she travels
without . maid. Z lady might carry neat
case. covered with dark blue
. tightly-rolled umbrclls.
stra ppcd together with . shawl Of
natural wool; and . mackintosh coat
~ . 1ovel IL should see these be-
loaeiRgs lyiAg = Shaie IN the pario-
~ sh0ald expose - - . well-ttvd.
looking wssnao - OWDoe. 1here - 90
thing that I eonssIlss e1jsestpoabls
which women sometimes assume wAi1ol
travelling. bat . man rarely. IL ever.
That ID 'swagGer.' I have seen nice
looking girls lay themselves out for e.
feet, buying . clever-looking review.
for inxtanec. and cutting the leaves 1t
some erudite article which they never
read. Or they make themselves notice
lble with small dogs and with various
Dther devices which arc taken for Just
what they are worth. IN. Y. Tribune.