The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-03

he had married that day. This is entranc-
ing when you are the woman in IL, but
when you are not it is decidedly like marsh
Notwithstanding to look upon and tioury
TO the taste.
On the other side of me were a party Of
commercial tourists # think it rather nicer
to call them gentlemen of the road who
were having game of poker. IL kou have
ever played this game you will know that It
tends TO loud speaking and great exhilara.
ton; consequently when the bridegroom on
my right said, Dearest. can there be a
woman like you" the gentleman on my left
laid down his hand with a flourish and
yelled, i've got four of a kindw
1t was interesting. but it was wearisome.
BRIDE ON HER JOURNEY.
The next morning sa " the bride did
not think it would have been difficult to du-
plicate her but the next time she gets mar
ried, If | we're in her place II give this ad
vice for nothing }, ! would not travel in a
hat with long, pale blue streamers and
crowned with pale pink roses. The COM
blnatlon is French, undoubtedly so, but so
many immoral things are French, and as q
people we are nothing if we are not patrio-
tic.
am on the wing again. Just before this
l suggested to the hotel proprietor that it
would be good idea to pad those doors
and he answered me that they only catered
TO transient trade. | do not know what he
meant by this, but suppose that it must
mean that they come once, and, being dis
gusted never cross the threshold again.
THE FAMILIAR PULLMAN PORTER.
That great, big, snorting, putting, black
beast of burden, the engine, pulled out the
train in which had the extreme honor to
be seated. l felt that it was an honor.
| That had paid for 1t made no difference.
| Col. Carter of Cartersville never was half
so diRnified as that darby porter; no En-
| Rlishmau with a stony stare was ever 30
aggressive, and when be saw my sizs he un-
oubtedly thought there was one person in
| the car that he could snub, and he proceeded
to do It. He let me take Off all my wraps,
climb on a chair to hang them up, and Owed
| in front Of me just as l was struggling with
a rubber shoe. He whisked IL off. and I
was afraid not to give quarter TO him. |
was like all women, who tip from fear and
| not from generosity.
After that wretched man had made an
| icicle of me, went into the dining car, and
ate some frozen oranges TO warm up.
| is they did he work. When | got back |
sat and looked at the colored gentleman,
and he looked at me. He could look the
| longer, because he had the most white in his
eyes so Iretreated behind my newspaper,
and pretended that did not know that he
existed, though be knew that l was a posi-
| tive, living lie.
When we got near our next destination l
| dropped my purse. He picked it up, and |
was going to say, keep it hut do not kill
me,n when he rad the name, and then
| geuially announced, Lord, honey, | used
| to know your father" Then he told me he
knew my grandfather. He revealed to me
| the various skeletons of the family; had
them dance out for the benefit OF the pas
! a
| have dared to contradict him II he had said
he was a brother Of mine. | have heard Of
| hypnotism. OF personal magnetism. but |
was never so downed in my life as | was by
! that colored person in the Pullman car uul-
! fotm. | have reasoned it out for twenty
| four hours, and L have concluded tho: no
must have had double nature. and that
! he revealed the spook like side OF it to
me. 1t is time that our women were get
ting brave.
| LESSONS LEARNED I'm ROUTE.
! am still on the wing, cleaning knowl-
edge AS l go | have learned that it is
! nearly al ways the finest dressed woman who
| furgets that a toothpick is dedicated to
| ones dressing room and not to the dining
room.
| have learned that the very best baby in
the world the minute 1t gets on the train
| will Shrek as If it had been beaten black
! and Nlue
| l have learned that 1t is not how much
YOU give to servants that pleases; that it is
! The way you do 1t.
| have learned that there is many bed
| that looks comfortable that is not.
have learned that the woman who occu-
pies the dressing room Of the Pullman for
two hours in the morning, while all the
other women are banging at the door,
usually comes out with an air Of having
! hadlu fraafad hr hodv n
| board.
have learned that good breeding In men
and women shows as plainly on, the road as
! it does in horses on the race track.
| have learned that politician may be Of
| much importance In the state he comes
from, but yet Of precious little Importance
| in a large city.
! have learned-but, then, I have not
learned everything; that is, between you
and me-to hope have learned enough not
10 bore you by my account Of being out on
the road, which, among other things, is TO