Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-15
LIFE ON THE RAIL
How the Fleeing Hours Fleet
Away
WHILE LIVING IN A PULLMAN



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Pullman car are never % - ioskoss
BY those who have taken u IN. Thee
experieocea vary 10th in number and
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loungiuK N lazy iansuor upon tne lux
urIous cushions, reading the daily pa
pero OF eoyeral days ago. which the.
v,lv tr.in hrfcher hea naImed of On
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car, reading 'sAii Tor Love- aas&Sis
Murphy's Mash," and other CLASSIC
tales which are retailed BY the pur-
vevor Of prehisforic popcorn aud YER.
m,culoso fjes. doing. smokinR and
v;.v;rv the ever rhenv;n~ canary.
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iasscf occupaHon. Wniie tne Tram !"
tearing along ct the rate of fifty or
sixtv miles an hour the landscape u
reelcd past the "a seenrers' vision with
the same velocity, and no sooner does
he fix h,s gaze upon Z pretty picture
than il is torn out Of the corner Of his
eve, leaving him panied and disappo;rt-
ed. A lovely reach of . river attracts
him. and he calls the attention of the
pretty lady in the next seat. She looks
aud il confronted by = blank wall of
clay, the whizzing phantom Of side
tracked freight train, or the cold, dark
shadow OF . tunnel. Somehow one feels
humiliated after he has repeated this
useless courtesy half dozen tunes and
gross moroseiy silent.
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for esch r.rsor fe.js fhe s,,lnhuro,,s
hresth ~ si,c ar~;ra in HE rostr;is
wh,ie . cus II or so ~ the vsn;d con-
tents of the water cooler is swashing
around in his interior. Every head is
aching and each persons mouth tastes
like q spoiled fish. Down At the for
ward end of tho car . timid little lady
lies curled mp on seat. picture Of
hopeless misery. A cup of tea she
knows would help her head and per-
haps bit of beefsteak, . couple of
eggs, some toast end fried potatoes
would also be acceptable. "And waiter.
while you are getting things ready per-
haps could cat 4 bowl of eonp."
Such an appetite in such an unexpect-
ed locality excltes universal disgust.
A neat little table Is spread before the
lady aud upon its snowy cloth = bowl
of steanling soup il placed. People be-
gin to hitch about uneasily - the odor
0f the soup salutes their nostrils and by
|sthe tine tire ixdyso dinner is6foukht in
the whole company ID fam:shinG. They
watch her evident eatisfaction as she
daintily tucks away each mouthful and
note with wolfish eyes each movement
of her laws.
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