New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-26
SOME FELLOW-TRAVELLERS.
THE SONG WHICH THE RUMBLING CAR
WHEELS SING TO THEM.

Wills AND JAlNll lA'h sMfsN f'c' NJ
FOR THE SHORES OF THE sEA-BUsINEss
MEN RUSHING FOR THEIR SUBURBAN
IIoMEs-THE SIGHTS or A SUMMER
DAY on TRAIN AND BOAT.
"Go ahead. Go ahead. Go aheadr'
''what do you think What do you think? What
do yom think"
II don't care. I don't care, don't care'
The combination Is always three. and the impera-
tive. interrogative and positive OF car-wheel IAN
guage Is aply expressed In the foregoing sentences
Have YOU never studied the language OF the rum
bling wheels? Try II. some time. from start 10 nm
ish OF a journey. In the most accommodating way
IT will adapt itself to any train of thought one may
indulge in. 1t will keep secrets too when II seems
10 whisper the name OF ones best girl Of whom one
may be thinking, and there Is n quiet and confi-
dental companionship between car-whees and trav-
eller.
The American traveller Is OF distinctive type.
be he the regular oommuer who mods to
the conductor twice day. the tran.
silent with brand local or through ticket:
be she the workaday girl with the little
satchel containing lunch or notebook or the dvin-
ity In serge skirt shirt waist russell belt and sailor
hat. who delights in the latest novel with the
gayly pictured cover. or the weekly paper devoted
to gossip. which she devours while on the car and
then throws out of the window just before the
home station is reached. Even the usually com
placent working woman catches the Ro-ahead In
lection. and the divinity in serge has an attack of
II. inevitably. Nor does the traveller seem to care
what others may think Of him or her. so long as
the get there" principle IS In force. The rush at
the ferries. the crowding across the sangplank OF
the steamboats,. the OF hustlins humanity
hemmed in at the waiting rooms OF the Grand CEN
trail Station. tell the same story every day OF the
week. especially in these days Of summer travel
And the summertime travel is distinct In class
III 10 ~ lady love
position Of each comes to the surface before the
train starts is positively asserted during transit
through the smoky tunnel. and vents itself IN n
sigh of relief when Harlem River Is reached. ana
the oficous young man In the fulness OF ms gar
Iantry t,ies TO pu, M the sash for the divinity In
serge grows red in the face. is amazed AT MS lack
OF strength or dexterty but prcsumes upon the
opportunity for a sde-glance acquaintance There
is study in real fe and there Is material FOR the
pencil OF the frec-hand artist in his felow-Ha'''-
lers everywhere. This summers girl Is not Always
pre-eminent. for the last summers girl toIlo"S AZ
A good second with possibly more experience. II
she OF last summer bc "A natural blonde she holds
hc- ou, in matter OF appropriate dressing and
winning WAYS against the manufactured blonde VINO
makes the fast running In her first season WINE
the Summer Young Man. OF sterncr stun IMAM the
girl to whom he pledges wealth OF affection never
TO be redeemed evolutcs into the amateur yachts-
lie vii! tire out any one In the smokinG-cif Win
loud tax OF his harhrealth escapes. and he IL prop
ably the ony irave.er that the car-wh"e' 'hhs"aI'
does not who,y NJ Il doesn't harmonize with SPIN
make and cub-;opsalls and the account oi S"'''
s1ua.s where Only his hind.!ng 81 the SICK S"N''
tho craft The bronze faced. hardhandc' boat SAIL
ors from New Rochc.,e Lnrchmon Green"ich'
p.ack Rock New-Iondon and elsewhere know him
u.u and ind refuge from his attacks behind morn
ing or evening papers Not SO the pretty brunette
with the white sailor hat. the high-hee.'i canvas
shoes and the .oug white g.ov"s. ruinp'"' '''''
lnp.v over her shape.y arm ~" IS me .'s'"'I'''
nrcy o, the amateur ylchtsman. ei'her AZ inc MAJ
stag. AZ the yacht cub. the ho'" plhZHl OF "''
,auw.v train She doesn, seem 20 vince much I'M
,- ~, ,,ctc,,o, and takes 50 kindly 10 the all
,.o,.,,ous -ecl,a.s iat shp WI even add one or
,vo q, her own and she has JUS, enough know'"iEe
O, ropes and sails and wni"ard "''N - mum,
his vanity by acaulescencr put IN q ""'' Wv
scribel adventure OF her own. ana make an en-
,aoe,rcnt for a sail at the earliest chancN Fast
West, North or South-nny course - her "e"s"''
and I, nj goes IN a summers experience
tn. v,ch,,ng cir, IL not always n brunette shc
,,a, he tho real blonde the made one-but sh" ~
indigenous TO the sat water, where me "''eN''
blow and the wh,tecaps pay with one "h"'"''' ''
tho sails are always ready. In no "iH'r SP'''' -
she co congenla: Dear girl IN the yachting su''
Nth the co.ors ~ the yacht owner emhroher'1 on
49, 80, s-.cve abe he's 60 litte - ~. AMI - much
>, o,,ov, No ropes % pull NJ responsibility 'he
-i,t.y. Of steering the craft going before 'he VIM
and tho making 81 A pretty picture Tor "'"'r S"oi,
mon 20 envy when the luncheon hour comes anu wv
,,, 10 ,.,cel under the after-awning and the boat
lics easily lust summer ud'S ee'l anu 49,
n-.,ves dictate The sun that bronzes just Ht'"
The checks Of the listener TO ove-siory' - KIM -
- so.Li,g an entrance behind the white veil thAt
b,dee for a moment Only the blush Of expectation
yoch,emen,s vows are easily made and the depend
ence for safety upon the yacht sailor H'h'S '"'
si,ia;ion worthy OF the time ana the oc''s'o"'
Back again in our travel within sounu VI '"'
carwbeel song there is the assertiv" II NOT "s
oss,y. traveller The man with his coat OF. ana
his bundles piled up the seat beside him. II "
character He means business when he ~ on OF,
the road and the last OF the three sri'' III The
bts case. Give way TO any one 1--WE nan III,
"hosen seat to the tired man Win the bnihie o vi
papers in his hand and pencil ior vr1nt OF ais
pleasure a tanning of packages uhnrf looe :" ~
the rack above him. ana when ne S',s arms and
stretches his legs a. TO make me SITUATION a,
Uncomfortable as possible fop me wih his coat of
tns,eys unon the window being open. while the
T h d u. from her eyes But the man with his
coat OF gories In somebody elses diseoiio'' IN
only in that car and perhaps some ,r ohs may
nudge him hard as he would nnhse an","e er,a,,
co,nss Years ago and trip to tho Falls was the
accepted beginning OF me honeymoon, , Mo" afor1
p,scment in the summer-day jaunts. The trade
80 ~ In their existence IL new-quit" as ne" as 'ne
,n r costume or the gloves that the bride
erooms wear Affection is the melody that tne
talk Of TO them. They know that some
car - iookine al them and the bride In her
,ieasant way. moves eighth OF an inch nearer te
The window when the man al hrr s,r P - cnr
Wv. arross The top OF the seat. Then Inc car
surpes going around the curve. and the eightn OF
an inch is recovered. and carelessiy uhs, n
bn,d the one with the weddinE-ring upon "
Tails az careIessly into her lap. moves over Jus,
90 ~, reIessIv toward another unglovcd one. anu
a., nestIe closely between stations. Does the
hr,3e enjoy the scenery along the route? ferhaps,
her? Generally not. \, ..,,o, r.yor
In types OF classes the weIto-do traveller never
varies lie knows just how his wr-grooni,, ,h
horses will look rs they stand AT me staton WIZ
The coachmans whip az the regulation ahgie. I've
knows the greeting he VIII get from some ohr wal,
L. for him and he Is 50 steady tavtler that he